Tom Tom Magazine Party: Drumroll, Please...

The Tom Tom Benefit party last night at Death By Audio was a throwback to a college house party, albeit one featuring female drummers and mostly female musicians.

Death By Audio, a warehouse-esque space with graffiti-drowned walls and typical sketchy dive-bar bathrooms, reminded me of the older, dirtier Glasslands.

With lots of live performances and cheap PBR, the night was a fun, frivolous time that hopefully proved to raise enough money to launch Tom Tom Magazine's first issue, which was the premise of the party. Well, the groups and the magazine-to-be have at least achieved more exposure... and perhaps, notoriety.

Pics to come!

The irony was that my favorite act was Bad Brilliance, who was neither a female nor a drummer, but made really good beats and performed in costume in a giant blood-orange suit and a balloon for hi head. Enough said.

Tom Tom Magazine Benefit Show

My friend, Vicki Simon, is an editor at Tom Tom Magazine, a magazine in the making about female drummers. Tom Tom Magazine is having a benefit party this Tuesday, March 31, at Death By Audio. All proceeds go to printing the first issue.

Come out!

Tom Tom Magazine Benefit Show
@ Death By Audio (http://www.myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows)
49 South 2nd St @ Kent | Williamsburg, Brooklyn L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan
$5 -10 sliding scale
doors @ 8 pm (first band at 8:30)



Jacques Detergent - www.myspace.com/jacquesdetergent
Hand Jobs - www.myspace.com/handjobsounds
Ina! Ina! - www.myspace.com/inainabrooklyn
Bad Brilliance - www.myspace.com/badbrilliance
Tayisha Busay - www.myspace.com/tayishabusay


"Tom Tom Magazine is the portal for information about females that drum. Tom Tom’s purpose is to raise awareness about girl and women drummers from all over the world and to inspire females of all ages to drum. Tom Tom’s goal is to strengthen and build the community of otherwise fragmented female musicians and to create a network of musicians around the world. Tom Tom serves a unique purpose by catering exclusively to female drummers and providing them with important information and resources."

Featured Drummers: Allison Busch (Awesome Color, Red Dawn II), Alexandria Koehler (Vivian Girls), Frankie Madaline Rose (Crystal Stilts), LaFrae Sci (Jootzy Szaba), Marcia Hill (Antimagic), Molly Allis (Huff This), Katie Eastburn (I'm In You), Gina Marie Scardino (Ina! Ina!), Mindy Abovitz (Taigaa, More Teeth), Katy Otto (Trophy Wife, Helsinki), Andrya Ambro (Talk Normal)

Photographers: Jee Young Sim, Erin Nicole Brown, Jennifer Aschoff, Megan Hessenthaler,

Editors: Victoria Simon, Cathy Hsiao

Designer: Candice Ralph

Editor-in-Chief: Mindy Abovitz