PopMatters Review Of ‘Bright Gray’
Muchos gracias to the powers that be at PopMatters for their awesome review of ‘Bright Gray’, filled with awesome quotes like:
“Graveyard” gives us Unicorns like dissonance in its syncopated verses—the idea of death again peripherally revisited through a close family member.
and
Bright Gray hits those discarded notes of years past, the ones worth holding on to.
Read writer Joe Tacopino’s full-review here.
Les Vinyl Profiled In The Staten Island Advance
Les Vinyl does it again, scoring another write-up in the Advance; this time a full-on profile.
“I’ve heard people put out Elvis Costello, The Clash, Weezer,” says drummer Pat Given, 23. “I think we just have elements of everybody we’ve ever listened to. People seem to be coming for more than just support, they seem to actually like the music, which is great.”
Click here or the pic below to read the whole article (awesome photo credits to Steve Sachs).
Les Vinyl Perform “Ghosts” At Maxwell’s In Hoboken
Video by Michael Pinho.
Les Vinyl Played On 101.9 WRXP
WRXP DJ Rich Russo, on his show “Anything Anything” this week, played the song “Pix” off “Bright Gray.”
The biggest rock station in the largest market in America just played Les Vinyl! We couldn’t be more proud!
PROOF:
A Letter From Les Vinyl
Wow. It’s been a couple days since our album release party and we’re
still reeling from the excitement of the event. A HUGE ‘thank you’ to
all the people that came out.
Much appreciation goes to the beautiful, familiar faces that we keep
seeing at our shows. You keep stirring our innovative pot. We want to
keep things fresh for you – like a musical bakery or something.
There were a ton of new faces too! We got to meet some of you but it
was hard to get around to everyone. Daniel – a new face – had seen us
play once or twice before and came out because he saw our promotional
video on YouTube. If you’re reading, Daniel, thank you and we hope to
see you again.
Mario and Bryan of Marie’s Gourmet really made the event something
special. They hooked that shit UP! How good were those WINGS!? Marie’s
Gourmet is hands-down the best restaurant on Staten Island.
Karaoke Killed the Cat was there with guest host Jay Miller. It’s SO
much more than karaoke with these guys. It’s always a rowdy encounter.
‘Great job’ to everyone who got to perform.
Recognition goes to Mike Pihno and Joe Pecora (who produced ‘Bright
Gray’) for helping film and record the show. We have documentation!!!
Russell Eia perfected our live sound all night. If you’re a band and
you need to film or record or anything, send us an email and we’ll put
you in touch with these guys – total professionals.
Well, that’s about it. If you haven’t – download ‘Bright Gray.’ It’s
available on Bandcamp or Itunes. OR BETTER YET, come to a show and get
it!
These are our upcoming dates:
5/24 – Webster Hall in Manhattan, NY @
6/10 – Crash Mansion in Manhattan, NY @ 11pm
Til then, my beloved,
Unabashedly yours,
Keep your stick on the ice,
Les Vinyl
Les Vinyl’s ‘Bright Gray’ Release Party April 3rd
“Bright Gray” available now on the internet HERE
Les Vinyl Rock Maxwell’s
This past Friday night, Les Vinyl, along with Paragraph, rocked Maxwell’s in Hoboken.
Don’t believe me? The great music journalist Emily Tan even gave them a write-up on Hoboken Patch:
The band’s carefree and fun attitude and music makes them so much fun to watch on stage. And Jost’s humor just adds to Les Vinyl’s charm as he continuously made Tiger Woods jokes and even did quirky covers of R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” by Will Smith.
Rhythm guitarist Jenny Miller holds her own as she shows that girls know how to play just as well (or even better) than the boys can while bassist Mike Carlo adds a flavor to the Les Vinyl sound and rounds everything out. And when everyone thought Cymbals Eat Guitars are the only bright-eyed band of young musicians to come out of Staten Island, Les Vinyl prove that they’ve also got the musical chops.
She forgot to mention Pat on drums, but we’ll take it.
Read the whole article here.
“Bright Gray” Is Finally Available
Les Vinyl’s debut album, “Bright Gray,” is finally here!
Tracklist: *Highlighted tracks are free downloads
1. Family Vacation
2. Ghosts
3. Slang Chorus
4. Pix
5. You’re An Animal In Bed
6. Graveyard
7. Sleepy
8. Espiritu Santos
9. Sunset
10. Gemini
11. Indiana Jones
- Les Vinyl would like to acknowledge their past, present, and future loved ones. More specifically, their irreplaceable families, talented friends, and all the gorgeous and grotesque residents of Staten Island.
- Released March 6, 2010
Les Vinyl is Casey Jost, Jenny Miller, Mike Carlo, and Pat Given.
All songs written by Les Vinyl.
Recorded and produced at Red Room studios by Joe Pecora.
Artwork by Cassianne Giammarino. - © All rights reserved 2010