NEW YORK– Memorial Day weekend will indeed be more memorable as Poptimes Magazine holds FARM Night 2 at Fontana's Bar in the Lower East Side. The show will be on Saturday, May 26 at 8PM.
Three brilliant bands will grace the fabled Fontana's stage: Sound Reply, Johnny and The Rakets and Filbox. All three are bent to give everyone in attendance a night they won't forget.
DETROIT - Drexel University's MAD Dragon Records (MDR) and Motion City Soundtrack are pleased to announce the first release of the Making Moves series, The Company We Keep. Making Moves features a series of 7 inch releases by emerging artists, produced and curated by members of Motion City Soundtrack. The Making Moves series will be released jointly on MAD Dragon Records and Motion City Soundtrack's recently launched record label, The Boombox Generation. The alternative-rock band, known as The Company We Keep, will kick off the Making Moves series with their 7-inch release on Tuesday, April 24th. This will contain two single tracks on 7-inch vinyl, as well as a bonus track released with the digital package.
NEW YORK – The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced the recipient of the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting. Penny Stock by Grainger David of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts was selected as the “best-of-the-best” screenplay from the winning scripts at six leading film schools participating in Sloan’s decade-long National Film Program.
The $50,000 grant was created last year by the Sloan Foundation to recognize exceptional feature screenplays that dramatize science and technology themes and/or that portray scientists, engineers, or mathematicians in prominent character roles. Grainger David from Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina will receive a $30,000 cash prize, as well as an additional $20,000 to be used in direct support of the project. The award includes year-round support from TFI, including mentorship and guidance from scientific and film industry professionals, networking opportunities, and industry exposure.
By Ted Reyes
Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs excited the crowd. Photos by Sheryl Garcia-Reyes
NEW YORK–After a lengthy hiatus, the British alt-rock group Kaiser Chiefs return with a new album called ‘Start The Revolution Without Me’ as well as a tour to support the new release. We, of course, were fortunate to catch their gig at Terminal 5 here in New York City last month.
The band were in top form as they ran through their hits-loaded catalog as well as their new materials. Yes, the avid fans rioted as predicted as oily skinheads in their beer stained Fred Perrys rammed through hapless teenagers. One veteran (meaning old) skinhead even did a hilarious move that looked pretty much like a central nervous system seizure that scared even the hefty bouncers that patrolled the venue.
Harkening back to punk rock’s glory days of the 70s, Oklahoma outfit Broncho captures the aggression, DIY authenticity and youthful exhilaration of a bygone era and then drags it by the hair into the Here and Now, creating a fresh sound that’s unlike anything being played today. With echoes of The Replacements, Iggy and the Stooges and The Ramones, Broncho’s exuberant ten song debut Can’t Get Past the Lips is a blisteringly cathartic 20 minute flash of gritty, crunching guitar work supported by an assaultive rhythm section and made whole by songwriter Ryan Lindsey’s aggressive, yelping vocal work.
