two bands you should see tonight

We’ve started working with two amazing bands, Paul and the Patients and Hooray for Earth.  PATP are working on a new EP, which should be ready for the masses in the coming weeks.  Meanwhile, you can check out their May 2009 release To the Lions, available on iTunes.  Hooray for Earth is working on a full-length, also coming out in the next few weeks.  We’ve heard a bunch of the new tracks, and we’re excited to share them soon, but you can hop on Insound now to find their self-titled 2008 reissue.

If you are in New York City tonight, you are very lucky because both bands are playing.  Hooray for Earth will be rocking Santos Party House at 6:30 PM and Paul and the Patients are playing The Studio @ Webster Hall at 11 PM.  Here are two little teasers for you:

Paul and the Patients – Tiny Red Light

Hooray for Earth – Take Care

Bad Veins Debut First Full-Length Album

Today is the day for Cincinnati-based, indie pop duo Bad Veins, comprised of Benjamin Davis (vocals, guitar, keys), Sebastian Schulz (drums) and a 1973 reel-to-reel named Irene. Dangerbird Records is debuting the band’s first full-length (and self-titled) album, now in stores and on iTunes – and we couldn’t be more excited.

We can finally retire the EP we’ve been listening to ever since Bad Veins rocked the first forthebeat showcase in April, playing with Paul and the Patients and Nite Club. BV kicked off their set with the song “Found,” my favorite on the album, and captivated our audience, utilizing a backwards-wired telephone and a megaphone to create a sound much larger than what we expected from the two-piece act.

Dubbed CMJ’s “breakout act” last year and having already toured with another forthebeat favorite Snowden, Bad Veins is excited to continue playing live, embarking on a North American summer tour and stopping at The Mercury Lounge here in NYC on August 6th (with Now, Now Every Children).

In a recent interview, Bad Veins explained that they’ve already accomplished more than they ever imagined. “If we can spend this next year on the road and see the world by playing the music we want to play,” said Davis, “then we’ve already succeeded.”

Our friends over at Amplified had the exclusive on the album a week before it went into release.  Listen here (through imeem).

xx kc

forthebeat’s Five

Our top concert picks for this week include:

1. July 25: forthebeat’s very own La Fievre du Samedi
Electric Tickle Machine with DJ sets by Z Studios and f**k shirts
213 North 8th Street, Brooklyn @ 2pm

2. July 24: Junior Boys
Webster Hall, 125 E. 11 Street @ 9 pm

3. July 22: Paul and the Patients
The Bell House, 149 7th Street, Brooklyn @ 8pm

4. July 20: Electric Tickle Machine
with Arpline and Radiates
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street @  10 pm

*5. WishList: July 21: Paul McCartney Citi Field @ 9 pm
Citi Field @ 9 pm

xx sl

Le Miel du Mois – Juillet

Each month, S.L. creates a monthly mixtape for our friends over at Et Musique Pour Tous.  The July mix is up now – listen here: Le Miel du Mois

The June mix is also there, and you can download both *for free* by clicking on “telecharger” – just right click, save to your desktop and “open” to play in your iTunes.

1. Feist – My Moon My Man (Boyz Noize Remix)
2. We Have Band – Hear It In the Cans (DIY Version)
3. Sleigh Bells – Ring Ring
4. Holy Ghost – Hold On
5. James Yuill – No Surprise
6. Paul and the Patients – Blogspot (Nick Seely Remix)
7. The Big Pink – Velvet
8. Zambri – Easier
9. Jack Peñate – Tonight’s Today
10. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
11. Breakbot – Summer Party
12. Bat for Lashes – Trophy
13. La Roux – Bulletproof (Live at Glastonbury)
14. Three Leaves and A Head – Radiohead Reckoner

Paul and the Patients – Blogspot Remix

Paul and the Patients played an intimate show at The Studio @ Webster Hall on Sunday afternoon with Zambri.  Both bands rocked it, but the song Blogspot stuck with us and the remix by Nick Seely is awesome.

Paul and the Patients – Blogspot (Nick Seely Remix)

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welcome to forthebeat!!

thanks to everyone who came out for our first show in April with Bad Veins, Paul and the Patients and Nite Club, with DJ sets by Z Studios and f**k shirts.  check out our Flickr photo stream for pictures from the show.

our next party is coming up on July 25th – la fievre du samedi…

forthebeat  presents
la fievre du samedi
a day of dancing and drinking
special performance by Electric Tickle Machine
dj sets by Z Studios + f**k shirts
saturday, july 25th
doors at 2 pm
new brooklyn space
show up to 213 North 8th Street (between Driggs & Roebling)

kc + sl