Saturday 31 December 2011 The Pendulum Swings NYE Bash Sidewalk NYC
20:00 The Old & Lonelies
22:00 Albert Goold
23:00 The Pendulum Swings NYE Bash
23:59 Crazy & the Brains
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Tues Dec 20 Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
GLuuuu (aka Kray) http://gluuuu.tumblr.com/ and tbd
Tuesday, it's Vaudeville Night with the Trachtenburg Family!
It's a free show so don't miss it!
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Residency at
Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
L Train to Morgan Ave
FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
9pm
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Tues Dec 13 Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
Toby Goodshank http://www.myspace.com/tobygoodshank
Preston Spurlock http://www.myspace.com/prestonspurlock
Childproof http://childproof.bandcamp.com/
Tuesday, it's Vaudeville Night with the Trachtenburg Family!
It's a free show so don't miss it!
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Residency at
Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
L Train to Morgan Ave
FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
9pm
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Tues Dec 6 Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
Tuesday, it's Vaudeville Night with the Trachtenburg Family!
It's a free show so don't miss it!
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Residency at
Pine Box Rock Shop -- 12 Grattan St. Bushwick
L Train to Morgan Ave
FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
9pm
Tues Dec 6
Carla Rhodes http://www.carlarhodes.net/
Ivan Youngblood http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2006/10/t-shirt-hell-homophobic-promo-video_25.html
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
November 2011
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Variety Show Pine Box Rock Shop Brooklyn, NY Come see the fabulous Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players & their many many talented friends!
**!!!!!!!!! IT'S FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!**
does not get any better than this. thats all you need to know.
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20 November · 15:30 - 18:30 SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social Variety Show #3!!! The KraineTheater 85 E. 4TH ST.
Welcome to SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social, an all-ages-monthly-variety-show!
Featured this November:
The Micks (http://www.facebook.com/themicksnyc?sk=wall)
The Indecent (http://www.facebook.com/theindecent?sk=wall)
SUPERCUTE! ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Supercute-Band/142081925847437?ref=ts )
and many many more, yesyesyes.!!!!
Tickets $10. (discount ticket price password will be announced later in the month..)
YAY.!
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Symphony Space Just Kidding series~Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Category:Charities When:Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:00
Where:Symphony Space 2537 Broadway New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400 How:Official Website
Tickets Cost:$11.00 - $20.00 Submitted by: Peggy G. See all of Peggy G.'s events » What/Why:(Thalia): Known for their quirky, low-fi acoustic songs and unusually engaging slide show performances, this family trio from NYC is sure to create an indie-vaudeville-conceptu al-art-rock-slideshow experience like none other in family entertainment.
Sat, Nov 19 at 11 am
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
ADULTS $20, Members $17 KIDS $13, Members $11 Get the deepest discounts when you subscribe Click the blue subscription button to get started.
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are an indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band beloved in the downtown NYC music scene. Get ready for a treat as they bring their odd, funny, and enormously creative show uptown for the kids to enjoy along with you.
The band's members are the Trachtenburg family father, Jason Trachtenburg, who plays guitar and piano and sings; the mother, Tina Piña, who runs the slide projector and is a backup singer; and the daughter, Rachel, who plays the drums and sings. Their trademark is the slideshow itself: slides collected from estate sales, garage sales, and thrift stores, shown alongside the performance as the subject of their songs, and meant to "turn the lives of annonymous strangers into pop-rock musical exposes based on the contents of the slide collections." Get ready for a wild ride.
"The Trachtenburgs are a family you simply must meet. Jason (the father) is the songwriter, Tina (the mother) is the slideshow projector, Rachel (their daughter) is the drummer, and collectively they form The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players ... Jason, Tina, and Rachel are absolutely worth an hour of your time; let them cleanse your theatre-going palate and make you feel genuinely at home." -nytheatre.com
**!!!!!!!!! IT'S FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!**
does not get any better than this. thats all you need to know.
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20 November · 15:30 - 18:30 SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social Variety Show #3!!! The KraineTheater 85 E. 4TH ST.
Welcome to SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social, an all-ages-monthly-variety-show!
Featured this November:
The Micks (http://www.facebook.com/themicksnyc?sk=wall)
The Indecent (http://www.facebook.com/theindecent?sk=wall)
SUPERCUTE! ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Supercute-Band/142081925847437?ref=ts )
and many many more, yesyesyes.!!!!
Tickets $10. (discount ticket price password will be announced later in the month..)
YAY.!
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Symphony Space Just Kidding series~Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Category:Charities When:Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:00
Where:Symphony Space 2537 Broadway New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400 How:Official Website
Tickets Cost:$11.00 - $20.00 Submitted by: Peggy G. See all of Peggy G.'s events » What/Why:(Thalia): Known for their quirky, low-fi acoustic songs and unusually engaging slide show performances, this family trio from NYC is sure to create an indie-vaudeville-conceptu al-art-rock-slideshow experience like none other in family entertainment.
Sat, Nov 19 at 11 am
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
ADULTS $20, Members $17 KIDS $13, Members $11 Get the deepest discounts when you subscribe Click the blue subscription button to get started.
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are an indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band beloved in the downtown NYC music scene. Get ready for a treat as they bring their odd, funny, and enormously creative show uptown for the kids to enjoy along with you.
