Garcia Peoples Deadsummer Residency shows, show number 3 with ZACHARY CALE, WEAK SIGNAL (MIKEY BONES) and DJ ISAAC SLONE!

“On their debut LP Cosmic Cash, New Jersey’s Garcia Peoples funnel the energy of their live shows into a cohesive full-length statement. Originally a quartet featuring Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki on guitars, Cesar Arakaki on drums, and Derek Spaldo on bass, they recently added Pat Gubler (PG Six, Wet Tuna) on keys to fully flesh out the group as a deep groove machine, capable of turning on a dime. Built on dueling twin leads, barrelhouse keys, and bubbly rhythms, their songs recall the melodic glory of NRBQ and Little Feat, approximating AM golden radio at it finest. These songs beg to be blasted with the windows rolled down while you cruise backroads trying to avoid the fuzz and have a good time. On your own terms, man.”
-Aquarium Drunkard

http://riotactmedia.com/roster/garcia-peoples/
http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/garcia-peoples/


Garcia Peoples 6pm…
With special guests:
Zachary Cale
Weak Signal (Mike Bones)

+DJ Isaac Slone below if you wanna use it for promotions. He's in for the 17th and 24th. 

"Isaac Slone is a Grateful Dead DJ and scholar. He recently performed at the American Beauty bar, hosting late-night Dead dance parties in the Jerry Lounge. He has presented at the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus and has hosted jam-themed symposiums (“jamposiums”) at NYU, as well as in Vermont. His work focuses on the Grateful Dead and the human condition, as well as jam music as a community builder."

…Future dates in the residency (only 1 more!):
June 24th
Prison(Paul Major)
Hans Chew
PIGEONSBAND


$10
21+, 4pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

3rd - Ben Seretan Group
2nd - Java Joe's Jittery Junction
1st Band: Lynk
DJ - DJ Ron Artest

Ben Seretan:
The confused sound of blood in a shining person. How loud can a whisper get, how quietly can an electric guitar hum? Sweet and tender songs, long zones of tones, brushfire flurries of fingerpicking, ecstatic joy, the occasional disgusting guitar solo and/or guided meditation. Sometimes solo, sometimes with a group, ever thoughtful. Available for listening across an impressive swath of LPs, cassettes, and online releases. Generally in NYC.
Seretan is also the creator of My Life’s Work, a 24-hour long recording / interactive multimedia project, a book of travel writing by the name of Past the Breakers, and a video collage piece shot and scored on a small island in the Pacific called Double Alaska.
https://benseretan.bandcamp.com/
http://www.benseretan.com/

Java Joe's Jittery Junction:
The achy breaky ramblings of a caffeine junkie and his well rested family band.
https://www.instagram.com/generatingcontent/

Lynk:
One shimmering voice, syrupy sweet as a televangelist on his knees, drawing a dotted line around a calamity you already feel to be happening. House plants gaining access to sms technology, tower PCs growing gills. Tiny sunglasses. Interconnective melodies gluing together photocopied do-it-yourself manuals made of fronds and blooms and stalks. Hyper / chain. Lynk.
http://www.cassandrajenkins.com

DJ Ron Artest:
Ron Artest once beat up a fan during a game & then changed his name to Metta World Peace. DJ Ron Artest has done neither of those things but he does play a fine collection of disco oddities, weirdo punk & African funk. 
$10
21+, 8pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

wwweb: wondersofnaturebk.com
instagram: @wondersofnaturebk

178 Product (Mems Liquid Liquid)
https://www.facebook.com/178Product/
Exploratory sounds and rhythms featuring Sal P (Liquid Liquid), Gerald Hammill (Burnside Project, Other Music), Elliot "Ulysses" Taub, Mattie Safer (The Rapture) Nikki D'Agostino (The City and Horses), Leslly Almeida (Rebecca Kill). File under: Bongo-Kraut Disco.

o13 is Mark C (Live Skull) and Kent Heine (The Holy Ghost). Guest musicians include Ramsey Jones from the Wu-Tang family and James Lo of Chavez. o13's debut album, Time Wave Zero, was released in 2013 by Desire Records (Paris). In addition to playing the SXSW and the Electrochoc festivals, o13 has toured Europe twice and has played up and down the East Coast on bills with Norman Westberg, Thalia Zadek, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds, Joe Lally, Rangda, and others. 

