Indie Sounds NY & Austin

Pete's Weekend Picks: The Eastern Sea, Il Abanico

For Austin:



The Eastern Sea are performing at the W Hotel (in the Record Room bar) as part of the Living Room Live series, put on by The Sessions.  It's on Memorial Day, 9pm.  Wild Child gets things going.

For NYC:



Columbia to NYC transplants Il Abanico are at Rockwood 1 tonight at 10pm.

Spinning on Harris Radio: Reuben Butchart

The first song on Harris Radio's podcast #23 is from NYC-er Reuben Butchart.  It's called The Gull and I from his album Nameless and Awake: Eight Poems by John William Carroll.

Kendall's Hit List: The Karma Exchange

Kendall's Hit Tip: Slow Me Down

The Karma Exchange @ Bandcamp
The Karma Exchange @ Facebook

Pete's Weekend Picks: Sara Overall, Kaiser Cartel

For Austin:



Sara Overall is at Club 606 on Saturday at midnight.  New tunes and new arrangements, she says.

For NYC:


Photo by Anthony Byrd

Kaiser Cartel play their final (?) gig tonight at Rockwood 2, 8pm.  Courtney is moving to Michigan.

Spinning on Harris Radio: The Mastersons

Tell Me It's Alright from NYC's The Mastersons is featured in the intro segment on podcast #23 from Harris Radio.  From their album Birds Fly South.

Kendall's Hit List: Building Pictures

Kendall's Hit Tip: Closing Doors

www.buildingpictures.info
Building Pictures @ Facebook

Pete's Weekend Picks: Ukemi, NLX

For Austin:



Ukemi kick off a night at Flipnotics on Saturday at 8pm.  Anam Mila and Annabella follow.

For NYC:


Photo by Ruthie

NLX is performing at 8.30pm tonight at Caffe Vivaldi.  New songs ahead of recording in July.

Spinning on Harris Radio: Podcast #23

That's right, a new podcst - #23 - is now live.  Check it out here.  It's also on iTunes (for free).

The opening track is from NYC's Reuben Butchart, from his new album Nameless and Awake.  The physical package - from his web store - includes a CD with a beautifully designed and produced book.

Kendall's Hit List: Dida Pelled

Kendall's Hit Tip: After You've Gone

www.didamusic.com

Five Minutes with Paul Oveisi of ZirZamin

Since departing Austin for NYC last year, Paul Oveisi has been a busy man - running music for Hill Country BBQ's expanding empire, and now opening his own intimate space in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, dubbed ZirZamin.  Indie Sounds got the scoop on the new venue, what Paul thinks about the NYC music scene, and whether Austin is still in his future.



Indie Sounds: So, you have a new venue - in NYC - called ZirZamin.  For starters, what does ZirZamin mean?

Paul Oveisi: It means "underground" in Farsi.  I went back and forth on this a lot.  I really, really wanted to call the club ZirZamin but a lot of folks said it was too ethnic or too tough to pronounce.  After awhile, I just decided to go with my gut.  I couldn't stop thinking about the word.  It means more than literally "underground" but reflects the attitude musicians have in Iran, where the government prohibits music and artists literally have to find hidden spaces to work on their craft.