The band's members are the Trachtenburg family father, Jason Trachtenburg, who plays guitar and piano and sings; the mother, Tina Piña, who runs the slide projector and is a backup singer; and the daughter, Rachel, who plays the drums and sings. Their trademark is the slideshow itself: slides collected from estate sales, garage sales, and thrift stores, shown alongside the performance as the subject of their songs, and meant to "turn the lives of annonymous strangers into pop-rock musical exposes based on the contents of the slide collections." Get ready for a wild ride.
"The Trachtenburgs are a family you simply must meet. Jason (the father) is the songwriter, Tina (the mother) is the slideshow projector, Rachel (their daughter) is the drummer, and collectively they form The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players ... Jason, Tina, and Rachel are absolutely worth an hour of your time; let them cleanse your theatre-going palate and make you feel genuinely at home." -nytheatre.com
October 2011
Monday 31st October 2011 The Pendulm Swings (with FULL horns!)at The Delancey (168 Delancey) 11pm
Downstairs Presented by The Super Coda w/ Loop /Brad Henkel/Girls and God/Cracked Vessel/Dream Zoo/Yva Las Vegass/Pendulum Swings
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Tue 11th Oct Back to the Future presents
The Receeders + Supercute + Shuga @ Barfly Camden London
Doors - 7:30 PM
/
Tickets - £5
Historic UK debut for Supercute!- taking time out from recording there debut record with Kate Nash- The Receeders are the punk side project of Kate Nash, along with Jon Jackson & Brett Alaimo make a comeback after a long hiatus.
Jean & Kappy will be there to document this historic event, but urge everyone else to be present at this show!
Age: +14
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Friday, 7 October The Pendulum Swings @ Sidewalk Cafe New York. The Sidewalk Cafe is located at 94 Avenue A at 6th St, northeast corner. All shows are free (two-drink minimum). For more info call club at 212-473-7373.
19:00
Tom FitzPatrick
20:00
Lindsay Ellyn
21:00
Mike Brun
22:00
Ryan Redebaugh
23:00
The Pendulum Swings
23:59
Albert Goold Band
Downstairs Presented by The Super Coda w/ Loop /Brad Henkel/Girls and God/Cracked Vessel/Dream Zoo/Yva Las Vegass/Pendulum Swings
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Tue 11th Oct Back to the Future presents
The Receeders + Supercute + Shuga @ Barfly Camden London
Doors - 7:30 PM
/
Tickets - £5
Historic UK debut for Supercute!- taking time out from recording there debut record with Kate Nash- The Receeders are the punk side project of Kate Nash, along with Jon Jackson & Brett Alaimo make a comeback after a long hiatus.
Jean & Kappy will be there to document this historic event, but urge everyone else to be present at this show!
Age: +14
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Friday, 7 October The Pendulum Swings @ Sidewalk Cafe New York. The Sidewalk Cafe is located at 94 Avenue A at 6th St, northeast corner. All shows are free (two-drink minimum). For more info call club at 212-473-7373.
19:00
Tom FitzPatrick
20:00
Lindsay Ellyn
21:00
Mike Brun
22:00
Ryan Redebaugh
23:00
The Pendulum Swings
23:59
Albert Goold Band
Saturday, August 27, 2011
September 2011
Tuesday, September 27th @ Ames Hotel in Boston TFSP & Supercute!
TUE 9.27.11
WOODWARD AT AMES
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
800.697.1791
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
interview from here
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are a band. Also--a family. Also also--their songs are all inspired by actual slides scavenged from yard-sales. So, they automatically win the prize for “Most Informative Band Name Ever.” We asked Tina Trachtenburg some questions in advance of the trio’s Ames Sessions show outdoors at Woodward tonight.
What was the genesis of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players? When did it first occur to you that you could all work as one group?
Rachel was 6 years old at the time--she is now 17--and Jason had been playing music for a while. We were living in Seattle at the time, and he had gone to see this band, Quasi, and thought they were the most amazing band with a female drummer (Janet Weiss, now of Wild Flag fame).
He came home and said, “I think we should teach Rachel drums.”
Right before that I had come across slides at a garage sale and Jason was writing songs to the slides and we were playing some shows together. I thought that sounded kind of ridiculous but he convinced me we would play shows as a family and she wouldn’t have to stay home with the babysitter, and that’s how it started.
How does being a family inform what you do as a band? Is it something you even consciously think about?
It affects everything, because we are a family and we are a band, and Rachel and Jason each have their own bands so there are three bands in one family.
When people go on family vacation and they feel like it’s so stressful, think combining playing shows and going on family vacation!
It’s not like a rock band where you just jump on a bus. As a mother I’ve worked to make it so that it’s a normal thing, to make sure we have meals and sleep and all of the things most rock bands don’t have to worry about. It’s hard for people to understand because they don’t have that kind of experience, but trying to live a normal life alongside doing this is very intense yet also fun.
I was surprised when I found out that the “slideshow” component of your name is actually quite literal. What do the slides you present while performing add to the music?
One of the things about the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players is that it’s not just our band name, it’s actually our real name and what we do.
We are a literal band. We aren’t ironic.
The slides are a fun part of the show, but the music is first and hopefully people enjoy the music and the slides are just an added effect.
Whether it’s justified or not, when people hear “family act” they tend to think about music aimed more towards children, or at least music that’s not “edgy” (whatever that nebulous term means). Do you think this is true for your band? Is it even an issue for you?
People are going to think what they want to think, but when it comes to art, it would be nice if people didn’t think that way. You have to come to our show and listen to the lyrics. Sometimes what ends up happening is people come to the show and are expecting to see a happy family playing songs together, and it’s not that we aren’t happy, but we’re just a normal family who makes art together.
