The majority of our posters are made by our head of marketing Rachel Hunnicutt. She has a certain flair for the unusual and eye catching.
March 1st starts off our Mill extravaganza weekend, stay tuned for music from the bands and art work from the upcoming artist we have visiting the gallery!
(Click the poster to go to the event page for more information)
Can we be The Suzan? Or just be friends with them. This song makes us so happie. Also, Cake Shop happens to have really delicious cupcakes (for vegans, too!) as well as a fun tiny venue in the basement. Check it out next time you’re in the Lower East Side at 152 Ludlow Street.
Signed,
Rachel Hunnicutt
Isn’t this so artsy? The drummer of Slam Donahue supposedly attached the fur himself.
Jared Rodriguez, Anna Seidner and I saw Mister Heavenly the other night at Daniel Street Café in Milford. Members of Islands, Man Man, and Modest Mouse/The Shins unite to get us hot around the collar.
Signed,
Rachel Hunnicutt
So I’ve been thinking about Jens Lekman…
A friend of mine turned me on to him in high school and that same friend and I went to see him at the Music Hall of Williamsburg a week or so ago. I hope that everybody, in his or her lifetime, gets the opportunity to see live music and feel the way this show made me feel. First of all, not only was the tall and profusely sweating guy that inexplicably shows up to every concert I attend thankfully absent, that group of drugged out kids aggressively encouraging people to dance and then loudly scolding fellow attendees who just want to listen to the music and move their shoulders a bit (me) decided to stay home, too. So the scene was set, really, for a night of good music and good company.
The music of Lekman’s that I love best is the 1970’s influenced stuff off of Night Falls Over Kortelada (released first in Sweden on Secret and then in America on Secretly Canadian, both in 2007), but of course his entire oeuvre is easy to get into: deeply personal ballads relating his day-to-day experiences, speak-sung to us as though we’re just catching up. His latest EP, An Argument With Myself, released in September, is pretty much in keeping with the sort of sparkly, funky vibe the Swede perfected earlier in the millennium and the songs still profess his intimate, mundane musings (like, you know, that time he went to a night club in his hometown of Gothenburg hoping to meet Kirsten Dunst, who once mentioned liking his music, only to learn that the club was too full and she’d be turned away. Sigh). It’s good—short and sweet.
But really, despite the jingling percussion and optimistic chords, a lot of this music is sad. If you pay attention to the lyrics, and happen to have had a bad day or are thinking about somebody who broke your heart (or both), it might bring a tear to your eye. Why then was everybody still swaying back and forth and grooving and getting really into it? Because he’s just such a good performer and personable and has an accent. His banter was on point and his anecdotes were perfectly balanced with his maladroit, unintentionally funny jokes. He also ended the night with two, yes, two encores, the first of which included The Opposite of Hallelujah and the second of which was Pocketful of Money that evolved into a sing back sesh between Jens and his audience.
Really, we should start importing all of our music from Sweden.
Anonymous asked: How good are the mill concerts? are they only for trinity students?
So good. Our shows are typically open and free for anybody and everybody, but for certain events we’re obligated (by the college) to charge a small admissions fee for non-Trinity attendees who are signed in by Trinity students. That sort of information will usually be advertised online or in print so check the blog and facebook page for event-specific deets.
See you next time?
