Flashback - Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders were an early eighties NYC band. They are playing again on the Bowery at R Bar on Wednesday January 21st after reforming for a Bush Tetras CMJ benefit in 2008 at Cake Shop and a solo show they did in the East Village.

Flashback - Bush Tetras

Bush Tetras have been performing music since the late seventies. They performed with The Clash, ESG, Gang of Four and Bow Wow Wow. They will perform special benefit show in Minneapolis on January 17th 2009 for original band member Laura Kennedy. Laura was in need of a liver transplant. She received a liver transplant on November 18th, 2008 a day all of her friends will remember forever. The show is at 9 PM. There is a minimum donation of $30 at the door. There is also a limited VIP option which will include dinner and primo seating available at a price to be determined soon. There will be elaborate screened posters available, with proceeds going to Laura's fund. For more info on the show and how to help Laura please visit: lklf.blogspot.com

Jan 17 2009 8:00P Nick & Eddies Minneapolis, Minnesota

Flashback - The Monks get reissued!

The Monks are a garage rock band, primarily active in Germany in the mid to late sixties. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made. The Monks stood out from the music of the time, and have developed a cult following amongst many musicians and music fans.

On April 14th, 2009 Light In The Attic is ecstatic to present the Monks recorded legacy through two lavishly packaged and lovingly researched reissues (available on CD, LP, and digital download): The Early Years 1964-1965 as well as their landmark studio album Black Monk Time.

"Super snotty attitude... by disgruntled soldiers? With monk haircuts, no less? My jaw dropped." - Jello Biafra

"It was just guitar, bass and drums but they made them sound like nobody had ever made them sound before.... the Monks were inventing music for themselves." - Ira Kaplan, Yo La Tengo

"You can hear their influence across the decades." - Colin Greenwood, Radiohead

Numerous period photographs (many unseen) and an extensive two-part essay by Canadian music journalist Kevin Howes (Rodriguez - Cold Fact, Jamaica - Toronto series) accompany both releases and tell the Monks story like it has never been told. Bonus material dating back to pre-Monks Torquays and up to post Black Monk Time 7"s are also included.

The 2009 Light In The Attic reissue of Black Monk Time and The Early Years 1964-1965 is the current manifestation of the Monks' crystallized vision. It means the world to us (and to the Monks; remember, "We're all Monks!"). As far as we're concerned, we feel that Monk music should be filed with pride alongside the Velvet Underground, Can, The Stooges, and Fela Kuti in the great record cannon in the sky. Long live The Monks!

Flashback - Certain General

NYC's Certain General have been performing music since the early eighties. They performed shows with R.E.M., New Order and The Cure. Shared a split French LP with NYC's Band of Outsiders. If the song on their myspace page "Emily" is any sign of what they are doing now I think we won't be disappointed.


Jan 14 2009 | R Bar | New York, New York
Jan 16 2009 | Tritone | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania