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News for the Combo Product/Device Industries
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Contents [click on links for full story]
CDHR Report Outlines Reduced Review Times for Approvals
WuXi AppTec's Analytical Chemistry Facility Receives ISO 17025:2005 Accreditation
Gordon Ely Elected Technical VP of IEST
Client Portal Offers Convenience and Efficiency
• WuXi AppTec Technical Seminar on Biological Evaluations | October 8, 2015 | Hyatt Regency | Bethesda, Maryland
• MD&M | November 4, 2015 | Minneapolis Convention Center | Booth #910
WuXi AppTec's Regulatory Affairs team continuously monitors the release of new and revised worldwide regulations and guidances. Staying at the cutting edge of the changing regulatory landscape, we can assist you better by providing assistance in designing testing programs that meet current regulatory philosophies.
To contact a WuXi AppTec Account Manager for more information or to be put in touch with one of our regulatory experts, click here.
Hot Buttons for Reprocessing
Worst case conditions. Worst case devices. Validations. Accumulation cycles.
These are just some of the hot buttons that get the FDA's attention when it comes to reprocessing medical devices.
The FDA put out its final guidances in March 2015, and since then has continued to aggressively monitor reprocessed devices. In an article published August 17, 20151, the FDA said they are actively working with industry experts, healthcare facilities, reprocessing personnel and related regulatory technical committees to reduce the number of contaminations found in the field.
The final guidances place emphasis on proper cleaning and cleaning validations that involve testing under worst-case scenarios and with consideration of human factors. All cleaning, disinfections and sterilization procedures need to be validated, and validation needs to be completed prior to FDA submission.
In the months since the release of the final guidances, a number of companies have found their original testing data rejected by the FDA and have turned to WuXi AppTec for help. Some of the reasons for these rejections include:
• Not selecting worst case test soil
• Not using worst case device
• Not including accumulation cycles
• Performing cleaning and disinfection together as one validation
Let WuXi AppTec help you keep current with regulatory trends. We have performed over 1500 reuse programs and, with our integrated approach, we can customize your testing program to successfully meet regulatory expectations. Contact your Account Manager for more information.
1. Reference: http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/productsandmedicalprocedures/reprocessingofreusablemedicaldevices/ucm454630.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
CDRH Report Outlines Reduced Review Times for Approvals
On August 14, 2015, CDRH released a report entitled, "FDA's Role in Ensuring American Patients Have Access to Safe and Effective Medical Device Technology." The report details a combination of programmatic improvements and innovative approaches in clearing medical devices, and outlines reduced review times for 510(k) and premarket approval applications, as well as the reduction of Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) review times by roughly a year.
The paper discusses initiatives and shows how the FDA's medical device program has adapted to changes in the marketplace, scientific advances, and new technology—all under the existing flexible, risk-based framework for oversight of medical devices.
A few key highlights from the report regarding the decrease in time-to-decision on device submissions:
- 510(k)s:
The vast percentage of device premarket submissions received by FDA in any given year are 510(k)s. In fiscal year (FY) 2010, it took 132 days for a total time to decision on a 510(k). By FY 2014, total time had dropped by 13 percent to about 115 days. In 2014, most branches were reaching decisions within 90 FDA days 90 percent of the time or better, with the lowest performing branch reaching 81 percent of its 510(k) MDUFA decisions within 90 FDA Days.
- PMAs:
Original PMAs generally account for only about 1 percent of all device applications received by FDA. Average total time to decision in FY 2014 has decreased to 242 days from 352 days at its peak in FY 2009, for an improvement of 31 percent. Performance has improved significantly, from a difference in total average days to final decision between the highest and lowest performing divisions of 633 days in FY 2008 to 197 days in FY 2014.
- IDEs:
Median total time to full IDE approval decision has decreased by over a year, from 442 days in FY 2011 to 30 days in FY 2015. The percent of IDEs approved within two cycles increased from 15 percent in FY 2011 to 63 percent in FY 2014 and 72 percent in FY 2015.
- De novo:
The average total time to final decision for de novo requests [510(k) plus de novo review] -- submitted after a device was found to be not substantially equivalent through the 510(k) process -- has been reduced from 992 days in FY 2010 to 300 days in FY 2014.
Customer Satisfaction:
In 2014, CDRH made providing excellent customer service a strategic priority. So it launched an effort to improve customer service that included staff training; surveys to assess customer interactions and measure customer satisfaction; and, based on feedback from customers, actions to improve the quality of activities and services. As this FDA center has made improvements to its program, customer satisfaction has improved. In fact, its 2015 survey results show an overall 88 percent customer satisfaction rating, with the rating for the premarket program even higher at 93 percent.
WuXi AppTec's regulatory experts selected these particular highlights from the CDRH report because they are likely to have the greatest impact on our customers.
The full report from CDRH is available on the FDA's website: http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/reportsmanualsforms/reports/ucm456969.htm
WuXi AppTec's Analytical Chemistry Facility Receives ISO 17025:2005 Accreditation
WuXi AppTec's Analytical Chemistry testing facility in St. Paul recently received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for technical competence in the field of chemical testing. Specific services cited in the scope of accreditation are: Inductively Coupled Plasma / Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS); Inductively Coupled Plasma / Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP/OES); Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (UPLC/MS); Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS); Residual Solvent Headspace Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry (HSGC/MS); and Extraction.
The accreditation was received from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), which conducted a review and field audit of the site.
ISO/IEC 17025 standards specifically cover the competence requirements of testing and calibration laboratories.To obtain this accreditation, the laboratory must demonstrate competence in both management and technical requirements. Management requirements cover the effective operation of a quality management system. Technical requirements relate to the competence of staff, the correctness of testing methodologies, the adequacy of equipment, and the accuracy of results. The laboratory must submit to a thorough review of its processes and procedures, including observation of actual testing being undertaken. The lab must make use of the latest scientific and technical knowledge, conduct internal audits, demonstrate continual improvement, and communicate effectively with customers. WuXi's ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation is for a renewable two-year period.
A copy of the accreditation certificate — along with copies of other registration/accreditation certificates for WuXi AppTec U.S. sites — can be found on our website. Click here to view.
WuXi AppTec's Gordon Ely Elected Technical VP of IEST
Gordon Ely, Senior Technical Specialist at WuXi AppTec, has been elected to a two-year term as Technical Vice President – Contamination Control of IEST (Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology). In this position he will oversee all the work done by the approximately 30 working groups in the Contamination Control division that write the recommended practices related to cleanrooms and, in general, the control of various types of contamination. He will also serve as a member of the IEST Executive Board and as a member of the U.S. TAG for ISO/TC209, among other responsibilities.
Mr. Ely, RM/SM (NRCM), ASQ CQA, has been a member of IEST for nearly 20 years and involved with many of the organization's working groups. Currently chair of two working groups and vice-chair for another, he also served previously as President of IEST and in an earlier stint on the Board in the role that he has now. At WuXi AppTec, he works with the technical teams that provide testing services for controlled environments and consults with clients in the design of comprehensive testing programs, specializing in validations of sterilization processes and controlled environments.
IEST (Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology)
IEST is the world's leading contamination control standards development organization and the Secretariat for ISO/TC209. The organization's mission is "To globally expand and communicate the knowledge of contamination control, nanotechnology facilities, and test and reliability. This is accomplished through the development of Recommended Practices and Standards by a community dedicated to professional collaboration, training, and education."
