Coda: Summer Music: The Black and White Years

Since this is already proving to be a great summer of music in NYC, I am happy to report that the BLACK AND WHITE YEARS, who really fired up an upstate crowd and got them moving at a big outdoor show in late spring, will now be making an appearance at PIANO'S, 158 Ludlow Street, on the lower east side, on Thursday, June 19, at 8 PM sharp. These guys are so original, amazing, with tight music, great vocals, laden with awesome pop-hooks, that I cannot wait to hear them in a smaller indoor venue.

The Black and White Years, an Austin, Tejas -based band, produced by Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads, Modern Lovers), are bringing their post-punk, ska and high-energy, extremely danceable music to New York. Named "Austin's Best New Local Band 2008" (Austin Chronicle) earlier this year, THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS-[Scott Butler, vocals, guitar, keys; Landon Thompson, guitar, keys, vocals; John Aldridge, bass and brass; and Billy Potts, drums]; will be performing tunes from their eponymous first album, soon to be nationally released in September on Brando records. The band already has an entire new album worth of songs and is likely to perform 3-4 of them that are not on the current album and include titles such as, "me and the abyss," "the grand arch," "steady as you go," and "life debt."

Word has it the band will likely go in the studio to record these new songs in August for a new EP to be released before the end of the year. The national physical release date for the current album (currently available only on iTunes and a few select stores) is set for September 9th.

This should be a great show of original, high energy music. These guys should be achieving escape velocity shortly. See and hear for yourself.

Black and White Years, Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Piano's is located at 158 Ludlow at Stanton Street, 212-505-3733.

Train: F or V to 2nd Ave/Houston St. Exit at Allen St end of the station and walk two blocks east on Houston to Ludlow, then one block south to Stanton. J, M, Z, F to Delancey/Essex. Exit at Delancey/Essex and walk two blocks north on Essex to Stanton, then one block west to Ludlow.