It’s important and it has important subject matter and deep social commentary in the lyrics.
If people come and they don’t get it, sometimes they have fun anyway, but the true intellectuals really get it and it means a lot more to them.
Your song “Mountain Trip To Japan, 1959″ at first seems like a whimsical musical account of a vacation abroad, as inspired by a series of photographs. But, in that same song, there’s a very dark line about “public execution” being degrading, which throws the whole thing into a different light. Is that kind of juxtaposition something you set out to do with your music? Or does it just spring out of whatever inspires you?
When we first go through the collections of slides we find, we never know what we are going to see.
Because art brings out life, there are going to be different kinds of things that come out.
We will get a collection of slides and think, “Okay this is just a family doing their thing,” but then we actually feel as though we get to know the people in the slides. We don’t try to use our lyrics to make a statement, but there are things in the slides that are there for us to interpret. It’s not us making up anything; it’s just how we see the slides and the collection. For that song, I remember going through a box of slides and running across that one.
And I don’t know if it was a public execution really, but that was what Jason thought it was, and so we put that in the lyrics.
Do you have anything special planned for the Ames Sesssions show at the Woodward this Tuesday, September 27th?
We have some new songs and of course, my daughter’s band Supercute! is playing so that’s really exciting too. We always enjoy Boston and have a good time, and we can’t wait to perform the new songs.
THE TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS
AMES SESSIONS
TUE 9.27.11
WOODWARD AT AMES
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
800.697.1791
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
MORGANSHOTELGROUP.COM
TRACHTENBURG.HOMESTEAD.COM
review from here
Amidst the sounds of car engines rushing around downtown Boston and the distant chants of the anti-WallStreet kids echoing from Boston Common for the Occupy Boston meeting … below the sky scrapers and city lights … and right next to the beautiful candle-lit deck of the Woodward restaurant at the Ames Hotel … Julia and Rachel of Super Cute elegantly strum their pink ukuleles.
Photos by Miles Quinn
Their voices blend in angelic harmonies, and their poppy indie folk music is like a little ray of lovely in the middle of the chaos of the financial district.
And what can I say? Everything about them is SUPER CUTE.
Meanwhile, my photographer Miles and I chat with Matt, an accordian player from NYC who’s about to perform with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, who’s “in like six bands” and if he were dressed any sharper he’d cut my head off.
“They describe themselves as an indie pop vaudeville conceptual art band… or something,” he explains to me about the headlining band as I worriedly watch Miles eat a huge plate of oysters that we probably do not have enough money for.
“You guys can head bob if you want,” Rachel says to us softly, smiling sweetly. They proceed with a set of tunes with lyrics about “the many loves of our lives,” turtles, a Stones cover, and…
THEY ARE SO FREAKING CUTE.
“You think that you are so hardcore, but we can make better s’mores,” is one line that I question, because I make a damn good s’more- though they probably look a lot cuter eating them.
My favorite part is Julia’s dreamy solo number, and as she sings “Reality’s a part of your imagination,” and I look up at the buildings all around us and the expensive table cloths and $11 gnocchi in front of me, I wish I could imagine the financial district and all money problems away … unfortunately some parts of reality cannot be altered.
On that note, Miles comes running up to me right smack in the middle of the super cute pretty-ness and is freaking out because his camera ran out of battery. He runs back from 7 Eleven ten minutes later and drops the fourth battery into the big bush next to our linened table. We spend the majority of the rest of the set fishing for it with the French lady at the table next to us who claims she can find anything.
By the time Miles runs back to 7 Eleven and then back to the Ames, the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are ready to start.
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players All Over This World by TimeOutNewYork
They set up a projector showing old slide collections of scenic images of foreign landscapes and ordinary people living their daily lives outside of the limelight, reminding me of a Wordsworth poem or something. Then Jason, the father of Rachel from Super Cute, introduces the family-band + Matt the accordion player. Jason composes the original songs and writes the lyrics, and his wife Tina is the artist behind the projections, while Rachel swaps her ukulele for a purple sparkly drum set. The whole act is more a piece of art than just an experimental rock concert.
All in all, the show is a nice little musical relaxer in between deadline day at the Dig and
“I THINK WE CAN AGREE WE NEED SOME SERIOUS FUCKING CHANGE!!!!”
… which is the first thing I hear upon arrival at the Occupy Boston meeting in Boston Common ten minutes later.
MUSEBOX PRESENTS AMES SESSIONS
KIM BOEKBINDER
TUES 10.4.11
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
WOODWARD @ THE AMES HOTEL
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
617.979.8100
@AMESBOSTON
AMESHOTEL.COM
more pictures here
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Tuesday September 27 Instore @ Newbury Comics Boston 1pm
Boston - Faneuil Hall Marketplace
North Market Building
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 248-9992
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Thu, September 22, 2011
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
$10.00
Alia Shawkat
Supercute!
Alia Shawkat
Alia Shawkat is making her singing debut in New York as a jazz vocalist. As an actress, Shawkat gained critical acclaim for her role as ‘Maeby Funke’ on Fox’s Emmy award winning “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.” Shawkat was named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch in 2009 and her most recent film credits include CEDAR RAPIDS, WHIP IT, AMREEKA, and THE RUNAWAYS. This year, Shawkat wrapped production on two highly anticipated projects: The To-Do List, opposite Aubrey Plaza; and He Loves Me, with Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan. Alia can next be seen in THE ORANGES opposite Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester. In recent years, Shawkat has also pursued her love of art and began drawing and painting (www.mutantalia.com). Shawkat currently spends her time in both New York and Los Angeles.
