Parts & Labor, Appomattox, Jerkagram April 13, 2011

9:00pm - 21+ - Free

Parts & Labor
Brooklyn noisepunk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically altered their wall-of-sound: Their fourth album, Receivers, finds P&L focusing on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements and loftier goals. On eight epic tracks, Receivers showcases the band's catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd.
Jagjaguwar
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/partsandlabor

Appomattox
"Appomattox are indie rock instant gratification. Fast, loud and awesome. Their tight, heavy, vigorous music, not laden down by too much instrumentation or showiness, has the kick-your-ass heaviness of favorite 90s bands like Fugazi and Shudder to Think yet with a sort of raw, aching quality to the vocals. It’s punk that’s not poppy, emo of the classic variety, indie rock that actually rocks." - The Deli Mag
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/appomattoxrules

Jerkagram
Jerkagram is a two-piece (guitar/electronics and drums) of brothers from Connecticut on the heels of releasing their first official album, due for a late spring release. They are fully instrumental and partially improvisational, with their sound being a mix between ambient textured mellowness and dense psychedelic rock and their live shows being extremely energetic and immersive.
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/jerkagram

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