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Local quartet Earth Dad — featuring two lifelong East Village residents — is back with a new track (and video!). This is "Drillbit."

And you can catch the band live tomorrow (Saturday) night at Heaven Can Wait, 169 Avenue A between 10th Street and 11th Street. Ticket info here. 

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The 'Gilded' age

 

There's new music out via Cults... watch the video here for "Gilded Lily." 

And check out our Q&A with one half of the duo, longtime EV resident Madeline Follin, from 2020 right here.

Rust never sleeps

 

The Pittsburgh-based quartet Feeble Little Horse is releasing their new record, Girl with Fish, on June 9 via Saddle Creek. 

The above video is for the lead single, "Tin Man." 

And you can check out the noise-pop band on June 28 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Hellbound

 

We had a chance to see local trio TDA (Tits Dick Ass) last night at the Mercury Lounge opening for Crocodiles (and on a bill with Licks).

The video is for "GF From Hell." Read more about the band here. 

And this Friday-at-5 video post includes two photos from last night via Stacie Joy...

Hitting a high note

 

"Little Stoner" is a new track from a recently released record by singer-songwriter Max Stalker-Wilde. 

The video, filmed on 16mm by Jonas Bishop Hayes, was shot around the East Village, where Stalker-Wilde was born and raised. And Ray's Candy Store, where Stalker-Wilde has worked for the past few years, has a starring role. 

"In fact, I had to make a couple of milkshakes and egg creams during the shooting just so I could get the foot traffic moving faster for production's sake," he told us. 

Check out more of Stalker-Wilde's music at Bandcamp.

Made for dancin'

 

Local faves cumgirl8 released a single (via their new label 4AD) and video this week for "cicciolina."

The track is a tribute to Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, the Hungarian-born former porn star, politician and singer. The band explains the reasoning behind the song on Instagram. 

The band will be on the road soon, playing dates in North America (including opening a few nights for Le Tigre) and Europe. (This Brooklyn Vegan piece lists the dates.) 

Read our 2021 Q&A with cumgirl8 here.

RIP Vivian Trimble

 

Using this Friday-at-5-video post to remember Vivian Trimble, a keyboardist and vocalist from Luscious Jackson. She died on April 4 of cancer treatment complications. She was 59. 

The video for "Citysong" is from the band's debut release from 1994. 

In recent years Trimble lived in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons. However, she was active in this community during her time in NYC, which Performance Space New York on First Avenue and Ninth Street acknowledged in a tribute on Instagram.... 

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The power of the dog

 

Last night, Australian sax/drums duo Party Dozen made their first (noisy!) NYC appearance... opening for Algiers at Racket. 

Looking forward to hearing more from them. 

The video here is for "Macca The Mutt," featuring Nick Cave. (Sadly, Nick was not at Racket last night!)

A world of dreams

 

Local band Rebounder (NYC native Dylan Chenfeld and friends) has a new single-video out this week... shot along (or behind!) St. Mark's Place. This is "Dreamland," an inviting pop song.

A 'Grave' situation

 

The underrated San Diego-based duo Crocodiles (Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell) are back with a new album, Upside Down In Heaven, due out on April 7.

The video here is for one of the singles, "Love Beyond the Grave."

They'll be at Mercury Lounge on May 4.

Sweet 'Sixteen'

 

Out now (as of March 10): Love As Projection, the latest solo album from New York-based singer-songwriter Frankie Rose ... formerly of Vivian Girls/Crystal Stilts/Dum Dum Girls. 

The video is for the track "Sixteen Ways."

After 'Sun'

 

The New Colossus Festival continues this weekend at neighborhood music venues (Pianos, Mercury Lounge, Berlin, Heaven Can Wait, Bowery Electric and Arlene's Grocery). 

Among the many acts to play: Local band Lukka, on a dream pop-shoegaze bill tomorrow night at Arlene's. 

The video here is for "Wisdom of the Sun."

'Bass' master

 

Legendary post-punk musician, artist and filmmaker Gina Birch has released her debut solo record, "I Play My Bass Loud."

Birch was a founding member of The Raincoats (🙌).

The video is for the title track, "I Play My Bass Loud." Birch has said, "The song is a celebration of the bass guitar as a voice, simple or layered, pounding or dancing or everything at once."

Some like it 'Hot'

 

Pure Adult, the Brooklyn-based duo of Jeremy Snyder and Bianca Abarca, is on a bill this March 12 for the New Colossus Festival grand finale at the Bowery Ballroom. (Tix here.) 

The video is for "Hot Crusade."

'Special' delivery

 

Local faves Hello Mary — Helena Straight, Stella Wave and Mikaela Oppenheimer — released a new single yesterday ahead of the band's full-length debut on March 3. 

Enjoy this "Special Treat."

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• Hello Mary takes the stage at Webster Hall 

• An afternoon out with Hello Mary

Ring in the new year

 

There's a new (great!) record out by R. Ring, a band featuring Kelley Deal (of the Breeders) and Mike Montgomery.

The video here is for "Def Sup." 

'Everybody' wants some

 

Bass Drum of Death's fifth full-length release, Say I Won't, is out now on Fat Possum Records. 

The above video is for "Everybody's Gonna Be There."

BDOD leader John Barrett, along with his band, his brother Jim and Ian Kirkpatrick, will be one L-train stop away at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 31.

'Steel' breeze

 

Food for Worms, the new record from Shame, comes out on Feb. 24... the video here is for the first single, "Fingers of Steel." 

And you can see Shame live at Warsaw on Driggs Avenue on May 14.

Don't worry be 'Toppy'

 

Canadian trio Men I Trust released several singles last year, including "Billie Toppy" (⬆️).  Their fans are hoping for a full-length release in 2023...

For the 'Win'

 

David Bowie fans this week commemorated both his birthday (Jan. 8, 1947) and his passing (Jan. 10, 2016).

So in honor of all this, here's a video for "Win" from 1975's Young Americans LP. 

The footage here apparently comes from (outtakes?) from the "Cracked Actor" documentary.