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Monday, September 19th
Scenic Presents
Talk Like a Pirate Day
featuring Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players / Supercute! / New Beard
Monday, Sep 19, 2011 7:15 PM EDT (7:00 PM Doors)
Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
18 years and over $10.00
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Sunday, September 18 · 3:30pm - 6:30pm SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social Variety Show Yeah! 94 Saint Marks Pl New York, NY
Welcome to SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social, an all-ages-monthly-variety-show!
Featured this September:
Albert Goold! (amazing innovative angsty nerd pop)
http://soundcloud.com/albertgoold/shutdown
Darn Dog! (you know em', you love em')
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Darn-Dog/54614513921
Our favorite teen comedian, Emmet Teran!
Marcela Barry! (new singer-songwriter yay)
AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
hooray!
$10
secret code "cookies and cream" gets you 5 dollars off! oh yeah!
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Sun 04 Sep, 2011
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Bandana Splits
Where : Maxwell's, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, United States
Time: 08:00 pm
Price : $10.00
TUE 9.27.11
WOODWARD AT AMES
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
800.697.1791
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
interview from here
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are a band. Also--a family. Also also--their songs are all inspired by actual slides scavenged from yard-sales. So, they automatically win the prize for “Most Informative Band Name Ever.” We asked Tina Trachtenburg some questions in advance of the trio’s Ames Sessions show outdoors at Woodward tonight.
What was the genesis of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players? When did it first occur to you that you could all work as one group?
Rachel was 6 years old at the time--she is now 17--and Jason had been playing music for a while. We were living in Seattle at the time, and he had gone to see this band, Quasi, and thought they were the most amazing band with a female drummer (Janet Weiss, now of Wild Flag fame).
He came home and said, “I think we should teach Rachel drums.”
Right before that I had come across slides at a garage sale and Jason was writing songs to the slides and we were playing some shows together. I thought that sounded kind of ridiculous but he convinced me we would play shows as a family and she wouldn’t have to stay home with the babysitter, and that’s how it started.
How does being a family inform what you do as a band? Is it something you even consciously think about?
It affects everything, because we are a family and we are a band, and Rachel and Jason each have their own bands so there are three bands in one family.
When people go on family vacation and they feel like it’s so stressful, think combining playing shows and going on family vacation!
It’s not like a rock band where you just jump on a bus. As a mother I’ve worked to make it so that it’s a normal thing, to make sure we have meals and sleep and all of the things most rock bands don’t have to worry about. It’s hard for people to understand because they don’t have that kind of experience, but trying to live a normal life alongside doing this is very intense yet also fun.
I was surprised when I found out that the “slideshow” component of your name is actually quite literal. What do the slides you present while performing add to the music?
One of the things about the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players is that it’s not just our band name, it’s actually our real name and what we do.
We are a literal band. We aren’t ironic.
The slides are a fun part of the show, but the music is first and hopefully people enjoy the music and the slides are just an added effect.
Whether it’s justified or not, when people hear “family act” they tend to think about music aimed more towards children, or at least music that’s not “edgy” (whatever that nebulous term means). Do you think this is true for your band? Is it even an issue for you?
People are going to think what they want to think, but when it comes to art, it would be nice if people didn’t think that way. You have to come to our show and listen to the lyrics. Sometimes what ends up happening is people come to the show and are expecting to see a happy family playing songs together, and it’s not that we aren’t happy, but we’re just a normal family who makes art together.
It’s important and it has important subject matter and deep social commentary in the lyrics.
If people come and they don’t get it, sometimes they have fun anyway, but the true intellectuals really get it and it means a lot more to them.
Your song “Mountain Trip To Japan, 1959″ at first seems like a whimsical musical account of a vacation abroad, as inspired by a series of photographs. But, in that same song, there’s a very dark line about “public execution” being degrading, which throws the whole thing into a different light. Is that kind of juxtaposition something you set out to do with your music? Or does it just spring out of whatever inspires you?
When we first go through the collections of slides we find, we never know what we are going to see.
Because art brings out life, there are going to be different kinds of things that come out.
We will get a collection of slides and think, “Okay this is just a family doing their thing,” but then we actually feel as though we get to know the people in the slides. We don’t try to use our lyrics to make a statement, but there are things in the slides that are there for us to interpret. It’s not us making up anything; it’s just how we see the slides and the collection. For that song, I remember going through a box of slides and running across that one.
And I don’t know if it was a public execution really, but that was what Jason thought it was, and so we put that in the lyrics.
Do you have anything special planned for the Ames Sesssions show at the Woodward this Tuesday, September 27th?
We have some new songs and of course, my daughter’s band Supercute! is playing so that’s really exciting too. We always enjoy Boston and have a good time, and we can’t wait to perform the new songs.
THE TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS
AMES SESSIONS
TUE 9.27.11
WOODWARD AT AMES
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
800.697.1791
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
MORGANSHOTELGROUP.COM
TRACHTENBURG.HOMESTEAD.COM
review from here
Amidst the sounds of car engines rushing around downtown Boston and the distant chants of the anti-WallStreet kids echoing from Boston Common for the Occupy Boston meeting … below the sky scrapers and city lights … and right next to the beautiful candle-lit deck of the Woodward restaurant at the Ames Hotel … Julia and Rachel of Super Cute elegantly strum their pink ukuleles.
Photos by Miles Quinn
Their voices blend in angelic harmonies, and their poppy indie folk music is like a little ray of lovely in the middle of the chaos of the financial district.
