Wednesday, December 5, 2007
LOVE MIGRAINE
A Weekly Wednesday Instigator




MULTILINGUAL
new wave, electro, pop, rock n' roll, disco
yelle * glass candy * terry poison * dandi wind * dirty princess * css * magazine 60 * teki latex * maria daniela y su sonido lasser * baba * les handclaps * numero# * andreas dorau * glamour to kill * righeira * annie * farah * chromatics * sally * cristina * lo fi-fnk * the ark * ETC.

Official after party for French rockers
NEIMO

Sutra Lounge (in the basement)
16 First Ave @ 1st St
FREE
10pm - 4am

DJ Amylulita + DJ friend JUN + the boys of NEIMO

Come out, have a drink, and enjoy the music with your friends.

Friday, July 13, 2007

NACOTHEQUE & BATANGA present:
Una Fiesta De Calidad Para Gente Corriente

The Official After-Party for Zoé & Chetes
Featuring live performances by party-rockers from NYC, Zigmat, a special late night performance by Drag Queen Sensation from Spain, La Prohibida, and a special mini performance by Fofé from Circo.

Don Hill's
511 Greenwich St. at Spring St.
New York City
10pm-4am
$5 before 12am / $8 after 12am
21+ with ID

NEW YORK, NY - On Friday, July 13th, Nacotheque and Batanga will have joined together to present Una Fiesta De Calidad Para Gente Corriente , a grand celebration featuring live performances, go-go dancers, gift bags, fashionistas, and just plain fun. The high energy, Latin influenced rockers from NYC, Zigmat, will be performing live and following that will be a special late night performance by the Drag Queen Sensation from Spain, La Prohibida (singing her own material. No lip syncing), and last but not least, a special mini performance by Fofé from Circo. DJs Memory Man from Zoé, Marcelo Cunning, and Amylulita will be spinning Spanish-sung pop music for sweaty dancing all night long. Go-go chicas and chicos will be shaking their culo in costumes designed by De*Nada Design from Washington, DC. Gift bags will be given out with limited edition Nacotheque t-shirts (created by De*Nada Design), Batanga magazines, dulces, music, y más, so get there early!






Saturday, July 14, 2007
NACOTHEQUE presents: An Especial Showcase & Party
Awesome video installation will be by juicy, Venezuelan artist, Peach

Live performances by avant-garde icon in Mexico's naco-chic underground music scene, Silverio, ghetto-tek/post punk trio from Venezuela, Todosantos, Lounge-pop group from NYC, Uli and The Gringos, Latin Electronic Underground music project from Long Island City, R-tronika. Guest DJs DaPuntoBeat from Mexico, DF and NYC's Baile-Funk master, Sujinho from A.i.R / NOSSA.

Fontana's
105 Eldridge St. between Broome and Grand St.
9pm-4am
1 hour open bar 9 – 10pm
$5 before 12am / $8 after 12am
FREE w/ RSVP to http://newyork.going.com/nacotheque_july_14
21+ with ID

NEW YORK, NY - On Saturday, July 14th, Nacotheque will present an extra especial event, featuring an extraordinary lineup of live performances and culo shakin' guest DJs. Special video installation presented by by the juicy artist,Peach, from Caracas, Venezuela and rockstar fotos taken by RaphlexNYC (metro212.com). The early showcase will feature an array of music styles from electro to folk-pop hailing from Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, and NYC. Performers include avant-garde icon in Mexico's naco-chic underground music scene, Silverio, ghetto-tek/post punk trio from Venezuela, Todosantos, Alt-pop group hailing from Mexico and NYC, Uli and The Gringos, Latin Electronic Underground music project from Long Island City, R-tronika. DJs DaPuntoBeat, NYC's Baile-Funk master, Sujinho from A.i.R / NOSSA, and Nacotheque resident DJs, Marcelo Cunning, and Amylulita will be spinning Spanish-sung pop music for sweaty dancing all night long. A one hour open bar will be sponsored by Devassa beer from Brazil and a special liquor TBA.Going.com will provide FREE entrance to everyone who RSVPs and amor will be supported by the only bilingual website showcasing groundbreaking Latin American and Latino cultures in New York City, NYRemezcla.com, the scandalous Latino commentary blog in NYC, Guanabee.com, the highly respected entertainment and nightlife promotions company for scenesters, Shaw Promotion.

