Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
On Aug. 3, the EVG team went to TV Eye in Ridgewood to see one of our favorite newer bands, Genre Is Death, along with the No Wave legend Lydia Lunch.
A highly recommended space if you've never been, complete with an outdoor patio...
... where we ran into some familiar faces, including Skeleton Boy ...
...Carmen, the bass player for EVG fave Pop Music Fever Dream...
... and Tom Person, a drummer with several local bands who also fronts Dr. Now ...
Over the past year or more, we've experienced Genre Is Death eight to 10 times, and Taylor and Ty always deliver a powerful wall of sound. (Read our Q&A with them here.)
The two are currently recording a new record with Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans), with an East Coast/Midwest tour kicking off right from TV Eye on Nov. 2.
As always, the two — fresh off a West Coast date opening for Gogol Bordello— once again left it all on stage.
This backstage shot was taken after their longest set yet.
Backstage, we also talked with the legend, Lydia Lunch, who was playing with Big Sexy Noise alongside Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea and Timo Ellis.
Lunch was at the forefront of the No Wave movement in the Lower East Side of the early 1980s, unleashing the jagged noise of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. (Read our 2013 Q&A with her here.)
This show proved she hasn't strayed too far from that lacerating assault.
We watched her go over the set list, then went out and simply enjoyed the vibrant, in-your-face performance...
Check out TV Eye's schedule here. Highly recommended if you want to get out of the neighborhood for some live music. (And Genre Is Death is here again on Aug. 20.)
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