This week at Celebrate Brooklyn!
Bud Light Music Series
with The Low Anthem
Friday, July 30, 7:30pm
Gates open at 6:30pm
Glen Hansard, of the great Irish band The Frames, and classically trained Czech pianist and singer Marketa Irglova won an Oscar with “Falling Slowly,” from the Once soundtrack, a film they also starred in. As The Swell Season they’ve gone on to globe-conquering success; their sophomore album Strict Joy delivers “hot Irish soul … energetic folk rock and dream-pop-touched balladry.” (Rolling Stone) The gospel-tinged Americana of The Low Anthem, warm and inviting as the sunset, ushers in the night.
Celebrate Brooklyn! and Limewire present
with Grass Widow / Talk Normal
Saturday, July 31, 7:00pm
Gates open at 6:00pm
7pm talk normal
7:45pm grass widow
8:40 sonic youth
The glorious noise that is Sonic Youth engulfs the Bandshell in a free show that promises to be one of the summer’s highlights. The No Wave pioneers have contributed as much over the last three decades as any band to the rise of alternative rock, and their sway over the current indie scene cannot be overestimated. With the “bewitching tales and eerie, obsessive melodies” (SF Gate) of SF trio Grass Widow and the propulsive riffs of Brooklyn’s own Talk Normal.