BOOTIE LA - MASHUP PROM! Prom Contest, ShyBoy, Faroff, Axel, R.A.I.D., more

BOOTIE LA
LA's bi-monthly all-mashup dance party
1st & 3rd Saturdays at Echoplex
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BOOTIE LA MASHUP PROM!
'90s Prom? Pirate Prom? Punk Prom? You decide!
Come as you are or dress in your Prom best & enter to win -- $100 prizes for each:
- Prom King
- Prom Queen
- Best Prom Couple
Contest at midnight!
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Mashup chaperone DJs:
DJ SHYBOY – http://shyboymashups.com
FAROFF - http://djfaroff.com
AXEL - http://djaxel.com/
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Prom Midnight Mashup Show & go-go insanity from resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) -- http://raiddancers.com
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Get your Prom photo taken at the:
SCENESNAPS.com PHOTO BOOTH – http://scenesnaps.com
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Free Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!
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9pm / $10 before 10 pm, $15 after / 21+
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SKIP THE LINE & GUARANTEE ENTRY!
Purchase advance tickets here: http://www.theecho.com
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http://BootieLA.com


It's Bootie LA's Mashup Prom! Your favorite mashup party celebrates Prom season by throwing "a Prom for the rest of us!" Come as you are or dress up in creative Prom attire for a chance to be crowned the Bootie Prom King, Prom Queen, and Best Couple at midnight! '90s Prom? Pirate Prom? Punk Prom? You decide! It's up to you, the audience, to decide on the winners, who will each receive $100 cash prizes!

Your chaperones for the evening will be resident DJs ShyBoy, Faroff, and Axel, as they play all your old & new favorite mashups, with Prom mashups thrown into the mix! Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. will be on hand to fill the stage with their patented go-go insanity, as well as the Midnight Mashup Show. And don't forget to get your Prom photo taken at the SceneSnaps Photo Booth! All this, plus FREE Bootie mashup CDs for the first 100 people through the door!

Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by A Plus D -- aka DJs Adrian & Mysterious D -- Bootie was the first club night dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup -- and is now the biggest mashup event in the world, with regular parties in several cities on four continents. Voted "Best Club Night" for the past seven years, Bootie keeps your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, mixing and matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party. Providing the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation -- and free mashup CDs given away like candy -- it's a place where everyone is welcome.

For all Bootie parties worldwide: http://BootieMashup.com

Miami has earned its fair share of notoriety over the last 30 years, but most of it has been nothing to brag about: The Liberty City Riots, the Mariel Boatlift, and the Cocaine Wars of the early 1980s recast the formerly sleepy beach town/retirement colony as a lawless urban hellscape crowded with pimps, powder queens and cutthroats, where liquor-store shootouts, revenge bombings and police corruption threatened to drown the tourist trade in an ocean of blood, booze, and yayo. But now the peace-loving citizens of Miami finally have something they can hoist high as an enduring emblem of cultural and civic pride (besides KC & the Sunshine Band, Gloria Estefan and 2 Live Crew, obviously) …

Enter Torche, the four-pronged Floridian Riff Colossus that has steamrolled its way across the international underground. Led by vocalist/guitarist Steve Brooks (formerly of doom dropouts Floor) and featuring the myriad talents of drummer Rick Smith, bassist Jonathan Nuñez and guitarist Juan Montoya, Torche unfurled their self-titled debut in 2005 via Richmond, Virginia’s Robotic Empire. The glorious half-hour of blissed-out power-grooves, triumphant vocal harmonies and cosmic resonance within was variously hailed as “stoner pop,” “thunder rock,” and “doom pop,” but a consensus was quickly reached within the Fourth Estate: Both the underground and mainstream press had their hands halfway down their pants just thinking about listening to Torche. The band was immediately lauded as giants among men, leaders among sheep, and powerbrokers of a deadly new sonic idiom founded upon Brooks’ signature “bomb-string” detonation-detune. As Decibel magazine so righteously pointed out in May of 2005, Torche “carries on in the dizzying Sabbathian tradition of Floor, only potentially more bottomless and epic.” Seven months later, the same publication would declare Torche as the # 7 album of the year in its annual top 40.

“Never let it be said that bong-rock types hate hooks,” Spin magazine announced. “Torche set their guitars on ‘dirge,’ work their vocal harmonies, and say amen to Foo Fighters’ riff-o-matic preaching.”

“At long last, we know what life would be like in a parallel universe where the Melvins became a pop sensation instead of Nirvana,” Revolver magazine added.

With the verdicts in, Torche swiftly set out to slay, punish & conquer. Stateside tours with Scottish post-rock marvels Mogwai and hypno-metal heroes Isis ensued, as did a European invasion with Savannah sludge captains Baroness. “[Torche’s] debut jaunt to the UK will undoubtedly leave a monumental impression on the audiences they have played for as they mix the pop-tinged catchiness of tracks such as ‘In Return’ and ‘Erase’ with the likes of ‘Iron Girl’ and boil it down to a cocktail of raw and powerful sludge-filled beauty,” Terrorizer magazine gushed after witnessing the band’s show at the Manchester Attic. Rock Sound issued similar proclamations after the London Underworld show: “Louder than a really loud thing, Torche hit the stage with all the grace and subtlety of a misfired nuclear warhead. Sounding far fiercer than on record, the Florida outfit’s ‘bomb-string’ assault is truly a thing to behold.”

So: Citizens of Miami, rejoice. Music fans, exult. Torche are about to rule your stereo and your face all over again.

"It was buzz heaven...Half Moon Run were borne aloft through the streets to be crowned Buzz Kings Of The Festival." -- NME at M for Montreal, November, 2011
"What most agreed was the best new band of the week, Half Moon Run. The Montreal trio match songwriting (and harmonies) of '60's folk rock with the atmospherics of Radiohead. I was instantly impressed" -- Brooklyn Vegan at M for Montreal, November, 2011
Half Moon Run is a talented young trio from Ottawa, Ontario and Comox, British Columbia. It was in a studio situated in Montreal's Mile-End district, through the hardships of time constraints and flatlined bank accounts, that the trio bonded and created their unique sound, fusing together the restless elements of indie, pop and folk with beautiful rhythmic harmonies, delicate guitar lines and a hint of warm electronica.
Armed with solid training and raw talent, they mix and combine their different musical backgrounds. Their complex arrangements, inspired by both classical and modern composers, are particularly striking to hear and see during their live shows. Devon Portielje's remarkable voice is beautifully backed up by Connor Molander and Dylan Phillips. Phillips often plays drums and keys simultaneously as Molander and Portielje shuffle between guitar, keys, samplers, and percussion folky three-part harmonies hold down moody, psychedelic arrangements and electronic-infused soundscapes.
Although together for less than two years, the band has quickly caught the ear of programmers and tastemakers. The trio wowed audiences at SXSW, CMW, M for Montreal and Great Escape, and were proclaimed "Buzz Kings Of The (M for Montreal) Festival" by NME.
2012 kicked off with the launch of their debut album "DARK EYES" on March 27 in Canada, entering right away into Canadian charts, followed by an international tour. Second half of 2012 includes dates in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Members :
Devon Portielje: Lead vocals, guitars, drums
Conner Molander: Vocals, guitars, keys
Dylan Phillips: Vocals, drums, keys