Show of Interest in Ithaca this Friday

[New Thing Productions]

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
LOST DOG LOUNGE


MAGIK MARKERS
MOUTHUS
AMERICAN SPHINX


9PM DOORS / 10PM START / $7
112 S. CAYUGA ST. / DOWNTOWN ITHACA




Greetings! I have a thrilling announcement for a show at the Lost Dog
Lounge this Friday, June 26: noise-rock duo MAGIK MARKERS will make
their first appearance in Ithaca, and will be joined by fellow
Ecstatic Peace! labelmates MOUTHUS and perennial Ithaca favorites
AMERICAN SPHINX.


Magik Markers — the duo of Seattle resident Elisa Ambroglio and
Brooklynite Pete Nolan — have releases on Arbitrary Signs, Three
Lobed, Ecstatic Peace, Not Not Fun Records, and their current home,
Drag City Records. They have toured extensively with the likes of
Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Jandek, Six
Organs of Admittance, and have amassed a rabid cult following in the
nearly 10 years they have been playing.


Their most recent record and first for Drag City, 'Balf Quarry,' finds
the duo moving further away from their post-hardcore no wave freakouts
to a heavier, psychedelic stoner-rock zone. Drag City describes the
record thusly: “mulchy,” “spectral,” “fervid,” “needling,”
“expansive,” “fireworks,” “ball-breaking,” “piss-soaked,” “admirably
failing,” “meth-hurried” and “quicksand drones", while Marc Masters of
Pitchfork says:


"This is Magik Markers' most coherent, self-contained effort to date.
A friend called it "a road trip into the basement," and that pretty
well captures the album's America-in-the-rear-view-mirror vibe. As the
smoky grooves roll by, it's easy to picture singer/guitarist Elisa
Ambrogio and drummer Pete Nolan camped out in a cellar, dreaming that
their loose, swaying songs are treks down a hazy, endless highway...
Ambrogio drops numerous references to road-drenched Americana. Her
songs are littered with gamblers, lawmen, whiskey, and losing lottery
tickets. This makes 'Balf Quarry' something like a 1970s indie film
shot through a modern-day lens, similar to the way Vincent Gallo's
'The Brown Bunny' felt like a simultaneously faded and updated road-
movie replica."


"The Magik Markers are exactly what rock needs: something more
challenging and miles away from the pedestrian pretentiousness and
brainless rehashing of many modern-day groups." — Andrew Earlies,
Paste Magazine



New York City noise stalwarts Mouthus will also be celebrating the
release of their latest album, 'Divisionals' (Ecstatic Peace!). The
post-industrial, innovative guitar/drums/electronics duo of New Yorker
Brian Sullivan (Eskimo King, Chaw Mank, White Rock) and recent
Baltimore transplant Nate Nelson (Religious Knives) has long been a
Popcorn Youth favorite — Friday's show will mark their third
appearance in Ithaca, and first at the Lost Dog — and for good reason.
Marc Masters also had something to see about these guys, on
'Divisionals':


"We get heavy doses of guitar drones and feedback loops from Sullivan,
hypnotic clangs from Nelson's hybrid electro-acoustic drums, and
something resembling vocals buried deep below. It's all wrapped in the
duo's trademark combo of robotic repetition, microscopic precision,
and messy, organic growth. The overall effect is like that of a
metallic flower blooming into a statue and slowly rusting before your
eyes... 'Divisionals' is clearly another honest day's work from a band
that always shows up on time." — Pitchfork Media


Rounding out the evening will be Syracuse-Ithaca guitar/drums duo
American Sphinx, who continue to surprise and innovate. As the Markers
are only visiting three other cities on this brief promotional tour,
this is an extremely rare opportunity to see one of the most exciting
American rock bands around in an extremely intimate setting. From
their early free form noise rants to their churning blues jams of
late, Magik Markers continue to inspire and move me every single day.
Do NOT miss out, and please spread the word!!


Friday's concert also marks my final concert at the Lost Dog, a space
that has been extremely giving and receptive to Popcorn Youth
programming. I am extremely grateful for all of their support over the
years and I couldn't imagine a better band than Magik Markers to help
celebrate its place in our community.


Thanks for reading,

Natasha




More links in case you're interested in learning about these exciting
acts:


http://www.dragcity.com/bands/magikmarkers.html

http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magik_Markers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F85ogtSZ3VE

http://ourmouthrecords.com/

http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=1&products_id=286

http://www.myspace.com/ourmouth

http://www.myspace.com/ussphinx