WuXi AppTec's Services for Controlled Environments
WuXi AppTec provides manufacturers with testing services designed to help validate, monitor, and ensure the integrity of GMP/controlled environments – from laboratory counters to cleanrooms to entire manufacturing facilities. With our many years of microbiological testing for medical product industries, plus our experience in operating our own in-house manufacturing facilities, we have the expertise to advise you in designing a custom testing program to meet your particular needs.
Client Portal Offers Convenience and Efficiency
For client convenience and efficiency, WuXi AppTec provides a secure, web-based tool that enables online tracking of your in-process orders. Our Client Portal features a secure username and password-controlled system entry, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for data encryption, and a simple intuitive user interface that makes it simple to search for a particular project and view information on its status.
Plus, the Client Portal is available 24/7, so regardless of time or place, and whether you are logging in from your office computer or mobile device, you are never more than a click away from its many time-saving features.
If you've never tried it before, get an introduction by viewing our Client Portal tutorial, available here on the Client Portal login page on our website.
Setting up an account is easy. Just contact us at: email@example.com. Provide your full name, your company email address, and the WuXi AppTec account name and (very important) account number. It would be helpful also to put "Client Portal" in the subject line of your email.
• WuXi AppTec Technical Seminar on Biological Evaluations | October 8, 2015 | Hyatt Regency Bethesda | Bethesda, Maryland
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Entries tagged with: NYC Popfest
EZTV share "Trampoline" from debut LP, added to tonight's NYC Popfest kickoff, touring with Jacco Gardner & other dates
by Bill Pearis
Brooklyn trio EZTV have shared another new song, "Trampoline," from their debut album which will be out July 10 via Captured Tracks. (Pre-orders are available.) Like much of the album, "Trampoline" is very very catchy powerpop that packs a lot of hooks into its three-and-a-half-minute running time. If you like the dB's, Let's Active or other bands who count Big Star as an influence, this is probably up your alley. Stream "Trampoline" and a couple other songs off the album, below.
EZTV are a last-minute add to tonight's 2015 NYC Popfest kickoff show which is at Cake Shop (5/28). They replace UK band Young Romance who couldn't make it. Tonight's lineup includes Souvenir Stand, Wildhoney, Roman a Clef, and headliners Beverly. This writer will be DJing in-between sets and tickets are available. They'll also be opening for Christopher Owens at Mercury Lounge on June 21 (tickets) and then playing with No Joy at Baby's All Right on June 23 (tickets).
You can also catch EZTV at NXNE and they'll be on part of Jacco Gardner's upcoming tour. All dates are listed below...
Continue reading "EZTV share "Trampoline" from debut LP, added to tonight's NYC Popfest kickoff, touring with Jacco Gardner & other dates"
by Bill Pearis
Roman à Clef, the band featuring Ryan Newmyer and Jen Goma of A Sunny Day in Glasgow and Kurt Feldman (Ice Choir, Pains of Being Pure at Heart) will release their debut album, Abandonware, on June 2 via Infinite Best. There is an undeniable '80s UK influence in their jazzy, heartfelt pop, specifically Prefab Sprout. You can hear it in Abandonware's title track which is a direct descendent of Prefab Sprout's "When Love Breaks Down." That song, in two different forms, bookends the album and you can stream the closing "Abandonware (Josh and Jer)" as well as demos of two other songs below.
With members scattered on both coasts, Roman à Clef don't play that often but will be at NYC Popfest next month, playing May 28 at Cake Shop with Beverly, Young Romance, Wildhoney and Souvenir Stand. Tickets are on sale now. Maybe they'll add another show while here? Stay tuned.
Abandonware's tracklist and cover art, plus song streams, below...
Continue reading "Roman à Clef releasing 'Abandonware' LP in June (listen to the title track), playing Popfest"
Expert Alterations ready self-titled EP for Slumberland (listen), playing 3 NYC shows this weekend, NYC Popfest in May
by Bill Pearis
(photo by Megan Lloyd)
Baltimore trio Expert Alterations make classic, C-86 style indiepop with scratchy, jangly guitars, lead-like basslines and a sleepy vocal style. They look the part too -- dig those Pastels-style anoraks (and haircuts) in the picture above. They bring a lot of energy to it and the band's self-titled EP, out via Slumberland on June 1, is quite good. You can stream "A Bell" from it below.
As mentioned, Expert Alternations will play NYC Popfest on May 30 at Knitting Factory with The Darling Buds, The Spook School, Veronica Lake, Brideshead, and Wallflower. Tickets are still available.
You can catch Expert Alterations in NYC before that, though, as they'll be here this weekend for three shows: Friday (4/24) at Threes Brewing in Gowanus with Tall Juan and Green Pages (featuring members of The Beets, German Measles, and Sapphire Mansions); then Saturday (4/25) at Pet Rescue with My Teenage Stride, Summer Saints and The Bad New Ones; and Sunday (4/26) at Alphaville with Pale Lights, Cheap Sneakers, and Green Pages again.
All dates are listed, along with the new song stream, below.
Continue reading "Expert Alterations ready self-titled EP for Slumberland (listen), playing 3 NYC shows this weekend, NYC Popfest in May"
NYC Popfest will be here before we know it, happening May 28 - 31 at venues around the city, with such bands as The Loft, Eternal Summers, The Spook School, Darling Buds, Beverly, Wildhoney, Veronica Lake and more. Since we last posted, daily lineups have been posted:
May 28 @ Cake Shop: Beverly, Young Romace, Wildhoney Roman a Clef, Souvinir Stand (tickets)
May 29 @ Cameo: The Loft, Papa Topo, The Catenary Wires, Jessica & the Fletchers, Pale Lights (tickets)
May 30 @ Baby's All Right (free day show): The Chandler Estate, Working, The Just Joans & more TBA
May 30 @ Knitting Factory (evening): The Darling Buds, The Spook School, Veronica Lake, Brideshead, Wallflower, Expert Alterations (tickets)
May 31 @ Littlefield: Club 8, #Poundsign#, Eternal Summers, Lunchbox, Seabirds, Palms on Fire, Starry Eyed Cadet, Sapphire Mansions (tickets)
In addition to the live shows, there will also be two NYC Popfest dance parties: After the 5/29 Cameo show, stick around for a special Friday edition of Mondo!. Then after the 5/30 Knitting Factory show, you can stick around for Daniel Novakovic, who runs Swedish indiepop nights So Tough So Cute, and Too Cute To Puke, who will spin tunes late into the night.
You can also buy a four-day festival pass that gets you into all NYC Popfest events.
Detailed show schedules for all NYC Popfest shows are below...
Continue reading "2015 NYC Popfest: daily lineups, afterparties and tickets"
NYC Popfest announces 2015 line-up (The Loft, Darling Buds, Club 8, Veronica Lake, Eternal Summers, Wildhoney & more)
by Bill Pearis
The Loft
NYC Popfest has just announced the lineup for its 2015 edition which happens May 28 - 311 in venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Shows will happen at Cake Shop, Knitting Factory, Cameo, The Bell House, Littlefield and Baby's All Right. Schedule is still TBA but four-day festival passes are on sale now.
Like always it's a mix of bands from around the world, both new and veteran acts. Some of this year's highlights include: The Loft, fronted by Pete Astor and one of the first bands signed to Creation Records; Sweden's Club 8, one of the many bands featuring Labrador Records owner Johan Angergård; C-86 era band The Darling Buds who scored a few college radio hits in the late '80s and early '90s (and who many couldn't tell apart from The Primitives); shortlived Ann Arbor, MI band Veronica Lake who put out records on Spin Art, Simple Machines and Bus Stop and haven't played a show since 1994; The Catenary Wires, the duo featuring Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey of Heavenly and The Tender Trap; and Germany's Brideshead who have been making music since the '90s.
