The Bowery Presents

The Bowery Ballroom upcoming shows

Alberta Cross

Hacienda / Your Nature

Venue:
The Bowery Ballroom
Date:
Thu 2/04
Notes:
18+
Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
$13 advance / $15 day of show
Tickets
Alberta Cross
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Alberta Cross are a folk rock band created by song-writing partners Petter Ericson Stakee & Terry Wolfers in London’s East End.
The band also includes Petter’s brother John Alexander Ericson (a solo artist in his own right) on organ and Seb Sternberg on drums.

Petter grew up listening to folk and blues, traveling from an early age with his singer-songwriter father between Sweden and England before settling in London 7 years ago. In stark contrast, Terry Wolfers spent his formative years in the urban landscape and terraced houses of grey North East London. But even with such different backgrounds, they separately developed a love of almost identical records from a young age. It was these albums - rootsy gospel, blues and soul and classics such as The Band, Van Morrison and Leonard Cohen – that they bonded over in the smoky poorly lit boozers of London’s East End. They instantly clicked as song-writing partners, adding a contemporary take on these seminal influences that invokes elements of The White Stripes and The Shins. The result is a sound that is inspired by Laurel Canyon circa 1969 but shaped by East London 2007.
-Last.fm
Hacienda
official website
myspace
There is something to get excited about in south-central Texas. In fact the buzz surrounding San Antonio's Hacienda may signal a rebirth of young rock n' roll -with emphasis on the "roll"- to the country's landscape. Formed by cousins Abraham Villanueva (piano/vocals) and Dante Schwebel (guitar/vocals), together with Abraham's brothers Jaime (drums/vocals) and Rene Villanueva (bass/vocals), this Mexican-American quartet blends a raw yet sophisticated style of pop music with harmonies reminiscent of the Beatles and Beach Boys. As fate would have it, a demo of 6 songs landed in the hands of Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, and the band's life was forever changed. Soon after they were opening for The Black Keys in Austin Texas, as well as for Dr. Dog, gaining some much needed exposure. Under Auerbach's watch, Hacienda would write and arrange more than twenty songs, sending him demos periodically in preparation for their debut album, ultimately recording in Dan's own studio in Akron, Ohio.

In order to keep the integrity of the music, "Loud Is The Night" was largely captured live in the room with a helping hand from new friends Scott and Frank of Dr. Dog. With them they worked on existing vocal harmonies and created new ones, greatly embellishing the album. The result is a beautiful collection of songs played with integrity and soul to spare, and while the band is aware of its 60's influences, the music on "Loud is the Night" is far from derivative, and the finished product is modern pop music performed with genuineness and taste.
Your Nature
myspace
"Their sound is a unique brand of Berlin-era Bowie proto punk gone psychedelic prog rock à la Dark Side Of The Moon-era Pink Floyd with a Pavement undertone — all without sounding the least bit retro and with a fresh approach and energy that is unmistakably now" Davey Wilson (http://www.daveywilson.com/2009/04/your-nature-must-see-in-may.html)

SPIN.COM:
"...atmospheric pop... ethereal slow dives, haunting vocal crescendos, and sugary guitar reverbs, all lassoed by driving drum and bass structures”

PAPER:
"near perfection...noise/rock sound."

"Yet another young band from Brooklyn, NY, Your Nature are barelyold enough to have a proper pint, but this hasn't stopped them from putting together an extremely strong self-tetled EP. This band has ambition and fearlessly attacks their music, as you'll hear with a listen to 'Cherokee Blood' or 'Forward Motion'. Look for this band to make noise at CMJ in October." - Larry Little's Future Sounds column in RECORD OF THE DAY magazine (UK) - August 2009
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