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In the basement of Milk Studios Saturday night, Boston band Magic Man played an intimate midnight show for invite-only guests. Record label and live promoter Communion Music hosted the exclusive event, in which guests at the venue, Milk Studios, ventured between the eighth floor reception room where guests drank PBR (and later Jameson) and had a gorgeous view of the Hudson River or looking down, a portion of the High Line, and the basement where the bands like Magic Man performed.
As is with most studios and gallery spaces, the building is chic and clean with mainly black and white aesthetics. The basement, however, is reminiscent of college days where people partied underground. Pipes are exposed, running horizontally across the low ceiling with Christmas lights strung around them and in among them are three disco balls (two of which work). The walls have magazine cut-outs of models and naked women, and neon signs that say “XXX,” “Girls Girls Girls,” and “Budweiser.”
“Oh man, these are like our basement days… our first shows. College—woo!” said Magic Man lead singer Alex Caplow in between songs.
Some bands would be intimidated with a venue where the end of a ground platform stage and the start of the crowd are at the same point, but not Magic Man. Caplow sang and tilted the mic stand into the crowd and other band members had no qualms dancing along with the audience. Perhaps the band’s approachability is why people in the crowd danced without inhibitions, doing more than just the usual head bob. Of course it helps that they play synthpop-rock-y, energized music. The bigger hits with the crowd (though honestly most people were dancing throughout the set) were “Texas,” “Every Day,” and “Paris.”
“We’re so happy to be here with you,” Caplow said to the crowd and sentiments seemed to be returned as a girl in the front later said, “Why are you so good? I love you!”
Listen to Magic Man’s latest EP, You Are Here, here at magicman.bandcamp.com
Magic Man Tour (w/ Sir Sly):
As is with most studios and gallery spaces, the building is chic and clean with mainly black and white aesthetics. The basement, however, is reminiscent of college days where people partied underground. Pipes are exposed, running horizontally across the low ceiling with Christmas lights strung around them and in among them are three disco balls (two of which work). The walls have magazine cut-outs of models and naked women, and neon signs that say “XXX,” “Girls Girls Girls,” and “Budweiser.”
“Oh man, these are like our basement days… our first shows. College—woo!” said Magic Man lead singer Alex Caplow in between songs.
Some bands would be intimidated with a venue where the end of a ground platform stage and the start of the crowd are at the same point, but not Magic Man. Caplow sang and tilted the mic stand into the crowd and other band members had no qualms dancing along with the audience. Perhaps the band’s approachability is why people in the crowd danced without inhibitions, doing more than just the usual head bob. Of course it helps that they play synthpop-rock-y, energized music. The bigger hits with the crowd (though honestly most people were dancing throughout the set) were “Texas,” “Every Day,” and “Paris.”
“We’re so happy to be here with you,” Caplow said to the crowd and sentiments seemed to be returned as a girl in the front later said, “Why are you so good? I love you!”
Listen to Magic Man’s latest EP, You Are Here, here at magicman.bandcamp.com
Magic Man Tour (w/ Sir Sly):
10/23 Brighton Music Hall Allston, MA
10/24 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
10/25 Fete Lounge Providence, RI
10/27 The Boot & Saddle Philadelphia, PA
10/28 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC
10/30 The EARL Atlanta, GA
11/01 Lola’s Fort Worth, TX
11/02 Holy Mountain Austin, TX
10/24 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
10/25 Fete Lounge Providence, RI
10/27 The Boot & Saddle Philadelphia, PA
10/28 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC
10/30 The EARL Atlanta, GA
11/01 Lola’s Fort Worth, TX
11/02 Holy Mountain Austin, TX