Links:
Nacotheque
Nacotheque myspace
Le Peach - Awesome visual works of art
Metro 212 - fotos by RalphlexNYC
NYRemezcla.com
Shaw Promotion
Going.com
Guanabee.com

Minty Fresh just posted this as their video of the day and it just tickled my fancy so here ya go... It's a video by Kahimi Karie and the song is called Le Roi Soleil.

FRANCE 1979, PUNK ROCK MOVIE!

la brune et moi screening
Sat, 3/31@ Monkeytown
7:30 and 10:00pm
58 N 3rd btwn Wyth and Kent
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

DJs Ceci Moss and Dan Selzer to spin in between and after the film showings

*La brune et moi* - a play on the French
title for the American 50s rock 'n' roll film The Girl Can't Help It (La
blonde et moi) - was shot in one week, on a Saturday. Like it's American
counterpart, the story is a thin prop for the rockin' performances.

The film stars scenester Anoushka and actor Pierre Clementi (*The Conformist
*, *Belle de Jour*) and features the following bands on the soundtrack: Ici
Paris, Artefact, Astroflash, Edith Nylon, The Questions, The Party, Marquis
de Sade, Dogs, Go-Go Pigalles, Taxi Girl, Les Prives.

Watch the Trailer here: http://bardotagogo.com/brune

Japanese cuties, Kiiii, are touring the USA!!



My darling friend Sheila B of Cha Cha Charming Magazine turned me onto this band from Japan called Kiiii about a year ago. Kiiii consists of two Japanese girlz, Utako Tayama (vox) and Reiko Tada (drums). Their music is a playful mush of sounds, bop-trot beats, and silly audio clips from cartoons. Singing things like "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" in their song, 4 Little Joy (remix) and "take me to the Disney Land" in their song, The World According To Corp. I've never seen them live, but from the songs I have heard and just for the fact that they are Japanese, I'm sure they will be ton's o fun live!

Free Downloads here (courtesy of Kiiii:
The World According To Corp
4 Little Joy (Remix)

Kiiiiiii US tour 2007!!

03/14/2007 08:00 PM - SXSW2007 @Beauty bar
617 E7 Street
Austin, Texas

03/18/2007 07:30 PM - Sams Burger Joint
w/Metalchicks,Peelander-z, Mothercoat, Nekomushi
330 E Grayson St.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78215

03/21/2007 07:00 PM - Asian American film festival@The Rickshaw Stop
SanFrancisco, California

03/23/2007 09:00 PM - Chop Suey
w/OOIOO
1325 E. Madison
SEATTLE, Washington 98122

03/26/2007 09:30 PM - Towne Lounge
714 SW 20th Place
PORTLAND, Oregon 97205
$5.00 at the door.

04/01/2007 07:00 PM - Velvet Lounge
915 U Street, Washington DC

04/02/2007 07:00 PM - secret project robot
210 Kent Ave (entrance on river stree)
BROOKLYN, New York 11211
Lakin's art show Kiiiiiii will play 2 or 3 songs without drums

04/03/2007 07:00 PM - tonic
107 Norfolk Street
New York 10002

04/04/2007 08:00 PM - cakeshop
CAKESHOP 152 Ludlow
New York 10002
door: $tba

Kiiiiiii 子のはじめてのおつかいin U.S.A！ウルトラクイズで行く迄ニューヨーク行かないと決めてたがウルトラクイズもうないし良いよね。日本のテルマ＆ルイーズことU.T& Lakin、ただいまバリバリ緊張中！日本のみなさまぜひ春の旅行はKiiiiiiiツアーにJoin in、急いで旅立てジャック！

3/11 (Sun.) NY @ Knitting Factory - MAIN SPACE
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., New York, NY
Pre: $10 Day of: $12 Show starts: 7:00PM
http://www.knittingfactory.com
Performing live:
HY The Emeralds * The 50 Kaitenz * GO!GO!7188 * Pistol Valve * Asakusa Jinta
More info here: Japan Nite 2007

The Britpop group, Zoé, from Mexico, is coming to NYC on March 11th and 12th the shows are FREE!!

