Don't miss the newest black punk/death surf band to come out of Norway.
“Pirate Love mixes a delightful refreshing blend of garage, punk, rockabilly and goth, in the veins of The Cramps, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nirvana and The Stooges.... a primal sound with references to hate, drugs, revenge and violence in a gorgeous package. Sincere sounding, and one can only surmise that the songwriters have had some serious misadventures along the way......"Black Vodoun Space Blues" is an excellent debut from a band that has chosen a path that hasn't already been trampled to pieces.-- ABC News
"Pirate Love formed in 2003 in Oslo, Norway and quickly became one of the country’s most exciting live bands."
"Norway is famous for bands like Turbonegro, Gluecifer, Euroboys and Motorpsycho, all unique Scandinavian bands .. ….but PIRATE LOVE ( inspired by the Johnny Thunders song) takes rock in a brand new direction, up-ending the Norwegian music scene and rising straight to the top of the Cream of the NEW NORWEGIAN GENERATION, raw, wild and looking every bit the part, as Turbonegro did in their early years.
The band takes elements from 60’s Garage Punk, New Punk Surf Rockabilly and Psychedelica, mixing it all together into one sound called “Black Vodoun Space Blues”. As the title suggests that’s where we find them: a dazzling punked out heroic landscape somewhere between the peaks where The Sonics, Lime Spiders and The Stooges occupy their thrones. It's dirty, it's cool, and it is as many seven-league steps away from James Blunt, Damien Rice and Coldplay as it's possible to get. In other words, this is Rock’n’Roll that cranks out the soundtrack to an inventory party completely out of control; with obligatory and obvious requisites like mountains of broken beer bottles, having sex on a dirty floor, garage singles with whiskey stains on them, runny mascara on broken-hearted girls, screaming neighbors, old ladies frenetically trying to destroy their hearing aids with their walkers, and where a crookedly smiling, smoke-puffing Johnny Thunders is a generous doorman." www.themusebox.net
When: June 23rd at 11pm, (free beer from 9-10pm)
Where: Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Info: www.glasslands.com
When: June 24th at 7pm
Where: Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St, New York,
Info: (212) 334-6740, $5 cover w/ drink specials
When: June 25th at 10pm
Where: Piano’s , 158 Ludlow St., New York
Info: (212) 505-3733