More on the international front: The Spook School, who charmed last year's Popfest crowd, and other UK acts like Young Romance, and The Just Joans; Papa Topo and Jessica & The Fletchers from Spain; plus Wallflower from Japan, and Popfest's first band from Russia, Palms On Fire.
From North America, there's Eternal Summers (who have a new album out around the time of Popfest), terrific shoegazers Wildhoney and their fellow Baltimoreans Expert Alterations, three bands from California (Lunchbox, #poundsign# and Starry Eyed Cadet), and Rhode Island's Working. And NYC is well-represented with Beverly, Roman a Clef, The Chandler Estate, Pale Lights, and Souvenir Stand.
The Popfest folks have put together a Spotify playlist featuring most all the band's playing this year and you can stream that, and check out a few related videos and streams, below. More bands may be added, but check out the 2015 NYC Popfest lineup as it stands now, below.
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NYC Popfest hasn't announced the lineup for its ninth edition, but the 2015 dates will be May 28 - 31 at various venues around the city. For those in the area that need an indiepop fix a little sooner, WFMU and DJ Trouble are presenting a special screening of new documentary My Secret World - The Story Of Sarah Records at Jersey City's WFMU Monty Hall on April 17. If you're unfamiliar with Sarah Records...
Sarah Records was a truly independent record label founded by Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes in Bristol, England. Active between 1987-1995, Sarah Records set out to be different from other record labels. My Secret World - The Story Of Sarah Records is the first feature length documentary to explore this legendary, influential and often misunderstood label.Sarah Records was home to such quintessential indiepop bands as Field Mice, Heavenly, The Orchids, and Boyracer. You can watch a trailer for the film below and tickets to the screening are on sale now.
Along with the documentary trailer, an Rdio stream of Sarah Records compilation There And Back Again Lane is also below.
Continue reading "Sarah Records documentary screening at WFMU's Monty Hall in April ++ 2015 NYC Popfest dates"
NYC Popfest 2014 in pics (Rocketship, Martha, Spook School, Heathers, Spearmint, Dressy Bessy, My Favorite & more)
photos by Aehee Kang Asano; words by Bill Pearis
My Favorite / Martha / Spearmint @ NYC Popfest 2014
The 2014 edition of NYC Popfest happened last weekend with five shows across four days and over 30 bands from around the world. I made it to every show except the Saturday (5/31) afternoon show at Spike Hill and saw a lot of great stuff. Pictures from all four evening shows are in this post. Highlights:
UK band Martha (Cake Shop, 5/29) who traded vocals between three members, played their hearts out and delivered scrappy pop hit after pop hit; a one-off reunion of NYC high-drama act My Favorite (Knitting Factory, 5/30); Spearmint (Cameo, 5/31), playing their first-ever US show and working the crowd like a piece of pastry dough and playing every song I wanted to hear; followed immediatly by a full-band Rocketship (Cameo) who seemed quite together for being apart for many years.
The Spook School @ Littlefield (photo by Bill)
Sunday's show (6/1) at Littlefield was probably the best day, delivering five great sets in a row: Brooklyn's The New Lines, who would've sounded equally at home at Austin Psych Fest; Atlanta's Gold-Bears who fall somewhere between '90s college radio and '90s emo; Los Angeles band Heathers who came out in tight dresses (they were guys), threw lollipops into the crowd and covered The Wedding Present; London band Colour Me Wednesday who were about as classically indiepop as it gets and do it very well; and Glasgow's The Spook School whose set started both a pit and a stage invasion, both Popfest firsts.
Colour Me Wednesday and The Spook School were also both distinguished by very funny drummers. CMW's was more the witty friend who reacts off others, where Spook School's seemed ready with (good) material, pulling down the microphone the second a song ended and consistently kept the crowd in hysterics. Somebody get that guy his own show!
Both The Spook School and Heathers play NYC again tonight (6/6) at Matchless in Greenpoint, with Light Therapy and Lost Gloves on the bill as well. Or, you could go catch Martha at Death by Audio tonight as well, with Delay, Shellshag, and Giant Peach. Either would be a great choice. Seeing that Martha are on the DbA bill early, you could theoretically make it to see all three Popfest leftovers.
More pics from NYC Popfest below...
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NYC Popfest Sunday preview/streams (Popguns, Colour Me Wednesday, Heathers, Pam & Bart, Gold-Bears & more)
by Bill Pearis
Colour Me Wednesday
For the last few years now, the final day of NYC Popfest has been an all-day show at Littlefield in Gowanus. This year is no exception though things seem to be starting a little later than usual. This Sunday (6/1) features nine bands from all over the world including some of the most exciting (I think) of the whole fest.
Headlining are UK group The Popguns, who started amongst the C-86 scene. I wrote previously:
The Popguns' initial run lasted from 1986 - 1996 during which time they released four albums and nearly a dozen singles. They weren't on the original C86 cassette but their sound -- breathless janglepop, big choruses, catchy melodies, -- was definitely within that orbit. (Also their original drummer Shaun Charman was in The Wedding Present.) Their biggest song was probably their 1989 single, "Waiting for the Winter." The band got back together in 2012 and have been playing since.Stream a few tracks below.
There are also a couple exciting new UK bands on the bill too. In addition to The Spook School (who we just posted about), there is also London's Colour Me Wednesday who cite early-'90s indie rock as an influence though they dabble in ska a bit too. The band's debut album, I Thought It Was Morning, came out last summer. It's a charmer and you can stream it below. If you can't make this show, they're playing Death by Audio on Saturday (5/31) with tourmates Spoonboy.
Also on the bill: Los Angeles trio Heathers who make buzzsaw jangle guitar pop. The band recently released an EP of Wedding Present covers which may give you an instant idea of where they're coming from, sonically, but their own songs are catchy too. Stream their most recent 7" and those Weddoes covers below.
In a similar vein are Georgia's Gold-Bears whose terrific new album, Dalliance (another Wedding Present reference perhaps), can currently be streamed at Pitchfork. They're a bundle of energy onstage and are currently on tour too (including another NYC show at Shea Stadium on 6/3).
Still more: Brooklyn band The New Lines whose crystalline sound recalls Broadcast, Stereolab and '60s cult band The United States of America. They can pull off that sound live too. Stream a few tracks from last year's Fall in Line below.
Get to Littlefield early and you'll catch Pam Berry (Black Tambourine, Glo-Worm) and Australia's Bart Cummings performing the songs they recorded together as The Shapiros, plus they'll do songs from Bart's former band The Cat's Miaow. Pam's doing a solo show earlier in the day at Trans-Pecos with Mark Monnone, Rocketship and Beverly.
Marine Life
Even earlier: the soaring pop of San Francisco's Marine Life, and the day kicks off with Lost Tapes from Spain whose ringing guitars and hushed vocals make for a nice combo. Stream their most recent EP below.
Check out previews of Popfest Friday here and Saturday here. Song streams, videos and Sunday Popfest schedule, below...
