The Bowery Presents upcoming shows
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers
The So So Glo's / Bad Girlfriend
- Venue:
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Brooklyn Bowl
- Date:
- Thu 8/05
- Notes:
- 21+
- Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
- $5 advance / $5 day of show
- Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
- myspace
- Sometimes you see an artist that just hits you smack dab in the middle of your heart. Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers are an incredible blend of grinding blues, sleazy jazz, and disturbing rock tied together with pop and punk sensibilities; the result sounding something like a vulgar Ella Fitzgerald, channeling Nick Cave and PJ Harvey crooning in front of a wall of distortion and thunderous, pounding rhythms. The band reads like a who's who of recent NYC rock luminaries including members of Creaky Boards, Soft Black, Kapow!, and cult rock producers The Negatones. Their live shows are already a notorious commodity which regularly feature audiences that scream as loud as the band does through their instruments and voices.
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers created a huge buzz at SXSW stealing the show at 7 high profile shows including Brooklyn Vegan & Hot Freaks. They then did a tour of the Midwest which included a stop by the Daytrotter Studios and its resulting session.
Their debut album, 'A Fish Hook An Open Eye' captures the band's raw and unique sound in 8 solid tracks, demonstrating depth, ability, and emotional scope, eclipsing anything from Shilpa's already lauded past. Fish Hook was released September 22 and Kepler Records via Itunes to great acclaim.
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers spent the rest of 2009 rigorously playing shows in NYC with the likes of the Duke Spirit, Efterklang, A Place to Bury Strangers, Drink Up Buttercup, and many more kindred artists. Shilpa was a featured singer in conductor Steve Bernstein’s tribute to Sly Stone which also included Martha Wainright and Bernie Worrell. She also did a brief West Coast Tour with Jeffrey Lewis in October and then opened for Joseph Arthur at City Winery. Nick Cave named Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers band of the day in a recent interview. The band has recently entered the studio to begin work on their follow up record which will feature 16 new songs.
- The So So Glos
- myspace
- These punk rockers are wise beyond their years with a modest air of streetwise attitude. Fine musicians and hungry for action, they harken back to the days of The Clash with rambunctious protest music and pop rhythm flair. The So So Glos rocked critics and cynics alike at this year's SXSW and returned to Brooklyn with seemingly more energy than they left wtih. Rest assured, The So So Glos won't stop until the last barfly is singing along.
- Bad Girlfriend
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