Oct

12

with Mainland & Walking Shapes

Mon October 12th, 2015

10:30PM

Main Space

Minimum Age: 18+

Doors Open: 10:00PM

Show Time: 10:30PM

Event Ticket: $10

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No Wyld

No Wyld stand at a juncture of musical genres, art forms, and cultures. With upbringings literally spanning the globe and backgrounds in the fashion and architecture worlds, the New Zealand trio—Mo Kheir, Brandon Black, and Joe Pascoe—first congregated while attending the University of Auckland. Born to Sudanese parents, Mo relocated to Auckland as a kid, eventually pursuing a creative degree in architecture alongside Joe. Brandon’s major in music and film gave the boys unfettered and unlimited studio access when they began writing together in 2010.
 
“We all had our hands in a few creative pots,” asserts Mo. “It embedded the idea that you could apply one outlet to different endeavors. We found it wasn’t a huge jump from designing backgrounds or spaces to writing songs.”
 
“It’s all the same mechanism and design process,” adds Brandon. “We started bringing together all of the things that inspired us.”
 
Their inimitable and idiosyncratic approach yields a cinematic sonic alchemy of alternative, hip-hop, indie, and electronic.
 
2013’s Abstract EP resounded worldwide. Its lead-off “Odyssey” soundtracked a prominent McDonald’s spot during the Winter Sochi Olympics, while the guys gained notice from MTV Iggy, Pigeons and Planes, and numerous other tastemakers. As the buzz grew, they signed a deal with Columbia Records mid-2014.
 
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Mainland

Ecstasy and sorrow, post-punk and pop, east and west — all those times when you’re caught in the middle, there’s Mainland. They are the soundtrack to moments of freedom and darkness.
 
Taking a nod from society’s fellow black sheep (think David Lynch, William Eggleston, and Depeche Mode), Mainland returns with a collection of new tunes and an enigmatic call to arms. A diverse mix of vintage aesthetics and modern pop songwriting/production, Mainland draws from a range of influences to form one unifying anthem loud enough for all of life’s outcasts.
 
Led by enigmatic frontman, Jordan Topf (Vocals, Guitar) and comprised of Corey Mullee (Guitar, Synth), Alex Pitta (Bass) and Dylan Longstreet (Drums), the four-piece arrived with their ‘Girls Unknown’ EP (2013) and followed soon after with their second independent release, ‘Shiner’ EP (2014) produced by Jim Eno of Spoon. Describing late night tales of gritty New York City streets, Mainland quickly gained a name for themselves with praise pouring in from tastemakers like NYLON, SPIN, Interview Magazine, BrooklynVegan, Consequence of Sound and Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, the band kept busy securing opening spots with The Colourist, Drowners, Strange Talk, and Catfish and the Bottlemen, and shared festival stages with The War on Drugs, Of Montreal, and Torres.
 
Following the success of the ‘Shiner’ EP, the band signed to 300 Entertainment (Meg Mac, ASTR, Alex Winston, Young Thug, etc.) packed their bags and traveled west to the hills of California. Armed with their 35mm cameras, and void of inhibitions, the boys left behind the comfort of their home studio to record with producer Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) at Fairfax Recordings (formerly Sound City).
 
The result is an expansive collection of tracks, including their new single, “Outcast” — a disenchanted tale that was born (surprisingly) under the bright, shining lights of Los Angeles. “I was walking around Rodeo Drive, estranged from NYC…” muses Topf. “Maybe it was my current outlook on the struggles I was facing, but I was reflecting on moments where I’d felt like an outcast in life and in a new city like Los Angeles. A city of sunshine and broken Hollywood dreams.”
 
“Going into this album we became infatuated with iconic British bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, The La’s, etc. We love the way those bands mask well-crafted pop songs with poignant lyrics,” adds Topf. And with those influences, the record is a stunning juxtaposition of dark and light. “We wanted to combine our California roots with dark synth bass tones, melancholy subject matter of late 1970s New York and post punk era English pop music to create our own voice.”
 
From the eclectic bell hits of “Destination Weddings,” to the sombre rolling tones of “A Bit Out of Time,” Mainland’s new release is a journey through life’s fun and melancholy moments — the ones that you’d probably like to forget, but never will; they are your purgatory. They are all the beautiful places you’ve been, all the strange places you are bound to end up, and everywhere in between.
 
“Outcast” is due this summer via 300 Entertainment.
 
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Walking Shapes

The tradition of artists and musicians living side by side under one roof sounds like a dream of New York past, the times when folksingers congregated in Greenwich Village, rockers crashed at the Chelsea Hotel, punk and new wave flourished on the Lower East Side’s clubs and lofts and hip hop was birthed in the streets and parks of the boroughs. Walking Shapes carry forward that collective energy, injecting the spirit of the city’s noises and the souls of its people into their music.
 

Formed in the wake of artistic collaborations, Walking Shapes is the living and breathing result of a unique creative environment, centered in a house on Kingsland Avenue in Brooklyn owned by visual artist Joseph Grazi, which frequents creative types such as actors, artists, musicians.
 

The band is comprised of songwriters Nathaniel Hoho (vocals, guitar), Dan Krysa (bass, vocals), and violinist Jesse Kotansky (guitar, violin, vocals) with the live support of music producer Mike Irish (keys), and drummer Mason Ingram.
 

For their debut album ‘Taka Come On,’ Walking Shapes teamed up with producer Gus Oberg (The Strokes, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson). “Working with Gus allows us to create beauty out of chaos and send it back out into the world,” describes the band.
 

The band has toured internationally, playing along side artists The Temper Trap, Oh land, Leon Bridges, and Chromeo amongst others. They are about to head out on tour with The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr., and have plans to return the studio with Oberg for their follow up to ‘Taka Come On.’
 

Walking Shapes has been featured in publications including Spin, Interview Magazine, Earmilk, MTV, Village Voice, Revolt, The Wild Magazine, BULLETT and more.
 

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