Last Nights Presents: SSPS, Father Finger, Phemale Tuesday Oct. 16th @ Big SNow in Brooklyn, NY

Last Nights Presents:

SSPS

Father Finger

Phemale

Tuesday October 16th 

Big Snow

89 Varet. St Brooklyn, NY

Doors 8pm | $7 | All Ages

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Father Finger - Temper | Video Feature

Glamor by way of punk or minimal wave by way of the 21st century bedroom musician may be an apt descriptor for Father Finger. Kylie Lance's (aka Father Finger)  "Temper" is a driving almost retro minimal synthpop tune that takes cues from the darker more occult site of the pool. You are more likely to find elements of Psychic TV's acid house period than anything New Order or say ever did. Just like much of the classics of the genre this is some outsider and punk inspired music. 
The video created by Christine Jones matches the spirit of DIY experimentalism that Lance's music rests upon. There is grainy VHS-like footage that has a bewitching nature to it through constant changes in speed and reversals of the film. The outsider and cold characteristics of "Tempter" is also brought further to life in the footage of modern day alienation. Lance and company travel throughout some tourist infested boardwalk seemingly utterly out of place wearing all black with matching lipstick.   
Father Finger's self-titled debut album is available now via Not Not Fun Records. Also be sure to catch her upcoming tour dates including a large handful with Maria Minerva. 

Dylan Ettinger - Wintermute

Dylan Ettinger's "Wintermute" & it's accompanying video shoot for the moon with it's hybrid of cold-wave meets contemporary underground pop. Taking in some concrete compositional forms that bring Ettinger out of the instrumental synth haze he's been living in for the past couple years.
The sharp mix of synths, programmed drums, topped with some blurry & gloomy vocals fit in perfectly with the current strain of synth worshipers out there. Yet unlike some other more space-minded compatriots Ettinger doesn't shy away from places the vocals firmly in the front row. What's more is that "Wintermute" offers a seriousness lacking in the at times comical to-cool-for-school mentality that many of his Not Not Fun label mates seem to shoot for. Now if someone can tell me what the masked topless girl in the corner of this video symbolizing we'll be getting somewhere.
Dylan Ettinger's Lifetime of Romance will be available next month via Not Not Fun.

Jonas Reinhardt - Smokey Jotus via Not Not Fun.

A little Kosmiche -Kraut groove can go a long way sometimes. Lucky for us Jonas Reinhardt have recently dropped a new album via Not Not Fun titled Music For The Tactile Dome. The group have been mining the synth-kraut groove for a bit now, though maybe not as long as their german forefathers, having released their debut on Kranky in 2008.

That is not to say that Jonas Reinhardt are merely rehashing the sounds of some 30 odd years ago. The trio treat the listener to music that harkens back towards the classic sound of greats like Neu, Klaus Schulze, & recently rediscovered legend Harald Grosskopf. After all the comparison's have been depleted what is left over is a contemporary vision of the future past.