Modern Needs: Rock Around The Clock

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held monthly at the great Last Exit bar in scenic Brooklyn, U.S.A. (and occasionally at other locales within the Five Boroughs)... The June edition of Modern Needs features very special guest, DJ BIRBAL.

Bribal, and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Dead Flowers Productions), will be spinning eclectic and rockin' vinyl sounds all night long!

MODERN NEEDS

Tuesday, June 5th at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!

Gimme Gimme Gimme

CAROLINE AND THE TREATS (Norway)

with LES SANS CULOTTES and PARTY LIGHTS

What do you get when you mix one professional good-time-girl with one rock'n'roll genius, and two sexy punk-rockers? Yup, it's Caroline And The Treats and their explosive bubblegum rock'n'roll.

Featuring spoiled little brat, Miss Andersen, and guitar-hero Morten Henriksen (from The Vikings, The Cosmic Dropouts, The Yum Yums, and the Twisteroos) along with Geir Saanum on bass and Olle DeVille Hov on drums, the group play energetic, bubblegum rock'n'roll about the most simple and important things in life — like boys, candy, and hanky-panky... It's sinfull, it's delicious, it's... BAD ALL OVER. Let their tunes blow you away and rejuvenate every bone in your body. And we mean EVERY bone.

Caroline And The Treats are often described as a mix of The Donnas, The Ramones, Blondie, Nikki Corvette, Suzy Quatro, The Runaways, and The Devil Dogs, and are utterly explosive live... Every night is Saturday night when The Treats come to town!

Wednesday, May 9th at Union Hall

702 Union Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $8 cover.

(Tickets available via TicketWeb)

Modern Needs: Tuesday Night Fever

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held monthly at the great Last Exit bar in scenic Brooklyn, U.S.A. (and occasionally at other locales within the Five Boroughs)... The May edition of Modern Needs features special guest DJs ERIC DAVIDSON (New Bomb Turks/Livids) and HARRY HOWES (Last Laugh/Almost Ready Records).

Eric and Harry — your usual host and boss DJ Mr. Lee is on hiatus this month — will be spinning all your favorite rock'n'roll nuggets and juvenile delinquent anthems until the wee small hours.

MODERN NEEDS

Tuesday, May 1st at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!

Get Down With It!

THE SIGHTS (Detroit)

With NOUVELLAS and THE NUCLEARS

With Most Of What Follows Is True, Detroit's The Sights have achieved an unprecedented level of song and studio craftsmanship. In an era of soulless keyboards, drum machines and Autotune, The Sights respond with thrillingly catchy songs. No gimmicks, no studio trickery—just rock'n'roll from the heart. The Sights combine the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with countless slivers of influence from their own personal record collections: Ike & Tina, Solomon Burke, The Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, Tim Hardin, and all manner of raucous, infectious song-writing.

Raucous? Infectious? That pretty well sums up The Sight’s live shows as well. It’s a rocket-ride that has been experienced by countless audiences throughout North America and Europe. The Sights have shared the stage with some best in the business: Robert Plant, The Dirtbombs, Sloan, The Datsuns, The Donnas, The Kills, etc.

Thursday, April 26th at Union Hall

702 Union Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $8 cover.

(Tickets available via TicketWeb)

Be Here Now

The Grip Weeds are a critically acclaimed psychedelic-rock/power-pop quartet consisting of brothers Kurt and Rick Reil, Kristin Pinell, and Dave DeSantis. Surrounded by their vintage equipment, this talented four-piece band records slices of perfect, radio-friendly guitar-pop, psychedelic enough to appeal to record junkies and '60s-retro fans, but edgy enough to fit into a modern rock set... This is the group's first show of 2012, and also the debut of their new bassist Dave DeSantis (formerly of Laughing Soupdish).

The Above are a rock'n'roll group hailing from Brooklyn, New York. Some folks might call them a garage band... others might describe their sound as rhythm and blues... but regardless of how they are categorized, it is undeniable that their music compels some serious dancing. With tube amps screamin', drum kits stompin', and vocal harmonies wailin', these ambassadors of freakbeat are making good in the city where rock and roll will never die.

Friday April 20th at Union Hall

702 Union Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8:30PM. $8 cover.

(Tickets available via TicketWeb)

Modern Needs: World Beaters

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held monthly at the great Last Exit bar in scenic Brooklyn, U.S.A. (and occasionally at other locales within the Five Boroughs)... The April edition of Modern Needs features special guest DJ AGENT JAY from NYC legends The Slackers, as well as Crazy Baldhead and the long-running Move Your Mule DJ party.

Jay, and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Dead Flowers Productions), will be spinning Afrobeat, Cumbia, Tropicalia, Arabic and Gypsy jams, transworld psychedelia, Yé-yé, South Of The Border garage, and American folk-rock.

MODERN NEEDS

Tuesday, April 3rd at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!

Tell Us The Truth

Dig: Interview with Dead Flowers very own Mr. Lee!

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Ba Ba Boom Time

Come on out to the "other Brooklyn" for a night filled with the sweet sounds of soul, ska, garage, rocksteady and freakbeat as spun by the Double Barrel / Copasetic crew, and special guest DJ Mr. Lee.

Banter, Brooklyn's best footy bar, features 24 craft beers on tap, and an impressive list of scotch and bourbons. Cozy into a nook, take a seat at the copper bar, or shake a tail-feather to the boss sounds.

Double Barrel / Copasetic

Friday, March 23rd at Banter

132 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Modern Needs: Let's Monkey Again

The March edition of the monthly Modern Needs party is a rarity, with no special guests, just your host and boss deejay, MR. LEE (Dead Flowers Productions) spinning top-flight '60s beat, punk, psych, and soul, with a few sonic detours along the way... As always, Modern Needs is a strictly digital-free, vinyl-only affair!

MODERN NEEDS

Tuesday, March 6th at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!

Modern Needs: Pissing Out The Poison

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held monthly at the great Last Exit bar in scenic Brooklyn, U.S.A. (and occasionally at other locales within the Five Boroughs)... The February edition of Modern Needs features returning guest DJ ERIC DAVIDSON lead singer of punk-rock heroes The New Bomb Turks, and his new band Livids (and author of the must-read We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut).

Eric, and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Dead Flowers Productions), will be spinning choice punk, power-pop, and rock'n'roll sounds from the '60s to the now... all-night long!

MODERN NEEDS

Tuesday, February 7th at Last Exit

136 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Kicks off at 9PM... No cover!