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MGMT vs The Aviation Orange
Are we paranoid over here at RethinkPopMusic? I know people often say that imitation is the best form of flattery, but that usually doesn’t involve someone well known imitating the lesser. Take a moment to watch The Aviation Orange’s “Radio” which debuted on mtvU last October and the second video off MGMT’s new album.
RethinkPopMusic teams up with Looseworld and Beyond Race Magazine
We will be teaming up with one of our favorite production companies and magazines for an innovative event that introduces musicians to filmmakers via a creative contest. Our very own The Aviation Orange and our good friends Das Racist will be performing for the after-party! Buy advance tickets here:
The Aviation Orange @ D.I.Y.Bushwick Music Festival
The Aviation Orange is playing in the inaugural D.I.Y. Bushwick Music Festival on:
Wednesday 3/26 – 11pm at Brooklyn Fireproof – 119 Ingraham St
Thursday 3/25 – 11pm at Bushwick Music Studios - 55 Waterbury St.
C0ming off a huge buzz from SXSW, The Aviation Orange is the must-see band in Brooklyn this week. Read the details below and buy passes HERE
INAUGURAL DIY BUSHWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ARTISTIC DIVERSITY AND PERSEVERANCE IN BROOKLYN, NY
“Let the music industry have South By Southwest and the CMJ festival. Brooklyn has its own DIY Music Festival for Brooklynites by Brooklynites.”
- NY POST
Brooklyn, New York – Bushwick Music Studios in association with Deli Magazine and Arts In Bushwick are proud to announce the official schedule for DIY Bushwick, A Musical Festival, taking place March 24-27, in nine venues throughout Bushwick. The inaugural festival will feature Brooklyn-based bands, DJs, and artists performing in alternative Do-It-Yourself spaces just a walk or a bike ride apart. Admission prices range from free to $10 with an average ticket price of $5. Festival passes will be available online for $20, with Friday/Saturday passes available for $10. This is part of an effort by festival organizers to make sure that the events are accessible to all.
Tito Fleetwood Ladd, owner of Bushwick Music Studios, decided to organize the festival in an attempt to galvanize the neighborhood’s flourishing music and arts scene. In the last few years, Bushwick has emerged as a frontier for DIY venues, attracting artists and musicians with the limitless opportunities provided by these raw spaces. Although the scene has been growing for some time, a Bushwick-centered festival of this scale has never been attempted.
Ladd’s vision was that by working together, the Bushwick music scene would ultimately receive more visibility. “There’s this incredible energy and all these cool spaces with amazing talent in Bushwick,” says Ladd, “This is our way of showing that to anyone who wants to pay attention to us. We’re all doing it together.” When he reached out to several venues and organizations in Bushwick, he immediately received enthusiastic support.
Deli Magazine and neighborhood stalwart Arts In Bushwick have both signed on to help coordinate and produce the event. Bushwick Music Studios will be joined by nine spaces including Party Expo, Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn Fireproof, Castle Braid, The Opera House Lofts, House of Yes, Eastern District, and Northeast Kingdom.
Two Brooklyn-based companies have pitched in their efforts: The first, an online gig-booking agency, GigMaven, has been helping to book bands. And the innovative StreamJam will stream the shows live online. The festival is truly a local DIY effort that takes pride in its self-dependence. Corporate sponsors are nowhere to be found. DIY Bushwick is pure grassroots.
The festival kicks off at Wednesday the 24th at Eastern District at 5:00 with a free show!
Passes cost $5 for the day, $10 for Friday and Saturday, or $20 for all four days.
The Aviation Orange Top 10 of 2009
RethinkPopMusic sat down with The Aviation Orange to find out what were their Top 10 Albums and Singles of 2009.
Albums:
Grizzly Bear – Vecktamist
Wild Bests – Two Dancers
The xx – The xx
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amedeus Pheonix
Passion Pit – Manners
The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs – It’s Blitz
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
Built to Spill – There is No Enemy
Islands – Vapours
Bat For Lashes Two Suns
Singles:
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Wild Beasts – All the Kings Men
Karen O & The Kids – All is love
Phoenix – 1901
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Miike Snow – Animal
Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move
The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs – Heads will Roll or Soft Shock
Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Everything with You
Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
RethinkPopMusic Best of 2009
RethinkPopMusic’s Top 10 Singles, Albums and Videos of 2009… don’t mind our bias.
