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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

BROUGHT LOW + LIVE ONES @ Bar 9 NYC Friday 10/16!
Current mood:

froggy

Been a long time since we rock n'rolled. Playing this Friday October 16th at a new spot in Hell's Kitchen, Bar 9, booked by our friend Lee from Magnetic Field. Also playing are The Live Ones, one of the best punk rock AND ROLL bands in the city. Should be intimate and fun and FREE PIZZA from 9 - 9:30. Hope you can come down. Ben.

10:59 PM

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

August 16th - Getting Guitarded
Current mood:

hot

Sunday August 16th will be guitar day for Brought Low album #3.

The following equipment will be used and abused:

1976 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Recent CIJ Telecaster ’62 Custom Reissue
Gibson SJ 200
80s Marshall JCM 800 50W head
70s Fender Super Reverb
70s Orange pics only head
Various Marshall slant cabs
70s Music Man twin
Fulltone Fat Boost
Fulltone 70s Pedal’
MXR Phase 90
Maxon AD9 Analog Delay

So far these are some of the best guitar sounds I’ve ever gotten on record (Orange + Marshall + Les Paul = the sound of Christ returning to crush Gog and Magog and usher in the new times of eternal joy and salvation) so I am very psyched to get busy with the Schneid.

Currently listening:
Police & Thieves
By Junior Murvin
Release date: 2003-03-25

5:03 PM

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Recording of Brought Low CD # 3 Hath Begun
Current mood:

accomplished

Started recording the new Brought Low full-length with the esteemed Mr. Andrew Schneider whose production talents have graced the likes of Cave-In, Pelican and Unsane among others. So far got drums and bass done on all songs which are fierce and bombastic and the few guitars we've cut are already sounding huge and mean. We am psyched.

Currently reading:
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
By Nick Reding
Release date: 2009-06-09

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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Brought Low FREE SHOW / BBQ @ Hanks Saloon Saturday Night!
Current mood:

lethargic
Category: Music

Come one down and enjoy the sights and smells of Atlantic Avenue this Saturday night as THE BROUGHT LOW rock for free at seedy dive bar Hank's Saloon. Oh yeah, there'll also be a BBQ going so get there early if you want something to eat.

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Saturday June 6 @ Hank's Saloon
FREE SHOW and BBQ!!!!!

Top 10 Lovers 12:00
THE BROUGHT LOW 11:00
Brunch of The Living Dead 10:00
The Stags 9:00

Hank's is located @ 46 Third Ave Brooklyn, NY

Currently listening:
Attempted Suicide
By Career Suicide
Release date: 2008-06-10

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

THE BROUGHT LOW + More @ Trash Bar - Saturday Night 4/25/09!
Current mood:

anxious

Saturday will be warm and sunny and what better way to cap a beautiful spring day than with a little bit of rock n'roll at Brooklyn's TRASH BAR. THE BROUGHT LOW will be playing with keep on chooglin' rockers FEDERALE, New York Dolls' acolytes ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT, hard rocking Cleveland young'uns THE SUEDE BROTHERS and fantabulous four-twenty jam kickers MIGHTY HIGH. As always at Trash, there will be an OPEN BAR from 8 – 9 PM with admission.

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Saturday April 25^th, 2009 @ Trash Bar

12AM: Federale

11PM: The Brought Low

10PM: Another Saturday Night

9 PM: The Suede Bros. (Cleveland OH)

8 PM: Might High

OPEN BAR 8 - 9 PM with admission!

Trash Bar is located at 256 Grand St. between Roebling & Driggs in Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY.

http://www.thetrashbar.com/

Currently listening:
Shit Street
By The Pagans
Release date: 2001-05-15

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Monday, March 30, 2009

New Brought Low Jams Online!
Current mood:

content
Category: Music

Hey all,
I just posted 2 new pre-production demos for Brought Low album number three on our profile here. We cut these completely live in our practice space so the sound quality is a bit wanting but we thought the performances and songs were good enough to share so hopefully these will tide you over until the end of the year when the new record comes out.

The songs are "Time Will Come" and "Mattie Groves". Any resemblance to any other similarly-titled songs is entirely intentional yet well within applicable copyright laws and statutes.

Special thanks to Chris Peifer of Garageland NYC who manned the laptop. Chris also plays bass in the wonderful Another Saturday Night who we're playing with Saturday April 25th @ Trash Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn along with Federale, Mighty High and Cleveland's Suede Brothers. Should be a sick show and we hope you can make it down.

Ben / The Brought Low
NYC Spring 2009

Currently listening:
Killers
By Iron Maiden
Release date: 2002-03-26

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Brought Low w/ Easy Action @ Rehab this Friday the 13th!!!!
Current mood:

artistic

THE BROUGHT LOW are very proud to be sharing the stage this Friday with Detroit's mighty EASY ACTION, featuring the paint-peeling vocals of John Brannon, singer for hardcore legends Negative Approach and the equally great Laughing Hyenas. Also appearing are fellow New Yorkers A BUNCH OF GIRLS.

In other news, we're now over halfway done with in the writing of the new full-length, due out this year on Small Stone Records, so expect to hear us play lots of new songs.

Until next time...

BHS / TBL
NYC / 2009

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Friday February 13th @ Rehab (formerly Club Midway)

11PM - Easy Action

10PM - THE BROUGHT LOW

9PM - A Bunch of Girls

Rehab is located at 25 Avenue B, between 2nd and 3rd Streets in Money Makin' Manhattan, NYC.

Currently listening:
1118-1312
By The Templars
Release date: 1998-02-03

8:10 PM

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Newish Brought Low Interview at Cosmic Lava
Current mood:

cold

Did this interview with Mr. Gideon Smith of The Dixie Damned for Cosmic Lava webzine a while back but guess it only just got posted. Everything is still pretty much up to date though we currently have 6 songs finished and more a comin' for Brought Low record # 3 which, God willing, we'll record and release this year.

Anyhows, you can read me talk a bunch here:

In other news we're very excited to be playing with Detroit's mighty Easy Action next month here in NYC at Rehab and saddened by the passing of Detroit's mighty Ron Asheton. Heaven just got a little dirtier or something like that. Rock on brother Ron.

B. Howard Smith
The Brought Low
New York City
2009

Currently listening:
Band Of Gypsys
By Jimi Hendrix
Release date: 1998-01-13

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Scrooges X-Mas Party with The Brought Low - Sat. 12/6 @ Trash Bar!
Category: Music

Shake off that Turkey hang-over and get in the holiday spirit Saturday night when THE BROUGHT LOW share the stage with Boston's all-star Christmas-themed Stooges cover band THE SCROOGES!!! Also appearing will be the entirely jam-kicking MIGHTY HIGH, the ultra-heavy PIGS featuring members of Unsane, Fresh Kills and Throttlerod and psychedelic riff-rockers WHOOPING CRANE.

There will also be an OPEN BAR from 8 – 9 PM with admission so get there early, get your drink on and rock your jingle bells all night long.

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Saturday December 6th, 2008 @ Trash Bar

12:00 The Scrooges

11:00 The Brought Low

10:00 Mighty High

9:00 Pigs

8:00 Whooping Crane

Trash Bar is located at 256 Grand St. in Williamsburg, NYC.

BTW - MySpace blog app sucks ass. Happy Christnukah!

Currently listening:
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
By Merle Haggard
Release date: 2006-09-12

5:12 AM

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