Continue reading "NYC Popfest Sunday preview/streams (Popguns, Colour Me Wednesday, Heathers, Pam & Bart, Gold-Bears & more)"
by Bill Pearis
It takes about eight seconds listening to The Spook School's debut album, Dress Up, to realize they're from Scotland -- they make no attempts to cover up their Edinburgh accents. It takes about 30 seconds to realize there's nothing twee about them, maybe apart from their name. Dress Up rocks, and is filled with big hooks, shouty choruses, memorable lyrics and is generally raucous fun. (If you like the Martha album, you'll probably like this too.) Stream the whole thing below.
The band are here for NYC Popfest, playing the all-day show at Littlefield on Sunday (6/1) with The Popguns, Colour Me Wednesday, Gold-Bears and more. (Tickets are still available.) They're also playing a few other East Coast dates while here, includingBrooklyn's Bar Matchless on Friday, June 6 with Lost Gloves, LA's Heathers (another Popfest band), and Light Therapy who are making their live debut at this show.
All dates are listed, plus a tour flyer and the album stream, below...
Continue reading "The Spook School released 'Dress Up,' touring around Popfest w/ two NYC shows (dates, streams)"
NYC Popfest 2014 Saturday preview/streams (Rocketship, Spearmint, Stars in Coma, The Zebras, Gingerlys & more)
by Bill Pearis
Day 3 of NYC Popfest (Saturday 5/31) has something for just about everyone -- including those with not a lot of extra money -- with a free day show at Spike Hill and an evening show a couple blocks away at Cameo.
The night show is headlined by California's Rocketship who haven't played anywhere in a good while. Fueled by drony organ and '60s pop melodies, their 1996 album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness drew comparisons to Stereolab. It's a '90s indie rock classic. After that, the original line-up dissolved, and Rocketship became essentially a solo project for main man Dustin Reske, who inorporated jungle and drum n' bass into later recordings. After half a decade away, Reske returned with Here Comes...Rocketship which picked up right where he left off. For a lot of Popfest attendees, this is the weekend's main event.
Also on the bill: a band I never thought I'd get to see -- UK group Spearmint. The band formed in the mid-'90s during the Britpop boom, but owed more to the anorak-clad Sarah Records / C-86 scene. With samples and a love of Northern soul, Saint Etienne or Pulp were probably closest in spirit, and the band scored a minor hit in their home country with "Sweeping the Nation" and that and "We're Going Out" are still played at "indie disco" night. (They were actually referenced in a line of dialogue in the film (500) Days of Summer which probably went unnoticed by most viewers.) The band just released News From Nowhere, their first new record in eight years. You can stream it, along with videos of the two singles, below.
Also on the bill Saturday night are two bands from Sweden. The Garlands hail from Stockholm and fall on the ethereal/jangly side, a sound Scandinavians are particularly adept at. Stream their 2012 EP below. The other Swedes on the bill are duo Stars in Coma who are from Malmö. Their new album, The Confessional Sun, is harmony-laden, '70s-ish sunshine pop. It's a really nice record, and you can stream it below.
Opening the Cameo show are Madrid duo Band À Part whose sound is deep in the shag of loungey exotica. Like pizzicato strings? Check out Band À Part's most recent EP below.
Immediately the bands at Cameo is the Popfest edition of bi-monthly indiepop dance party Mondo! which should keep the party going till late.
The daytime show at Spike Hill is headlined by Melbourne, Australia's The Zebras who have been around since the mid-'00s and make no-nonsense, jangly guitar pop, made special via great songwriting and harmonies. They're set to release their third album this year and you can stream a track from that below and catch up with past releases via Rdio -- I'm partial to 2008's New Ways of Risking Our Lives EP. If you can't make the Saturday show, they play Otto's Shrunken Head on Monday (6/2) with fellow Aussies Mid-Stage Orange, Mark Monnone of The Lucksmiths, plus members of The Ladybug Transistor. That show is free too.
Right before them are Stockholm, Sweden's Don't Cry Shopgirl who probably win this year's Most Twee Name award at Popfest (and there's a fair amount of competition). As you might expect, this is featherlight pop -- even when they step lightly on the distortion pedal, the fuzz is about as menacing as sweater pilling. But they do it well, check out three tracks below.
Also playing at Spike Hill: NYC band Gingerlys who put some muscle behind their "oohs" and "ahhs." I get the feeling they are louder live than their recordings let on. The band will release a new 7" EP via Shelflife Records in July which is quite good and you can stream the whole thing below.
Opening the free afternoon show is The Arctic Flow, aka Myrtle Beach, SC resident Brian Hancheck. (Yes, people actually live in Myrtle Beach and Alabama aren't the only band based out of there.) His Sunbathing/Stargazing EP is really lovely stuff, with Cocteau Twins-y guitars over some very catchy, jazzy songs. You can stream that below.
Preview of Friday (5/30) Popfest bands is here, and streams/videos of all the bands playing -- as well set times for both shows -- on Saturday are below.
Continue reading "NYC Popfest 2014 Saturday preview/streams (Rocketship, Spearmint, Stars in Coma, The Zebras, Gingerlys & more)"
NYC Popfest 2014 Friday preview / streams (The Flatmates, My Favorite, Haywains, Bart & Friends) ++ unofficial shows
by Bill Pearis
My Favorite on the cover of the 'Long Island Voice' in 1998
Night 2 of NYC Popfest happens at Knitting Factory (tickets) and is headlined by C-86 era UK band The Flatmates whose tight, hook-filled songwriting and loose, loud style -- and a career that only saw them release singles and EPs, breaking up before they managed an album -- makes them one of the quintessential '80s UK indiepop bands.
Equally as anticipated is the return of arch synthpop group My Favorite who were NYC indiepop heroes in an era (the '90s) when the city's music scene wasn't exactly the hopping hotbed of activity it is now. Informed by a youth spent listening to legendary Long Island radio station WLIR, My Favorite had the drama and humdrum town romance of The Smiths, the danceability of the Pet Shop Boys, and a touch of Bowie glamour. (In other words, they were kinda Long Island's Pulp.) The band broke up in 2005, Michael Grace went on to form The Secret History. But mention My Favorite near certain crowds and watch their eyes light up.
Also playing are UK band The Haywains who have been around for more than 25 years but, I'll admit, I was unfamiliar with until they appeared on the Popfest bill. From their Bandcamp page:
Formed in 1988, The Haywains played three-chord jangly punk-pop with bittersweet lyrics and a distinctive dual boy/girl vocal delivery. Part of the do-it-yourself 'indiepop' underground and fanzine culture that thrived around Bristol in the late 80's, the band's refreshing fun approach was characterised by singer Jeremy Hunt's jovial on-stage banter and minimal no-frills charm.You can stream their 1991 album, Never Mind Manchester, Here's The Haywains, below.
Opening Friday's show are Melbourne, Australia's Bart & Friends which is Bart Cummings of '90s-era band The Cat's Miaow (and a few other groups too). Gathering up musical mates, including Mark Monnone of The Lucksmiths and Pam Berry of Black Tambourine, Bart & Friends' 2010 record Make You Blush was his first in nearly a decade. Both Monnone and Berry will be along for this trip. Berry and Bart will also perform at Littlefield on Sunday (6/1) as part of Popfest, performing the songs of The Cat's Miaow and The Shapiros.
If you want to keep the good times rolling, there's an afterparty at Trophy Bar from 11 PM till late, featuring The Flatmates and My Favorite's Michael Grace on DJ duty. That's free, and the flyer is below.
Speaking of Monnone, he's playing a few shows while here in the States, including two in NYC: the previously-mentioned early afternoon show at Trans Pecos on Sunday (6/1) with Pam Berry, Rocketship, and Beverly. Unfortunately, this show overlaps a bit with Popfest's all-day show at Littlefield (and features almost entirely Popfest bands), but most the Trans Pecos show -- including all Popfest performers -- is scheduled to happen before Littlefield's starts.
