Locksley Mmm bops it with Hanson

The boys from Brooklyn announce Fall tour with Hanson. Dates for the NYish area:

9/12: Verona, NY @ Turning Stone
9/13: Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
9/21: Westbury, NY @ North Fork Theatre
9/22: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
9/24: Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
9/26: Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
9/27: Homestead, PA @ Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead
other cities, other dates: check here

If you missed their performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien last Friday…

Locksley- Let Me Know (live on Conan O’Brien 8.28.07 (link expired)
Sigh, every Monday should be Labor Day. Don't you agree?

Locksley, Ra Ra Riot @ Studio B

On Saturday, a couple of friends and I went back to Brooklyn to check out After the Jump Fest, a full day music event which aims to raise money for music education. This was my first time at Studio B, which I think is the perfect place to host dances— the indie rocker’s dream prom. Clearly, I was loving the disco ball.

We were there mainly to see Locksley and Ra Ra Riot. But as the day progressed we ended up inhaling cookies and coffee from the sweets truck parked outside. I was probably more partial to Locksley whose music jams incredible upbeat rockability in every song. They were really quite charming, and in honor of music education, even pulled two people from the crowd to play guitar and tambourine with them.

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-- Kal, teaching a fan the chords

-- Jamming with Locksley

This tune has the potential for a crowd sing-along:

Locksley- Why Not Me (link expired)

(Buy Don't Make Me Wait)

Ra Ra Riot hail from Syracuse, and seem like a group of friends who just enjoy playing together. The girls who played cello and violin were selling their band’s merchandise after the show. Un-jaded young musicians are always a pleasure.

Sofiblu and I will be seeing them again on Sept. 7th when they open for The Editors at Webster Hall.