ok, SO! we have some catching up to do..

the first recent show the cap & i caught was the result of a (literally) last minute choice between heloise & the savoir faire @ mercury lounge and tragedy (the metal tribute to the bee gees!) @ bowery ballroom on october 11th — we were trying to make it out to BOTH! tragedy was part of a tribute wars show with girls girls girls - the all chick tribute to motley crue, unchained – a van halen tribute, and queen bitch – an all girl tribute to david bowie, and heloise was supporting headlining band semi precious weapons.

WELL. we rolled up at bowery, saw the showtimes pushed back, and decided to make a run to our usual uber russian liquor store stop (recommended by none other than drew from the giraffes!) when we’re in the area — KGB LIQUOR on essex street! what what.. haha. [on a total side note, this is AWESOME! talk about getting to know the history of someone you interact with but never really get to know.. matt townsend from the blog "all the news that's fit" talked to KGB owner/manager leonard yerusalimsky and made a slideshow! fuck yeah! KGB love.. haha] ANYWAY! we ended up getting lost en route to KGB, and when we finally made it we ended up being just in time for heloise @ mercury lounge.. so we stayed! sorry, tragedy ;( we still love you!

the cap & i first heard about heloise & the savoir faire through their guitarist, james, who we actually met at a golden dogs show! small world, eh? on 10/11, they had unfortunately already started their set by the time we worked our way thru the crowd (that shit was packed!), and the whole time i just remember thinking, I WISH WE WERE CLOSER!!! we’re NEVER towards the back at a show, but this time we had no choice! even so, it was plain to see that heloise & the savoir faire is super fabulous — they play funky, disco-tinged rock & roll with soulful vocals and totally engage the fans with outrageous dancing and silliness.. it’s great! this quote from heloise herself sums it up: “I’m writing with a sense of, ‘Let’s have a good time,’” concludes Heloise. “We’re poking fun at everyone, and everyone can point fun at us. Everyone is in on the joke.” and if it’s one thing the cap & i love, it’s being tongue-in-cheek and knowing how to have a good time.. especially when DISCO is involved!! they should hop on the bill with e6! [speaking of which, apparently, brooklyn's fall on your sword is filling the golden dogs' slot at the e6/local h show @ webster hall nov 22nd.. i'm still undecided on what i think!] heloise & the savoir faire are also signed on elijah wood’s simian records — even more of a small world?! awesome.

ONWARD! »»