And what can I say? Everything about them is SUPER CUTE.
Meanwhile, my photographer Miles and I chat with Matt, an accordian player from NYC who’s about to perform with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, who’s “in like six bands” and if he were dressed any sharper he’d cut my head off.
“They describe themselves as an indie pop vaudeville conceptual art band… or something,” he explains to me about the headlining band as I worriedly watch Miles eat a huge plate of oysters that we probably do not have enough money for.
“You guys can head bob if you want,” Rachel says to us softly, smiling sweetly. They proceed with a set of tunes with lyrics about “the many loves of our lives,” turtles, a Stones cover, and…
THEY ARE SO FREAKING CUTE.
“You think that you are so hardcore, but we can make better s’mores,” is one line that I question, because I make a damn good s’more- though they probably look a lot cuter eating them.
My favorite part is Julia’s dreamy solo number, and as she sings “Reality’s a part of your imagination,” and I look up at the buildings all around us and the expensive table cloths and $11 gnocchi in front of me, I wish I could imagine the financial district and all money problems away … unfortunately some parts of reality cannot be altered.
On that note, Miles comes running up to me right smack in the middle of the super cute pretty-ness and is freaking out because his camera ran out of battery. He runs back from 7 Eleven ten minutes later and drops the fourth battery into the big bush next to our linened table. We spend the majority of the rest of the set fishing for it with the French lady at the table next to us who claims she can find anything.
By the time Miles runs back to 7 Eleven and then back to the Ames, the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are ready to start.
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players All Over This World by TimeOutNewYork
They set up a projector showing old slide collections of scenic images of foreign landscapes and ordinary people living their daily lives outside of the limelight, reminding me of a Wordsworth poem or something. Then Jason, the father of Rachel from Super Cute, introduces the family-band + Matt the accordion player. Jason composes the original songs and writes the lyrics, and his wife Tina is the artist behind the projections, while Rachel swaps her ukulele for a purple sparkly drum set. The whole act is more a piece of art than just an experimental rock concert.
All in all, the show is a nice little musical relaxer in between deadline day at the Dig and
“I THINK WE CAN AGREE WE NEED SOME SERIOUS FUCKING CHANGE!!!!”
… which is the first thing I hear upon arrival at the Occupy Boston meeting in Boston Common ten minutes later.
MUSEBOX PRESENTS AMES SESSIONS
KIM BOEKBINDER
TUES 10.4.11
6PM/ALL AGES/FREE
WOODWARD @ THE AMES HOTEL
1 COURT ST.
BOSTON
617.979.8100
@AMESBOSTON
AMESHOTEL.COM
more pictures here
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Tuesday September 27 Instore @ Newbury Comics Boston 1pm
Boston - Faneuil Hall Marketplace
North Market Building
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 248-9992
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Thu, September 22, 2011
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
$10.00
Alia Shawkat
Supercute!
Alia Shawkat
Alia Shawkat is making her singing debut in New York as a jazz vocalist. As an actress, Shawkat gained critical acclaim for her role as ‘Maeby Funke’ on Fox’s Emmy award winning “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.” Shawkat was named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch in 2009 and her most recent film credits include CEDAR RAPIDS, WHIP IT, AMREEKA, and THE RUNAWAYS. This year, Shawkat wrapped production on two highly anticipated projects: The To-Do List, opposite Aubrey Plaza; and He Loves Me, with Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan. Alia can next be seen in THE ORANGES opposite Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester. In recent years, Shawkat has also pursued her love of art and began drawing and painting (www.mutantalia.com). Shawkat currently spends her time in both New York and Los Angeles.
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Monday, September 19th
Scenic Presents
Talk Like a Pirate Day
featuring Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players / Supercute! / New Beard
Monday, Sep 19, 2011 7:15 PM EDT (7:00 PM Doors)
Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
18 years and over $10.00
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Sunday, September 18 · 3:30pm - 6:30pm SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social Variety Show Yeah! 94 Saint Marks Pl New York, NY
Welcome to SUPERCUTE!'s Ice Cream Social, an all-ages-monthly-variety-show!
Featured this September:
Albert Goold! (amazing innovative angsty nerd pop)
http://soundcloud.com/albertgoold/shutdown
Darn Dog! (you know em', you love em')
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Darn-Dog/54614513921
Our favorite teen comedian, Emmet Teran!
Marcela Barry! (new singer-songwriter yay)
AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
hooray!
$10
secret code "cookies and cream" gets you 5 dollars off! oh yeah!
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Sun 04 Sep, 2011
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Bandana Splits
Where : Maxwell's, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, United States
Time: 08:00 pm
Price : $10.00
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
August 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Pianos $8.00
SANTAH
11PM
BANDANA SPLITS
TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS
TURNER CODY
Address
Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow at Stanton.
By Train
or to 2nd Ave/Houston St. Exit at Allen St end of the station and walk two blocks east on Houston to Ludlow, then one block south to Stanton.
or to Delancey/Essex. Exit at Delancey/Essex and walk two blocks north on Essex to Stanton, then one block west to Ludlow.
By Bus
or to Essex/Houston. Exit onto Essex and walk one block south on Essex to Stanton, then one block west to Ludlow.
to Allen/Houston. Exit onto Allen and walk south to Stanton, then east two blocks to Ludlow.
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Sunday, August 21 · 4:00pm - 8:00pm Waggytail Birthday BBQ Feat: SUPERCUTE!
Waggy Birthday BBQ! Dogs Welcome! Vegetarian friendly!
