Growing up in New York City's Soho area, the daughter of a painter and fashion designer, Alison Tara was raised on a diet of electronic music from the likes of Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and Terry Riley. Trained in classical piano, voice, music theory, ear training & flute at the Manhattan School Of Music for 14 years, Alison then left for college in California in the 90’s, where she quickly fell into the budding rave scene, especially the Wicked Crew's legendary beach and full moon parties. The next logical step was to purchase a mixer and a pair of SL1200's, followed quickly by a second-hand Juno 60 and a copy of Logic. Moving back to NYC, Alison began to establish her reputation as a DJ to watch on New York City’s local club circuit, playing alongside such legends as Todd Terry and the Detroit Grand Pubahs. With a manager from Ministry of Sound, she played some very special underground Ministry of Sound parties in NY, and went on to play abroad, as far as Japan. Meanwhile, Alison became the Dance Music Buyer and Manager at taste-making vinyl shop Turntable Lab for ten years. Starting her Dirty Trick Record label was the next natural step for her as she continues to take her profile to the next level. Dirty Trick has been getting support from the likes of Fred Everything, Dj Heather, Diz, and Justin Long. Having released her own original production with a remix by Brennan Green on her debut Dirty Trick release, Alison went on to drop Marko Militano’s classic “Turning Leaves,” and is now releasing Trademarq’s “Fort Dodge,” as a joint release with Bananza Records- with a remix by herself, as well as Lil’ Mark and Tanner Ross.

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Monk Tamony was born instantly over drinks in a downtown Lower East Side bar. After realizing he'd been writing songs for a band that didn't exist,  TJ Rosenthal (vocals, guitar)walked the new material over to long time friend Joe Zdaa (drums, vocals). Who then played the demo tracks while bartending at a popular underground hotspot in late 2015.  Days later, rehearsals were officially underway.

The bands' name is an ode to the various colorful characters who roamed the seedy streets downtown around the turn of the twentieth century.  And, their sound is an amalgamation of the band's biggest influences from the British invasion to classic soul and punk which has fast earned them attention for their exciting live shows.

The duo released their self titled debut EP in the summer of 2016. Their single "Leaders" was voted Q Magazine track of the day and landed on the Last Shadow Puppets personal Spotify playlist. 

In addition to live stints throughout various regions of the US in 2017, the band enjoyed festival stops in 2017 at both SXSW in Austin and the Desert Stars Festival in Pioneertown, Ca. The first single off of the duo's upcoming LP, THE GOOD SIDE was released in late January of 2018.  It quickly saw heavy rotation on college radio stations throughout the US.  The LP and single were produced by Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes. The official date for the group's pending LP is TBA and they can be seen touring through the US throughout the summer with Highly Suspect.

simpleshapes is a three piece band based in Brooklyn and headed by former erosamore, lotus, and factoryradio songstress Taylor Fleming. With over 200 songs in her pocket (more than 100 of them remembered), Taylor is prolific as well as ok at memorizing her own songs. She met violist Tim Anderson in November 2010 playing Patsy Cline on the subway, and simpleshapes was born. Soon after, Taylor recruited her erosamore buddy, and long time collaborator Peter Petropoulos on guitar, and her chihuahua Oliver on backing vocals. 

In conclusion, simpleshapes is your new favorite band.

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