Pots and Powercells @ Alfa Art Gallery (2010)

I have no idea why I waited so long to post this,.. it's from November 20, 2010.

Pots and Powercells live at Alfa Art Gallery for the Omega Sound Fix Festival from PAS Music on Vimeo.

Jalopy (2010)

Here, we've got Jalopy, which is Tony Funfetti of Bog Body with Axel Brawler playing at Meat Town, December 28, 2010, right after Period Girls and PILE:




Here's a place to get a free recording from them!
http://jalopy.bandcamp.com/

PILE (2010)

After driving all the way from MA with roads covered in a foot of snow/runoff and black ice, PILE did their thing at Meat Town, along with Period Girls and Jalopy, and here they are:

Period Girls (2010)

Another older vi--- wait, no. Last night, Period Girls played at Meat Town along with Jalopy and PILE. I can't get these songs out of my head. Now you can't either.

(click image for band website)

November 17th

Apologies for the extreme delay in getting the posted; kept coming home and falling asleep before starting things uploading. Anyway here you go more music at The Nicolas Cage; hope you’re not in the mood for happy music.
First off from Tampa Florida Craow. This set was aptly described by K as “Being on downers in space” http://www.myspace.com/craownotcrow



Next also from Tampa Florida; Father Finger. They were touring together when this was filmed though I imagine by now that tour is done. http://fatherfinger.blogspot.com/



Lastly Coughin Nails (Trevor Pennsylvania of Human Adult Band and JP of Bog Body) doing some creepy garage rock.



More video fun at www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

Heaven's Gate Exhibition

Hope you all made it to this fantastic evening of music and art work, if not you missed out on some really good performances. Luckily I filmed most of the music that evening ...so here you go.
I arrived mid performance for Burnt Snake Trio. Some really nice beautiful noise here with various electronics and keyboard



Southern Nights from Orlando, FL with some smooth funky grooves




Then things got fucking heavy with Bog Body. A bit of this set was not filmed because I was in the middle of filming an interview when they started and then had to quickly put a fresh tape into my camera.




The night ended with Angels. My immediate reaction after seeing them play was: "That was fucking awesome." see for yourself




As always there are more videos from this night and others at http://www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

Also for those of you who don't already know; I'm filming a basement show documentary. If you attend, play, or host basement shows and want to do an interview come find me, I'm the weirdo with long hair, a beard, and a camera

Princess Fortress (November 6, 2010)

Sleepies for Brooklyn, NY




Ex Wife from New Brunswick, NJ




More videos at http://www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

Halloween Fun

Here we have some videos from this past Halloween at Dreamcastle in Philadelphia. It was a spooky evening filled with dark/folk/psych music, ghosts, ghouls, and a sexy robot.

It wouldn't be a Halloween show without Mike Bruno and the Black Magic Family Band. Their eerily dark folkish songs are akin to listening to lullabies f0r demons



Snowbaby lightened up the mood with some mostly acoustic tunes that would be fitting to listen to whilst dancing with sprites through the woods





Haunted Houses played their brand of loosely structured melancholy folk-rockesqe jams




Lastly, Good Weather this is their first filmed set since 2005




More footage for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

Jerk Meal - Ride From A Stranger (2010)

14 minutes can make a hell of a difference... I was only going to post two of these up here, but if you know what Joose is (I'm talking to you, ALL OF NEW BRUNSWICK), this one goes out to you... and please, for your health, on behalf of The Brown Christmas and all who are friends with them, do not ingest anything while watching this... It's just too good... And I promise this is the last time this year I will do 3 posts in a row of the same dudes doin' shit... Just sit back and love it:

Jerk Meal - Lil' Caesar's Day (2010)

As promised a few minutes ago, here's a really unsettling comedy video of 2/3 of The Brown Christmas making anyone who watches this feel... you know... well... you don't yet... but yeah... don't eat anything that comes up as easily as it goes down before you watch this unless you like doing spit-takes... The only video they have that's more unsettling is coming up in the next post...

Jerk Meal - Rahway Flea Market (2010)

I couldn't help myself; I knew Mike wouldn't post this because he's a part of it; but this is fucking brilliant... Filmed in Rahway, NJ (15 min north/east of New Bruns), here's the first of two of their comedy videos featuring members/music of The Brown Christmas that I will post today... well, this morning:

The Nicolas Cage (October 28, 2010)

Live from The Nicolas Cage; an evening of noise and drone metal, the kind of stuff that makes your brain vibrate inside your head in a most enjoyable fashion. If you're in the mood for something dark and heavy curl up next to your computer and check out these videos.