***THESE SHOWS ARE FREE BUT YOU MUST HAVE A PRINT-OUT FROM THE FOLKS AT JACK DANIEL'S WHO ARE PUTTING IT ON. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS AND SHOW UP AS EARLY, 'CAUSE IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE***

If you love Britpop and The Cure, you are bound to fall in LUV with Zoé. If you’re not familiar with these boys, think britpop, but britpop from Mexico. Sung in English and Spanish, which my friends over at NYREmezcla.com and I both agree that they could be one of the first rock en español bands to truly make the crossover into the "anglo" market.

Last time they were in New York, they put on an excellent show, and Nacotheque hosted the official after party for them at the all famous rock n' roll bar, Niagara, in the East Village. Memory Man (Zoé) guest DJed and everyone got super trashed while dancing all night!

Zoé's first show will be on Sunday, March 11th at D'Antigua and the second show will be on Monday, at SOB's where Nacotheque will be hosting the official after party at Luke and Leroy!!

Recommended songs:
Dead
Love
No Me Destruyas
Via Lactea

www.zoetheband.com
myspace.com/zoetheband

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
BOLLYWOOD DISCO™
retro filmi eclectic disco grooves

Featuring DJ Rekha & Eddie Stats
Visuals by FICTIVE

Doors at 9pm
Free from 9-10. $12 after.

Cielo
cieloclub.com
18 Little W. 12 St.,
New York City, NY 10014
A, C, E to 14th St

Bol•ly•wood, n. [Humorous blend of the names of Bombay and Hollywood.]

1. The Indian film industry, based in Bombay; Bombay regarded as the base of this industry.

Bollywood is shorthand for the Hindi-language film industry centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. It is the world's largest, yearly churning out hundreds of 3-hour musical epics that also drive South Asia's pop music industry. To the current generation of South Asian club-goers, Bollywood is synonymous with the 1970s golden age of masala films. This decade produced blockbusters like Don and Sholay (which still holds the record for most-viewed film ever made) not to mention "some of the fattest funk tunes that ever pimp-rolled their way down Music Street, Bombay."

More Info Here: http://www.bollywooddisco.com

This just in...One of my fav bands from California, Persephone's Bees, will be making their way to SXSW this year so I'm looking forward to checking them out live on stage!! My two favorite songs on their album, Notes From The Underworld, are Nice Day and Muzica Dyla Fil'ma.

A message from Persephone's Bees:

"Ladies and gentlemen,
You've been asking when Persephone's Bees will be back in Austin. Well, it's this time of the year, the spring is around the corner and that means SXSW festival is on!!! We took a little time off after the tour, but now we're back in action and happy to bring our music live to you.

Here're the shows we're doing in Austin:

Wednesday, March 14, 11:30 p.m. @ Molotov Lounge (719 W 6th Street)

The Harry Ransom Center American Twenties
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5 8:30 p.m. Austin TX
Bright Lights Society 9:30 p.m. Ausitn TX
G. Forsyth 10:30 p.m.
Persephone's Bees 11:30 p.m. Oakland CA
White Ghost Shivers 12:45 a.m. Austin TX


Friday, March 16th, 9 p.m. @ Stubbs (801 Red River St)
Arts and Crafts Label 9p.m.-2a.m.
Persephone's Bees 9:00 p.m.
To follow:
the Dears, Apostle of Hustle, Amy Milan (of Stars) and Young Galaxy.

