Thanks to all the bands, sponsors, and crew who contributed to the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Country Cookout in Austin. The sunburn was well worth it. Here are some snapshots of the shindig:
Below are some pictures taken of our set (photos: Ross Murray)
Here’s where we’ll be:
Monday 3/14 AUSTIN, TX
ATX Emerge Party @Deville
(w Motel Aviv & Gary Clark Jr.)
900 Red River at 9th st.
10pm
Wednesday 3/16 AUSTIN, TX
The Continental Club
(with Stone River Boys)
1315 S.Congress,
2pm
Wednesday 3/16 AUSTIN, TX
Sounds Like the Belmont @ The Belmont
(w/ Gringo Star, Baskery)
305 W. 6th st.
12:15am (wed. night)
Thursday 3/17 AUSTIN, TX
Mi Casa Cantina
(w/ Abigail Washburn, Hoots & Hellmouth)
503 E. 6th st.
1:15pm
Saturday 3/19 AUSTIN, TX
3rd Annual Brooklyn Country Cookout!
(annual event founded by the Defibs)
1506 Eva St.
5pm
BROOKLYN AND AUSTIN UNITE AT THE MOST OFFICIAL-UNOFFICIAL DAY PARTY AT South by Southwest!!!
Join us in Austin for our annual South by Southwest shindig. This year’s bands include Phil Gibbs, The Orbans, Greg Garing, Alana Amram, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Andy Friedman, Thunderado, Miss Tess, and many more!
This year we’ll have 12 bands on 2 stages, beer from Brooklyn Brewery, tacos, kolaches, and bourbon from Buffalo Trace.
GO TO WWW.BROOKLYNCOUNTRYCOOKOUT.COM FOR MORE INFO and THE FULL LINEUP!
Twelve top bluegrassish bands from New York and beyond will fight it out for the chance to perform at the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco.
The illustrious judging panel will be: Dawn Holliday of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, Norm Parenteau of Slipshod Management representing one of the biggest acts in Americana music, Old Crow Medicine Show and Andrew Colvin of Ground Control Touring who books acts like Bright Eyes, She & Him, and Cat Power.
The twelve competing bands are: The Defibulators, The 2nd Avenue Mountain Boys, Bobtown, McMule, The Young Spokes, Gangstagrass, The Dive Bar Dukes, Alex Battles & Whiskey Rebellion, The Gold Top County Ramblers, Do it to Julia, Frankenpine, and the Michaela Anne Band. In addition to the bands, a whole gaggle of New Yorker cartoonists will be on stage providing comic interludes. This is a show you don’t want to miss.
Get advance tickets at www.theatre80.net for $16.50 (Note that all seats are general admission) or call 212-388-0388 and reserve them for $15
If you’re curious about what exactly a hardly strictly bluegrass band is, check out the Official Rules.
6 Weeks, 19 States, 45 gigs, and countless beers later, we made it back home from our longest tour yet. here are some snapshots.
Snow….what snow?
We’ll be driving through what the media is calling the “Snowmapocalypse of the Century” to play Burlington’s baddest-ass venue.
1214 Williston Rd.
South Burlington,VT 05403 [map]
(802) 652-0777
Come on all ye’ Vermonters! Surely you can do better then these New Hampshirees…
With GOLD TOWN
Presented by Valley Stage Productions and UVM.
And thanks to WMUD Farm Fresh Radio for their support.
Ah, we sure do love them Colorado mountain towns…. The air is pristine, the views are stunning, and the people are not only friendly, but they have eccentric and unpredictable taste in music. With all humility though, we were indeed surprised and honored to make Chris Aaland’s top ten albums of 2010 in the Durango Telegraph. Nevermind that he slipped us in the number one spot! We’re humbled when anyone says good stuff about our music, much less rank it above rock legends. Suspend your disbelief and read the list here (scroll down after clicking). This gives us new meaning to Romance in Durango…
Also check out Bryant Liggett’s indy top ten in
Calling all New York friends and fans! We will be playing at Sullivan Hall, Monday January 10, 2011, as part of an APAP showcase (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) for Charisma Artist Agency. It’s a tremendous bill of great music including our good friends Jan Bell & The Maybells and the Two Man Gentleman Band, whom we haven’t shared a bill with since our first US tour many moons ago. Also on the bill will be old-school jazz from the George Cole Quintet and a fiery set from bass-slappin’ gypsy folk rockers, Fishtank Ensemble. Order of performers is listed as on the flyer; Defibs should take the stage around 11. Come support yer Defibulators for this muy importante show!
More information on the APAP Conference
We recently had the pleasure of playing the Tiny Apartment Concert series in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The apartment was indeed tiny, but the good time vibe was huge. The crowd consisted of a hand-picked group of only the elite-est of the elite tastemakers and entrepreneurs in NYC. We’re talking music apprecianados, international diplomats, fish oil tycoons, pet fashionistas…you name it. The creme de la creme of who’s who and why’s why. Somebody said Kanye was there with Vladimir Putin, but I wouldn’t have known because the place was so damn crowded. Everyone of course contributed to the smorgasbordial pot luck and Buffalo Trace provided the bourbon in sippy pouches…naturally.
Thanks to Elayna, Lauren, and everyone who concocted this unique, badass event.
Click here for an awesome slideshow of photos from the night.
(pictures by Ashley Corbin-Teich)
www.tinyaptconcerts.com
Hosted by Jon Friedman