Live music, raffle, games, prizes, drink specials! This is not an event you will want to miss.
Free dog food vouchers for all that attend!
In the unfortunate case that you are unable to attend but would still like to send a birthday gift along to Waggytail, but we are also in need of other things for our little pups.
Here are some donation suggestions:
*paypal donation through our site www.waggytailrescue.org
* Gift cards to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's (both have great all-natural dog treats and food and WF even has doggie harnesses)
* Online gift certificates to Amazon.com, ebay.com, PetSmart.com, Wag.com, FetchDog.com, . (Please send the online certificates to waggytailrescue@gmail.com)
* MetroCards for dog transport
* Postage stamps
* Harnesses for dogs 5-15 lbs
Please send all item donation items to:
Waggytail Rescue
60 East 9th Street, #214
New York, NY 10003
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08.16.2011 the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players – Scary Mansion – Franz Nicolay – Preston Spurlock
Tuesday
8.16 -$7-(FB)
.the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
.Scary Mansion
.Franz Nicolay
.Preston Spurlock
DEATH BY AUDIO
49 s 2nd st btw kent & wythe
doors at 8, show at 9
L to Bedford
-or-
JMZ to Marcy
-or-
G to Broadway
SANTAH
11PM
BANDANA SPLITS
TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS
TURNER CODY
Address
Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow at Stanton.
By Train
or to 2nd Ave/Houston St. Exit at Allen St end of the station and walk two blocks east on Houston to Ludlow, then one block south to Stanton.
or to Delancey/Essex. Exit at Delancey/Essex and walk two blocks north on Essex to Stanton, then one block west to Ludlow.
By Bus
or to Essex/Houston. Exit onto Essex and walk one block south on Essex to Stanton, then one block west to Ludlow.
to Allen/Houston. Exit onto Allen and walk south to Stanton, then east two blocks to Ludlow.
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Sunday, August 21 · 4:00pm - 8:00pm Waggytail Birthday BBQ Feat: SUPERCUTE!
Waggy Birthday BBQ! Dogs Welcome! Vegetarian friendly!
Live music, raffle, games, prizes, drink specials! This is not an event you will want to miss.
Free dog food vouchers for all that attend!
In the unfortunate case that you are unable to attend but would still like to send a birthday gift along to Waggytail, but we are also in need of other things for our little pups.
Here are some donation suggestions:
*paypal donation through our site www.waggytailrescue.org
* Gift cards to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's (both have great all-natural dog treats and food and WF even has doggie harnesses)
* Online gift certificates to Amazon.com, ebay.com, PetSmart.com, Wag.com, FetchDog.com, . (Please send the online certificates to waggytailrescue@gmail.com)
* MetroCards for dog transport
* Postage stamps
* Harnesses for dogs 5-15 lbs
Please send all item donation items to:
Waggytail Rescue
60 East 9th Street, #214
New York, NY 10003
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08.16.2011 the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players – Scary Mansion – Franz Nicolay – Preston Spurlock
Tuesday
8.16 -$7-(FB)
.the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
.Scary Mansion
.Franz Nicolay
.Preston Spurlock
DEATH BY AUDIO
49 s 2nd st btw kent & wythe
doors at 8, show at 9
L to Bedford
-or-
JMZ to Marcy
-or-
G to Broadway
Friday, July 08, 2011
July 2011
Jul 28, 2011
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players aren’t your typical family band that performs songs based on slides of strangers they’ve found in garage sales and beyond. They are also one of the few bands lucky enough to say they’ve performed on Late Night TV (Late Night with Conan O’ Brien) and have had a documentary made about them out in which they’re heralded by Time Out New York, Pitchfork and more.
Okay, so they’re probably the only family band that can say they’ve done all of these things, but that’s exactly why you should check them out tonight at Bar Matchless. After a few years hiatus, the Players are back and gearing up to promote their just-released new album, Lost and Found.
Bands The Well Informed and Turner Cody are also on the bill, all part of a new series called “Campari Soda Presents” so hopefully that means there will be some Campari drink specials as well. Tonight’s also Ladies Night at Matchless, aka $4 well drinks until 2am for the Ladies.. $6 pint of Bud and a shot all night for everyone !
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
with The Well Informed and Turner Cody
8PM. $10.
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Avenue (at Driggs)
[Greenpoint]
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PLESE COME OUT!!! SUPERCUTE! WILL B PLAYING ♥ A GATHERING TO COMMEMORATE THE 1 YR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLAUGHTER OF OUR ENTIRE POPULATION (300+) OF RESIDENT CANADA GEESE. & 1,600+ KILLED IN NY STATE. INTENDED GOAL OF USDA: ONE MILLION GEESE ON THE EAST COAST.
FRIDAY, JULY 8:PROSPECT PARK6PM – 8PM!!!!! 5th street or 3rd st entrance.PICNIC HOUSE/ 95 PPW. ♥ !!!!
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players aren’t your typical family band that performs songs based on slides of strangers they’ve found in garage sales and beyond. They are also one of the few bands lucky enough to say they’ve performed on Late Night TV (Late Night with Conan O’ Brien) and have had a documentary made about them out in which they’re heralded by Time Out New York, Pitchfork and more.
Okay, so they’re probably the only family band that can say they’ve done all of these things, but that’s exactly why you should check them out tonight at Bar Matchless. After a few years hiatus, the Players are back and gearing up to promote their just-released new album, Lost and Found.
