PUSH IS ON FOR ELM CITY POPFEST
New Haven’s Elm City PopFest will return for a third installment this September. We’ll have four shows in four nights at three locations in New Haven. We’re happy to have teamed up with other local promoters and bloggers — Manic Productions and New Haven Music — to put together this mini-festival. The festival is heavy with local pop talent and will also feature folk, Americana, punk and noise rock bands. We like to keep our definition of “pop” pretty broad. Some bands of note that will be performing will be Eternal Summers (Roanoke, Va./Kanine Records), Reading Rainbow (Philadelphia/HoZac Records), Dream Diary (NYC/Kanine Records), Boy Genius (NYC), 28 Degrees Taurus (Allston, Mass.) and EULA (NYC/New Haven). The tentative schedule is below. For more information, check out the ECPF blog at elmcitypopfest.wordpress.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
@ BAR, 254 Crown St., New Haven, Conn.
9 p.m., FREE, 21+
Collaboration with Manic Productions
Reading Rainbow (Philadelphia/HoZac Records)
Eternal Summers (Roanoke, Va./Kanine Records)
Ghost of Chance (New Haven)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
@ Popeye’s Garage, 50 Goffe St., New Haven, Conn.
$5. All ages.
28 Degrees Taurus (Allston, Mass.)
EULA (NYC/New Haven)
The Field Recordings (Conn.)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
@ Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven, Conn.
9 p.m. $5. 21+
Sidewalk Dave (New Haven, Conn.)
Dream Diary (NYC/Kanine Records)
The Inclined Plane (Hartford, Conn.)
+1 TBA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
@ Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven, Conn.
9 p.m. $5. 21+
Boy Genius (NYC) featuring Mr. Ray Neal
The Cavemen Go (New Haven, Conn./Boston, Mass.)
Jamestown, The First Town In America (Yale/New Haven, Conn.)
+1 TBA
In addition, Elm City PopFest will be preparing for the event with two warm-up shows in August. We’re pleased to be putting on our first show in Hartford, and returning to a favorite venue in New Haven.
PRE-SHOW: SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
@ Elm Bar, 372 Elm St., New Haven, Conn.
9 P.M., $3. 21+
The Tyler Trudeau Attempt (NYC/New Haven, Conn.)
Dead Wives (New Haven, Conn.)
Celebrated Tigers (New Haven, Conn.)
PRE-SHOW: SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
@ Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford, Conn.
8 P.M. (doors @ 7:30 p.m.), $6 or $5 with a canned good. All ages.
Collaboration with CT Indie
The Guru (Watertown, Conn.)
Teens Across The North featuring Jason Bourgeois (Northampton, Mass.)
Girls In The Boy Scouts (Hartford, Conn.)
DEXTER POINDEXTER SELF-TITLED FULL LENGTH NOW STREAMING
Dexter Poindexter’s upcoming full-length is now streaming at February Records’ bandcamp. Dexter Poindexter is Tommy Komorowski, hailing from the suburbs of Chicago. He records pop gems in his parents’ basement. After a release on WeePOP and a digital single on February Records, Dexter Poindexter is ready to release his debut full-length of sweet, sunny tunes. Beerandbands blog had this to say about the February Records single: If you like your bands jangly, a little bit country, and full of joy and chorus that’ll stay with you, then this is right up your street. The physical release is expected late summer/early fall of this year.
