Preview: I Love You Airlines @ Studio B [1.12.08]

I Love You Airlines will be kicking down the doors and shaking the foundation of Greenpoint's Studio B this Saturday night. It's a fairly high-concept show bridging the gap between DJs spinning records and bands torching your ears. Or in this case one band, (I Love You Airlines) and a bunch of DJs (Verboten w/ Radeoclit and VNDLSM, Alexander Technique).

I Love You Airlines (ILYA) is the only live band of this bunch of performers and are not to be missed. This will be their first performance since they leveled The House of Yes Holiday Throwdown where they closed a night that featured fire-eating, sword swallowing, and (you really can't make this up) a guy stapling 20-dollar bills to his face. Any band who can hang and bang with people juggling flaming torches, surviving surging electric current, and taking a sledgehammer to the stomach is worth everyone's time.

I Love You Airlines play a brand of post-punk that can peel your eyelids back and force your feet to move like you've got a hive of angry bees in your pants. Sounding a little like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a little like what would happen if a speeding 18-wheeler, driven by (a more fun) Chrissy Hynde crashed into the Ramones entire discography, ILYA plays one of the best live shows in New York. They've got two EPs you can pick up after their set, or, as always, bump the myspace in your office/dorm room/life until your friends ask you "who the fuck is that?" If this show and this band doesn't get you up to get down, I will personally refund your concert money and time spent on the L-Train. All refunds will sent via PayPal to your face via my fist.

Studio B (259 Banker St. Brooklyn, NY)
Saturday January 12, 2008
10PM
I Love You Airlines