Acrylics are popping up all over Brooklyn right now. The fivesome are currently recording their debut long-player, a release whose psychedelic bike ride jams have yet to officially find a label home. We spent an afternoon with them in founding duo Molly and Jason’s backyard, a mess of vines, knives and beer bottles not unlike the pop scene that’s at the core of “Summer Seventeen,” the song they stripped down and rolled out just for El Tripwire (that’s us, knuckleheads.) It’s good. Real good. Catch them tomorrow night, July 2nd, playing with Kuroma and Gift Horse at Pianos. On July 17th they play at Savoir Adore’s record release party at Cameo then back to Piano’s to play with Suckers and Class Actress on July 30th. Like we said, they’re all over the borough right now. Pretty soon they’ll be all over your brainspace.

They’re the ones responsible for one of our favorite videos of 2008, and now L.A. noise rockers The Mae Shi deliver some good old-fashioned animated bloodshed and carnage in the video for “The Lamb And The Lion”, the latest single from their highly acclaimed album HLLLYH.
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Last week we took you inside Radio City Music Hall with some pictures from the Dark Was The Night concert, a benefit project and album for the Red Hot organization. Now we’ve got one better with some live video of Bon Iver and My Brightest Diamond performing “Flume.”
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You probably shouldn’t watch Ponytail’s video for “Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel),” the latest single from Ice Cream Spiritual, if you have anything else that will require your focus and attention in the next, say, 20 minutes. Because this thing is going to mess with your mind.
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Warning: don’t watch this video if you have heart problems, or are adversely affected by flashing lights. And you should probably be four feet tall, too.
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