Showing posts with label Pour Haus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pour Haus. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Backseat Sandbar's Birthday Show

Backseat Sandbar is celebrating their first Birthday this Saturday with a free show over at the Pour Haus in Germantown. Cory and Nick have been working hard informing folks around the city of local art and music events for nearly a year now and they have reason to celebrate, congratulations guys!

details straight from Backseat Sandbar...

Backseat Sandbar turns 1 on May 23rd & we’re having a little party to celebrate. For the occasion, The Zero Element, Skyscraper Stereo, The Instruction, and DJ duo Azns n Bnzs are going to play at The Pour Haus. The show is meant to provide a cross section of the Louisville Music scene genre-wise, and we specifically chose each band as the embodiment of this scene…whether you’ve heard of any or all of these guys or not….

For the evening, the already incredibly cheap drinks are going to be even cheaper at $1.25 PBR & $3.25 well drinks. The Instruction is going to head on stage first right at 9. I know its the first band an all….but we only chose bands we really liked and you’d be missing out by coming late. These guys recently won a local “Battle of the Bands” at Headliners. When we met them & received their CD, we were instantly hooked. We reviewed it HERE. Everyone we’ve played the album for asks if it is Matt Berninger of The National singing. Interested? After that, we’ve got The Zero Element. The Zero Element just got two forms of shoutout from People Noise. The first was in our Take 5 series, when Zeke answered that The Zero Element was one of his favorite Louisville bands, and the second was asking them to open last Friday’s show at The Pink Door. Next up is local hip hop heads Skyscraper Stereo who rap about more than guns and drugs, and are known to occasionally do it over 8-bit beats. Lastly, our good friends Azns n Bnzs, whose last show we promoted was the incredible Clay Buffett in March, where they performed alongside Skyscraper Stereo. Cheap drinks, good music, good venue, and free admission should make for an all-around awesome night…

For an idea of how far we’ve come…our first post on May 23rd, 2007 was a youtube video about a talented beer pong player. Louisville has embraced Backseat Sandbar far more than we ever anticipated & we intend to keep going strong….going to more and more shows and doing more and more concert reviews, and bringing all the information that you actually care about to one spot.

We hope to see all of you kids out at The Pour Haus on May 23rd…in the meantime, have a sampling of the talent…

Zero Element- XOR
Skyscraper Stereo- 1up
The Instruction- Hello Darlin’
Azns n Bnzs- Lately Misunderstood

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Pictures from Leap Day's Pour Haus show

Great show from Adventure and the Fervor last friday at the Pour Haus. I'm sure The Slow Break was great too I just couldn't stay up any later to see them, maybe next time...
As at least two other photographers from the area have agreed, the pink/red lights at the Germantown bar produces reds in pictures that can't be tamed. I have since decided to make all my Pour Haus shots, black and white, I hope you enjoy.
Some photos are below and the full set is here.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

the fervor w/The Slow Break 2/29 @ Pour Haus

"To celebrate this freakishly long year, we're putting on a freak show of our own."

the fervor recently got some attention over at Cause=Time :
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Women fronting rock bands is a huge plus in my book.Think about it. How many amazing bands out there kick ass with women doing vocal duties. The Fervor is from Louisville, KY, and they also sound like they're from Kentucky, and I mean that in the best of ways. It definitely has that dirty south flava to it... You can purchase their latest album, Bleeder, here.
This music is best enjoyed with a bottle of whiskey and a couple of cigarettes."

the fervor - Moment Of Truth
The Slow Break - Some Velvet Morning

Also, timesfreepress.com did an interview with the fervor. Listen

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Louisville is for Lovers 2008 Out Now!

John King and company have successfully delivered another volume of Louisville's favorite Valentine's day compilation, Louisville is for Lovers 2008.
John received over 60 submissions this year and had to narrow it down to only 16. This years comp. is called "Black and Blue" and has some of the best artists/bands from around the city such as The Mack and Tamara Dearing, Teneia Sanders, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Pure Dirt (members of Murals), Phantom Family Halo, One Small Step and Chemic.
In related news, this coming Friday (8th) you can hear the Louisville is for Lovers 2008 Showcase on 91.9 WFPK's Live Lunch featuring The Mack and Tamara Dearing, One Small Step, Love Cartel, Whistle Peak and Saredren Wells. Also on February 15th, there will be a CD release show at the Pour Haus featuring Phantom Family Halo, The Mack, One Small Step, Chemic and Saredren Wells.
As usual February is a busy month for John King out there coordinating this release and the accompanying events; now go out and buy your valentine one of the limited edition (500 copies), hand packaged cds!
Available now at Ear X-tacy, Cherry Bomb and Online. Also, shop louisvilleisforlovers.com for past releases as well as the Louisville Babylon releases from last fall.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

The Wax-Glover Motherfucker New Year's Extravaganza Revue

From WF:

"NEW YEAR'S EVE @ THE POUR HAUS Cost : $15 DANNY GLOVER COVER BAND + WAX FANG= THE WAX GLOVER MUTHERFUCKER NEW YEAR'S EXTRAVAGANZA REVUE!!! + SPECIAL GUESTS!!! + DJ'S!!! + KARAOKE!!! + FREE CHAMPAGNE TOAST!!! + MORE!!! THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE @ THE POUR HAUS (1481 S. SHELBY ST IN GERMANTOWN) 10PM $15 21 AND OVER NOTE: WE AIN'T PLAYIN' NO WAX FANG SONGS, SO DON'CHA COME LOOKIN' TO HEAR NONE."

Also:
Over at YouAintNoPicasso Scott did a cool mix tape thing.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Ungdomskulen from Norway...


Hey Louisvillians, we have a special treat this coming Wednesday. Ungdomskulen, a Norwegian band is touring the US for their first time and making Louisville one of their few dates. A three piece that has been compared to the Melvins, Death from Above and Q and Not U. Don't let other bands speak for them though, get out and let their quirky, jazz-heavy rock speak for itself.
They will be playing a free show at Ear-xtacy at 5pm and at the Pour Haus at 8pm with The Photographic; a pretty rad sounding duo from right here in the river city that I'm equally excited to check out.
I know it's a work day for most of you but there's not many chances to see a Norwegian band on a Wednesday in the middle of the United States, is there?

Download "Ungdomskulen - Ordinary Son"
Download "Ungdomskulen - Foursome and Then Some"

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Your Black Star - March 20th @ The Pour Haus

Straight off a SXSW set of texas shows, Your Black Star will be playing The Pour Haus in Germantown next Tuesday, March 2oth.
Opening will be Demander and People Noise.

8-9 pm - $5

Oh Jesus - Sound From The Ground