Pianos
158 Ludlow St
(Lower East Side)
212.505.3733
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Crystal Stilts
- When
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Thursday Oct 23, 2008 (8pm)
- Where
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Directions: F,V train to 2nd Ave/Lower East Side or J,M,Z, to Essex St/Delancey
- Price
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$5
- Links
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The catchy psych-pop ditties of Brooklyn's Crystal Stilts could have been recorded in 1966 outside a 13th Floor Elevators show. Of course there's a little more to it than that: the Stilts make subtle references to fifty years of rock music, combining the vocal stylings of Ian Curtis and the aesthetics of post-punk and noise with an undeniable ear for pop. Their self-titled debut EP, like their upcoming full-length, seems an oddly accidental companion piece to the Magnetic Fields' gorgeous Distortion, a record full of similarly catchy melodies and sonically subterranean production. Don't miss the brittle jangle-punk of Brooklyn heroes Cause Co-Motion!, whose awkward anthems get the kids dancing in spastic ecstasy.
