I list 'em every week, but I don't go to a lot of basement shows because... ...well... ...old. The guys in Semiotics, though, are deep within the New Brunswick basement scene as both a band and proprietors of Naner Manor (neé The Banana Stand). The scene is a paragon of community. Usually.
Playing, booking, and running shows all come with their share of headaches; and Semiotics send up several of those -- crowds paying more attention to their phones than the bands, people not being able to come up with the suggested donations but somehow finding enough money for a 36 pack of PBR, sound people getting amorous behind the board -- in the video for "Cheers Me Proper." The video calls out some of the less than communal behaviors that occur at every show and also serves as a farewell from Naner Manor as the guys will depart for Philly in June. They promise more shows in their new home.
The video release coincides with a little weekender Semiotics are doing with their friends in Brackish that will bring them to Suburbia in Brooklyn tomorrow and back home to New Brunswick's J House on Sunday.
Check out the video for "Cheers Me Proper" along with all of Semiotics' upcoming shows below, and maybe take a good, hard look at yourself before going to your next show.
4.15 | Death Castle | Ronkonkoma, NY*
4.16 | Suburbia | Brooklyn, NY*
4.17 | The J House| New Brunswick, NJ*
4.24 | Warehouse | Phillipsburg, NJ
4.27 | The Bitter End | New York, NY
*with Brackish
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