Then he plays again at Otto's Shrunken Head on Monday (6/2) which is being billed as "Aussie Hangover Fest" and also features Bart & Friends, The Zebras (who play Spike Hill as part of Popfest on Saturday afternoon), Mid-Stage Orange, and members of The Ladybug Transistor. That's a free show and the flyer's below.
More 2014 NYC Popfest previews (Saturday and Sunday) to come. Streams, videos and flyers below...
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by Bill Pearis
Dressy Bessy
It's time for NYC Popfest, the annual four-day celebration of all things jangly, often cute, usually well-dressed and, ocasionally, twee. Over 30 bands are playing this year and I'll be covering all of it day by day. Here's a look at tonight's kickoff show (5/29) which, as usual, happens at Cake Shop. Advance tickets are still availble (and should be at the door too)
Headlining is Dressy Bessy who have been around since the '90s heyday of Elephant 6 (guitarist John Hill is also in Apples in Stereo). Fronted by Tammy Ealon, the band make crunchy powerpop that never gets too sweet. You may remember their cover of The Free Design's "Bubbles" from The Powerpuff Girls. While the band hasn't made an album since 2008's Holler & Stomp, Ealon reactivated the band in 2012, releasing a few digital singles and a best-of compilation cassette via Burger.
Making for a nice leadup will be undercard The Besties who were an '00s-era mainstay here in NYC and played the 2008 edition of Popfest. The band broke up the next year, but are back together for at least this show. Other news: The Besties' final bow, 2008's Home Free, is getting it's first-ever vinyl release.
Filling the UK quotient for the night is "vegan straight-edge pop group" Martha who just this week (5/26) released their new album, Courting Strong, which is out on Fortuna Pop (Joanna Gruesome, Shrag) in the UK, and Salinas (Swearin', Radiator Hospital) in North America. The record was produced by MJ of Hookworms and is ten songs of hooky, punky guitar pop and you can stream the whole thing below. Martha's Popfest appearance is part of a full North American tour -- most shows with Salinas labelmates Delay.
Also playing the Cake Shop show: Charleston, SC's Tape Waves whose airy jangle is sort of like a female fronted Real Estate at their most-straightforward (check out new single "Stay All Night" below); and NYC-via-the-Dominican-Republic's Franny and Zooey who swiped their name from Salinger and their sound from '60s pop radio (stream last year's Bananafish EP below).
In between sets,
Kip from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will DJ. UPDATE: Kip had to cancel last minute, as Pains are flying out on tour.
Previews of Friday, Saturday and Sunday's NYC Popfest action are still to come. Meanwhile, check out streams from all five of Thursday's Popfest bands below...
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by Bill Pearis
The Popguns back in the day...
Some good news / bad news from the NYC Popfest folks. The bad news is that Canada's The Hidden Cameras have had to drop off the lineup. That's the second time they've canceled a NYC show this year. On the plus side, long-running UK band The Popguns have been added to the line-up of the all-day 2014 Popfest finale at Littlefield on June 1 that also features Colour Me Wednesday, The New Lines, Gold-Bears, The Spook School and more.
The Popguns' initial run lasted from 1986 - 1996 during which time they released four albums and nearly a dozen singles. They weren't on the original C86 cassette but their sound -- breathless janglepop, big choruses, catchy melodies, -- was definitely within that orbit. (Also their original drummer Shaun Charman was in The Wedding Present.) Their biggest song was probably their 1989 single, "Waiting for the Winter." The band got back together in 2012 and have been playing since. You can check out a few videos and streams below.
Tickets and festival passes for NYC Popfest are still available. Since we last posted, NYC Popfest has revealed their day-by-day schedules and you can check that out below.
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Gold-Bears ready second LP for Slumberland (stream a track), playing Shea Stadium after NYC Popfest ++ other dates
by Bill Pearis
Atlanta band Gold-Bears will be back with their second album, Dalliance, on June 3 via Slumberland. With big catchy choruses, the band's rowdy indiepop fits nicely alongside Superchunk or The Wedding Present (who have a song called "Dalliance," that they are probably familiar with). You can stream first single "For You" below.
Gold-Bears are also touring this year. As mentioned, they play the 2014 edition of NYC Popfest (their second visit), where they'll be part of the all-day Sunday show at Littlefield on June 1 that also features The Hidden Cameras, The Spook School, Colour Me Wednesday, Heathers, Pam & Bart, and Marine Life. Tickets to that are on sale, as are four-day Popfest passes. Gold-Bears will also play Bushwick's Shea Stadium on June 3 with the rest of the line up TBA.
All dates are listed, along with the new song stream, below...
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NYC Popfest announces 2014 line-up: Hidden Cameras, My Favorite, The Flatmates, Spearmint, Rocketship & more
by Bill Pearis
The Flatmates back in the day...
NYC Popfest returns for its eighth year from May 29 - June 1 across venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The line-up was just announced and, as usual, it's a mix of new and classic bands. Of the established bands, this year's line-up includes Canadians The Hidden Cameras, '80s-era UK bands The Flatmates and The Haywains, '90s/'00s band Spearmint, '90s Slumberland band Rocketship, a reunion for NYC indiepop vets My Favorite, and The Besties. New groups on the scene include Sweden's The Garlands and Don't Cry Shopgirl, UK acts Spook School and Martha, Spanish band Lost Tapes, Australian quartet The Zebras, NYC's The New Lines and more. If you're unfamiliar with some of these groups, the Popfest folks made a Spotify playlist featuring this year's line-up.
Four-day passes are on sale now. in the meantime, the full 2014 NYC Popfest lineup is listed, along with videos and streams of some of this year's acts, below...
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by Bill Pearis
NYC synthpop band The Ballet have been hibernating the last few years, rarely playing live and no recorded material since 2009's terrific Bear Life. The band are finally getting around to doing something again, having signed with Fortuna Pop who will release The Ballet's new album, I Blame Society, on June 10. You can check out the video for "Is Anyone Out There?" below. It's a little less overtly Magnetic Fields-y than we've maybe heard before, but it's definitely whetting my appetite for the album.
The Ballet were always good live -- they played an BV show in 2006 -- and you can see their first NYC gig in ages on Saturday (6/1) afternoon at Spike Hill, which is part of NYC Popfest and is free. It also features Vermont's charming The Smittens, Norwegian band Making Marks and Austin's Silkies.
Set times for the Spike Hill show, plus The Ballet video and streams from the other bands playing below...
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The Bats @ Red 7 - 5/30/2013
As mentioned, New Zealand indie legends The Bats are on their first North American tour since 2006 which stopped in Austin last night (5/30) to play Chaos in Tejas. With the same line-up the band began with in 1982 -- Robert Scott, Paul Keane, Kaye Woodward and Malcolm Grant -- the band knocked out a 17-song set that included such Flying Nun classics as "Boogey Man" and "Block of Wood." Pictures from their Chaos set are in this post and for more coverage of that fest head to BV Austin.
The band will be in NYC on Saturday (6/1) for NYC Popfest, playing at The Bell House and tickets are still available. In addition to The Bats (reason enough to go), the night features four UK bands -- scrappy and clever Tigercats, the previously profiled Flowers, shoegazy The Hobbes Fanclub, and the shimmering sounds of The Proctors. The night begins with Sweden's dreamy, synthy Azure Blue. You can listen to streams of all those bands below.
