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Thank you Rotterdam🔥 Déso pour le café sur le lit

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we takin it to the streets! Shadow Monster sets off to the northeast on Nov 4!!! see you out there 😜 tix links coming shortly

wed 11.4 @gettiespvd Providence RI
thur 11.5 @obrienspubboston Boston MA
fri 11.6 @monkeyhouse_vt Burlington VT
Sun 11.8 @threesheetsnh New Haven CT *matinee show*
Mon 11.9 @desperateannies Saratoga Springs NY

📸 @nihiloceros

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TOMORROW! Fave fest @leftofthedialrotterdam has kicked off and we’ve got the @bandsdobk x @theofficialunofficialrotterdam party featuring Paris’s @apr1l_music making their Rotterdam debut!

Catch the diva live alongside @yoodoowrong + @laflemme_band + @midscaleband + @billybonbonsuperbon — 12-4PM at Stalles (fka Centraal)!

—> Westersingel 50a, 3014 GV Rotterdam <—

Free to attend, no wristband required. Would love to see (/dance with) you there 🎉

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A guide to PARIS by @billybonbonsuperbon !

Greetings from (actually) Rotterdam, where we’re just two days away from the @bandsdobk party at @theofficialunofficialrotterdam — a FREE multi-venue event affiliated in officially unofficial fashion with @leftofthedialrotterdam , where Billy Bonbon will be bringing summer to the stage!

Helmed by Félix Martinaud, Paris band Billy Bonbon (named for the gun-slinging baby in Jean Cézard’s ‘70s Western-themed comic books) makes music for the night of, and the morning after. Born from the pandemic, this is bedroom punk and the soundtrack to a laid-back, lo-fi kinda freedom—window-down drives as the sun starts to rise and the last cigarette burns, singing (or screaming) along.

Friday afternoon at Stalles, the best vibes will abound—and far beyond the fest, you can trust that wherever Félix leads you… in this case, around Paris… good energy is pretty much guaranteed.

Head to bandsdobk.substack.com to listen to the band + find Félix’s top picks to City-of-Light up your life — a list featuring Bastille’s best venues + techno barges + bars where you might “accidentally” end up dancing ‘til dawn.

And in the meantime, we’ll catch you at Stalles (—> Westersingel 50a, 3014 GV Rotterdam <—) on Friday from 12-4 pm.

Fun fun fun & free free free 😎

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 23RD! We’ve got the first international BdBK stage at @theofficialunofficialrotterdam — a FREE daytime event during world’s best fest @leftofthedialrotterdam !

Come out early to Stalles for tunes all afternoon — featuring Marseille’s psych-spiked garage pop group @laflemme_band (as seen in nice n gnarly fashion above) + ~sort-of shoegaze~ from @midscaleband + bedroom punk via @billybonbonsuperbon + queer hyper pop c/o @apr1l_music (all three out of Paris) and @mothland / Montreal’s incredible @yoodoowrong to close the afternoon out.

—> Westersingel 50a, 3014 GV Rotterdam <—

❗️FUN AND FREE ❗️

Swipe for details and timetable—

Would be stoked to see you there 🖤

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We are over the moon to be presenting our 2nd Annual Showcase at @theofficialunofficialrotterdam at @leftofthedialrotterdam THIS SATURDAY October 24 @cafestalles from 12-4pm

1215 Hungry (UK)
1300 Ringlets (NZ)
1345 Flowers For The Dead (US)
1430 Fellatio (NL)
1515 Monks (UK)

Hungry and Monks will be joining us in NYC in March!

Flowers For The Dead are alums.

See you there!

Flyer by @horsedrawn_

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NOVEMBER 12TH AT @SLEEPWALK.NYC !

We’ve got @sharkswimmerband + @crab.www + longtime BdBk bff @earlyinternet out of Seattle —

Tix avail now via link in bio. Would be stoked to see you there 🦀🦈👾🎉

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Happy Birthday @sam_sumpta of @bandsdobk pictured here with our pals in @alienchicksband last night in Paris!

Thank you for running around the world telling everyone that TNC is your favorite week of the year, 5 years of throwing awesome parties, and just being always full of light with your big smile all over the world.

See you in Rotterdam at your @leftofthedialrotterdam party next week!

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haven’t seen ya in the office recently #punkrock #alternativerock #postpunk #nyc #newmusic

Next shows:
11/14 at @pianosnyc NYC
11/20 at @racketnewyork opening for @westonestate NYC

Song - “Bloodhounds” by Mary Shelley

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 23RD! We’ve got the first international BdBK stage at @theofficialunofficialrotterdam — a FREE daytime event during world’s best fest @leftofthedialrotterdam !

Come out early to Stalles for tunes all afternoon — featuring Montreal / @mothland faves @yoodoowrong
+ Marseille’s psych-spiked garage pop group @laflemme_band + ~sort-of shoegaze~ from @midscaleband + bedroom punk via @billybonbonsuperbon + queer hyper pop c/o @apr1l_music (all three out of Paris)!

—> Westersingel 50a, 3014 GV Rotterdam <—

❗️FUN AND FREE ❗️

Full unofficial schedule — which also features showcases from @newcolossusfestival + @juliamason931 + @oppositemarco — on the app and tell any friends within a couple hundred km of Holland that we’d love to see them there 🖤

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Suicide Homicide

The first single will be available to stream Friday November 13th

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A guide to LISBON by @hauseplants !

We’ve hung out with Gui of Hause Plants in NYC so many times that we sometimes forget he actually lives in Lisbon. But to be fair, while Portuguese and Portugal-based, Hause Plants is kind of a New York City band. It’s not just that Gui actually lived for a bit in Brooklyn or the fact that, between multiple music projects, he’s probably played more shows on the LES than you have (call it the @newcolossusfestival effect). It’s also the record on the way produced by Gordon Raphael of ‘Is This It’ fame — which we’re pretty sure automatically awards the group honorary New Yorker status.

The sonic introduction to the project’s new era comes in the form of “Do It Like This,” a downtown-dirty dance track that just dropped this spring — shortly before Hause Plants opened for Two Door Cinema Club.

Head to bandsdobk.substack.com to check out the song + plan your trip to Lisbon with Gui’s official guide — a list featuring hill hangs, his top tasca and hangin’ (and dancin’) with has-beens to The Smiths 🕺🌅🎉

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