In case you missed the band’s awesome show in the Apple Store last week (in which case, shame on you), NY App-man extraordinaire, Craig Caruso, was on hand taking video.

FYI, Craig is currently in talks with us to create a Les Vinyl App for iPhones (you hip kids do like the iPhones, right?). So more to come on that as it develops.

Here is the clip very en vogue with most Les Vinyl shows: an impromptu bursting into a 90’s pop and/or rap song (specifically during “Sneezy”).

In other Les Vinyl news, you can now grab the Nafia Mail EP here on Bandcamp to get it for FREE with bonus cover art!

Thanks to all the awesome people who have signed-up for our mailing list! We promise to not abuse the power of your trust and only send you emails sparingly and in a timely fashion. In exchange we promise to keep you in our loop and provide you with more cool stuff in the future like more free music and whatnot.

Next, the awesome people over at the awesome club, Local 269, want Les Vinyl back for a THIRD time in a month! We really must be doing something right (or horribly, horribly wrong). The show is short-notice though, as in tomorrow night! So come support a great band and a great club and kick-off your weekend with Les Vinyl.

Also, our friends Steve Sachs, Matt Wilson, and VF_DOS_ have new musical releases/websites up. They support us, so you go support them.

Keep it fresh, ya’ll!

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That new music is so close you can almost feel it!

Hey everyone!

How have you been? Good? Great!

Big thanks to everyone who came out to the big show at the Knitting Factory the other night. We <3 you long time!

If you haven’t signed up for the mailing list, go over and do that asap! That way you’ll be sent periodic updates about Les Vinyl and all the cool things we’re up to and would LOVE for you to be a part of.

…..and, oh, by the way, if you sign up for the mailing list you’ll be sent a FREE EP OF NEW SONGS very soon. How soon? Well, I’ll just say you’d be wise to sign-up for the mailing list as soon as you can if you haven’t already…like by the end of this weekend soon.

Remember: the mailing list is the ONLY WAY to get this new EP before everyone else.

Also, the great Mike Pinho shot some seriously pro footage of Les Vinyl’s release show a while back at Marie’s Gourmet in Staten Island. Here is the most-professionally shot video footage you’ll see all day.

Finally, here are a couple upcoming show dates (with more to be added):

8/11 – Local 269 in Manhattan, NY @ 11pm

8/26 – Apple Store; Staten Island Mall, NY

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.

“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).

The biggest rock station in the largest market in America just played Les Vinyl! We couldn’t be more proud!

PROOF:

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

“Bright Gray” available now on the internet HERE

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.

Download Les Vinyl’s album, “Bright Gray.”