Set times for Saturday night's NYC Popfest show at The Bell House and more pictures from The Bats at Chaos in Tejas below...
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NYC Popfest Friday preview: 'The Shield Around the K," Monchrome Set, Math & Physics Club, afterparty and more
by Bill Pearis
Math & Physics Club
NYC Popfest 2013 is in full swing, with a host of Friday (5/31) goings-on. This afternoon at 5 PM at Williamsburg bar/videostore/screening room Videology, there is a free showing of K Records documentary The Shield Around the K with a post-screening Q&A with director Heather Rose Dominic.
After that, a few blocks away at Knitting Factory will be tonight's showcase featuring headliners The Monochrome Set who are playing their first NYC shows in 30 years this week. Truly one of most underrated bands of the postpunk era, their legacy can be felt in Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand and more. The band, which features original members Bid and Lester Square as well as longtime bassist Andy Warren (who was an original member of Adam & the Ants), sounded great on Monday at Bowery Electric and they're promising to mix up the setlist too. Not to be missed. Tickets are still available.
The rest of the line-up at Knit is strong too. Seattle's bookish Math & Physics Club haven't played here in ages and their 2010 LP, I Shouldn't Look as Good as I Do, is a great example of the group's gentle, acoustic-y jangle. You can stream it at Spotify. Their singer was suffering from a bout of laryngitis last night, apparently, so hopefully he's spending today sleeping and drinking Throat Coat tea.
There's also Florida's Cassolette who make breathless, buzzy pop (stream some songs below); and Boise, Idaho's The Very Most who bring a welcome touch of glitchiness (and minor chords) to the proceedings.
After the Knitting Factory show, you can head over to The Loft above Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St) at midnight for an afterparty featuring the folks behind Los Angeles' Hungry Beat indiepop party. The School, who played last night, will DJ too. That goes from midnight to 4 AM and is free and open to the public.
Flyer for the afterparty, set times for Knitting Factory and videos/stream, below...
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NYC Popfest starts tonight at Cake Shop with The School, Zipper, Thee Ahs, Literature and more (streams)
by Bill Pearis
DOWLOAD: 2013 NYC Popfest Mix (Zip)
The School
The 2013 edition of NYC Popfest kicks off tonight (5/30), as it always does, at Cake Shop with a six-band bill spanning two continents and four countries. Tickets are still available and should be available at the door if you get their early enough.
The evening is headlined by Cardif, Wales' The School who make the kind of sunny, '60s-ish guitar pop that's favored by Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian. The band's 2012 album, Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything, is an enjoyable listen, especially if you like this sort of stuff. And if you've read this far you probably do. You can stream it via Rdio and Spotify and watch a couple videos below. The School are touring around North America and will swing back through NYC on June 12 for another show at Cake Shop. All tour dates are listed below.
Also on the bill tonight are Spain's Zipper who play buzzsaw bubblegum. The band doesn't have much of an internet presence (an old MySpace account) but their super-catchy song "Mirror" is one of my favorites on this year's Popfest Mix which you can download above.
The rest of tonight's line-up includes, Literature who moved from Texas to Phildelphia last year and put out the excellent Arab Spring LP (stream it below); NYC's Grand Resort whose Vanguard Dreams EP sparkles with synths and arpeggiated guitars (stream below); and Pennsylvania's Swiss Alps, who make gently jangling songs in the Field Mice tradition.
Thee Ahs
Opening the night (7:30 PM) are Vancouver's Thee Ahs. The quartet released their second album, Future Without Her, back in February and shows off their folky, jazzy, clear-voiced harmony-filled sound (no reverb with this band). You can stream the whole album below.
Set times for tonights' Cake Shop show, streams, The School tour dates and videos are all below...
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UK trio Flowers released their debut EP, making US debut at NYC Popfest this weekend (dates, streams)
by Bill Pearis
London's trio Flowers are on their way to the U.S. for NYC Popfest, where they'll play this Saturday (6/1) at The Bell House as part of a bill that includes New Zealand headliners The Bats as well as fellow UK acts Tigercats, The Hobbes Fanclub, and The Proctors as well as Sweden's Azure Blue. Tickets are still available. It's the band's only North American show, but all upcoming (mostly UK) dates are listed below.
Flowers' debut 7" was just released via Cloudberry records and should appeal to fans of noisy, reverb-drenched indiepop (aka nearly everyone going to Popfest). "You Held My Hand" is especially good. You can still get the vinyl but the band have nicely made the tracks available as a free download on Bandcamp, and you can stream all four songs below.
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The Monochrome Set played 1st NYC show in 30 years (pics), play Maxwell's tonight, Popfest on Friday
photos by PSquared Photography, words by Bill Pearis
The Monochrome Set @ Bowery Electric, 5/27/2013
Arch, erudite post punks The Monochrome Set played their first NYC show in over 30 years on Memorial Day (5/27) at Bowery Electric with the pounding drums of their titular theme song leading the charge. Their opening trifecta hit with some of their best-known songs, "The Lighter Side of Dating" and "The Jet Set Junta." Featuring original members Bid (vocals, guitar) and lead guitarist Lester Square, plus longtime bassist Andy Warren and a fez-wearing drummer, the band and their music -- a melange of Spaghetti Western twang, gypsy carnival music and pre-Smiths jangle -- have aged gracefully.
Over for NYC Popfest and a few other shows, The Monochrome Set are also plugging a new album, Platinum Coils, which details Bid's 2010 brush with death via a brain aneurysm, albiet in the band's typical jaunty, witty style. Songs from the record were sprinkled throughout their set and fit nicely alongside classics like "B-I-D Spells Bid," "Jacob's Ladder" and "Eine Symphonie Des Grauens." After their initial 17-song set, they returned for two encores, playing "Goodbye Joe," signature single "He's Frank," another new song and finally the cowboy-themed "Cast a Long Shadow."
Though I would've liked at least one of their many great instrumentals ("405 Lines" or "The Etcetera Stroll"), it was a pretty satisfying setlist which you can check out below. Plus, Bid promised to mix things up across their three NYC-area shows, the second of which is tonight (5/29) at Maxwell's (tickets). Their Popfest appearance is Friday (5/31) at Knitting Factory with Math & Physics Club, Cassolette and The Very Most. Tickets are still available for that one too.
Also on the bill were Dot Dash who are made up of mostly DC indie pop vets and will open for The Monochrome Set tonight too. Last year's Winter Garden Light is quite good and you can stream a track from that below.
Psychedelic locals Your 33 Black Angels were on the bill too. More pictures from Monday's show below...
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K Records magnate Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System et al) has a few East Coast/Midwest dates this week, including a show on Wednesday (5/22) at Ran Tea House with labelmate Ian Svenonius' Chain & the Gang, and Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa, and the NYC live debut of Erin Earthling. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa also play another NYC show on Friday (5/24) at Secret Project Robot with Aye Aye Rabbit (featuring Greg Saunier of Deerhoof), Many Mansions, and The Drunken Foreigner Band.
In other K Recs news, as mentioned, Heather Rose Dominic's 1998 documentary The Shield Around the K will screen next Friday (5/31) at Videology in Williamsburg as part of 2013 NYC Popfest. Screening is at 5 PM and free.
All Calvin Johnson tour dates are listed below.
