JB!! aka Dirty Moses is a veteran MC, writer, and performer hailing from Harlem, NY. A natural showman, JB!! is well known for his energy and charisma on stage, as well as his diverse arsenal of verbal weaponry. When JB!! isn’t demolishing microphones, you can catch him producing, DJing, beatboxing, or pretty much anything else related to hip-hop
Many millennials were acquainted with the young, sister duo Smoosh as they took the early aughts indie-pop scene by storm when they opened for prominent acts like Death Cab For Cutie, Pearl Jam, Sufjan Stevens and Sleater-Kinney. But when the highly lauded Saavedra sisters (Asy and Chloe) escaped their teens, they also shed their childhood moniker giving their music the freedom undergo its own evolution. Now known as Chaos Chaos, the girls have a five-track EP under their belts — which was released after a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2012 — and they’re actively working to further progress and refine their new sound’s identity. – Matt Howard (Baeble Music)
Pop & Obachan are playing bocce in the park together right now. Pop & Obachan watch national geographic specials after dinner. Pop & Obachan drink water before bed. Pop & Obachan [oh-BAH-chon] met in World War II and couldn’t speak the same language. They fell in love immediately. Fast forward a few decades to Emma Tringali & Jake Smisloff, building a creative home using the Pop & Obachan namesake. The two embody the P&O name to create music, illustrations, photographs, silkscreening, in a safe and endlessly imaginative arena. Emma (vocals, organ) & Jake (guitar) write and record the music and are joined on stage by Evan Daves (drums), Del Montgomery (bass), Cian McCarthy (guitar), and Matia Emsellem (vocals) to create a six piece reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac, Broadcast, Harry Nilsson, and Camera Obscura. With subtle folk undertones and a tinge of psychedelic pop, Pop & Obachan will “sweep you away with their perfect balance of fluttering guitars and atmospheric synths.” – Baebel Music (http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/4-6-2016/the-embodiment-of-easygoing-frankie-cosmos-at-shea-stadium.html) <3
Pavo Pavo is an experimental pop band from Brooklyn, NY. Their debut record, Young Narrator in the Breakers, will be released in November 2016. The band started writing together while studying music at Yale, and since then its five members have worked closely with indie and classical heavyweights such as Here We Go Magic, Roomful of Teeth, Dave Longstreth, and San Fermin. Stereogum describes their music as “weightless pop that sounds like it was beamed down from a utopian future” Young Narrator in the Breakers walks through its songs with symphonic elegance – guitar stabs, washed out harmonies, and rumbling synthesizers come and go like guests at a party. The record describes the magic and panic of adult life; a breaker is a wave whose potential energy is being transformed into turbulent kinetic energy. Co-produced by Danny Molad (Lucius) and Sam Cohen (Yellowbirds), it is a romantic record in the tradition of Elephant 6, and a cohesive record in the tradition of Grizzly Bear. It’s our pleasure to introduce: Pavo Pavo.
Uni Ika Ai is a blending of flavors and an attraction of opposites. The project was born out of improvisation and experimentation, when Maia Friedman (Bobby, Toebow) and Peter Lalish (Lucius, Ximena Sariñana, Elizabeth & The Catapult) began writing and recording demos together in 2014. When Tom Deis (Via Audio) and Dan Drohan heard these recordings, they were inspired by the seed of a brilliant new band. The four veterans of the Brooklyn music scene felt a new and different sound come alive. After playing all together as a band only a handful of times, they went into the studio intending to record an EP and came out with an full length album, produced by D. James Goodwin (Yellowbirds, Landlady, Devo, Kaki King, Bob Weir). The album finds beauty in perfect doses of peace and chaos, and far exceeds the sum of its parts.
Frank McGinnis is deeply rooted in the HV music scene, starting as a member of Frankie and His Fingers. After various other projects and home recorded albums, he’s back in the studio working with producer Jeremy Backofen, cutting a new record on which he gets his hands on every instrument in reach, painting a landscape of pastoral guitar pop that’s equally existential and bright. Frank’s live show features a revolving door of HV veterans to bring to life the energy of the record.
Eskalators are part band and part public performance piece. As if being a ska-influenced band in the Brooklyn indie scene isn’t already enough to raise some eyebrows, the band’s infamous and well-documented subway car performances have grabbed the attention of the Village Voice, the New York Post and Time Out New York. Eskalators formed in 2007 and performed their first show on—yes—an escalator in the Mall of America, and have since gone on to incorporate 18 members. The band combines melodic and raw power-pop/punk vocals and power chords, a horn section, and everything from flute and glockenspiel to djembe. The songs are instantly infectious—melodic hooks abound. The Eskalators aren’t totally a ska band (and to be fair, not everyone in the band grew up listening to ska) there’s enough pop melody and instrumental variety to push the band into other musical categories, and anyone with an interest in fun, energetic, and well-crafted songs should hop on board and sing along.
Max’s New Hat is an Electro~Balkan outfit that plays rousing dance party and wedding musics of Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria. Featuring Katy Kondrat on vocals; Timothy Allen on sax; Max Fass on accordion; Pete Newman on Bass; Roger LaRochelle on drums. Mac & Cheeze is a 2 man (occasionally a 3rd as percussionist) outfit playing upbeat Balkan dance music in a stripped down rustic folk style including Roma; Macedonian; Greek; Bulgarian; Turkish and original folk~dance music. This band excels at wandering from site to site, hobo style, playing on top of bars or tables, or remaining in a fixed location and generally stirring up trouble (or not).
RMA is a music collective currently comprising Bob Ross on bass/electronics, Alexy Artemov on percussion/guitar/electronics, and Tim Mukherjee on guitar/electronics. RMA is based in New York City. More information at rmatrio.com. Bob Ross was a founding member of Debris, for which he will most assuredly rot in hell. He has played bass with Lisa Loeb, Steve Hunt, Skip Hadden, Thalia Zadek, Adam Sultan, Peri Lyons, Joe Niski, Steve Weisberg, Ken Winoker, Herb Robertson, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Rock Savage, and Andrew Essex, most of whom will deny it vehemently. He holds a Masters Degree from the New England Conservatory, where he studied composition with Lee Hyla and Joe Maneri. They’ll probably deny that also. Alexey Artemov is a percussionist and electronic musician. He is an ardent improviser and has worked with ensembles in the USA and abroad. Alexey’s most recent collaborations were recordings and performances with a butoh theater group in the Ukraine. Tim Mukherjee is a composer and performer based in New York City. His compositions employ both acoustic instruments and electronics. He also has conducted operas, orchestras and vocal and instrumental ensembles and has worked with Jeff Lohn, Karole Armitage and Boston’s Dinosaur Annex and Composers in Red Sneakers.
Parlor Walls frontwoman/guitarist Alyse Lamb spins and pounces and fires off shards of noise one second, then evilly lingering, noir-ish phrases the next. Drummer Chris Mulligan anchors the music with a mighty rumble and crash while playing organ, ambitiously, with his left hand. Alto saxophonist Kate Mohanty provides a calm yet similarly brooding presence with her resonant, minimalist lines and astringent, boxcutter tone. They call it trash jazz. – NY Music Daily
