ATP New York 2009: Babies and Drums
- story Peter Macia
- photo Abbey Braden
Boredoms’ drummer Yojiro (YO2RO) Tatekawa was carried into the main performance space on a platform carried by eight dudes, ten minutes into the already heart-exploding Boadrum 9 reprise at ATP New York last Sunday. He bashed on his drums so hard, it was unclear whether they would be able to hold him up. They did, and an hour later, Tatekawa and his bandmate Yoshimi were walking around with a bunch of awesome little Boredoms babies, on their way to participate in Oneida’s marathon 13-hour performance and then check out Boris’ volcanic replay of their album Feedbacker. Jim Jarmusch looked pretty psyched on Boris too. This was basically the vibe at Kutsher’s Country Club, a tarnished gem of the Catskills social set, where VIP is nonexistent and there was always something happening that was going to destroy your eardrums for, as of post time, at least two or three days.
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posted on Sep 15, 2009 in MUSIC NEWS tags Animal Collective, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound, ATP New York 2009, black dice, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boredoms, Boris, Boss Hog, Crystal Castles, David Cross, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Dirty Three, Grouper, Melvins, Menomena, No Age with Bob Mould, Oneida, Panda Bear, Shellac, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide, Super Furry Animals, The Drones, The Feelies, the Flaming Lips, The Jesus Lizard
Freeload: Crystal Castles, “Death (White Lies Remix)”
- story THE FADER
First thing in the morning, nothing beats an email with the subject “Death.” Really. It’s better than free scones in the office kitchen. It’s like, Oh great, now our own mortality is emailing us. Like we don’t have enough to do already. And then you actually read the email and it’s just a new Crystal Castles remix of one of their tourmates’ songs. Lord only knows who White Lies is, but according to Cannibal Cheerleader, the source of this song, they played a couple shows with Crystal Castles in the UK recently. More importantly, Crystal Castles both improves on the somewhat middling original and hints at a possible future for themselves beyond their trademark 8-bit vamping. Not that we couldn’t get down to Nintendo all day long but we’re curious to see what else they can do. To see what they are doing now, fly to England, where they are playing a number of club shows and festivals.
Download: Crystal Castles, “Death (White Lies Remix)”
Boosted Castles
- story THE FADER
We shipped Toronto-based Crystal Castles into the Nevada desert last week for a Magic Trade show dance party hosted by boosted and The FADER. With ’90s warm-up set courtesy of Roxy Cottontail and Staccato and full-on dance breakouts from Flosstradamus, there were many a floor-shaking roof-raising moment to be had. And mid-through CC’s performance–cross our hearts!–the roof of the Moon nightclub, a new spot that sits right atop the Palms hotel, did literally roll back for a hot second to let off all that pent-up party steam. Pre-dancing mayhem we took a turn around the Boosted “Streetwear Lounge” at Magic for a mini-tour of their new accessories collection. Our favorite picks of the season include a rather fetching new collaboration with Claw (the red and black fanny pack is the definitely the ticket) and zebra-covered backpacks in soft pastel.
Video: Crystal Castles, “Air War” + Tour Info
- story THE FADER
Crystal Castles have an aversion to showing their faces, so in this video making the rounds for “Air War” (holler at a Donkey Kong sample), originally on the Alice Practice EP and supposedly on March 18th’s Crystal Castles LP, they replace their skulls with soft serve. If they duplicate the feat for their tour of North America with HEALTH starting next month, we will definitely check them out and maybe eat their faces. Love that ice cream. Hit more for the dates. And go here to read our Gen F on CC from FADER 42.
