Day For A Night - SUSU - Naked Hearts at Mercury Lounge

Day For A Night

• http://www.myspace.com/dayfornightnyc1
• In the movies, "day for night" describes the cinematic trick of making a scene shot during the day look as if it was filmed at night. This simple process produces complexly beautiful imagery: lavender-blue landscapes; expansive, jet black skies; starkly moonlit farmhouses; and hushed twilight cityscapes. Those are the images and moods Day For Night's music calls to mind, and like the filmic process from which they take their name, the simplicity of the lineup belies the sweep of the sound. A three piece that formed based on a shared love of music, guitarist Keith Ehrlich and drummer Bill Kovalcik layer bass-heavy guitar chords that are both swirling and piercing with thick and explosive drums; Kali Holloway renders towering vocals that are equal parts anticipation and balefulness. The sum of these parts is music that is minimalist and lush at the same time; jagged and dreamy at once; and as expansive as it is intimate.

SUSU

• http://www.myspace.com/susuband
• Brooklyn noise-rock trio Susu are part of a noise-rock continuum with roots that stretch all the way back into pioneering '60s freaks like Captain Beefheart, the Velvet Underground, and the Godz, through the Fall in the U.K. and Sonic Youth in the U.S., and from there into '90 acts like Unwound, Helium, and Tsunami and thence into the contemporary likes of Deerhoof. Guitarist Andrea Havis and bassist Michael Gabry favor both non-standard tunings and physically aggressive performances both vocally and instrumentally, over drums that ride the fine line between free jazz and utter chaos.

Naked Hearts

• http://www.myspace.com/thenakedhearts
• Naked Hearts, a girl/boy fronted alt-rock trio, formed in NYC in January 2008.
  Songwriters Amy Cooper and Noah Wheeler came together to satisfy their desire to make music that expresses the raw and real parts of love. Their unique style of pop combines grungy guitar and stripped down arrangements with dreamy, melancholic melodies.