— Balún

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OUT..IN…THE…STREETS…​..FEST…2011
August 27th & 28th
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SATURDAY – Doors @ 2pm

NewVillager
Mi Ami
The Forms
Milagres
Tiny Victories
Co La
Balún
Happy New Year
YOU.

–afterparty with–
_*Physical .Therapy*_
_*Magic .Mountain*_

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Free Brooklyn Lager & (oh so) Summer Ale

Visual Art by Joe Jagos
On Site Installations by Gabriel Hurier & Andrew Thomas

$15 2-day pass // $10 single-day
TIX HERE: http://outinthestreets.com​/

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BirdDog Promo: http://birddogproductions.​blogspot.com/
The Sky Report: http://theskyreport.com/

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The aptly named blog (ran by Club Fonograma contributor Pierre Lestruhaut) Sue Girl Talk asked us to submit a mixtape of whatever we wanted so we put up an hour of music featuring a lot of new and old music that we like and a bunch of super personal favorites. It’s like travelling around the world à la that 90′s video by Deep Forest. Remember that one?

FULL TRACKLIST

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Hey guys we have two interviews up for your reading pleasure. One for Revista Plástica (Spain) and another for the e-zine Mi Abuela es Jazzista (México). It’s a fun read and if you don’t know Spanish maybe this is the time to test that nifty googly translator you have lying around. Click on the images to download.

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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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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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The amazing Bleary Eyed Brooklyn shot this video of us performing “Con Los Pies” at NYC Popfest 2011. Poder de melódica activado!

 

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Hey all, a lot has happened so far this year! Shows, new video, new singles and compilations/tributes! We have compiled all the recent press links for your reading pleasure.

Club Fonograma – El Medio Contenido
Life Aquatic – El Medio Contenido
Potholes In My Blog – El Medio Contenido
Remezcla – El Medio Contenido
Stadiums and Shrines – En Medio Del Desastre
Their Bated Breath – En Medio Del Desastre
Zona de Obras – Revista No. 63
MTV Iggy – Bands We Like: Balún
NY Press – NYC Popfest Picks
NPR Alt Latino - Latin Indie Bands Pay Homage to Brazilian Icon Adriana Calcanhotto
Revista Plástica – Entre Ríos y Balún
Gente Que Viene A Mi Casa
Remezcla – Camila live at El Museo del Barrio
Puerto Rico Indie – Balún en directo desde el CMPR
MTV Iggy – Plásticos y Etereos Vol. 1

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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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Two new songs for the spring. They are “El Medio Contenido” and “Catorce”. Both songs were written in Brooklyn and Paris during a very long summer that took us to many places and found is in between many spaces. The single is released by the awesome netlabel Beko DSL! You can download both songs at http://www.beko-dsl.com (also feel free to explore their discography; it’s packed with a lot of great music)

TRACKLIST:

Side A

1. El Medio Contenido

Side B

1. Catorce

http://www.beko-dsl.com

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Our friends from the Sao Paulo based collective Si No Puedo Bailar just released this compilation where artists from all over Latin America pay tribute to great Brazillian singer-songwriter Adriana Calcanhotto. We were invited by Rodrigo Maceira to take one of her songs and make it our own. We went with “Sudoeste” and had a lot of fun recording and reimagining her song. A lot of other good friends appear in this compilation such as Mima who is also from Puerto Rico. You can download the compilation for free over at http://www.naomoromais.com (to find the link just keep scrolling to the right!) and if you are lucky and live in / or visit Brazil you may get the vinyl version of the album for free at one of their shows.

LISTEN:

Sudoeste – Balun by naomoromaisemmim

TRACKLIST:

Side A

01. Inverno (hot and cold mix) – Zeep
02. Cantata (después de estar con vos) – Cineplexx
03. Escuadras – Franny Glass
04. Cariocas - Los Mil Jinetes
05. Vambora – Entre Ríos

Side B

01. Sudoeste – Balún
02. Mitad – Jóvenes y Sexys
03. Unos Versos – Coiffeur
04. Mentiras – MIMA
05. Segundos – Lido Pimienta

http://www.naomoromais.com

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