First up, we've got Tonio Hubilla (of ASPS and Hikikomori)


Next up is Robedoor from L.A.:



Here's Tsantsa out of NY:



And finally, two New Brunswick/Highland Park dudes, Kevin Winter and David Sutton of 2673 and Car Commercials, respectively:



more videos from this night can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

2006 Compilation Tape

These tracks are from a compilation tape I released about 30 copies of back in 2006. I found the original tape the other day and decided this is a good a time as any to re-release it for free, this time in digital download form... There are 16 tracks by 12 bands/artists including The Yets, Doomsday Sleepover, The Brown Christmas and Ryanay. (running time approx. 60 min.)


For your listening pleasure, here it is (click picture to download):

Track list:
Side A:
01. The Yets - Purple Today
02. Coalition of the Willing - I Want To Touch It
03. Magnet City Kids - The Robot Knows
04. Ryanay - Can't Find Anyone
05. Steve Viegas - Halifax
06. Welcoming Vocal Wonderful & Keyboard My Friend - Alright Lover
07. Ryanay - Microphone
08. Steve Viegas - Rain
09. The Yets - Stealth


Side B
10. Doomsday Sleepover - The Darkest Shade
11. The Brown Christmas - The Torture Room
12. Mincemeat or Tenspeed - Frankenstein's Dead
13. The Brown Christmas - Joe and Mike Circus
14. Preach Biitter Sermons - Sleep Agreement
15. Human Adult Band - Hoop Dreams
16. Stranger Danger - Tachyon

Car Commercials Live 5/28 Audio

Here's a live audio set of Car Commercials. Dan Dimaggio (Home Blitz) and Dave Sutton (Current Amnesia) with guest Tonio Hubilla on second guitar.

Car Commercials Live 5/28/10

This set was recorded at a house on the corner of Easton Avenue and Courtlandt Street in New Brunswick. Also on the bill was Needle Gun (Baltimore), Coughin' Nails (NB), Jalopy (NB).

Thanks to Ben and Eric for the house-spot.

(the computer I'm using prohibits copying photos, but you can imagine what these dudes look like...)
Edit: fix'd (click picture for link).

Also, check out their newest 7", Prisoner of Type

Anti-Folk Show (2010)

Here's a few songs from various musicians from 10/15/10 at Camp Crystal Lake.
First off Burnt Snake Trio making saxy music


Next up we have Sam Wade. There were some guitar troubles during their set luckily K saved the day with his clown vomit guitar.







The Fools came over from Brooklyn to play some mellow tunes







Also from Brooklyn; Joe Crow Ryan a very enjoyable hour of covers, originals, and some crowd participation










The night ended with an improvised group jam. There's a brief skip in the middle due to the power strip the camera was plugged into coming loose.



more footage from this night and others is available for viewing on the youtubes at http://www.youtube.com/basementsetcetera

Pact of Wolves (2010, again)

I usually like to space out sets by the same band, but I couldn't help myself here... Again, here's Pact of Wolves, live at the Court Tavern:







Once again, credit goes to Mike for filming this.

Pact of Wolves (2010)

Recorded at a 4th of July party at Camp Crystal Lake in New Bruns, this, like a previous Ryanay set from the same day, is a rare afternoon show by Pact of Wolves, which is Alvin and Tony Funfetti of Pots and Powercells and Bog Body, among other bands. If you like no-wave twee, you'll love this shit:






Special thanks to Mike for filming this and posting it on the 'tubes.

Human Adult Band (2010)

I've posted a few Human Adult Band videos, but none from recently. Until now. From a show that also saw Sewn Leather and Narwhalz (of sound) at PILAM in Philadelphia on October 30, 2010, here are a few songs from their set.


(sorry for the blurriness, the camera lens was fucked up.)

The Brown Christmas (2010)

A few sets by The Brown Christmas have already been posted, but this one takes the cake. Guest singers, an attempt by a spectator to end the set, and, of course, the greatest singalong of all time.


Joe and Mike, here with Sean and K of Mike Bruno's Black Magic Family Band and Pots and Powercells, respectively, on October 25, 2010 at the Court Tavern:



(Thanks to Ben for filming the set on Mike's Camera)

Mike Bruno and the Black Magic Family Band (2010)

After playing New Brunswick basements solo for years singing about whiskey and Halloween, this past year saw the addition of a backing band and more intricate songwriting styles... Recorded at the Basement Gallery on October 16, 2010, here's Mike Bruno & th' Black Magic Family Band





(Thanks to Russ for the videos.)