First on the agenda is one of the key points on the Brooklyn DIY map. I’ve been in contact with John, one of the roommates/promoters of Silent Barn. Silent Barn is a warehouse turned communial living space turned underground music mecca. It’s one of the most unique and important venues that’s defining Brooklyn culture right now, and on Thursday it will host a bevy of acts influencing the music scene here, like Silver Apples, a pychedelic electronica duo, and Ex Models, an electronica and industrial group whose sound seems influenced by the likes of the Talking Heads and hardcore punk bands like The Refused and Black Flag. The Moon Upstairs and Tristan Perich are also slated to play. The show starts at 8:00 PM, but I’ll be there early to see how the roommates turn a living room and kitchen into one of underground Brooklyn’s most blistering, sweaty and raucous stages. For a little more info on the venue, you can check out their myspace page or Todd P’s website. Todd P, who’s been written about by The New York Times, the Village Voice and Chief Magazine, is Brooklyn’s number one underground music and show promoter, and source of all things DIY. More on him will come later, and on Thursday night (or more likely early Friday morning) I’ll tell you how the show turned out.