Top 10 Singles of 2009
1. Empire of the Sun – “Walking on a Dream”
2. Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”
3. Animal Collective – “My Girls”
4. Mumford and Sons – “Little Lion Man”
5. Florence and the Machine – “You’ve got the Love”
6. White Rabbits – “Percussion Gun”
7. Passion Pit – “The Reeling”
8. Manchester Orchestra – “I’ve Got Friends”
9. White Lies – “Farewell to the Fairground”
10. New Villager – “Rich Doors”
Top 10 Albums of 2009
1. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
2. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimist
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
6. N.A.S.A. – Spirit of Apollo
7. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
8. The Antlers – Hospice
9. Paper Route – Absence
10. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
Top 10 Videos of 2009
1. Ambassadors – “Tropisms”
1.The Aviation Orange – “Radio”
1. The Vanguard – “Both Sides”
4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Heaven Can Wait”
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo.
5. Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp”
6. Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”
7. Fever Ray – “Triangle Walks”
8. The Walkmen – “On the Water”
9. MGMT – “Kids”
10. Miike Snow – “Black and Blue”
Miami Beach and some Promo Spots
Here a couple promo videos the nice people at Miami Music Festival filmed of us after our first performance at Artoconecto… Plug in at Macy’s.
And after a couple “Call A Cab” slurpees from Wet Willies you know we at least tried to get in the Atlantic…
The Aviation Orange on mtvU
Check out The Aviation Orange’s debut music video for “Radio” on mtvU. You can vote for them to win The Freshman which propels them into heavy rotation.
New Villager at CMJ
New Villager review through the eyes and ears of Alex Beninato of The Aviation Orange
New Villager – Bowery Poetry Club – 10/21/09
New Villager must pride themselves on their stage ingenuity to pull off their dense sound. The fact that the band is only a duo (made up of Ben Bromley & Ross Simonini) must have forced them to get creative with their stage instrumentation. They don’t take the easy backing track way out that is the downfall of many bands now a days. The pair actually play their drum parts with their feet as they interchangeably play keyboards, bass, guitar, and sing. This combined with looping pedals allows the band to create a sound that seems like it would take about 4 people to make. It also keeps the set from getting stale and lifeless. We’ve all heard horror stories of MGMT’s live shows, I can assure you this is not a problem with New Villager. Although their style is a bit similar to MGMT, New Villager comes off a bit trippier. They move from pop to soul to psych. Their playing at Bowery Poetry Club was extremely tight and the band had great energy. I enjoyed their set tremendously. Despite this they didn’t really get the crowd into it. It seemed as though the audience didn’t know how to react to their music. There were a lot of blank stares. Maybe everyone was too enthralled with their show to move or maybe they were all waiting for the next band.
Midpoint Music Festival
Tuesday, September 22nd:
With the help of U-Haul and Red Roof Inns, RethinkPopMusic, The Vanguard, Ambassadors, The Aviation Orange, Eastkoast and Hank & Cupcakes left NYC and headed to the heart of the Midwest in 3 U-Hauls, 2 band Vans and a truck to play the Midpoint Music Festival.
Wednesday, September 23rd:
Our first stop was Columbus where we set up shop on The Ohio State University campus for some street performances to promote our show that night at The Summit.
After passing out 1250 fliers and 5 hours in the sun we packed it up and headed to The Summit for the first gig of the tour. (Video Content Coming Soon)
Thursday, September 24th:
Early in the morning we headed south to Miami University. At 70 miles an hour and using the factory stereo as a monitor we recorded a live track in the back of the van featuring The Vanguard’s Luciano Rovner on Keys, Ben Foxx on Protools, The Aviation Orange’s Alex Beninato on electric guitar and Eastkoast on the mic. While the track is far from a hit, we got a great cut and plenty of video footage of the process. (coming soon) Ben was so excited that he started mixing the track when we stopped for lunch.
Unfortunately, the weather prevented us from any street performances so we took to the basement of an abandoned frat house for some old fashion fun.
Luckily we had Ben to corral the troops and record an acoustic track because a certain CEO was a bit “sleepy”.
After our basement recording session we headed to The Balcony to do what we do best… perform. Despite butting heads with the venue’s “audio engineer” who was a cross between Santa Clause and a ZZ Top roadie we played to a packed house and took FULL advantage of college priced drinks (2 bucks for a 32 ounce beer).
Once again feeling quite “sleepy” we skipped staying overnight at the abandoned frat house and went to Red Roof to rest up for the big Midpoint Music Festival performance.
Friday, September 25th:
We finally make it to Cincinnati for Midpoint Music Festival’s RethinkPopMusic Showcase. To be completely honest, we were all shocked by the turnout. With well over 200 people through the door we could hardly believe our eyes. The crowd was amazing, the bands all played the best sets I have ever heard and the genius that is Ben Foxx made them all sound incredible.
I want to genuinely thank everyone who made this tour possible. The love between all the artists was insane and RethinkPopMusic is no longer a company, but a family. You guys are great and things are only going to get better! We will be sure to let you know when the video content is ready!
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