MEN MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective that focuses on the energy of live performance and radical potential of dance music. MEN speaks to issues such as wartime economies, sexual compromise, and demanding liberties through lyrical content and an exciting stage show. The group began in 2007 as the DJ/production/remix team of LE TIGRE members JD Samson and Johanna Fateman. When the duo began to write new songs, it made sense to merge their efforts with JD's other new project HIRSUTE. JD and Hirsute members Michael O'Neill (Princess, Ladybug Transistor) and Ginger Brooks Takahashi (LTTR, The Ballet) now comprise the core of MEN, with Johanna and artist Emily Roysdon contributing as writers, consultants, and producers.
Tayisha Busay Is the best electronic dance band you can possibly experience. When they aren't rolling around in piles of glitter and beaming out ridiculous lyrics, they are cuddling their keyboards and grinding up on their synthesizers at shows all over NYC and beyond.
RAD PONY "Here is a duo to watch out for, as they have the right kind of pop sensibilities: super sexy chemistry and killer beats that just makes you want to let loose...with drummer Sarah Strauss’s powerful rock the house dance beats, mixed with BoySkout’s Ingrid Dahl’s mesmerizing vocals, and haunting electro-pop keys, it is difficult not to fall captive to their melodic dance trance. Tom Tom Magazine Review (December 2009)
Athen's Boys Choir can be a bit deceiving but you can’t blame a Transsexual man living in
the Deep South for having a sense of humor about the whole ordeal. So
Katz, the Choir’s now solo member, travels the country speaking “the
good word” throwing down hard hitting spoken-word that deals with
issues of Gender, Politics, Love, Sex, and everything in-between.
Hunter Valentine There's this feeling you get when
you have an intense crush. Your heart pounds for no reason. Buying milk at the
grocery store or riding the bus, you notice a flock of butterflies trying to
escape from your stomach. You find yourself humming the sappiest AM radio hits
in the shower. It’s almost impossible to replicate that sense of total
serotonin-charged exhilaration. The only thing that comes close is note-perfect,
hook-drenched music. That is Hunter Valentine's stock in trade.
Jen Urban & The Box Known for incendiary live performance, genre-bending repertoire, & irresistible songwriting, Jen Urban & the Box sets a new standard for contemporary independent pop. The band builds bridges between the rock stage, pop tour, and dance floor with a sophisticated, street-smart, & sexy brand of electronic dance-rock.
The Shondes are known for their melodic rock sound and a live show that explodes with energy. Their music draws from feminist punk, classical and Jewish music, which combine to create songs that are often both heartbreaking and hopeful. They bring an infectious urgency to their live performances that gets audiences on their feet and singing along.
Wicked Jezebel is Washinton DC's 2007 & 2008 WAMA award winning all female party band (est. Oct 2004). Dynamically delivers hits from all of the partying decades to the whole Mid Atlantic!. 60's Motown, 70's Disco, classic rock, the wicked 80's, to the grungy/techno 90's with a "tad" of today, Wicked Jezabel delivers the best party atmosphere anywhere.
Melissa Lee & The Barely Thiers For over a decade, Melissa Li has carved a name for herself as a passionate songwriter and performer. From getting her start in the subways and community enclaves of Boston to playing to thousands at San Francisco Pride, Melissa's music career has been a non-stop, surprising journey.
Mitten
Bouncing between Brooklyn, Boston, and Ridgewood NJ. MAIA likes: bicycles, rolling ball pens, gcal, hats, peanut butter dislikes: licorice, slush, creepy meat, falling down JOANNA likes: triple booking, mint condish, stripes, creepy meat, curtsies, oregon dislikes: corner store haircuts, lol, iphone cases, solids, wrestling meets
Mzery Loves Company Since forming in Sasha’s garage one chilly fall day, Mzery Loves Company broke into the hip-rock scene in 2007 with their debut album Herstory 101.The band’s latest album, Order N Chaos, unites Mzery’s hardcore lyrics with Liz’s gutter baseline, Ladie Clair’s dirty-dirty licks, and SashNja’s nasty backbeat, to almost effortlessly push out a mob of chart-topping bangers.
Lost Boi's At the age of 12 two lost bois met and, in friendship found musical solidarity. In their teens, A.O. and B.steady shared the stage as vocalists in a jazz band, falling in love with the nuances of the jazz standard. Upon their return to DC in the summer of '09, A.O. and B.Steady reunited with a fierce determination to challenge the sexist, racist, and homophobic hot-mess that is mainstream music.
Bellafea In Spanish, bella means beautiful, and fea means ugly. Chapel Hill three-piece Bellafea fulfills the possibility of its name. The voice of Heather McEntire can coo or curse. Her guitar can sway or slash. Drummer Nathan Buchanan can lock into a popping rhythm or crack it open from its seams. Bassist Eddie Sanchez can ooze into the gaps or flood them. But none of these characteristics are mutually exclusive: Bellafea’s roar can be beautiful, and its whimper can be ugly.
Clinical Trials Born south of the Mason-Dixon line, Somer Bingham migrated north in the late nineties, in part to seek fame and fortune, but mostly to skip college classes at Princeton. Four years ago, she had her heart ripped out, stepped on, and dredged through some high-quality (but very acidic) vinegar. This gave her all the inspiration she needed to decide to devote her life to music completely. Maybe it was to give voice to her heartache.
Omega Band Though the variety of influences is infinite, the realm of OmegaBand is within the context of this definition. And while the aim of our message is most definately to shake up the snow globes of minds that surround us, it is in our live performances that we are most able to illustrate these ideals with the unrestrained passion and sensuality that comes straight from the soul.
Tiik W/ G.U.T.S Tiik is an award winning singer/songwriter, and rhythm + lead guitarist, with a long herstory in the women’s alternative rock scene; Lizzy Tisch, BeBe K'Roche, Toshi Reagan & the Agitones, Tiik with Native Ban, G.U.T.S. and others.