“Evocative, ghostly stuff.” Bleep
“An excellent album.” MagicRPM
“Dark Wave, Avant synth funk. Great!” Newtone
"A glacial, dubby, haunted and dangerous futuristic post-punk.” Resonance FM London

https://inisinis.bandcamp.com/

$10
21+, 8pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

wwweb: wondersofnaturebk.com
instagram: @wondersofnaturebk

This is not your grandpa's percussion music...nor your middle aged uncle's drum circle jams. AdHoc Presents has curated a collection of stellar percussionists, DIY composers, rogue drummers, a PhD candidate and "charismatic contemporary bard" for a performance at Wonders of Nature on Thursday, June 14. The three artists presented share an interest in experimentation and exploration of new musical and percussive ideas while also merging elements of indie rock, minimalism, electronica, jazz, and the avant-garde. Always seeking new and unique sonic worlds, the groups blur the lines between traditionally "composed" music, collaboratively-created sounds, improvisation, and generative music creation.  

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"A shining example of the possibilities of percussion. ensemble, et al.'s The Slow Reveal is full of virtuosic performances and detailed post-genre compositions that flow along effortlessly—consistently revealing fresh and inviting sonic ground. If you’ve never listened to a percussion-centric record, this is where to start." —Glenn Kotche (Wilco)

"The Slow Reveal is a slightly sped up film of a flower opening itself up to the sun, each petal and tendril revealing new melodies and nuance and polyrhythm."  —PASTE Magazine

"New York percussion quartet ensemble, et al. refract minimalism through a postrock lens, but stake out their own turf through the corkscrewing rigor of their compositions."  —Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader)

“The Kraken Quartet brings a collective sound that feels larger than life, a sonic boom of energy that shocks the system while remaining intimate with their music” —KUTX

“This band goes all-out with an arsenal of melodic percussion instruments” —WNYC, on The Kraken Quartet

ensemble, et al. is an instrumental band from Brooklyn, NY, who makes lush, sprawling songs using vibraphone, keyboards, drums, and percussion. Formed in 2010 as a new-music chamber ensemble, the years have seen the band step away from the percussion quartet format and embrace a collaborative approach to creating original music. The band employs elements of rock, modal jazz, electronica, contemporary classical, and experimental music in its longform, wordless songs.

The band’s latest album The Slow Reveal—produced and engineered by John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab)—was released on Imaginator Records in November 2017. The band self-released it’s first full-length album present point passed in 2014, as well as the EPs When the Tape Runs Out and Sounds of Others—a reimagining of music by Arvo Pärt and Goldmund—in 2011. Music blog I Care If You Listen praised present point passed as “sophisticated pieces reminiscent of post-rock in terms of musical progression, but without all the traditional rock instruments and the density of sounds that they bring.”

A massive force of percussion and electronics, The Kraken Quartet is a genre-crossing percussion group known for its highly energetic and engaging performances. Since their formation in 2012, the group has been featured by publications including WNYC, KUTX, The Austin Chronicle, Time Out New York, I Care If You Listen, and The Ithaca Times for merging elements of indie rock, minimalism, electronica, jazz, and the avant-garde. Currently based in Austin, TX, the group has performed as part of several festivals and concert series, including South by Southwest, Austin Instrumental Music Festival, SoundSpace, Fast Forward Austin, Brooklyn Bound, and NMASS. Advocates for local music, The Kraken Quartet has recently started a regular concert series featuring diverse acts from Austin. Their debut full-length, Separate | Migrate is available now.

Elliot Cole is a composer and "charismatic contemporary bard" (NY Times). He has performed his music with Grammy Winners Roomful of Teeth, Grammy Nominees A Far Cry and Metropolis Ensemble, as well as the Chicago Composers Orchestra, New Vintage Baroque, the Lucerne Festival Academy, and as a member of the book-club-band Oracle Hysterical.  His percussion music has been performed by over 250 percussion ensembles all over the world. In 2017 he was invited by Talks at Google to share his unique approach to music through computer programming. He is on faculty at the The New School and Juilliard Evening Division, and is Program Director of Musicambia at Sing Sing, where he runs a music school for incarcerated men.

Mixer Reading and Music Series
Wednesday, June 13, 7:00 p.m., FREE

with readings by
H’Rina DeTroy
Joseph O. Legaspi
Emily Schultz
John Murillo

and music by
The Mike Irwin Trio

with your hosts, Michelle Campagna, Rebecca Keith, and Melissa Febos

at WONDERS OF NATURE
131 Grand Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L train to Bedford Ave.

https://www.facebook.com/Mixerreadings
@MIXERseries

READERS:
Emily Schultz is the co-founder of Joyland Magazine. Her novel, The Blondes, released in the U.S., France, and Canada, was named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Kirkus. The Blondes is in development with AMC's Shudder for a series with Schultz as Executive Producer and co-writer. Her writing has appeared in Elle, Slate, Evergreen Review, Vice, Today's Parent, Hazlitt, and Prairie Schooner.

