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Kyle Rhines brings you in close to the roots, jazz and psychedelic sounds of The Brand New Life. Check out more of his work on his website.
Walter Fancourt – saxophone, flute
Casey Cranford – saxophone. Walter Fancourt – saxophone, flute. Jared Mankoff – vocals and tuba
For more DMP photography, check out our flickr site.
Stephen Charles captures the rhythm of seven member band – The Brand New Life. To see more of Stephen’s work, take a look at his website.
Evan Frierson- Congas and Percussion
Jared Mankoff- Vocals and Tuba
To see more photos from this show and others, check out the DMP flickr page.
Hello internet people.
So, in case you missed it, or in case you just want to relive the awesomeness, here’s the skinny on the Matty Sheets birthday party that occurred last night, March 12th, 2010. This night happened almost exactly the way I wanted it to.
Matty Sheets and the Blockheads
Matty Sheets and the Blockheads was the first of four musical acts to go on. This group essentially involves Matty and whomever he chooses to play with him. Playing with Matty that night was Emily Stewart on banjo, Jessica Pennell on accordion, James Marshall Owen on ukulele, and Gael McKeon on upright bass. I even sat in for a few. ‘Twas a joy and an honor, as Matty’s music holds a very special place in my heart.
Antigravity Animated
Antigravity Animated, the second act of the night is a hip hop/R & B experience that I’m slightly biased in favor of due to the fact that it’s my own creation. Last night’s set starred me, Taylor Bays (if you couldn’t figure that out) as the MC, along with DJ Nincompoop 17,000, my robot DJ. The theme of the set was a dream that I had wherein I was selected for a game show called “The Mic is Right” that selects one lucky member of the audience (Me, go figure) to rap for the entertainment of everybody else. The set also included the destruction of an Olsen Twins VHS tape.
Go me.
The Leeves
Next, The Leeves shook the building with their signature make-you-laugh-cry-and-dance-your-ass-off sound. I can’t say this enough times. The Leeves kick ass. They have consistently been one of the funnest bands to see live along with playing some of the best music to be found in Greensboro. The room swarmed with little Leevlings, dancing and jumping like a solid mass of fleshy love, as is the norm at their shows. Their set included a combination of older and newer songs along with a brand new one, entitled “Carolina Nights”. Damn right. TEH LEVS!
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands closed out the night with an hour (possibly more) of maddeningly eclectic sound. This band is truly difficult to put a label on. Depending on the song being played, I could describe them using a variety of descriptions ranging from circus nightmare theme to Spanish traditional song to experimental noise. The band is composed of Crystal Bright playing accordion and whatever other little toy she decides to pick up (There’s one instrument that I couldn’t name that looks like a big hamburger that she hits with mallets.), Pete Lewis on the drums, Chris Micca on bass, and Diego Diaz on acoustic guitar and electric lapsteel. Definitely a hell of a wall of sound.
Let me go on a rant for a minute.
Crystal Bright is an amazing multi-instrumentalist badass with the voice of a damn banshee and I’m fucking in love with her. Okay. Done. Pretty short rant really. I’m proud of myself.
A big thanks to everyone who came out. I know Matty appreciated it. I had an amazing time myself. I very much encourage anyone and everyone to create their own posts with their own pictures/videos from the night. It was EPIC!
Photos by: Taylor Bays
Israel Darling kicked off our second show at The Green Bean, followed by the relentless big band, The Brand New Life. The kids came out to get deep, the kids came out to dance, hell, the kids were out! This was only our second show without a 21+ age limit. So. much. more. fun.
Here’s a taste of what they both sounded and look like last week, first Israel Darling:
Samson The Mason *
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Photo by Stephen Charles
Photo by Stephen Charles
Photo by Stephen Charles
Now, The Brand New Life:
Time Warp *
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Photo by Stephen Charles
Photo by Stephen Charles
Photo by Stephen Charles
* These tracks were not live recordings from the DMP show. We should have live albums of these sets ready for release within a couple of months. Check back for music videos and more photography as well.
