Posts Tagged ‘Shakespeare’

FRANK live at Annie’s Shakespeare Shakedown Thursday, February 11th!

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

We’re playing next Thursday as part of Annie’s Shakespeare Shakedown (www.shakespeareshakedown.com).

Hard to describe exactly, but think of it as Romeo & Juliet set in a DIY East Village party atmosphere with FRANK as the house band and DJ Tinseltown spinning before and after our set. Kind of a post-modern Tony & Tina’s Wedding, but Romeo and Juliet instead of Tony and Tina? Anyway, party starts at 7PM, show starts at 8PM, we’ll probably start playing at around 8 or 8:30 and go til around 10PM (or until Juliet kills herself, whichever happens first). The venue is very cool. $10 gets you Shakespeare, FRANK and a unique party experience. Here’s the particulars…

What
FRANK live

Where
Annie’s Shakespeare Shakedown
China One
50 Avenue B
(between 3rd and 4th St.)
www.shakespeareshakedown.com

When
Thursday, February 11th
Party starts at 7PM, show starts at 8PM

Hope to see you there!

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Titus Andronicus = Early Replacements + Early Fugazi + Bruce Springsteen + Nietzsche

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

I am loving Titus Andronicus. Aside from having a name that is both badass and Shakespearean (no small feat), their music is some of the most visceral and alive I’ve heard in some time. The desperation of the early Replacements, the grandeur of the best Bruce Springsteen and the live charge of early Fugazi combined with an obvious underlying intelligence (definitely some English majors in this band) make for a potent cocktail. The record is recorded beautifully, sounding hoarse and twangy but not overly obfuscated. The lo-fi sound was probably not recorded in a lo-fi manner. Want to get some of this kind of energy on the new frank record. Won’t work on all of the tunes, but will definitely work on some.

Indie rock? Punk? Whatever. This is good rock and roll.

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