I saw the very end of Teeth & Tongue’s set opening for Big Scary and liked what I heard.
Check out their song “Vaseline On The Lens” (it sounds quite licensable):
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Big Scary, the Australian duo of Tom Iansek and Jo Syme, played at Pianos last night (Wednesday October 24th).
Big Scary have been a band since 2006, and they released their first songs back in 2008 .
The electric guitar driven “Gladiator” as well as the keyboard driven “Falling Away” were really great live, even for people in the audience who hadn’t necessarily heard the album versions of those songs.
Big Scary ended their set with “Purple” off of their Vacation LP, which sounded a bit out of place (it’s more aggressive, with a spoken word chorus) compared to their other songs.
“All Boy Band” is a song by Park Ave., a band that featured two members of Tilly and the Wall and Conor Oberst on drums.
Night Beds played their first New York show Friday night at Mercury Lounge.
Winston, the lead singer, had a unique vocal setup — he alternated his singing between two microphones, which were next to each other on the stage. One mike had some sort of echo effect which made the vocals sound like they were drifting in from far away.
Winston’s voice was the highlight of the show and the band’s secret weapon. “Even If We Try” showcases those vocals with its acapella beginning.
He seemed to switch guitars between almost every song, and the repeated unplugging/plugging/re-tuning was a little distracting, though.
I noticed a lot of musical transitions within the songs. The drummer was strong, and he switched it up with mallets and brushes on different songs.
“Even If We Try”:
“Night Beds”:
Mopedrock is a band from Vienna, Austria who did a cool live cover of “Ivanka” by Imperial Teen:
*Mopedrock’s website + Mopedrock’s own music on SoundCloud
Making Marks (previously known as My Little Pony) is a band from Norway.
“Fragments Of An Island” is a delightful song with a chorus that name checks Andrew Bird: