Lemonade, Le1f, Water Borders

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LEMONADE
LE1F
Water Borders

8 pm
$10 adv/$12 doors

LEMONADE
Formed in San Francisco, Lemonade initially crafted visceral, psychedelic, and vaguely tropical rave journeys that touched upon dozens of the group’s influences (Liquid Liquid, Sons of a Loop Da Loop Era, Digital Mystikz) without sounding particularly like any of them. Early shows offered otherworldy, mind-bending experiences that drew a loyal MDMA-crazed local following. The phenomenon only intensified after the release of the band’s self-titled debut LP in 2008 and subsequent move to New York. That mostly improvised, ecstatic collection of “agile, hedonistic pop music” (as called by Radio 1′s Mary Anne Hobbes) earned praise from the indie and dance communities alike. Pitchfork wrote, “it vividly replicates that first sensation of losing yourself in a peak-hour, strobe-lit reverie, where the communal act of dancing teeters between liberation and disorientation.” Their new album, Diver, swims ecstatically in every thing from the melodies of early 90′s R&B, UK 2-step Garage, Balearic house and NY freestyle to ’80s pop-rock nostalgia, wispy new age, boy-band innocence, and synth-driven Euro-trance. The production, assisted by Fisherspooner collaborator Le Chev, is exceptionally crisp. Diver also contains some of most easily digestible music Lemonade has ever produced, yet it is anything but shallow. Callan’s lyrics now look inward, to his attempts to hold on to redemptive love and romance in a cybernetic, information-rich world.
http://www.truepanther.com/artists/lemonade

LE1F
"Le1f is so good it's like a reverse 'It Gets Better' video; any other teenage queers with rap ambitions should just quit now. It’s like, of course the production wünderkid behind your favorite song has made the best rap album of the year, in his fucking bedroom....He’s a fucking star ascending. Dark York is like a perverted fantasy of what rap should actually sound like. Le1f is sexy, catty, funny, fast, and smart as hell. Whether coyly twanging in his native New York-ese or rapid-fire mind-scrabbling under his breath, Le1f’s delivery is alternately bombastic and understated. He knows how good he is; he doesn’t have to scramble for your approval. Le1f’s probably going to be a huge fucking deal." --Vice/Noisey
http://soundcloud.com/le1f
http://www.facebook.com/le1fny

WATER BORDERS
"Rather than just being weird because it is totally acceptable to make weird music for no reason, the band cut to the core of their sound and delivered an entire album full of wobbly baritone vocals, clanging bells and rainy, gothic (not like goth, but like gothic architecture gothic) vibes. It’s sometimes a disturbing listen, but it’s never difficult, and that’s a pretty hard line to walk successfully." --The Fader
http://soundcloud.com/water-borders
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Water-Borders/106295986083456

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