Photos from The Music Slut's Spring Fling 3/24: Locksley

This is the point in the story where we cut to me 5 whiskys in and dancing like a mad woman at 2 in the morning to one of my favourite bands. It was hot and sweaty and wonderful.

A million times thank you to manager Guy and all of the boys for coming out to play and for making the show so memorable. And, um, sorry about the lack of air conditioning.

Download: 'Don't make me wait'


Locksley are a band making it on their own without a label. Go and support these guys by purchasing their kickass album, Don't Make Me Wait, or an adorable t-shirt.

Thank you to Taylor of The Rotation Room for coming out and taking some great pictures. Rachael of Underrated was of course the ever loyal friend and patron and was there until the very end with Locksley.

Also, thank you to all of our sponsors for the evening, Filter, Musebox, Cornerstone, Santuary, Parlophone, Trojan and Tree Brain for providing kick ass goodie bags for our guests. We love you!

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Photos from The Music Slut's Spring Fling 3/24: Cassettes Won't Listen

Jay Drake didn't need an introduction. He just got up there and did his thing. And from where I was standing, it was awesome.

After the set, he bought me a shot of whisky. Rock on.

Jay showed up sans his lighting specialist. AKA, the boy in the corner with the laptop. But I am pretty sure I saw him in the audience taking pictures. I hate to say it, but I think the show was the better for it. There was less distraction and more focus on Jay and his music.

Rachael of Underrated was there. As was the lovely Jinners.

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Photos from The Music Slut's Spring Fling 3/24: The Silent Years

Thank you to Matt Saturday over at Brooklyn Ski Club for coming out to the show and writing a great review of one of my favourite bands, The Silent Years. While I was in the back drinking too much whisky, he was up front taking some great up close and personal pictures of Josh and the gang (below).


Rachael from Underrated also has a few words about the boys, and girl, from Detroit as well.

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Photos from The Music Slut's Spring Fling 3/24: A Brief Smile & The Midnight Hours

Matt chatting with A Brief Smile before the show. Unfortunately, this is the only shot I have of them. They were AMAZING, but I was bit occupied behind the dj booth. For further verification of this, please see Rachael's post about the show on The Underrated Blog.

The openers for the evening were the young geniuses of The Midnight Hours. I think it surprised everybody in the audience when a group of youthful college students climbed up on stage and threw so much passion and soul into a performance so good, that it soon became clear it was meant for a bigger stage.

I wish these guys nothing but luck. I am highly anticipating their new album. It's going to be foot stomping, heart-wrenchingly good.

A thank you is due here to our good friend Erin for taking the first three amazing shots. The last crappy one is mine.

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Merci Beaucoup!

Thanks to all of you for making our Spring Fling, last night, such a huge success. All the bands - Locksley, The Silent Years, A Brief Smile, Cassettes Won't Listen & The Midnight Hours - sounded fantastic and it was so great to meet new friends and greet the old ones as well.

We hope you had as big a blast as we did!

These sluts love ya.

XO,
m & j

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The Music Slut's Spring Fling Is Tomorrow (And This Is Your Final Warning!)

If you're in or around NYC tomorrow, we surely hope to see you for our Spring Fling. Flyer below. Please keep in mind that we have a LIMITED amount of goodie bags (exactly 50) so kindly arrive early to secure one!

Additional info....

Drink Specials: 2/1 Well Drinks from 8-9.... $3 PBR from midnight till end.

Guest DJ: The always delightful, Brad Walsh will spinning for the first half of the evening, followed by The Sluts. And we'll play all the Radiohead-Robbie Williams-Hourly Radio we see fit!

Charity: Part of the proceeds of the night will go towards City Harvest.

Set Times:
8pm - The Midnight Hours
9pm - Cassettes Won't Listen
10pm - A Brief Smile
11pm - The Silent Years
Midnight - Locksley

Profiles On Each Band: (just follow the link attached to the band name) The Midnight Hours, Cassettes Won't Listen, A Brief Smile, The Silent Years, Locksley

Tickets are selling at a much speedier pace than we could have ever anticipated. To guarantee admission, purchase tix here!

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Spring Fling Updates: DJ, Drinks, Charity

We have some pretty awesome updates about this Saturday's show at The Delancey in NYC.