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Jazz Butcher, Gold-Bears & more playing Popfest's Northside showcase; The Bats show moves to Bell House + more
by Bill Pearis
In addition to the four-day extravaganza happening May 30 - June 2, the good folks at NYC Popfest are also putting on a Northside Fest showcase at Spike Hill on June 15. The night is headlined by someone I am personally super-excited about: The Jazz Butcher. Pat Fish has put out records under variations of the name since the mid-'80s, making droll, often heartfelt VU-inspired guitar pop with a rotating cast of friends, including Bauhaus/Love & Rockets bassist David J and Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and many his records came out on legendary UK indie label, Creation.
The bandmate that most JBC fans care about is guitarist Max Eider who really put the Jazz in the Jazz Butcher. Max Will be accompanying Pat for this NYC visit and they'll play as a duo. Pat and Max released a new Jazz Butcher album, The Last of the Gentleman Adventurers, last year and you can stream the whole thing below, along with some classic JBC material. To say that I am a Jazz Butcher superfan is to put it midly. Pretty sure they haven't played NYC since 2000 (anybody at that Mercury Lounge show?) so this exciting news. If you can't make the Northside show, Pat and Max will play Cake Shop on Monday, June 17 as well. Some people (me) will go to both. These are their only North American shows.
Backtracking a bit, the rest of NYC Popfest's Northside lineup is pretty cool too. Texas Bob Juarez and Mike Stone who are both in the current line-up of Television Personalities. Also on the bill, the hyperactive pop of Atlanta, GA's Gold-Bears and their neighbors Small Reactions. That is a good show! Advance tickets are not on sale as of yet. Limited Northside Fest badges will be accepted too.
The Bats
There is more Popfest news. As mentioned briefly in the Speedy Ortiz post, Popfest's Saturday night (6/1) show was originally supposed to take place across both stage of Public Assembly. As half the venue will be closed for renovations, that show has been mostly moved to The Bell House where New Zealand's great The Bats will headline the evening that also includes sets from UK groups Tigercats, Flowers, The Hobbes Fanclub and The Proctors as well as Sweden's Azure Blue. Tickets for that show are still available.
Ringo Deathstarr, however, will still be playing at Public Assembly that Saturday night for a technically-still-official Popfest show that now also has Speedy Ortiz, Sua, and Advaeta on the bill as well. Tickets are on sale now and Popfest passes (also still available) will be accepted.
And since our last Popfest post, they've added a film screening as well. On Friday, May 31 at Videology in Williamsburg, they'll show K Records documentary The Shield Around the K. The screening's at 5PM and is free and open to the public. Director Heather Rose Dominic will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A.
And in related news, this seems like a good place to mention that Cherry Red Records is putting out Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980 - 1989 in July. The five-disc box set is a pretty comprehensive look at the scratchy, twee, shambolic, sweater-inclined genre. A few of the tracks are seeing their first official release. It includes tracks from 2013 Popfest bands The Monochrome Set, Close Lobsters, The Wolfhounds, and The Jazz Butcher. You can check out entire tracklist below.
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French Films releasing 'White Orchid,' making U.S. debut at NYC Popfest (full schedule, individual shows on sale)
by Bill Pearis
French Films, blurred
As mentioned, the 2013 Popfest (May 30 - June 2) announced their line-up last week which includes a stellar array of vintage names (Monochrome Set, Close Lobsters, The Bats) as well as a nice crop of new bands (French Films, The School, Ringo Deathstarr) as well. The fest has now announced the actual nightly schedule which is as such:
Thursday, May 30 at Cake Shop: with The School, Zipper, Literature, Grand Resort, Swiss Alps, and Thee Ahs. (tickets)Four-day passes, which gets you in to everything, are available too. If you don't recognize some of the names on this year's line-up, Popfest has a handy Spotify playlist featuring all involved.
Friday, May 31 at Knitting Factory: The Monochrome Set, Math & Physics Club, Cassolette, and The Very Most (tickets)
Saturday, June 1 (day): Free matinee at Spike Hill with The Smittens, Making Marks and Silkies.
Saturday, June 1 (night): Popfest takes over both stages of Public Assembly with The Bats, Tigercats, The Hobbes Fanclub, and Azure Blue (tickets); the backroom has Ringo Deathstarr, Flowers, The Proctors, The Ballet (tickets)
June 2: All-day show at Littlefield with Close Lobsters, The Wolfhounds, French Films, The Secret History, Alpaca Sports, The Orange Peels, My Teenage Stride, Ski Lodge, and Startropics. (tickets)
I've been listening to Finnish band French Films a lot recently who'll make their U.S. live debut at Popfest. They've got a manic pop vibe to them that posits them somewhere between early OMD and The Drums. You can stream their 2011 album, Imaginary Future, below. They'll release their new album, White Orchid, in time for Popfest and you can stream the first single, "Latter Days," below.
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by Bill Pearis
The Bats @ Cake Shop, March 2006 (via)
As mentioned, New Zealand's The Bats are flying to North America this spring, playing Chaos in Tejas in Austin and NYC Popfest where they'll headline at Public Assembly on June 1.The band are turning those festival appearances into a full tour. The dates include another NYC-area show at Maxwell's on June 3, a couple days after Popfest. Tickets for that are on sale now.
If you're unfamiliar, Robert Scott formed The Bats with guitarist Kay Woodward while he was still a member of The Clean, and the group have had the same four-member line-up since 1982. Likewise the band's sound -- Robert Scott's jangly strum, Woodward's snaky guitarlines, Paul Kean's melodic bass and rock-solid drummer Malcolm Grant -- has remained the same over the course of eight albums and countless EPs and singles. Along with The Clean, The Verlaines and The Chills, The Bats were the sound of '80s Flying Nun. I'm partial to the band's first three albums -- 1987's Daddy's Highway, 1990's The Law of Things and 1992's Fear of God -- but their whole catalog is worth checking out.
A few Spotify streams and videos, plus all Bats tour dates, are listed below.
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Overview: How to Create Render Passes with Mental Ray
Video: Overview: How to Create Render Passes with Mental RayCreating render passes using mental ray provides you with in-depth training on 3D + Animation. Taught by Lee Lanier as part of the Maya Rendering for After Effects Composites
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Creating render passes using mental ray
So far we have set up render passes through the Render layer Editor. Now we are going to move on and use a mental ray Contribution Map System to set up render passes. This is a more advanced method, and it will give us more control. So back to project 1. This version of the file, which is shot one step three only has a master layer, which is fine. We don't need any other custom layers through the layer editor at this point. What we can do is go straight to mental ray and set it up through the mental ray settings in the render settings window. Before we do that though, there are a couple of good things to do just to make sure that when we do render, everything is going to be nice.
One is we need to hide the image plane. So this will show up in the Batch Renders, and that's not a good thing to have it in the background. So I am going to go into View > Image Plane > Image Plane Attributes. I am going to turn Alpha Gain back down to 0, and that hides it from that view. Now we can go into the render settings window, and if it's not already switched, switch to mental ray. Once on mental ray you have all the different mental ray tabs. Now since we are here let's check the quality. We are going to make sure we have high quality. So in order to change the Min Sample Level and Max Sample Level, we can change the Custom Sampling and switch from 0 to 2. Now low quality would be -2, 0.
High-quality will be 0, 2. So 0, 2 is good in this case. So now we can set up some passes. And this happens to the passes tabs in this window. Now initially there are no passes here, but you can create them through this Create render pass button, right here, and here is a long list of mental ray render passes. Now we don't need all of these, but there are actually five, in this case. So it will be good for this project where we need to integrate this spyglass with the footage of the actress. What we can do is click one of these--or select more than one by Ctrl-clicking, or Command-clicking, the names. So let's start picking a few.