See you there. Angelina and Persephone's Bees."

P's Bees website
P's Bees on myspace

Yesterday I bought myself a Vintage 1960's Raleigh Bicycle that's a bit of a fixer upper, but I'm looking forward to fixing it up! Since last summer, I've been looking for a bicycle like this one and I finally got one:)

I've been in search of a unique bicycle basket and I found one that I really hope will be available to order by April '07 (much thanx to OhJoy.blogs.com posting). Designed by Marie-Louise Gustafsson, this basket is made of hard plastic and comes in three colors, green, white, and was inspired by Swedish crochet tablecloths. It even has a name, CARRIE! Ugh, so cute! I think I'm going to keep my bike the color it is so the color that'll prolly look best is green or black for the basket.

Speaking of things that make me happy today, I am excited to tune into East Village Radio today (Sunday, March 4th) to listen to my friend Melody Nelson's DJ debut on East Village Radio from 4 to 6pm EST. This will hopefully be the first of a weekly show (final slot TBD). The show will be all french pop and she'll be spinning everything yé-yé, oldies, chanteuses, 70's party jams and classic 80's pop/rock. EVR is an internet radio station, so anyone in the world with a computer and an internet connection can listen to its live streaming. The show will be archived so if you miss it, you can always listen to it later!

Bonde do Role… With Lasers!

Hailing from Brazil, Bonde Do Role takes Bailefunk rhythms of their
homeland and mash them up, rapping in their native tongues. Not only
was the band was discovered by our favourite DJ, Diplo, who they’ll be
touring with in America this month, but they’re also doing some dates with
The Klaxons and CSS this spring. Recently signed to Domino Records,
Bonde Do Role will release their first international single “Solta O Frango”,
which literally translates as ‘Release The Chickens’, on March 19, 2007.

View the awesome video for “Solta O Frango” here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgb6FxuaPQA

Bonde do Role @ SXSW
THU 3/15 Urban Outfitters In Store 1pm
THU 3/15 Fader Mag Day Party 4:30 PM
THU 3/15 NORWEGIAN TV INTERVIEW
THU 3/15 CLUB BARCELONA Peaches event 10.30
THU 3/15 RED SCOOT INN SQUEEK E CLEAN PARTY, STAGE TIME TBC
FRI 3/16 KCMP In Studio 2:30 pm Radio Session
FRI 3/16 Vice Mag Day Party 4:45 pm
FRI 3/16 Biz 3 Showcase – 10.40 pm
FRI 3/16 I Heart Comix Party 1:30 am

Bonde do Role on tour with DIPLO
SUN 3/11 SAN DIEGO, CA Casbah
TUE 3/13 LOS ANGELES, CA Safari Sams
SAT 3/17 NEW ORLEANS, LA REPUBLIC
MON 3/19 TALLAHASSEE, FL CLUB DOWN UNDER FSU
TUE 3/20 GAINESVILLE, FL Common Ground
THU 3/22 ORLANDO, FL Firestone

Bonde do Role headling
FRI 3/23 Jacksonville, Fl TSI
SAT 3/24 ATLANTA, GA Drunken Unicorn
SUN 3/25 day off
MON 3/26 CHAPEL HILL, NC Local 506
TUE 3/27 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Satellite Ballroom
WED 3/28 BALTIMORE, MD Ottobar
THU 3/29 PHILADELPHIA, PA Danger Danger house
FRI 3/30 BROOKLYN, NY Studio B (with Diplo)
SUN 4/1 BUFFALO, NY Soundlab
TUE 4/3 MONTREAL, QC LAMBI
WED 4/4 OTTAWA, ON BARRYMORE MUSIC HALL

Bonde do Role on tour with THE KLAXONS
SUN 4/8 TORONTO, ON Lee's Palace
TUE 4/10 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
WED 4/11 BOSTON, MA Great Scott
FRI 4/13 BROOKLYN, NY Studio B
SAT 4/14 PHILADELPHIA, PA Making Time @ Transit

The time has finally come for the ultimate international pop party, Le One Night Stand, on this Thursday night! We have a fancy open bar sponsored by Beaujolais,chilled red wine with yummy French bread and olive oil:) Our guest Djs are Mon Mon Mon Amour's, Jaiko Suzuki, and Saint Etienne's, Bob Stanley!! I'll be Djing Spanish and Portuguese dance numbers too! You can hear some samples of the music we spin here: http://www.myspace.com/leonenightstand

Cheers!

