Dave Sutton (2009)

Dave Sutton of Car Commercials, Current Amnesia, and many other New Brunswick projects, plays here at a show in New Brunswick on June 21, 2009 with little more than his laptop, a mixer, and a few pedals to a basement full of weirdos. I can't remember much about this particular show, so I'll just post the video.

AOI (2010)

Another atypical post, as this band hails from Brooklyn, NY, but features Jaime of The Yets and Pots & Powercells in a medieval-themed band, AOI, the name of which is supposedly an ancient word with a meaning that has been lost to the ages. Immediately, I'll link directly to their website, then Jaime's blog, kangbucket, and finally to a digital release from Jaime, here. (Be prepared, that one immediately prompts a download of the .zip file containing the recordings)


And since this is a video blog, here's a short sample of their style.




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Also, check out what they look like.

Pots & Powercells (2010)

It's hard to say whether Pots & Powercells rose out of the ashes of the dispersal across the East coast of members of Buckets & Batteries, or if they're merely in the same mindset, but started in the fall of 2009 and with a few local shows and a breif 3-city weekend mini-tour under their belts, Pots & Powercells already has a few tape and cd-r releases out, and after nearly a year of playing shows, somebody (Mike of The Brown Christmas, actually) finally decided to film the set, send me the file, and make it possible to get out there to an audience bigger than the real world: The Internet.


Members of the Human Adult Band, Bog Body, Pact of Wolves, The Yets, Mike Bruno and the Black Magic Family Band, and several other one-off New Brunswick projects regulary jam with the band, and the rotating cast of characters means you're unlikely to seem the same style jam twice.

Here, for your viewing and listening... pleasure... Pots & Powercells live in Sewaren, NJ at a log-burning-barbecue playing on a porch to a bunch of young punks. A last-minute addition to the show, was a nice ending to a long first of two days of weird jams and punk bands. 

Tapes and CD-Rs are available from dihd and Bone Tooth Horn.

The Brown Christmas - Avant Garde Film (2007-2009)

Another film by members of The Brown Christmas, this time 70+ minutes long and simply titled "Avant-Gard Film." This is a surrealist journey through the life of two unnamed men going through all the moves of life, including dreaming, cooking breakfast, getting a job, infedelity, birth, revenge, and the like. Scored by The Brown Christmas, starring JoeMazing, and also starring and directed by Michael Barankovich, this is pretty fuckin' awesome.














Again, Brown Acres Productions/The Brown Christmas come through with something weird as hell and totally awesome.

The Brown Christmas - Hipster Day (2009)

In the aptly-named Hipster Day mocumentary by The Brown Christmas, the band covers a wide range of the Hipster interpretation of various aspects of life, including having kids, soul music, sex, food, and the art of noise. The obviously tongue-in-cheek style this film uses is the perfect form of meta-irony used against a culture that fucking thrives on it. All music used in this is from their 2009 release, "Vegan Chinese Food," available from Brown Acres Records, which can be brought to you by the dudes themselves here or here.


Here, in all 7 glorious parts, is Hipster Day.

Human Adult Band shows

This coming Halloween-ish time, The Human Adult Band will be playing out of the New Brunswick area for a few nights... Here's a little taste of them; something off of the 2007 DVD available through dihd.net titled "High Hopes"...








Sat Oct 16th 2010 7pm
Human Adult Band
Pat (of Degenerics)
Pat (of Sex Zombies)
@ Curmudgeon Records
34 west main st.
Somerville NJ 08876 

Fri Oct 29th
Human Adult Band
AOI 
Sharks with Wings
Rye (Japan)
@ Silent Barn,
915 Wyckoff Ave 
Ridgewood, NY

Saturday Oct 30th
Human Adult Band
Foster Care
DJ Dog Dick
Sewn Leather
Nawahls (of Sound)
@ Pilam
3914 Spruce St 
Philly, PA


more info at dihd.net


(thanks to Trevor Pennsylvania for the heads up)

King Darves (2007, 2009)

There's not much to say about King Darves that hasn't already been said, and said much, much better that I can ever say, so I'll keep it simple. He can be contacted here and his LP "The Sun Splits For .. The Blind Swimmer" can be picked up here.


This first video is from a show at Mutiny's House on High St. in New Brunswick on October 12, 2007.



This next video is from a show under the NJ Transit bridge in Highland Park, NJ on June 12, 2009.

Twan's Dream (2009)

From the denizens of Highland Park that bring us Bone Tooth Horn records, Current Amnesia, and Car Commercials, Twan's Dream performs here at Meat Town in New Brunswick on June 27, 2009. Also playing that night were Slasher Risk, Mir, and Cache, whose videos I will post in the near future.