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Shoulder Tap Presents…

Shoulder Tap — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:57:22 +0000

Here in New York, we’ve been putting together semi-regular showcases of artists from our crew and associated acts, performing at New York’s Sidewalk Cafe. They’re free shows where we play new songs, or try different arrangements of old songs, where we collaborate on stage with each other, playing mostly acoustic instruments. The shows have been a lot of fun — thanks to everyone that’s been coming out to see us and support us! I’ve been pretty bad about updating this blog with info about every show, but that’s about to change. Last month, we had six acts, and here is the poster by the soft-handed Dima Drjuchin (of Corrupt Autopilot fame):

Shoulder Tap Presents (Oct 27 2010)

We’ll be booking more of these, as well as other no-so-free shows with electric guitars.

The fine gents in New Beard have almost completed tracking for their upcoming debut record, and Vending Machine’s “Let The People Sing” is complete, to be released later in November.

Finally, we wanna brag a little about our one appearance at CMJ 2010 at Greg Barris’s Heart of Darkness. The sold out show was a phenomenal event, with Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal, and Kurt Braunohler performing, with The Forgiveness Choir backing everybody up (featuring New Beard, Yazan, Dima, Jonas from Mother of Three, and Aerial East). Here’s the poster for that:

Greg Barris' Heart of Darkness, with Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, and the Forgiveness Choir

Hollywood, California – 09/26/10 – Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater Los Angeles – Heart of Darkness w/ The Forgiveness Choir

Shoulder Tap — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Who Heart of Darkness w/ The Forgiveness Choir When Sunday, September 26, 2010 8:00pm - $5 - All Ages Where Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater Los Angeles (map) 5919 Franklin Ave Hollywood, California, USA Other InfoHeart of Darkness comes to Los Angeles, with music by The Forgiveness Choir (Mother of Three + New Beard). Guests include [...]

Orlando, Florida – 08/11/10 – Will’s Pub – Heart of Darkness w/ Mother of Three

Shoulder Tap — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Who Heart of Darkness w/ Mother of Three When Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages Where Will's Pub (map) 1040 North Mills Avenue Orlando, Florida, USA 32803 Other InfoYazan and Dima from Mother of Three join Greg Barris in Orlando for a very special Heart of Darkness. Special guests Mike Dobbins and Dan [...]

Ybor City, Florida – 08/10/10 – Crowbar – Everything is Terrible w/ Greg Barris and Mother of Three

Shoulder Tap — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Who Everything is Terrible w/ Greg Barris and Mother of Three When Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages Where Crowbar (map) 1812 North 17th Street Ybor City, Florida, USA 33605 Other InfoYazan and Dima join Greg Barris and Everything is Terrible for a live performance and screening of their latest film « Back [...]

Orlando, Florida – 08/09/10 – Will’s Pub – Everything is Terrible w/ Greg Barris and Mother of Three

Shoulder Tap — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Who Everything is Terrible w/ Greg Barris and Mother of Three When Monday, August 9, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages Where Will's Pub (map) 1040 North Mills Avenue Orlando, Florida, USA 32803 Other InfoYazan and Dima from Mother of Three join Greg Barris and Everything is Terrible for a night of mayhem « Back to [...]

Out now: Corrupt Autopilot – Greetings from Ghost Country

Shoulder Tap — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:26:45 +0000

The Corrupt Autopilot LP, Greetings from Ghost Country (SHT004), is out now at http://corruptautopilot.com! You can listen to the whole thing for free, and download the whole thing for as little as $5. Corrupt Autopilot is the music of Mother of Three bassist Dima Drjuchin, and Greetings from Ghost Country was brilliantly recorded and produced by Andrew Dunn and Ben Wigler, the brains and beards behind New Beard. The record is a circus of sound, featuring performances from: Yazan and Jonas from Mother of Three, Nik Dryuchin (AudioAmor), Eric Stephenson, Tony Waldman, Ben and Andrew from New Beard, Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness), Gian Carlo Feleppa (Mink Lungs, Emergency Party), Aerial East, and Leah Hayes. What a party!

Speaking of parties: on Saturday 10 July, Corrupt Autopilot will be playing their first show as a band, with Dima leading some of the above characters through a set of songs. Not only is it a birthday party (Dima turns 30!), and a record release party, but it’s also a benefit show for tattoo artist and friend Matty No Times. Matty had to get a new liver, but had no health insurance and is now paying for it, so we’re all helping out. Come on out, click the poster below for more info:

Corrupt Autopilot, Sat 10 July at Bowery Electric, NYC

Listen to “I Know, I Know”, a track from Greetings from Ghost Country:

Brooklyn, New York – 06/27/10 – Union Hall – Heart of Darkness w/ Mother of Three and The Forgiveness Choir

Shoulder Tap — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:45:00 +0000

Who Heart of Darkness w/ Mother of Three and The Forgiveness Choir When Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:45pm - $8 - All Ages Where Union Hall (map) 702 Union St Brooklyn, New York, USA 11215 Union Hall is a 5,000 square foot bar, restaurant and live music venue in the heart of Park Slope, Brooklyn. [...]

Mother of Three with Black Taxi, Janeane Garofalo

Shoulder Tap — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:19:16 +0000

First off, thanks to everyone who came out to our acoustic show last week at Sidewalk. What a night! We’ll be putting up some videos of our sets, and we’ll be doing it again soon. Thanks to The Telephones and New Beard for joining us, too!

Mother of Three is playing a last minute FREE SHOW with our pals Black Taxi at Rockwood Music Hall’s new Stage 2. It’s this coming Thursday at around 830PM. It is seriously rare that you’ll get to see such awesome performers for free — come out and make some noise with us. Click the poster below for more info:

Mother of Three, Thurs 24 June 2010, Free show with Black Taxi

Later this week, Mother of Three is playing the most exciting Heart of Darkness yet! Greg Barris is bringing Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill, Craig Baldo, and some super special guests to this upcoming show — not to be missed. For more info, click the poster:

Mother of Three at Heart of Darkness w/ Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill

Finally, here’s a clip of Mother of Three playing the Van Morrison classic, “Gloria”. Enjoy!

Acoustic Sets by Yazan, Corrupt Autopilot, New Beard, Wigmaker’s Son, and Jesse Adelman

Shoulder Tap — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:24:58 +0000

On Thurs 17 June, Yazan and Dima (Mother of Three) are joined by friends Jesse Adelman (The Telephones), New Beard, and Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness, Wigmaker’s Son) for a night of acoustic songs at Sidewalk Cafe, home of the anti-folk scene. Not exactly our scene, but it’s a good room with great sound, and there’s no cover and reasonably priced booze. These aren’t gonna be your average strummy, yawn-y acoustic tunes — it’s gonna be a raucous night.

Dima will be playing as Corrupt Autopilot, debuting some songs from his upcoming LP Greetings from Ghost Country, while Yazan will be playing songs from his upcoming solo LP as well.

For all the details click here: Acoustic Songs at Sidewalk Cafe, Thurs 17 June

Corrupt Autopilot, Yazan, Wigmaker's Son, New Beard, and Jesse Adelman: Sidewalk Cafe NY, Thurs 17 June

New York, NY – 03/30/10 – Comix – Mother of Three

Shoulder Tap — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:30:00 +0000

Who Mother of Three When Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:30pm - w/ Greg Barris, Yannis Pappas, Roger Hailes, Mike O'Rourke - 21+ Where Comix (map) 356 West 14th Street New York, NY, USA 10014 Downtown NY's finest comedy club Other InfoMother of Three, house band for monthly comedy showcase Heart of Darkness, is supporting comedians [...]