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Miniboone played a three week residency at Pianos in November. Here are photos taken by Bryan Bruchman at the final show of the run, which turned out to be a raucous event with a healthy mix of older and more recent Miniboone tunes, as well as an excellent cover of James Brown’s “Living In America.”

These photos, I took them.

Well done everyone!

MiniBoone “Man/Woman”

Definitely agree with Austin Town Hall that MiniBoone’s “Man/Woman” has a Futureheads vibe to it, especially in the front where Craig, Doug, and James pingpong vocals back and forth. From there the song blossoms into one of MiniBoone’s poppier numbers to date, all while still protecting their angular, rhythmic foundation.

Catch the Brooklyn quintet at Great Scott in Allston tonight, sandwiched between headliners Pretty & Nice, and Earthquake Party! who are celebrating their first release. The Clippers open, get there at 9pm for everyone.

MiniBoone “Brand New Thing”

“Brand New Thing” is from MiniBoone’s second EP, titled On MiniBoone Mountain, out November 8th on Drug Front Records. 

The EP’s four songs take the framework laid out on January 2010’s Big Changes EP and March 2011’s The Other Summer/Fight Song 7” and stretch the definition of MiniBoone even further. “Brand New Thing” is a prime demonstration of the band’s frantic energy, replete with galloping layers of drums and bass, explosions of guitar noise, and tripled-teamed vocals.

Between CMJ and their November residency, you can find MiniBoone at the LES staple Pianos a lot in the next month and a half. Tonight (10/19), they open the What Blog?! CMJ Showcase at 7pm, and I’m excited to have them part of the Sippy Cup Everything CMJ Showcase on Saturday (10/22) at 9:45pm. The guys also curated three shows each Thursday in November except Thanksgiving. Flyer below, but read more at http://sippycupeverything.com/minibooneatpianos.