Amylu

Le One Night Stand
The Language Of Love, Valentine's Celebration - Album release party
for The Postmarks!!
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B

Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am

LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID

Complimentary Beaujolais chilled, red wine and yummy French bread 10
pm - 11 pm
$4 Chupa Chup Shots 2 am - 3am (Secret love potion Emergen-C
included!)

Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)

NACOTHEQUE interview
by Jun Olman NYC

Our super chido friend Jun interviewed Marcelo and me about Nacotheque. Check it out and see what everyone is talkin' about. Mind you he interviewed us at the end of the night after a few vodka sodas and I was all hyped up from dancing all night...


NACOTHEQUE (Interview Marcelo Cunning & Amylu)

FYI: i'M HOSTING CALLING ALL KIDS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! RSVP TO ME FOR GUESTLIST: amylunyc (at) gmail (dot) com.

http://www.callingallkids.tv/
myspace

Even abuelita can get down, ye-ye!! This is the most funny and disturbing music video I've seen in the past couple of weeks so I thought I'd share it with ya'll!

María Félix
With Salma Hayek's ABC hit Ugly Betty poised to win a Golden Globe or two, and a host of Mexican directors including Children of Men's Alfonso Cuarón and Babel's Alejandro González Iñárritu in the spotlight, it's only fitting that the country's first female movie star, María Félix, is back on the pop culture radar. The actress's femme fatale locks, assertive brows, dark eyes, and tiny waist made her a national treasure from the forties on. They would seem to have had Hollywood written all over them, too. But despite making over 45 films (one with Luis Buñuel), "La Doña," as she was called after her 1943 role in Doña Bárbara, never became as famous north of the border. Blame it on her refusal to learn English.

An unrepentant diva, Félix had a penchant for collecting husbands (four, officially) and lovers (Diego Rivera, for one) that was only surpassed by her love of jewelry. The pièce de résistance of a collection Cartier released in her honor last year is an emerald-and-diamond-encrusted gold necklace modeled after one particularly famous commission. She is reported to have stalked into the Paris boutique with a baby crocodile in tow and asked the stunned jewelers to replicate the reptile in gems, stipulating, no less, that the piece be done to scale. Now, her flamboyant style and beauty—Egypt's King Farouk allegedly promised her Nefertiti's crown for one night together—have inspired a new book, María Félix La Doña, out next month from Assouline.
—Sarah Cristobal (STYLE.com)

ZIGMAT tonight @ Pianos!!

This Disco pop-rockers, Zigmat will be performing at Pianos tonight!! I think the bands main mamacita, Monica Rodriguez's voice is a mixture of Nirmala Basnayake (Controller Controller) and early Emily Haines (Metric), and it's great! Actually, the song Glowstick has a bit of the same taste as Metric's song Dead Disco...makes you wanna dance in the middle of the room or just stand in the corner watching others dance.

Go check em' out cause they're super fun live! Expect lots of jumping around and glamtastique makeup on Monica's lovely face!!

http://myspace.com/zigmat



Also....


MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND IN NYC!!


MIS on myspace

FRIDAY
Feb.19th
SOB´S
204 VARICK ST @ West Houston
12 AM


SATURDAY
Feb. 20th
UNION HALL
702 UNION ST, PARK SLOPE
BROOKLYN, NY
8PM

WANNA BE IN AN URSULA 1000 MUSIC VIDEO??