Bands The Well Informed and Turner Cody are also on the bill, all part of a new series called “Campari Soda Presents” so hopefully that means there will be some Campari drink specials as well. Tonight’s also Ladies Night at Matchless, aka $4 well drinks until 2am for the Ladies.. $6 pint of Bud and a shot all night for everyone !
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
with The Well Informed and Turner Cody
8PM. $10.
Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Avenue (at Driggs)
[Greenpoint]
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PLESE COME OUT!!! SUPERCUTE! WILL B PLAYING ♥ A GATHERING TO COMMEMORATE THE 1 YR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLAUGHTER OF OUR ENTIRE POPULATION (300+) OF RESIDENT CANADA GEESE. & 1,600+ KILLED IN NY STATE. INTENDED GOAL OF USDA: ONE MILLION GEESE ON THE EAST COAST.
FRIDAY, JULY 8:PROSPECT PARK6PM – 8PM!!!!! 5th street or 3rd st entrance.PICNIC HOUSE/ 95 PPW. ♥ !!!!
Monday, June 13, 2011
June 2011
Tuesday, June 28th at The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players @ Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-0228
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Roughstars, Light Spells Time:
7:30pm
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Tuesday 21 June 2011 The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players @ Bowery Electric
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Gerry Visco, Magic Bryan, Love Handles, The People CS Larsen Feat. Mister Reed
Tue, 21 June, 19:30 – Wed, 22 June, 00:00
Good news and bad news. The bad news: that thing you were planning on doing tonight has been canceled, for reasons we're not really at liberty to go into. The good news: we have a back-up plan. Tonight New York Press will be throwing a party at the Bowery Electric, featuring performances by Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Gerry Visco, Magic Bryan, Love Handles and The People Vs. Larsen featuring Mister Read. Doors open at 7:30, and tickets are $8. See you there.
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Wednesday 14 June 2011 The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Incredible Event!
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Caravan of Thieves Albert Goold, Fara G., Andrew and Andrew, Rob Shapiro
7:30pm
Location
Bowery Electric
27 Bowery (at 2nd Street)
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The Trachtenburg Variety Show @ The PIT! EVERY Wed. in JUNE!
Wednesday, June 8 at 11:00pm - June 29 at 1:00am
The Peoples Improv Theater
123 E. 24th St.
New York, NY
EVERY WEDNESDAY 11pm-1am FREE!
Trachtenburg's Variety Show Featuring the Jazz Nerd - Psycho Swing Band "The Pendulum Swings", Mock$tar - Killy Dwyer and More!
Jason Trachtenburg's "The Pendulum Swings" and Killy Dwyer present the most off-the-wall variety show in NYC! This saucy side-show showcases weekly special guests from the alternative above and underground NYsCene!
June 15th Line Up!!
Adrienne Lapalucci (Last Comic Standing)
Bill Chambers (World's Greatest Grandson)
Doctor Princess Lady Scoutington (Hollywood Fringe, MTV)
Gregory Levine (CNBC)
Eden and John's East River String Band (NYC based duo who cover delta and country blues.)
327 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-0228
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Roughstars, Light Spells Time:
7:30pm
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Tuesday 21 June 2011 The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players @ Bowery Electric
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Gerry Visco, Magic Bryan, Love Handles, The People CS Larsen Feat. Mister Reed
Tue, 21 June, 19:30 – Wed, 22 June, 00:00
Good news and bad news. The bad news: that thing you were planning on doing tonight has been canceled, for reasons we're not really at liberty to go into. The good news: we have a back-up plan. Tonight New York Press will be throwing a party at the Bowery Electric, featuring performances by Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Gerry Visco, Magic Bryan, Love Handles and The People Vs. Larsen featuring Mister Read. Doors open at 7:30, and tickets are $8. See you there.
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Wednesday 14 June 2011 The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players Incredible Event!
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Caravan of Thieves Albert Goold, Fara G., Andrew and Andrew, Rob Shapiro
7:30pm
Location
Bowery Electric
27 Bowery (at 2nd Street)
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The Trachtenburg Variety Show @ The PIT! EVERY Wed. in JUNE!
Wednesday, June 8 at 11:00pm - June 29 at 1:00am
The Peoples Improv Theater
123 E. 24th St.
New York, NY
EVERY WEDNESDAY 11pm-1am FREE!
Trachtenburg's Variety Show Featuring the Jazz Nerd - Psycho Swing Band "The Pendulum Swings", Mock$tar - Killy Dwyer and More!
Jason Trachtenburg's "The Pendulum Swings" and Killy Dwyer present the most off-the-wall variety show in NYC! This saucy side-show showcases weekly special guests from the alternative above and underground NYsCene!
June 15th Line Up!!
Adrienne Lapalucci (Last Comic Standing)
Bill Chambers (World's Greatest Grandson)
Doctor Princess Lady Scoutington (Hollywood Fringe, MTV)
Gregory Levine (CNBC)
Eden and John's East River String Band (NYC based duo who cover delta and country blues.)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
May 2011
Wed May 25th Trachtenburg's Variety Show Featuring the Jazz Nerd - Psycho Swing Band "The Pendulum Swings", Mock$tar - Killy Dwyer and More!
Jason Trachtenburg's "The Pendulum Swings" and Killy Dwyer present the most off-the-wall variety show in NYC! This saucy side-show showcases weekly special guests from the alternative above and underground NYsCene!
