{"id":18775,"date":"2015-11-26T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:37:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T21:37:45","slug":"brooklyn-rock-lottery-6-announces-first-10-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=18775","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Rock Lottery 6 announces first 10 participants"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the\u00a06th anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0Brooklyn Rock Lottery\u00a0on\u00a0December 12th\u00a0at\u00a0Knitting Factory.\u00a0Rock Lottery<\/a>‘s premise is the same as years past; twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at Knitting Factory. These volunteer participants are organized into five groups through a lottery-based chance selection. The five separate groups are then released to practice at different locations throughout the\u00a0neighborhood. The musicians have twelve hours to create a band name and three to five songs (with a one\u00a0cover-song limit). The groups will then perform what they have created that evening in front of a waiting audience.<\/p>\n

This year’s participants\u00a0feature\u00a0Members of The Hold Steady, Guided By Voices, Swans,\u00a0Autre\u00a0Ne\u00a0Veut, Unlocking The Truth, Moon Hooch, Tokyo Police Club, Weeknight, The Rapture, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.<\/p>\n

All proceeds from Rock Lottery go to a local charity\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>this year proceeds from Brooklyn Rock Lottery 6 will be donated to\u00a0Daniel’s Music\u00a0Foundation<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0a non profit organization that provides recreational music programs to individuals with developmental and physical disabilities, ages three to adult in the NYC area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous Brooklyn Rock Lottery participants have included members from\u00a0Antibalas<\/span>, Antony & The Johnsons,\u00a0Asobi<\/span>\u00a0Seksu<\/span>, Au Revoir Simone,\u00a0Awkwafina<\/span>, Bear In Heaven,\u00a0Buke<\/span>\u00a0&\u00a0Gass<\/span>, Cave In, Caveman, Cheeseburger, The Dap-Kings, DARKSIDE,\u00a0Deerhoof<\/span>, Delicate Steve, The Dismemberment Plan, Dresden Dolls, Drive Like Jehu,\u00a0Fela<\/span><\/span>! The Musical, Freelance Whales, Gomez, Hospitality, Javelin, Les\u00a0Savy<\/span>\u00a0Fav<\/span>, Liam Finn, Light Asylum, Liturgy, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, M83, The Make-Up, My Morning Jacket, NAAM, North Highlands, Northern State,\u00a0Oberhofer<\/span>, Oneida, Parquet Courts, Parts & Labor,\u00a0Peelander<\/span>-Z, Porcelain Raft, Psychedelic Furs, Quicksand, Ra\u00a0Ra<\/span>\u00a0Riot, Rainer Maria, Small Black, St. Lucia, Suckers, TEEN, VHS or Beta, Violent Femmes, White Rabbits, Yeah\u00a0Yeah<\/span>\u00a0Yeahs<\/span>\u00a0and YUCK…among many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the\u00a06th anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0Brooklyn Rock Lottery\u00a0on\u00a0December 12th\u00a0at\u00a0Knitting Factory.\u00a0Rock Lottery‘s premise is the same as years past; twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at Knitting Factory. 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