A message from Alex (Ursula 1000):

Hey everyone-
Sorry for the mass email but we have a special event that we'd love for you to participate in.

We are filming a video for Hello! Let's Go To A Disco (the glam rock track off the Here Comes Tomorrow LP) and are doing a "club scene" at this AMAZING place called
Let me know if you are game. We are trying to get a good 30 to 40 people head count.
Feel free to pass on this info to any of your friends that you think would be into it too.

Thanks for listening. Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Alex
Ursula 1000
http://www.ursula1000.com
http://www.myspace.com/ursula1000

Monday-January 29th-7pm till 11pm
Galaxie
55-07 Metropolitan Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385

TRAINS - Take the JMZ to Myrtle Ave, from there take the M to Forest Ave. (about a 10-12 block walk from there) or take the L to Dekalb. (about a 12 block walk)

hopstop.com can give you walking directions from the train.

The Q54 bus goes down Grand Ave. to Metropolitan Ave. Get off at the first stop after you pass Mcdonalds. Across from a rite-aid drug store.

okay so it's been a while since my last post, but I've been busy w/ my new job @ BaebleMusic.com and loving it! We've got some great stuff happening over there and I'm in charge of setting up some super fun monthly events as well as a day show @ SXSW!!! So check it out!



BaebleMusic.com, is a new website that broadcasts professional quality videos of live indie music shows at clubs in various NYC. The site also lets users create their own personal pages, comment on the shows, communicate with other users, and create their own blogs. It’s almost 3 months young and we’re already getting visitors and orders from around the globe (France, Peru, Japan, and the boonies of USA)!

Baeble has filmed live shows for Electric Six, Aberdeen City, The Big Sleep, Emily Haines (Metric), Made in Mexico, Monsters Are Waiting, Silversun Pickups, Snowden, and many more. We'll be filming a bunch of awesome bands this year, including:
Action Action * Daylight for the Birds * Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players * The Primms * The Annuals * Goes Cube * Young Love * Band of Thieves * Midlake * Tiger City * Ra Ra Riot * Mixel Pixel * Grizzly Bear!!

The very first show I'm producing for Baeble Music is Wednesday, Feb. 21st @ Canal Room. Check out the details below and don't forget to RSVP!!!



In addition, my partners and I have been working on the next Le One Night Stand for Feb. 8th!! Read all the deets below!!

Le One Night Stand
The Language Of Love, Valentine's Celebration
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B

Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am

Complimentary Beaujolias chilled, red wine and yummy French bread 10 pm - 11 pm
$4 Chupa Chup Shots 2 am - 3am (Secret love potion Emergen-C included!)

Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)

Album release party for The Postmarks!!

LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID

Happy new year!! Feliz anio nuevo!! It's a brand new year and I'm feeling optimistic:) Today was a happy day with the sunlight out and a smile on my face. I wanted to share three videos that make dance in my pants! The first one is of a dancing, singing gummy bear who sings in Dutch, French, English and one more! You can listen to different of the versions and remixes on the website. I think this video is a more sophisticated version of the dancing hampster song that was all the rage a few years ago. Lets see if it get to the dancing with Ally McBeal cameo on TV...

Gummy Bear Website

Gummy Bear Dance


(English version)


Quiero Club
The second music video that I just can't stop listening to is by an indie pop group from Mexico, called Quiero Club (Happy-Fi Records). The song is called "No Coke". I think they are talking about all kinds of Coke (the stuff you drink and the stuff you put up your nose). Quiero Club sorta remind me of CSS mixed with early Chicks on Speed.



Quiero club website: http://www.yotambienquieroclub.com
Quiero club on myspace: http://myspace.com/quieroclub

Happy-Fi website: happyfi.com


The third video is by the Rapture's new song "Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh". It's so true, people don't dance no more...well at least not at your typical i'm-too-hip-for-your-mama parties. I must happily admit that my two parties Le One Night Stand and Nacotheque, people dance until the club kicks us out!