First off, DJ/Singer/Photographer/Awesome person Brad Walsh has volunteered his cut-throat dj services for the night. Brad will be spinning until 11ish when he will be replaced by a couple of drunk sluts.

Second, drinks. From 8-9pm well drinks are 2-4-1, yum. From Midnight until the last band ends, PBRs are $3 and after the last band, drinks are going back on sale at buy one get one free. Awesome. I strictly drink whiskey sours when I host, just to let you know.

Lastly, Matt and I will be donating a portion of our profits for the night to City Harvest, a great organisation here in New York, so come out and show your support!:
City Harvest aims to both feed the hungry and curb waste. The organization retrieves excess food from all over the New York City and delivers it to community food programs throughout the five boroughs. You can volunteer to help pick-up and deliver food. www.cityharvest.org
Phone: (917) 351-8700

Also, if anybody out there works for a pizza place in New York, we would love to talk to you: themusicslut@gmail.com

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Spring Fling Profile: Locksley

Influences: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Sonics

# Of MySpace Friends: 14,700

Random Fact: Just appeared on Jimmy Kimmel! Check out the clip below:

Locksley - Let Me Know


Hails From: Madison, Wisconsin (but just moved to Brooklyn)

Set Time On 3/24: Midnight

Check out our '8 Questions With Locksley' HERE!

PURCHASE TIX TO OUR SPRING FLING (ONLY 5 DAYS AWAY), BY following this link!

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Spring Fling Profile: Cassettes Won't Listen

Described as: 'Dreamy Happy Poppy' (by Suckapants)

# Of MySpace Friends: 7000

Hails From: NYC

Random Fact: Has covered tunes from Pavement, Sebadoh and R2D2 as well as remixing tracks for Midlake & The Diggs!

MP3: Cassettes Won't Listen - Fuck & Run (Liz Phair cover)

Purchase tix to see Cassettes Won't Listen and the rest of our fantastic Spring Fling line-up HERE!

Other Spring Fling Profiles: A Brief Smile, The Midnight Hours + The Silent Years

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Spring Fling Profile: The Midnight Hours

Ladies and gents, here's some info on our fabulous Spring Fling opening act, The Midnight Hours!

Influences: Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, The Kinks

Hails From: Japan, Texas, Jersey & The Big Apple!

# Of MySpace Friends: 3400

Set Time On 3/24: 8pm

MP3: The Midnight Hours - Get Gone

*PURCHASE TIX FOR OUR SPRING FLING 3/24 @ THE DELANCEY HERE!

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Spring Fling Profile: The Silent Years

Influences: Elliott Smith, Animal Collective, Pavement

Hails From: Michigan

# Of MySpace Friends: 14,100

Set Time On 3/24: 11pm

Random Fact: Won Spin's Underground Artist of the Year!

MP3: The Silent Years - Sharks

Check out the band's MySpace page, here!

*PURCHASE TIX FOR OUR SPRING FLING 3/24 @ THE DELANCEY HERE!! The show is only 13 days away!

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Spring Fling Profile: A Brief Smile

Influences: My Bloody Valentine, Trail Of Dead, The Flaming Lips

Hails From: NYC, baby.

# Of MySpace Friends: 3200

Set Time on 3/24: 10pm

Random Fact: The band's favorite infomercial is the one with Chef Tony and his Miracle Blades (mine too, guys!)

MP3: A Brief Smile - This Machine (via Free Indie)

Read our interview with the band here.

*PURCHASE TIX FOR OUR SPRING FLING 3/24 @ THE DELANCEY HERE!

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Buy Tickets To Our Spring Fling!

Advance tickets are up on Ticketweb, right now!

Don't sleep on this one, ladies & gents!

Once again, our bill includes: Locksley, The Silent Years, A Brief Smile, Cassettes Won't Listen & The Midnight Hours!!!

Plus: goodiebags, an hour of free booze and other random surprises!

March 24th @ The Delancey. See you there!

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Spin's Artist of the Year

Spin's a little behind on this one but after searching through 365 of their Artists of the Day, they have compiled a shortlist for Artist of the Year.

Voting starts today for "round one." Music Slut favourites The Silent Years are pitted against Office in the Underground category. Vote here.

PS: The Silent Years will also be playing The Music Slut's Spring Fling on March 24th, hurrah!, details to come soon.

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