A couple of years back I remember getting a Facebook invite to something called “Everything is Terrible presents: 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift”. My first response was “uhhh what?” and my second response… well I didn’t really have any other response, even after reading up on exactly what Everything is Terrible actually was. I visited their website, read their blog, watched their videos and to this day I am still not too sure how to describe them to anyone that asks. They call themselves “a collective of seven furry, lovable internet monsters who live in a cave full of VCRs and solve mysteries.” So there’s that. +Continue Reading
If you’re looking for relief from the recent heat, all you need is $7 to experience Grimes, the newest cool front from Canada on Tuesday. Doors to the Orpheum open at 8 PM and fun, fidegity Born Gold takes the stage first. Then Grimes settles in with her entrancing mix of outer-limits pop and visual performance. Claire Boucher is the petite force behind this big but not intimidating sound of synth-filled, ethereal electro-pop. Her eerie vocals swirled with refreshingly simple beats and plain-but-not-boring melodies make for charmingly lighthearted jams that instantly make for a mellow mood. +Continue Reading
Set and Setting describes the context for psychoactive and particularly psychedelic drug experiences: one’s mindset and the setting in which the user has the experience.
Set and Setting is the psychedelic post-rock music project of Saint Petersburg, Florida natives Shane Handal, Mark Etherington, Stephen Handal, and John Kreft. They’re kicking off their first U.S. tour in March and working on their debut album, scheduled to be released at the end of summer. Despite only having shared a 15-minute track on Bandcamp, they’ve captured our attention with their canorous, ambling instrumentals. If you’re a fan of Explosions in the Sky or Mogwai, be sure to check out their music and catch them on tour.
Tonight (February 29) at 8:00 P.M. on WMNF, Set and Setting will be joining the Grand National Championships Crew to premier a new track previously recorded with Alastair. Don’t miss it!
“Orange You Glad Music Festival returns in spring 2012 with a four-day festival in Orlando, FL from MARCH 8-11. Each day will transport concertgoers to a different area of the city, meaning you’re not only sampling the sounds of more than 60 national, and local acts, but you’re also enjoying a taste of each of Orlando’s finest venues, rotating between concert halls, pubs, coffee shops, record stores and more. Featuring music headliner CULTS, performing their critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut, comedy headliner EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!, touring with a new show and full-length film, and notable local and regional acts Hundred Waters, Saskatchewan, and Great Deceivers, Orange You Glad, in its quirky, reverent way, concocts a perfect mash-up of what’s relevant to Orlando show-goers at an affordable price. In addition, vendors, artists and food trucks will populate the parking lots for between-show action and enticements.”
I’m sure you’re super excited for The Mountain Goats tonight. Save some gusto though, because Tycho will be performing Friday night at Crowbar in Ybor.
Ambient? No. I don’t know. Chillwave? Still not getting it. I don’t know what to call Tycho. Ear candy? Chocolate is too sweet. Sweet ear meringue pie. Yes, that, there we go. Light, soft, not too tart, but just right. It’s like floating on a cloud but then also biting into it and realizing the cloud is actually made out of Scarlett Johansson and you were in a bathtub all along and your father is not your real father, it was Mr. Rogers.
Tycho – The Daydream by Tycho
Before that though, you’ll be exposed to the stylistic endeavors of Navigateur. Upbeat, tacky, delicious. It’s like if Com Truise had a better haircut. That’s not all though, Beacon will be opening too. Don’t even get me started. How these dudes haven’t blown up yet is beyond me. I can’t remember the last time where I was as this excited for the openers as I was for the headliner. This is going to be a pretty magnificent show, even if Scarlett won’t actually be there.
Tickets are $9 in advance, $12 at the door. Wait, what? Yes, for about an hour’s wages you get to see all of that hot mess. It’s ridiculous. In a way, you’re a criminal if you go to this show, because you’re essentially stealing from the artists at this price. How dare you.
Facebook event for the braggarts. And for the cherry on top, The SRRs will be DJing in the back. Safe. 9:00PM, see you there.
Brasky.org officials found themselves in a unique spot this week. Brasky is offering Tampa denizens an exciting PREVIEW of a well-hyped upcoming show… The Mountain Goats, the indie superstars behind one of the most emboldened and passionate acts in music today, have shows in Central Florida on back to back nights. Brasky staff attended the show in Orlando on Tuesday night and are fully prepared to simultaneously discuss the proceedings and TOTALLY SPOIL the Wednesday night show in Tampa. Read on if you dare… +Continue Reading
It seems like all we do is smoke candy cigarettes, drink soft cider, and go to shows at Crowbar these days. Derek was growing a mustache recently, so that was taking up some of our time as well. It isn’t as easy as it looks – the public relations for this sort of thing is very taxing. Getting the permits was quite the task as well.
The Mountain Goats lead singer John Darnielle rendezvous with Samuel Beam
Our next outage as the greater Brasky seems to be this Wednesday at Crowbar. The Mountain Goats will be headlining with a personal sweetheart of mine, Nurses. How they managed to find time in between releasing seven million albums, I’m not sure. But they managed.
This is where I say things about the bands. Personally, I prefer Nurses. I’m not allowed to say that, however, since The Mountain Goats are the main getup. So I will say that I’m arriving at the predetermined show time of 8:00PM and staying until the goats finish their set. That’s all you’ll get out of me. You’re not my real Mother, and you can’t tell me what to do.
So, we’ll see you there. Don’t forget your $14 tickets, and to say you’re going on the Facebook event page here, or else your friends won’t know how cool you (we) are.
Our staff, as well as our growing forum community (the “Brasky Society” over on Facebook), have been committed to following music this past year. Inevitably this means having to endure countless tracks that land well outside our preferred genres, but it’s a necessary toll before you can make sweeping assertions about what music is the “best”.
After critically evaluating a few hundred albums in one year (for our best albums of 2011 selections), I found myself developing surprisingly precise, abstract ideas about how everything fit together and what that “means” about the state of all creative music. It was a long year but I finished the whole thing (with a little help from my Brasky frands).
Here is an accurate summary of what’s going on:
Right-brained thinkers should feel satisfied and can stop reading.
For the restless and curious, here are a few more thoughts on the past year in music. +Continue Reading
Cats in the Basement is “a musical performance project” by Sarasota’s Greg Ferris joined by a cast of “library-turned-dancehall” friends and musicians.
To help stir up some fanfare for their upcoming EP–mercilessly entitled “DOO BEE DOO LA DEE DAY DUM BE DUM DRINK YOUR BLOOD“–they are pressing some magical “glowie” vinyls. +Continue Reading
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