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Mon 12/31

$25

http://www.myspace.com/sonofthetiger
http://thebigsleep.net/
The Big Sleep is a New York City-based three-piece. It's just drums, guitar, and bass, but oh how the members put it all together-and their music doesn't sound like Mogwai, Russian Circles, or Godspeed You Black Emperor. They pick up where the Verve could have gone with the wig-outs on its first two records, or where shoegazers like Slowdive only hinted at going. Throw in some heavy riffs and layers of My Bloody Valentine-drizzled haze, and that's the sound of the Big Sleep's take on (mostly) instrumental songs. When Sonya Balchandani's (bass and vocals) voice slithers over the cacophony, it's chilling. Her voice is thick and lustrous, the lyrics rolling like velvet off her tongue. Rather than turning over the already-stripped dry soil of '80s angular rock or '70s street sleaze, the members of the Big Sleep are invoking the ghosts of psychedelia and poking the not-quite-cold corpse of shoegazer pop with a well-aimed toe. The songs sound quite dark but with an energy that crackles bright and warm. - Prefix

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http://www.thelondonsouls.com/
Formed in 2005, The London Souls has won a fast following playing to packed houses at such New York venues as The Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, and Sin-e to name a few. With their rhythmic and melodic mix of rock and funk blended with a blazing brand of psychedelic, futuristic blues they are bringing LIVE back to LIVE music. All in their early twenties, the band is made up of Tash Neal (guitar, vocals), Tom Cumming (guitar, vocals), Kiyoshi Matsuyama (bass, vocals) and Chris St. Hilaire (drums, vocals). They will be releasing their debut album in the upcoming year.

Larune sparkles up the metropolis with their cosmic country and groovy pop. Leader Kamara Thomas writes story-songs from an American heartland obscured by memory, myth and mysticism. Many of the songs seem to be deeply personal confessions from characters spanning a not-yet-told American history, and yet the chords they strike are peculiarly universal. Band members Gabe Berezin, Lee Frisari, Gordon Hartin, Serena Southam and Matt Whyte help to create the mythical realm of each song. Four-part harmonies glide over irresistable pop and country grooves as the pedal steel trades sonorous licks with the rich and resonant piano. And lilting through the entire ensemble is KamaraÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s unique, intense, milky-wayed warble. Inspired by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Larune creates lush landscapes with haunting melodies, dreamy harmonies, and songs straight from a prairie ghosttown saloon. - The Periodic Label