Brooklyn Vegan 2009 CMJ Showcase @ MHoW

Laura Marling



The Antlers

Fanfarlo

Quick update! I managed to fit in the Brooklyn Vegan CMJ show last week before rushing off to Maine (for sudden family stuff) and boy, I wasn't disappointed! Laura Marling, followed by the Antlers, followed by Fanfarlo, who are just amazing live. Below are 2 videos I grabbed during the event (available in HD on youtube) and as you can see, I have a new camera! It's lovely and I plan on using more often, so please check back for more frequent updates than before. For more photos, check out my Flickr account to the right.

[video[ Fanfarlo - The Walls Are Coming Down

Never saw this before. FUN! Simple and sweet.

Dirty Projectors - "When The World Comes to an End" (Jimmy Fallon 9/28)

"The vocals on this song are batshit insane" - Danny Fraser. WORD. So ridiculous.

NPR - Tiny Desk Concert: The Avett Brothers

I had never heard of these Tiny Desk Concerts produced by NPR before today, and I'm already in love. Oh, how I so wish we could do this where I work.! Live music, right next to my desk, making my work go so much smoother... Le Sigh... The worst of phone calls could be soothed over! Rivals could work together as BFF! Raises for all! (Ok, maybe I went too far). Still, please watch and adore, as I am doing right now. Keep the video open behind your work, and pretend The Avett Brothers are right there with you, getting you through the day :)

ps - Avett Brothers just released a new CD, I AND LOVE AND YOU. Lovely!

FANFARLO, THE ANTLERS, LAURA MARLING @ Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Fest

EXCITEMENT!


FANFARLO

THE ANTLERS

LAURA MARLING

Get your ticket now. CMJ is back!!

James Pomerantz Photography

Everyone should check out this guy. Very, very cool stuff. And on top of it, he's started a blog about getting his MFA at The School of Visual Arts! I'm interested to read along, especially since hardly anyone gets their Photo MFA these days.

[video] The Antlers: Two

I haven't really been moved by a band like I have with The Antlers in a long while. I saw them open for Here We Go Magic earlier this year at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and it was a pretty incredible experience, though I never appreciated their music as much as I do now after their release of Hospice, their first full length album.

Everyone is raving, and it's not hard to see why. Below is their lovely video of Two, an animated interpretation of music's ability to flow out from instruments and vocal chords, and then fill us (overcome us) in the space we inhabit. brightening our day.