Local legend Bruce Piephoff pulled together an all-star ensemble for his DMP performance last February (sweet Jesus, it’s been that long?). With Renee Mendoza (Filthybird) on vocals, Scott Walker, Landon Walker & Jennie Walker Brunner on bass, cello and violin (Walker Family Band) and David “Driveway” Moore on harmonica (ETI & The Goodbye House), Bruce led the audience through a memorable set of narratives steeped in southern tales — stories of inequality and of politics and with bits of love splashed here and there.
Please enjoy this beautifully shot slice of that down home pie.
And remember, Bruce’s live album is currently available on Amie Street for only $1.82.
MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Director: Harvey K. Robinson
Editor: Zach Hadgraft
Camera: Mark Wagoner, Alex Maness, Blake Faucette
Gaffer: Jonathan Faw
Grips: Matty Sheets, Barry Staples
Sound: Danny Bayer, Don Ravon and Cesar Oviedo
Just over a month ago, I was contacted by a guy named Lazlo from up in New Jersey. He told me that he found DMP through twitter and that he was putting together a benefit album for his buddy Shayne Miel — the force behind The Future Kings of Nowhere who also graced our stage last summer — and wondered if I might know anyone that would be willing to donate an original song to the cause.
After only a week or so of wrangling, I was able to get Lazlo 11 tracks from artists local to the area. I love the heart of this place.
I never did get Lazlo’s last name, but the album is already ready for download.
From the press release:
INDIE MUSICIANS UNITE TO BENEFIT CANCER-STRICKEN COMRADE
This Album Kills Cancer 54 tracks of original indie rock, metal, punk, and folk from across America and around the world, is now available exclusively as a digital download for a $15 donation
photo by Elizabeth LemonOne hundred percent of the money raised by sales of the album goes directly to musician Shayne Miel, to help with the costs of his cancer treatments. The compilation features exclusive tracks from The English Beat, Paul Sanchez, The Cucumbers, Rick Barry, The Winter Sounds, and many more.
In November of 2009, Shayne Miel, the frontman of the North Carolina indie band The Future Kings Of Nowhere (www.thefuturekings.com), was diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma. Like so many Americans today, he does not have sufficient medical insurance, and the cost of treatment has been a substantial financial challenge to Shayne and his family.
When Lazlo – the force behind NJ-based Internet radio station BlowUpRadio.com and the host of Lazlo’s Den – heard of his friend’s Shayne plight, he responded not just with sympathy, but action.
“On January 6, I emailed many of the bands I have met over nine years of doing BlowUpRadio.com, asking if any of them would donate a previously unreleased track for a benefit album,” Lazlo recalls. “Having 54 artists so willing to help was extremely moving, and a testament to how giving musicians can be to help others. I initially hoped to get an album’s worth of material; instead, we ended up with three albums worth of songs, which is wonderful.”
“It was very important to me that all the money raised goes to Shayne to help with his medical bills,” Lazlo stresses. “We worked it out so that people will be using Shayne’s PayPal account to purchase the album, so 100% of the money will go directly to him.”
