The UK group Ultimate Painting and Australia’s Twerps are in NYC currently and are playing two shows this weekend: March 13th at Rough Trade and March 14th at The Mercury Lounge. .
Last night Ultimate Painting played a surprise, late night show at Elvis Guesthouse which is quickly becoming the place for secret squirrel activity. Their 40-minute set included a lot of last year’s self-titled debut, plus two songs from their next album which is currently being mastered by Total Control’s Mikey Young for release on Trouble in Mind Records later this year. James Haore and Jack Cooper’s VU/Dead-style guitar interplay comes off even better live than on record, and their rhythm section with Jack’s Mazes bandmate Neil Robinson and CoCoComa’s Anthony Cozzi on bass) is tight.
Next week, Ultimate Painting and Twerps will be in Austin for SXSW.
The Fat Angel Sings 