Joseph O. Legaspi is the author of the poetry collections Threshold and Imago, both from CavanKerry Press; and three chapbooks: Postcards (Ghost Bird Press), Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts), and Subways (Thrush Press). Recent works have appeared in POETRY, New England Review, World Literature Today, Beloit Poetry Journal, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. He cofounded Kundiman (www.kundiman.org), a nonprofit organization serving generations of Asian American writers and readers.

H’Rina DeTroy is a Montagnard American writer based in Brooklyn. She’s an alumn of Hunter College’s Creative Writing MFA and CUNY’s Graduate Journalism Program. Roxane Gay chose her essay, “The Vengeance of Elephants” for the 2017 Curt Johnson Prose Award in Creative Nonfiction for December magazine. Her essay “Knot” was published in the anthology, Borderlands and Crossroads: Writing the Motherland by Demeter Press. Her work has appeared also in Okayafrica, Huffington Post, Cultural Survival Quarterly, and Glimpse Magazine. When she’s not teaching writing at Hunter College or Harlem Children's Zone, she’s often loudly dancing flamenco.

John Murillo is the author of the poetry collection, Up Jump the Boogie, finalist for both the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Pen Open Book Award. His honors include a Pushcart Prize, the J Howard and Barbara MJ Wood Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Cave Canem Foundation, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. He is an assistant professor at Wesleyan University and also teaches in the low residency MFA program at Sierra Nevada College. 

MUSIC:
The Mike Irwin Trio is a jazz trio led by trumpeter and composer Michael Irwin, who grew up in New York City. Inspired by the sounds he heard throughout his youth, he studied Jazz at the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase where he was the student of trumpet legend Jon Faddis. Michael has contributed to albums by The Chieftains, Vampire Weekend, Brazilian Girls, The Budos Band, and TV on the Radio. A presence on the vibrant New York Jazz and new music scene, he has played in ensembles led by Kenny Wollesen, Federico Ughi, Joel Forrester and others. He also leads the Highline Jazz Quartet, a group exploring the American songbook and jazz canon, as well as The Brooklyn Bears, a trio that plays original and improvised compositions. Michael’s musical interests have led to fruitful collaborations and international tours with singer/songwriters such as Elvis Perkins and Jocie Adams, The Walkmen, The Low Anthem, and The Woes.

$FREE
21+, 7pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

wwweb: wondersofnaturebk.com
instagram: @wondersofnaturebk

Decimus (1030-11p)
John Krausbauer & Kaori Suzuki (945-1015p)
Lary 7 (9-930p)
Barry Weisblatt (815-845p)

$10, 21+, 8pm to 11pm

http://juanmatrujillo.com/
Venezuelan guitarist/composer Juanma Trujillo has been living in New York for four years and has since become
an active member of the jazz, improvised and experimental music scene of the city. Trujillo has developed a playing
aesthetic that embraces many of the idiosyncrasies associated with the electric guitar but manages to create
music that doesn't depend on those practices to succeed.

Juanma Trujillo - Guitar
Kevin Sun - Saxophone
Andrew Schiller - Bass
Matt Honor - Drums

http://www.andrewschillermusic.com/
JoggerKnot is the brainchild of Andrew Schiller. The group explores original compositions influenced by Schiller's love of improvised music, 60's tropicalia, grunge, surf rock. The unique instrumentation of this band, fronted by three tenor saxophones, often yields (pleasantly) peculiar harmonic and sonic textures. 

JoggerKnot features:

Alec Harper- tenor sax
Drew Williams- tenor sax
Hery Paz- tenor sax
Aaron Quinn- guitar
Dayeon Seok- drums
Andrew Schiller- bass
$10
21+, 8pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

wwweb: wondersofnaturebk.com
instagram: @wondersofnaturebk

Garcia Peoples Deadsummer Residency shows, show number two!

“On their debut LP Cosmic Cash, New Jersey’s Garcia Peoples funnel the energy of their live shows into a cohesive full-length statement. Originally a quartet featuring Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki on guitars, Cesar Arakaki on drums, and Derek Spaldo on bass, they recently added Pat Gubler (PG Six, Wet Tuna) on keys to fully flesh out the group as a deep groove machine, capable of turning on a dime. Built on dueling twin leads, barrelhouse keys, and bubbly rhythms, their songs recall the melodic glory of NRBQ and Little Feat, approximating AM golden radio at it finest. These songs beg to be blasted with the windows rolled down while you cruise backroads trying to avoid the fuzz and have a good time. On your own terms, man.”
-Aquarium Drunkard

http://riotactmedia.com/roster/garcia-peoples/
http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/garcia-peoples/


