The Bowery Presents

The Mercury Lounge upcoming shows

Sailor Jerry Presents... Late Show

The Greenhornes
11:30

Des Roar
10:30

Entry is first come, first served based on capacity. RSVP: http://sailorjerry.com/greenhornes/
Venue:
The Mercury Lounge
Date:
Fri 9/03
Notes:
21+
Doors: 10:30 PM / Show: 10:30 PM
FREE w/ RSVP
The Greenhornes
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Although their music is rooted in the classic sounds of rock and rolls past, Cincinnati, Ohio’s The Greenhornes have developed an iconic sound all their own. Forming in 1996, band members Craig Fox, Patrick Keeler, and Jack Lawrence have released numerous singles and three albums demonstrating a wide range of musical ability. Like their predecessors The Kinks, The Byrds, and The Yardbirds, The Greenhornes songs range from classic psychedelic sounds and soulful melodies to timeless rock anthems.

Culled from the recent sessions produced by label-mate Brendan Benson, The Greenhornes recently released a digital EP entitled East Grand Blues. This EP exemplifies the bands prolific song-writing while magnifying the individual talents of each of its members. The five-song EP will be released summer of 2005 on V2 in time for a tour with The White Stripes beginning in August.

Along with recording their own material, members of The Greenhornes have been fortunate enough to play alongside numerous influential musicians who include Loretta Lynn (Patrick and Jack provide the rhythm section to Lorettas critically acclaimed and 2004 Grammy Award wining Van Lear Rose), Jack White (The White Stripes), Karen O (The Yeah Yeah Yeahs) Ronnie Spector, John Curley (Afghan Whigs), along with many others.

Craig, Patrick, and Jack have created a sound that is original yet influenced with great respect to those who have come before. The Greenhornes have made music that captures their love of authentic and unadulterated rock and roll.
Des Roar
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California sonic bobby-socks rockers, Des Roar, have become an anchor throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, headlining with a host of tomorrow’s brightest since 2006. With their malt of surf rock and bubblegum dance hooks, narratives and noise, they manage to incorporate Brooklyn’s electro leanings into the vibrations of a West Coast garage band, keeping it raw and playing seamless.

Formed in early 2006 when fuzz toner Ryan Spoto made his way to New York and met drummer Lyla Vander, and electrified with the arrival of fellow-Cali droner, Ben Wolcott, Des Roar went quickly to work in the Lower East Side establishing early gigs and residencies to streamline their sound. With the crafting of a slightly-humorous, take-it-or-leave-it batch of songs, they went into the studio in early 2007 banging out the Fucked Up & Freaked Out EP, and took to the road later that summer with Lower East Side outfit Elevator Action to promote it. But sensing a layer was missing, Alan O’Keeffe joined as a second guitar, and by late season, Des Roar was finally officially a full-strength foursome, at full sound and picking up bigger shows.

By mid 2008, Des Roar had played a cavalcade of venues, eliciting the attention of national acts like the Detroit Cobras and Gringo Star for their trash-happy live sets, and secured invitations to perform runway shows at Fashion Week in both New York and L.A. for the industry’s most iconoclastic designers. Amidst their continuing ruckus in New York, the foursome went back into the studio in late ’08 with producer Graham Finn specifically to capture their live brio on the forthcoming full-length Mad Things expected out late this summer. No easy feat, but with a couple years behind them, a slew of shows in the can and plenty on the long-extending horizon, Des Roar will just keep it coming, keep it easy.
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