MATTISON and Thinguma*jigSaw
Saturday, May 9th
Thinguma*jigSaw 9pm
MATTISON 10pm
$10 at the door
MATTISON was formed in late 2003 when friends Kate Mattison and Pete Sustarsic started banging out tempo changing songs on the piano and drums. They soon added their pal Jay Steinhauer on bass to complete this curious sound, and the band took on new roots. After many basement parties and corn-shucking, they uprooted to Brooklyn, living together and practicing in their first apartment in Crown Heights. A truly analog sound, the band is reminiscent of late 70’s AM radio, but also a darker, more fat-beat driven night out at the roller rink. They’ve been asked to play the legendary McCarren Park Pool and BAM Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival based only on their live shows and word of mouth. Now, with their LP, “Mary,” MATTISON has a beautiful vinyl copy of this solitary sound to give to you. The band listens to obscure vinyl while smoking pipes and could write music for car chases and 70’s soft core porn.
website link: http://myspace.com/mattison
Thinguma*jigSaw is a Norwegian duo playing what they call “splatter-folk”
or “snuff-pop”, on banjo, musical saw, flute, melodica and vocals. Their
music is influenced by British folk, Appalachian murder-ballads,
art/cult/horror-films, and the literary musings of Samuel Beckett, Edgar
Allan Poe and James Joyce. Thinguma*jigSaw has existed for two years,
released their album (awakeinwhitechapel) on the Irish cred-label Deserted
Village, and has toured extensively in Europe and US, doing gigs together
with the Tiger Lillies, Meg Baird, Samara Lubelski and Castanets to mention
but a few. Thinguma*jigSaw has rapidly become a highly beloved
live-phenomenon, stunning audiences wherever they play: Time Out London
ranked them as one of 2008’s live highlights, next to Bon Iver, and New York
Post described their live-performance as “deeply unsettling, yet strangely
comforting.” To experience Thinguma*jigSaw live is an unique experience:
come and enjoy the exquisite original material and the odd Daniel Johnston
and Alice Cooper cover; come and enjoy the dubious comforts and candy-coated
dread of Thinguma*jigSaw…”
Links:
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/thingumajigsaw
Album review:
http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=2931
Interview:
http://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=132
