Danielson
Ortolan, Ben + Vesper
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Mon, March 8, 2010
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
$10.00
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Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
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Danielson
Hailing from suburban Clarksboro, New Jersey, it is difficult to separate Danielson from their gooey visuals (costumes and graphics) and the spirited music, regarding which, Daniel says, “One enters your heart through your eyes, one through your ears.”
There's no avoiding that what began as a senior thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a world so rich with musicality and merry-making that the first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. Mythology-hounds, listening with headphones or at a party, have found Danielson to be as deeply rewarding in a literary-visual-musical way as canonical acts such as Sun Ra, Parliament and David Bowie.
There's no avoiding that what began as a senior thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a world so rich with musicality and merry-making that the first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. Mythology-hounds, listening with headphones or at a party, have found Danielson to be as deeply rewarding in a literary-visual-musical way as canonical acts such as Sun Ra, Parliament and David Bowie.
Ortolan
Ortolan is four young women from Southern New Jersey with music-loving, art-teacher parents, devoted to each other in laughter, bickering, love, and play. Sisters Stephanie (16), Brianna (18), Lara (20), and sister-in-law Jill (23) also happen to create music that is singularly winsome, disarming, and sincere, possessing the same kind of universal appeal of 1950s and '60s rock and roll, with its earnest abandon and joy in simple and uncluttered gestures. Ortolan’s sound is at once familiar and new, a sort of musical déjà vu—where listeners remember that which they are hearing for the first time.
Ben + Vesper
Misers of tonal treasure, advocate to the wayward melodie. Now you enter with ears agape, into the mess of battered pleasantries that nest among rhythms brooding and temperamental. With a half smirk and a hushed croon, it is Ben's life mission to sing for you with all of his heart. Ben also strums and picks at a butter-yellow Telecaster like someone being introduced to an exotic but delicious food. The ever-radiant Vesper has a voice that could slay a dragon if need be, but doesn't need to because her accordion playing tames the heart of the wicked beast.
Ben + Vesper make their home in North Jersey, but are citizens of the world. They hold their hand out to you in musical friendship with songs that strike hard at anyone who has ever loved and lost.
Ben + Vesper make their home in North Jersey, but are citizens of the world. They hold their hand out to you in musical friendship with songs that strike hard at anyone who has ever loved and lost.
Venue Information:
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
11211
http://ny.knittingfactory.com
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
11211
http://ny.knittingfactory.com
