9 May 2012
29 April 2012
Launch Music Conference Live Review
-Rich McKie, Tri State Indie (April 29, 2012)
Lunic is Kaitee Page, Megan Berson, and Masha Mayer from New York City. Their act consists of atmospheric electropop music that takes its influences from bands like The XX and Portishead. Their performance was a psychedelic display of lyric poetry in the form of an understated, powerful show. The songs were subtly brilliant, as no parts were overdone, and the overall sound fit the dark and smoky stage on which they played. Page’s voice, hypnotizing and melodic lulled the audience into a somber contemplation. The music, electronically inspired and downright trippy was a great way to introduce a genre that’s not fully figured out at this point. It wasn’t hard enough to be straight rock. It wasn’t synthed-out enough to be too poppy, either. It was in between these genres, but the whole time the performance was sultry and captivating. Lunic is great, and I’m glad to have seen the show. Keep your eyes peeled for a video interview, as well, as we caught up with the band in the TSI band lounge.
16 April 2012
CMJ Spotlight: Lunic (New York, NY)
Kaitee Page and Megan Berson make late-night music
Come nightfall, New York City becomes a dark, ethereal place. After the banality of the 9-to-5, six million souls have to let out their angst somehow: dancing, drinking, wandering. And with this urban lycanthropy comes the necessity for an appropriate set of tunes, glossy enough for the dance floor but retaining that sinister edge. Electronic-rock duo Lunic knows this quite well. As Gotham natives, they can’t help but make the city their muse.
Between Lunic’s two members—singer/multi-instrumentalist Kaitee Page and electric violinist Megan Berson—stretches an immense range of sounds, typical and otherwise. Berson, for example, plays a MIDI violin, an electronic instrument capable of producing whorls and whooshes in addition to your standard fiddle riff. Even though Lunic grounds itself in the type of high-production rock popularized by bands like Garbage and Metric, the technological risk-taking that defines the group’s 2009 debut, Lovethief, makes the night anthems all the more epic. This is even more true with regards to Lunic’s newer tracks, like “Moving On” (peep the video below). Over a driving, club-y synth line peppered with hints of that melancholy violin, Page vows to get over a breakup the way New Yorkers do: wearing skinny jeans and old sneakers, getting drunk and letting the nightlife work its magic. Other tracks, like the forlorn “Far Away” (featuring a chilling violin solo by Berson), tackle the immense loneliness that paradoxically strikes, even in a gigantic metropolis.
In addition to opening for the likes of Moby, Creed and Mindless Self Indulgence, Lunic has maintained a steady stream of headlining gigs in the tri-state area. But Lunic’s fans aren’t just local: Lovethief was funded completely by the band’s fans around the world, a demographic that will only grow with Lunic’s next LP, slated for a summer 2012 release.
2 April 2012
Upcoming Shows:
13 April Asbury Park, NJ 10:30pm @ The Saint
16 April New York, NY 9:30pm @ Mercury Lounge
20 April Clifton, NJ TBA @ Clash Bar
27 April Lancaster, PA 8pm @ LAUNCH Music Conference - Mosaic Presents
29 March 2012
Lunic @ The Bowery Electric 9:30pm Thurs. 3/29
20 March 2012
Music video for new song, "Moving On" out now. Directed by Ben Lankester
15 March 2012
sxsw was great! thanks Austin
6 March 2012
Mindless Self Indulgence + Morningwood + Lunic
Friday, March 9th 7pm @ Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY
28 Feb 2012
LUNIC live in London
Wed. Feb. 29 7pm @ Elixir Bar 162 Eversholt St. NW1
12 Feb 2012
LUNIC @ MILLENNIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE
Friday, 2/17 10pm @ Liquid 891
Saturday, 2/18 9pm @ Stage on Herr at HMAC
8th Feb 2012
LUNIC @ PIANOS 10pm Saturday, Feb. 11th
w/ Vandana Jain + Moon Furies + The Identifiers
158 Ludlow St. New York, NY
20 Jan 2012
new music video - Self-Destruct: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-F9K1kyx0
Directed by Bowie Alexander, Cinematography by Dan Dunn, Produced by Alex Cody
18 Jan 2012
new live video - Love Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSADZvxpSj4
16 Jan 2012
new live video - The Killing Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FMOJrBGTY
17th Dec 2011
Our new music video is out now! Directed by Syuji Honda
Watch the video, download the single:
4th Dec 2011
Lunic LIVE in Albany, NY
DEC. 15th Thurs. 9:30pm @ The Dublin Underground
WEQX's Rock and LOL
25th Nov. 2011
LUNIC @ PIANO'S 11pm Wed. Nov. 30th
w/ Blue Chip Village, 2.54, & Caged Animals
158 Ludlow St. New York, NY
