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Supercrush Studio, Amylulita & Revista Plastica Present…
SOLO DAME INDIE POP Showcase

featuring indie rock, dream-pop, and electropop bands from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and New York

Performing live

La Vida Bohème (Venezuela) http://www.myspace.com/vidaboheme

Balún (Puerto Rico/NY) http://www.balunonline.com/

Something In Spanish (PR/Miami/NY) http://www.somethinginspanish.com/

Verde Luna (NY) http://www.myspace.com/verdelunamusic

Spinning your favorite indie-rock and powerpop from Spain, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela, etc…

Nacotheque DJ
Amylulita

Solo Dame Indie Pop DJs
SON & Post-Paint Boy

Doors @ 7:30
$8 all night
21+ w/ ID

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116982128388473

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Show
Northside Fest / Open Studios
When
Saturday, June 18, 2011
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
13 Greenpoint Ave.
Brooklyn, NY, United States 11222
Other Info
http://www.northsideopenstudios.org/events-2/event/northside-open-studios-launch-party-with-crestfest-brooklyn-street-art/

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Show
Rooftop Films – NY Nonfiction
When
Friday, June 10, 2011
8:30pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Open Road Rooftop (map)
350 Grand St.
New York, NY, United States 10002

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FRIDAY JUNE 10, 2011 AT 8:00 PM

SHORT FILM PROGRAM – NEW YORK NON-FICTION

$10 / All Ages

8:30PM Live Music
9:00PM Films Begin

Open Road Rooftop
350 Grand Street
New York, NY 10002
F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street

http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/new-york-nonfiction-1/

SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2011 AT 6 PM

Northside Open Studios Launch Party with Crestfest & Brooklyn Street Art

Balún
Snowmine
Merrickans
Dinowalrus (DJ set)
Walrus Ghost (DJ set)

The End
13 Greenpoint Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11222

http://www.northsideopenstudios.org/events-2/event/northside-open-studios-launch-party-with-crestfest-brooklyn-street-art/

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Show
I/O Chip Music NYC Summer Double Double Header
When
Monday, June 6, 2011
8:00pm - 21+
Where
105 Eldridge St
New York, NY, United States 10002
Other Info
I/O Chip Music NYC
Summer Double Double Header

Monday, June 6 2011
8pm

at
Fontana’s
105 Eldridge St.
NY, NY 10002
21+
$5

Balún
http://www.balunonline.com/

Brought together by their love of simple melodies, 16mm films, cartoon doodles, classical and folk instruments, and experimental pop music, Balún was formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico by José Olivares and Angélica Negrón, and now includes Andrés Fontanez, Noraliz Ruíz, Leonardo Velázquez and Justin Wolf.

The band has performed at Decibel Fest, Pop Montreal, Nacotheque and Pulsewave with artists like Vampire Weekend, Headlights, Tujiko Noriko, minusbaby, and Barbara Morgenstern. They have also collaborated with illustrator Tatiana Arocha on a short film for the DVD series PSST! and with Puerto Rican experimental theater company Y No Había Luz.

Mark DeNardo
http://www.markdenardo.com/

Is anti-chip-punk-folk a genre? Perhaps not, but Mark DeNardo is the first name that comes to my mind. Classifying his music output as chip or punk or folk would do a disservice to all parties. The Graffiti Monsters front man, Fables folk shredder, and solo chip songster demonstrates well what happens when one “writes chip music for ten years” : twice the pride, double the achievement.

HeavyW8bit ChampionChip
http://www.heavyw8bit.com/

An 8-bit maniac and developer of the NSK-1 synthesizer for the Nintendo NES, this retired wrestler turned chip musician clotheslines his way to New York City for his Chinatown circuit debut.

Goferboy
http://www.8bitcollective.com/members/goferboy/

Many times a boy has taken to a stage, and many times a boy has danced. But only once has a boy deliver the furry and explosiveness to a stage that goferboy has. Also known as Henry Andrew Baum, goferboy began his existence as a twinkle in his father’s eye that turned into a flame that could be extinguished. His sound, using gameboys as his weapons, vary from melodic frolics, to gloomy bass, and disco pulsations. The results impregnates the audiences ears, as his provocative, neon hip fluxuations, fertilizes their hearts.

visuals by
NO CARRIER

F or J trains to Essex/Delancey St

www.iochipmusic.com

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• MORE INFO AT FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE •

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When
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
8:00pm - 21+ Buy Tickets
Where
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY, United States 10002
Other Info
w / Silver Swans, Live Footage + more!

We go on at midnight!

http://www.pianosnyc.com/showroom/balun-052411

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Show
NYC Popfest
When
Saturday, May 21, 2011
1:30pm - 21+
Where
Spike Hill (map)
184 & 186 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, United States 11211
Other Info
We are playing NYC Popfest! Playing first at 1:45 PM! The show is free!

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Hi all we have two exciting shows coming up! First is a daytime free show as part of NYC Popfest 2011 on May 21st and a show at Pianos with Silver Swans on May 24th! Andrés will be in town for the Pianos’ show! Woo!

 

SATURDAY MAY 21, 2011 AT 1:00 PM

Free show! / 21+

1:45 BALÚN (NYC / PUERTO RICO)
2:30 GEOFFREY O’CONNOR (AUSTRALIA)
3:15 SMILELOVE (JAPAN)
4:00 TINY FIREFLIES (IL)
4:45 THE SPECIFIC HEATS (NYC)

Spike Hill
184 & 186 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11211

www.nycpopfest.org

TUESDAY MAY 24, 2011 AT 7 PM

21+ / $8

Balún
Silver Swans (SF)
Live Footage
Priceless Music (Denver)
Laura Goldhammer (Denver)
The Romany Rye

Pianos
158 Ludlow St
New York NY 10002-2211

 

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Show
Encuentros Alternos
When
Friday, April 15, 2011
TBD - All Ages
Where
Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico (map)
951 Ave Ponce De León
San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico 00907

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Live video of Camila at El Teatro en el El Museo del Barrio (NYC). The building used to be an orphanage decades before. Some say that you can still listen to children’s laughter at night. This was a special interactive Balún concert for children and adults that incorporated live visuals, instrument making and audience participation. For this song we were joined by Julio Cesar Morales from the experimental puppet theater company Y No Había Luz (http://http://www.ynohabialuz.com/). Thanks so much to Armando Croda for putting this video together!

Video directed by: Armando Croda
Photography and editing: Armando Croda
http://www.armandocroda.com/

Museo del Barrio
http://www.elmuseo.org/

Download the digital single “Camila” athttp://balun.bandcamp.com/album/camila

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