Shayne has been keeping a blog of his experiences with cancer, which you can read at http://thismachinekillscancer.tumblr.com
This Album Kills Cancer track listing:
DISC 1
The Future Kings Of Nowhere – Let’s Be Pirates! (live @ BlowUpRadio.com)
The Tea & Whiskey – Pray For Shayne
The English Beat – They Call It Ska (live)
Red Flag Fleet – Quotidian Oblivion
The Winter Sounds – Bird On Fire
Fairmont – Oh Your Bitter Heart
Citified – Sleepsound
Paul Sanchez – All of My Might (alternate version)
Greg D – In The Name Of
Grover Kent – Running Out of Ramones (acoustic)
The Tremors – Late Night Drive-in Monster Show (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
The Broke Downs – Giving It All Away
The Crayons – See My Eyes
Rick Barry – Audrey There You Are (live from the penthouse)
Kaitlyn Raido – Hating You
The Good Graces – Pepper
The Cucumbers – The Boss’s Song
Zigman Bird – New Stuff (live @ BlowUpRadio.com)
State Run Media – From The Fire
Brett Fuentes – Nightfall On A Budding June
Jeannie O’Neil & Thomas Martin – Silver TrainDISC 2
Drew & The Medicinal Pen – Baking In The Sun
John Raido & Friends – I Don’t Mind
Bruce Piephoff – Rosalita (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
Hey Tiger – Say Nothing (acoustic)
Christian Beach – Baby’s Back In Town
Pete Jager – Day and Night
The Raving Knaves – Black and White World
The Heshers – Cloud
Jim Testa – The WE Fest Song
Jonathan Andrew – I Am No Longer Important to You (live)
Keith Monacchio – Dynamite
Matt Colligan – A New Day (live @ BlowUpRadio.com)
Possum Jenkins – Burn These Leaves (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
Jason Didner – Salt and Sand
Brett Harris – Perpetual Motion
The Break Evens – Crime Spree
Rik Mercaldi – Sliding
Joe Whyte – It’s A Shame
The Wigg Report – Good Times
Jon Caspi – Smile (live)
Colie Brice – Jersey Blues (remix)
Tony Tedesco – Shine OnDISC 3
Montagna & The Mouth To Mouth – Unabomber Blues
Decoration Ghost – Camera Bag And A Backpack (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
The Bronzed Chorus – Hiding In the Woods (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
The LawnDarts – Tell Me Why
Workday/Schoolnight – My Creation
The Successful Failures – Sinkhole
Project Tritium – Affectus Incognitus (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
Julian Peterson – Music Only We Can Hear
Kristen Leigh – Stouffer Chemical Company (live @ Dotmatrix Project)
Mimi Cross – Nitelite
The Wag – Setting Sun (alternate version)
Please share this post with as many people as possible and do consider buying an album yourself.
Thank you!
-Sean
If you listen to Morgan McPherson’s lyrics carefully, you’ll discover that the young lady knows where she’s been. With self-described influences ranging from Tori Amos to Bush to Beethoven to Aerosmith, Morgan now seems to be in the process of finding her own sound… and having a bit of fun along the way.
Just like it should be.
MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Editor: Michael McQueen
Camera: Michael McQueen
Camera: Jeremy Hyler
Camera: Mark Steinberg
Sound: Danny Bayer and Don Ravon
You can check out Morgan’s entire DMP set on Last.fm or support a local musician by picking up the album over at Amie Street.
What else can be said about Mr. Rozzi? As a long-time staple on the Greensboro hip hop scene, Rozzi constantly brings the energy, no matter the show or the circumstances. On this fine evening last March, he rolled into The Green Burro with a posse full of performers, including the lovely and talented Vanessa Ferguson, the R&B dynamo Jeremy Johnson and L in Japanese on the 1’s and 2’s.
Killer.
And give Ioannis Batsios some dap for the creative rendering of the video. Way above and beyond…
MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Editor: Ioannis Batsios
Camera: Ioannis Batsios, Matt Williams, David Bradley
Sound: Danny Bayer, Don Ravon
When I heard Kristen’s sound for the very first time — as the background music to her own interview in Harvey’s Kitchen — I couldn’t get it out of my head for weeks. In a very, very good way.
After watching this video, I’ll bet the same will be true for you.
MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS
Editor: Michael McQueen
Camera: Michael McQueen
Camera: Jeremy Hyler
Camera: Mark Steinberg
Sound: Danny Bayer and Don Ravon
You can check out Kristen’s entire DMP set on Last.fm or support a local musician by picking up the album over at Amie Street.