The first one we want is called Diffuse Material Color. I am going to describe these in the second. Let's go further down. The next one we need is Matte. So I am going to Ctrl-click that. The next one after that is Reflection. Control click. The next one is something called Raw Shadow. Now it's easy to get these mixed up. There are multiple shadow variations, there's a shadow here. We actually want Raw Shadow. That will produce a slightly different result. So Raw Shadow, and then last one is Specular. Let's talk about what these are going to do.
Diffuse Material Color will render the diffuse color, but without shadows, and without shading. The next one Matte, we talked about this a little bit before, but a Matte will render a white and black version of the image you can use to cut out something in the composite. Raw Shadow will produce a shadow, and this will be a white and black render of the shadow just in the RGB. Reflection is just the reflective component, and Specular is a just a specular component. So we have these picked now. Let's go ahead and Create and Close, and they're listed in the scene passes section.
We can now pass these down to the next section, which is the Associated Passes section by using this Associate button. And those are brought down. At this point, if we go further down I can make a contribution map, and this is something necessary to associate the passes with the render, in that particular layer, which is the master layer. So to make a new contribution map, I can use this button right here. Now if I have to go back to the Render layer Editor, I will do Ctrl+A here. You will see there is a master layer. There is nothing underneath it. If I click this Creates button, it gives me a little dropdown arrow.
If I expand that, you'll see that it makes a new contribution map. It must be numbered based on what was in the scene previously. Numbers don't really matter, but I will say pass contribution map. It's also listed right here in the menu. So now we can go back to these passes, Shift-select them, and then use this Associate button to draw from down and associating with that map, and now they are associated with that map. So we switch to mental ray. We have created five render passes that will be useful for composite, and now we are ready to set up the scene to start batch rendering.
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Perhaps the only thing worse than a disaster happening is seeing it coming and knowing nothing can be done to stop it. Businesses along the northeastern seaboard had several days of warning before Hurricane Sandy struck, certainly not enough time to implement a disaster recovery plan from scratch. Even more painful is the understanding that some disaster recovery plans would not be enough; physical backup systems in separate geographical areas may have still suffered the same losses as the home site due to the size of the storm.
Most disasters come with no warning at all. Explosions, power outages, and simple equipment failure can cause the same damage. Operations are down, customers suffer, and revenues tank. Once business recovers the harder work of wooing back customers and convincing new ones about the company's reliability begins.
Simply doubling up infrastructure and creating physical backups is expensive and time-consuming, leading to systems that function inadequately when put into use. Cost cutting means doing without applications and information essential to performance. Lack of testing and differences in tools lead to inefficient work practices during the recovery.
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Cloud computing and virtual services eliminate a majority of these concerns. Disaster Recovery as a Service, or DRaaS, is a resource-efficient method of allowing business to continue with little to no interruption. Because everything resides in the cloud, no duplicate infrastructure is needed, testing and upgrades are assured, and no applications or information need be out of commission.
DRaaS is a natural extension of the cloud computing phenomenon. Service providers have hardened their security and created tiered services that fit any budget. Companies are embracing cloud computing for a variety of purposes. The flexibility of such services is a huge driver to adoption since only the services needed are active. The rest can be brought online as desired or shut down during idle time.
IT overhead and infrastructure reductions create cash to fuel growth. Cloud services are the perfect vehicle for the rapidly expanding mobile worker and consumer groups. By taking the time upfront to plan and consider operational requirements, disaster recovery can be the key to successful business recovery.
Service Level Agreement Considerations
The Service Level Agreement (SLA) spells out exactly what will and will not be provided with any cloud service. It is crucial to understand the SLA governing disaster recovery, because a disaster is not the time to discover shortcomings in coverage. Performance and productivity need not suffer if due diligence is taken to make a realistic determination of business continuity needs. Planning wisely also keeps SLA costs to a minimum.
Consider these questions:
- What applications must be included?
- What operations are essential for service?
- What information must be easy to access during this time?
- How often are testing and upgrades performed?
- What guarantee of data integrity is offered?
A good service provider will have the experience to help answer these and other questions. They should have an excellent understanding of the extent of the disaster recovery needed in a variety of industries. Some providers may even specialize in certain verticals, deepening their ability to determine needs and provide suggestions.
DRaaS Benefits Tower over Risk
If nothing else, Hurricane Sandy brought home the absolute worst that could happen. Fire, flood, and power failures on such a massive scale are unprecedented but not impossible. Disaster recovery is an essential part of business continuity that must not be put off. The cost of loss far outweighs the cost of DRaaS because, even if such events are rare, all it takes is once. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said we are seeing 100-year hurricane cycles arrive every two years.
With the knowledge that DRaaS, like all cloud services, is a cost-effective way to relieve the worry of business interruptions, large or small, business owners can put a line through this item on the to-do list. With guarantees of integrity and continuity, resources and energy can be channeled into growing the business and keeping customers happy.
Fortunately, meaningful and tangible business cases for IoT are plentiful in a broad array of industries and vertical markets. These range from simple warranty cost reduction for capital intensive assets, to minimizing downtime for vital business tools, to creating feedback loops improving product design, to improving and enhancing enterprise customer experiences. All of these business cases, which will be briefly explored in this session, hinge on cost effectively extracting relevant data from ...
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As enterprises work to take advantage of Big Data technologies, they frequently become distracted by product-level decisions. In most new Big Data builds this approach is completely counter-productive: it presupposes tools that may not be a fit for development teams, forces IT to take on the burden of evaluating and maintaining unfamiliar technology, and represents a major up-front expense. In his session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Warfield, CTO and Co-Founder of Coho Data, will dis...
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The cloud promises new levels of agility and cost-savings for Big Data, data warehousing and analytics. But it's challenging to understand all the options – from IaaS and PaaS to newer services like HaaS (Hadoop as a Service) and BDaaS (Big Data as a Service). In her session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Hannah Smalltree, a director at Cazena, will provide an educational overview of emerging "as-a-service" options for Big Data in the cloud. This is critical background for IT and data profes...
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With an estimated 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020, several industries will begin to expand their capabilities for retaining end point data at the edge to better utilize the range of data types and sheer volume of M2M data generated by the Internet of Things. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Don DeLoach, CEO and President of Infobright, will discuss the infrastructures businesses will need to implement to handle this explosion of data by providing specific use cases for filte...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Fusion, a leading provider of cloud services, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Fusion, a leading provider of integrated cloud solutions to small, medium and large businesses, is the industry's single source for the cloud. Fusion's advanced, proprietary cloud service platform enables the integration of leading edge solutions in the cloud, including clou...
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"Conor from Assasin creed was not a reference for him" and again by refering to Connor. Ezio was cooler.
"Conor from Assasin creed was not a reference for him" and again by refering to Connor. Ezio was cooler.
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Joey Scorza doesn't plan to check out any time soon from her job as head bartender at the InterContinental Miami.
Her enthusiasm for her job has never waned since she began serving cocktails at the iconic downtown hotel 29 years ago.
"I like what I do," said Scorza, 58, who often tackles traffic from Hollywood to get to work at the hotel's ToroToro Restaurant & Bar. "I'm treated in this company like family. I'm home here."
The InterContinental Miami was rated the best large employer in the Sun Sentinel's Top Workplaces survey for 2015. Employees said they love working at the hotel because it offers a great work environment; they're recognized...