Wed May 25th Line-Up Includes:
The Bitter Poet
Umberto MacDougal
Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting
Sara G'Yall
Jon Savoy
Joe Yoga
Taylor Clark
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The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at Pianos Wednesday, May 11 · 8:30pm - 10:00pm
Location
PIANOS
158 Ludlow Street at Stanton
New York, NY
More Info
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, the world's foremost indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop traveling family slideshow band, are continuing to move the medium of entertainment forward, returning to the stage for their first show of 2011, in anticipation of their forthcoming album "Lost and Found" (Tummy Touch Records) and featuring Jason Trachtenburg's The Pendulum Swings horn section.
Since the year 2000, the Trachtenburg's have been perfecting the art of turning found vintage slide collections into original pop-rock musical and visual exposes based on the lives and societal examinations of anonymous strangers, and some well known corporations. This new art form can be multiply categorized into the realms of rock music, comedy, theatre, cabaret, vaudeville and performance art.The Trachtenburgs have toured the world with new annual versions of their rock slideshow presentations. Their uniqueness has allowed for performances at university classes, corporate conventions, the lecture circuit and weddings.
$8 cover
Jason Trachtenburg's "The Pendulum Swings" and Killy Dwyer present the most off-the-wall variety show in NYC! This saucy side-show showcases weekly special guests from the alternative above and underground NYsCene!
Wed May 25th Line-Up Includes:
The Bitter Poet
Umberto MacDougal
Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting
Sara G'Yall
Jon Savoy
Joe Yoga
Taylor Clark
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The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at Pianos Wednesday, May 11 · 8:30pm - 10:00pm
Location
PIANOS
158 Ludlow Street at Stanton
New York, NY
More Info
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, the world's foremost indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop traveling family slideshow band, are continuing to move the medium of entertainment forward, returning to the stage for their first show of 2011, in anticipation of their forthcoming album "Lost and Found" (Tummy Touch Records) and featuring Jason Trachtenburg's The Pendulum Swings horn section.
Since the year 2000, the Trachtenburg's have been perfecting the art of turning found vintage slide collections into original pop-rock musical and visual exposes based on the lives and societal examinations of anonymous strangers, and some well known corporations. This new art form can be multiply categorized into the realms of rock music, comedy, theatre, cabaret, vaudeville and performance art.The Trachtenburgs have toured the world with new annual versions of their rock slideshow presentations. Their uniqueness has allowed for performances at university classes, corporate conventions, the lecture circuit and weddings.
$8 cover
March 2011
Tummy Touch Records Private Label Showcase @ NY's Rockwood
Tummy Touch Records and The Musebox co-hosted a private label showcase on March 28th at Manhattan's Rockwood Music Hall
pictures from here
Tummy Touch Records and The Musebox co-hosted a private label showcase on March 28th at Manhattan's Rockwood Music Hall
pictures from here
Saturday, January 08, 2011
February 2011
Jason Trachtenburg & The Pendulum Swings
The Pendulum Swings!, Feb. 11th, 8PM
http://www.pendulumswings.com/
The Pendulum Swings "A Warped Sinatra...Highly Recommended."
-Time Out New York
"The Greatest Thing Ever."
-Pitchfork Media
********** 10 Stars (N.M.E.), are set to larger than life arrangements by New York's coolest, hottest, and mostly well-mannered jazz/lounge orchestra - The Pendulum Swings !
New York's Newest Indie-Lounge Jazz Swing Big Band are swinging out the new standards and lounging around the originals. Instant classic jazz/pop composed by acclaimed vocalist Jason Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
The Pendulum Swings are....
Jason Trachtenburg - Vocals
Harlan Muir - Accordian
Gabriel Holl - Drums
James Telfer - Upright Bass
Chris Bullock - Tenor Sax
Gregory Hammontree - Trumpet
Welf Dorr - Alto Sax
Mike Irwin - Trumpet
Eric Ambrose - Trombone
Mark Morgan - Trumpet
Joey Johnson - Tenor Sax
Alec Cumming - Bass
Thomas White - Upright Bass
•Mon Feb 21 Rockwood Music Hall - (Stage 1) 11pm - 196 Allen St. Lower East Side, N.Y.C
The Pendulum Swings!, Feb. 11th, 8PM
http://www.pendulumswings.com/
The Pendulum Swings "A Warped Sinatra...Highly Recommended."
-Time Out New York
"The Greatest Thing Ever."
-Pitchfork Media
********** 10 Stars (N.M.E.), are set to larger than life arrangements by New York's coolest, hottest, and mostly well-mannered jazz/lounge orchestra - The Pendulum Swings !
New York's Newest Indie-Lounge Jazz Swing Big Band are swinging out the new standards and lounging around the originals. Instant classic jazz/pop composed by acclaimed vocalist Jason Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
The Pendulum Swings are....
Jason Trachtenburg - Vocals
Harlan Muir - Accordian
Gabriel Holl - Drums
James Telfer - Upright Bass
Chris Bullock - Tenor Sax
Gregory Hammontree - Trumpet
Welf Dorr - Alto Sax
Mike Irwin - Trumpet
Eric Ambrose - Trombone
Mark Morgan - Trumpet
Joey Johnson - Tenor Sax
Alec Cumming - Bass
Thomas White - Upright Bass
•Mon Feb 21 Rockwood Music Hall - (Stage 1) 11pm - 196 Allen St. Lower East Side, N.Y.C
Saturday, January 01, 2011
January 2011
Jason Trachtenburg & The Pendulum Swings
•Mon Jan 31 Trash Bar 11pm - 256 Grand St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn
•Mon Jan 31 Trash Bar 11pm - 256 Grand St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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