Japanther is a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York, United States formed in 2001 by two students at Pratt Institute. The band consists of Ian Vanek-who plays drums, cassettes, and sings-and Matt Reilly-who plays bass, a Casio SK-1, and also sings. They have recorded with Plan-It-X Records, Tapes Records, Wäntage USA and the Menlo Park label. Japanther has been featured in Vice, The New York Times, Gothamist, Dallas Observer, Razorcake, and New York magazine among others. In the first two years of the band, they toured nine times.

In April 2006, Japanther teamed up with Aquadoom, a synchronized swimming group at New York University to play the Dangerous When Wet event at the school's Palladium Pool. On July 2, 2006, Japanther played under a plastic tarp in the rain at CitySol, an annual summer music and market series on Manhattan's East River waterfront (Stuyvesant Cove Park) to raise awareness for environmental issues.

Visit their website for news and merchandise, http://www.japanther.com

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Ninjasonik is a Brooklyn-based musical collaboration created by Reverend McFly, Telli "Bathroomsexxx" Gramz and DJ Teenwolf. In 2007, they began to record original songs and put out a mixtape titled "Ninjasonik: The Mix #1" which featured demos of their recordings mixed together with a handful of eclectic artists. In August of 2007, they performed their first show and since then have performed along side a long list of amazing artists, such as Japanther, The Death Set, Spank Rock, Dan Deacon, The Cool Kids, Team Robespierre, Matt & Kim, Ponytail, Fiasco, and many more. In summer 2008 they released their first EP on Chief Records and also performed at a handful of Rock The Bells dates opening for acts like Afrika Bambataa, DJ Blaqstarr, Murs, and B.O.B.

Musically speaking, Ninjasonik walks a fine line between rap/dance music and all out punk rock. It is not unusual to find them performing alongside rock/punk bands and usually their shows turn into a sweaty mess of people moshing to their bizarre mix of sound. They regularly cover acts like Bad Brains and Minor Threat and have also remixed acts like The Death Set and Team Robespierre.

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Fake Hooker is a punk-rock trio formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2007. Matt Bixby on guitar and vocals, Robin Drysdale on drums, and Nate HaII on vocals and bass.

"Combining elements of hardcore, punk, grunge, and screamo, with a modern twist, Fake Hooker firmly stand in contrast to the current wave of hipster pussrock that dominates the scene in Brooklyn." - fckthatnoise.blogspot.com

Some of their self-produced recordings can be heard here: http://fakehooker.bandcamp.com/
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DRU BARNES .. SARAH DEVI .. THE LAST NIGHTS ..

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"I think Beef is my favorite band. It stars Greem Jellyfish - depicted on the show's flier in a blurry, slanted, black and white, tongue-out photo that hung around several areas of Bushwick - with classic skateboarder James C. on bass and Lance on guitar. While the comparison of Greem to Animal (of Jim Henson's Muppets) is an easy one, what with baby boomers across the nation attending screenings of Muppets Take Susan Sarandon or whoever's in that movie, and Greem's loose, wild, cross-armed style, I truly think she is more akin to a cat playing the drums: floppy but with wonderful precision. Before long Greem was screaming at well-timed intervals, which oscillated between rollercoaster exclamation and bobcat death rattle. Meanwhile the boys worked together to make the reach the momentum of a car chase. Between every song the audience mooed, 'Beeeeeeeeeeef.'

"Rating: 3 weed leaves"

- Alaina Stamatis, Impose Magazine
(www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/janeane-garofalo-is-no-longer-blond)

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