The Motion Sick, Visqueen and John Shade and "The Hark! Philharmonic"at Middle East on May 19th

The Motion Sick join a stirring evening of music on Wednesday, May 19th at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA alongside Visqueen, John Shade and “The Hark! Philharmonic" (Conducted by Christopher Pappas).

Fresh off their online release of Novelty Songs: Volume One, the Motion Sick will no doubt play their pop tunes from last year’s endearing album The Truth Will Catch You, Just Wait... and most likely some surprises too. The band shares the stage with Seattle’s female-fronted rock group Visqueen, who has garnered praise everywhere from Rolling Stone, Paste and NPR for their 2009 release Message to Garcia. Visqueen lead singer Rachel Flotard has worked with Neko Case and much like the Motion Sick’s own Michael Epstein, she too has a flurry of an assortment of talents to share with the audience. Visqueen and the Motion Sick are joined by John Shade and “The Hark! Philharmonic,” conducted by Christopher Pappas.

May 19, 2010
The Middle East, Downstairs
480 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
18+ $10adv/$12 door
Doors 8:45 pm
The Motion Sick Show Time 9 pm

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Neutral Milk Hotel Gets Uked

Always better than getting nuked, Neutral Milk Hotel will get uked when  Golden Bloom’s Shawn Fogel takes his show on the road with his latest project, Neutral Uke Hotel. It’s exactly what you think it is, Neutral Milk Hotel music played entirely on the ukulele. To be more precise, Fogel has arranged Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 iconic indie album In The Aeroplane Over the Sea into a collection of classic contemporary indie pop songs that he plays on ukulele.
This interesting idea came after Fogel worked with producer Roger Greenawalt's "Beatles Complete on Ukulele" project. Fogel explains, “After recording a version of the Beatles’ B-side ‘I'll Get You’ with Roger at his Shabby Road Studios, I performed with Golden Bloom, Guster's Ryan Miller, The Zambonis and Leah Siegel at the 2nd Annual Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival held at Brooklyn Bowl this past December,” says Fogel. In March Fogel went to SXSW in Austin to play The Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival alongside other artists including Ben Kweller.

“Inspired by Greenawalt's successful merging of one of the biggest bands in the world with one of the smallest instruments in the world, I decided to use the uke to tackle another major influence of indie musicians across the world: Neutral Milk Hotel.”

While additional shows are being confirmed for this summer, Boston fans can get a sneak peak when Fogel plays these nuggets on Friday, May 7 at the Arts at the Armory in Somerville. Click Here to Read More..

No Second Troy Announces Northeast Tour in May

Washington, DC’s own, No Second Troy, announces a northeast tour in May in support of the release of their album, Colors, on April 27, 2010. Following up their praised 2007 release Narcotic, Colors combines contemporary indie rock and the precise amount of infectious pop to be lively and bright, without being saccharine or lackluster.

No Second Troy garnered praise from SPIN while charting on the CMJ Top 200 on their last record, Narcotic. On the upcoming release, Colors, the band was led to Inner Ear Studios where they worked with Chad Clark of Silver Sonya Studios (Fugazi, Q & Not U, Georgie James), TJ Lipple and Nick Anderson to produce and engineer the record. Lead singer Jeff Wharen notes, "We really liked Chad and TJ's vision of capturing the band's sound at its most authentic - moving away from digital editing and auto-tuning, while recording drums and bass on tape, and encouraging the band to just sound like itself, rather than trying to sound like something we think might be a critical success. We also liked Chad's commitment to mixing the songs based on what they were about, pairing the aesthetics of the musical and the lyrical."

Northeast Tour Dates
Sat May 1, 2010: Black Cat (Record Release Party) - Washington, DC
Sat May 8, 2010: Arlene's Grocery - 95 Stanton Street New York, NY
Fri May 14, 2010: Slim's Downtown - 227 S. Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC
Fri May 21, 2010: Evening Muse - 3227 N. Davidson Street Charlotte, NC
Sat Jun 5, 2010:Herndon Festival 2010 Herndon, VA Click Here to Read More..

The Motion Sick Opens for The Wedding Present On April 12th

Boston’s own, The Motion Sick, are full of pride that they will share the stage with celebrated British rousing indie band, The Wedding Present, on Monday, April 12 at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, Mass. The Motion Sick will play charming pop songs from their 2008 release The Truth Will Catch You, Just Wait... and most likely a lot of new quirky gems.

Lead singer Mike Epstein is on cloud nine to open for the ‘80s below the radar, but indie-rock legends the Wedding Present; a band whose wiry guitars have influenced him throughout his career. The Wedding Present will be playing their 1989 album Bizarro in its entirety.

“From the moment in high school when I first heard the early work of the Wedding Present, David Gedge's unique takes on love, revenge, and social commentary hit me quite profoundly,” says Epstein. “In college, I was extremely pleased to gain access to some of the amazing Peel Sessions and get a chance to hear great, wry songs like,

Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?’ I was even more delighted when the band's later work continued to be great. In fact, 1996's ‘Jet Girl’ remains one of my favorite songs by the band. It is such a great honor to share the stage with a songwriter that I've admired for so long.”

Mon Apr 12, 2010:
The Middle East Downstairs -
472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
18+, Cover: $12, Door Time 7:30pm
The Wedding Present play Bizarro, w/ The Motion Sick and Girl In A Coma

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