[Greycoats]
I am upstairs at Pianos watching the Greycoats to start. They are a jangle-pop band from Minneapolis, under the same umbrella as our old friend Jeremy Messersmith. The guys are also completely without attitude and have the wonderfully fresh midwest charm. A definite see-again band, they are playing a few more shows this week, including a night time showcase at Spike Hill tonight at 10 pm. Greycoats go on directly before Unicycle Loves You, who are also playing the NYCTaper CMJ Show on Thursday.
[Home Video]
Next up downstairs at Pianos is Home Video, a Brooklyn band whose heavily 80’s-influenced music recalls New Order and Pet Shop Boys later material. Off to Cake Shop.
[Sisters]
At Cake Shop, the Brooklyn lo-fi band Sisters is a guitar/drums duo who make up for the lack of other instruments with a ton of energy and a very conspicuous stack of multiple Fender amps. Fun and loud.
[Motel Motel]
Next up downstairs at Cake Shop was nyctaper-favorite Motel Motel who attracted the first large crowd of the day for their unique brand of urban alt-country that blew me away in April. We will see them next on Thursday at the NYCTaper CMJ Show.
[Fanfarlo]
This photo is grainy and distant because that’s as far up as I could get for Fanfarlo at Pianos. The downstairs room was completely packed, some people did not even make it in the door. I believe that this band has now been crowned as the first official buzz band of CMJ ’09. We’ll see them again tonight at Music Hall under less packed conditions.
[Blood Warrior]
The final band I saw at today’s afternoon shows is the relatively new band of O’Death’s Greg Jamie, Blood Warrior, a band that impressed us so much at the After The Jump Fest in August. We are excited to see them again at the NYCTaper CMJ show on Thursday.
…more to come…this week…
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