Garcia Peoples 6pm…
With special guests:
Mountain Movers (trouble in mind)
Metal Mountains


…Future dates in the residency (only 2 more!):
June 17th
Zachary Cale
Weak Signal (Mike Bones)

June 24th
Prison(Paul Major)
Hans Chew
PIGEONSBAND


$10
21+, 4pm doors
WONDERS OF NATURE
131 GRAND STREET
BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford
J, M to Marcy
G, L to Metropolitan/Grand

CAPE SHOK & KEITH PRESENTS

!!!! NORTHSIDE

7pm RANCHO COWABUNGA
8pm FREE TIME
9pm KYLE FORESTER
10pm JEANINES (slumberland)

$10-ish

6:30 DOORS 21+

Astro Nautico & JASS team up for an intimate all-star showcase at Wonders of Nature in Williamsburg for the 10th Anniversary of Northside Festival!

with:
Time Wharp (Astro Nautico / JASS / NYC)
Che.___ (Astro Nautico / Philly)
CLEBS (JASS / NYC)
Pulgas (Astro Nautico / Philly)
Neck (JASS / Boston)
AVRVM (Astro Nautico / Philly)
+ Secret Astro+JASS DJs

$10 Presale / $12 at the door
or entry with Northside Music or Premium Badge
6-11pm

www.astronauti.co
www.jasssite.com
www.northsidefestival.com

Part of Northside Festival. Entry is granted to Northside badge holders (Music + Premium badges), subject to venue capacity. Ticket holders are guaranteed entry.

Fire Talk Official Northside Festival Showcase

w/ 
Monteagle
J.R. Bohannon
Alex Rose
NIXON MASK

Alex Rose:
https://www.instagram.com/alexrosebb/
https://alexrosebb.bandcamp.com/
http://alexrosebb.com/


6pm Doors
$10 (or free w/ Festival Badge)

Part of Northside Festival. Entry is granted to Northside badge holders (Music + Premium badges), subject to venue capacity. Ticket holders are guaranteed entry.

www.firetalkrecs.com

Ticket Link:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3454157

$10, 21+, 8pm doors, music very soon after
131 GRAND STREET, BROOKLYN, NY

L to Bedford / J, M to Marcy / G, L to Metropolitan-Grand

web: wondersofnaturebk.com
instagram: @wondersofnaturebk

**Two Mule Team with guest Willie Klein**
(Willie Klein - guitar and voice, Sue Garner - guitar and voice, Rick Brown - percussion and voice)
Two Mule Team (Sue and Rick) will play a few songs from their repertoire developed over decades together as a couple, a duo and in the groups Fish & Roses and Run On. They’ll then be joined by Willie - and will back him and his soulful voice and idiosyncratic guitar on a set mining his songs written as a member of Blinding Headache, Mofungo and Escape by Ostrich and some covers. This is a world premiere event!!
https://youtu.be/aikJaXznpCs?t=26m6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjcWOrAhR2c
http://www.furious.com/perfect/mofungo.html
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mofungo-mn0000580951/biography

**C Joynes**
Over the last decade, C Joynes has ploughed a singular furrow through solo guitar, with a body of work incorporating English folk-tunes alongside North & West African music, and lifting proto-minimalist and improvised techniques from the European classical tradition. On his most recent releases, the '33 Chatsworth Rd' EP on alt.vinyl (2015) and ‘Split Electric’ LP on Thread Recordings (2016), he’s currently exploiting the instrument’s potential for placing overdriven garage blues throw-downs alongside the brittle ringing tones of electric folk.
http://cjoynes.tumblr.com/
http://cjoynes.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/threadrecordings/bold-william-taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWDbO40_a00

**Elkhorn**
The duo of Jesse Sheppard (12 String Acoustic) and Drew Gardner (Electric), straddles the story of American guitar in the 20th century by digging into deep folk, jazz, and psychedelia. The outcome sits somewhere between the primitive strains of the Takoma school and the electric reveries of Sonny Sharrock, Ben Chasny, or Buddy Guy. Their debut LP was released on Debacle Records in 2017 and is now sold out. Their forthcoming cassette on Eiderdown Records will be released in June of 2018.
https://www.elkhornmusic.com/
https://elkhorn.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulrzeuvH4Ik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2ip2WzQdo

 

Advance Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3426559

Bio: Both literary and raw, with a love of a traditional folk music and a bent towards experimentation, multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Laura Gibson has toured four continents, and is a frequent collaborator. She received an MFA in Fiction Writing from Hunter College, while working on her forth release, the wise and vulnerable "Empire Builder," which Pitchfork called her best record to date. A new album is set for release in 2018

With Heather Woods Broderick