Primal Screams

Times Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square Alliance, collaborates with contemporary artists and cultural institutions to experiment and engage with one of the world's most iconic urban places. Through the Square's electronic billboards, public plazas, vacant areas and popular venues, and the Alliance's own online landscape, Times Square Arts invites leading contemporary creators, such as Charles Gaines, Joan Jonas, Jeffrey Gibson, Pamela Council, Mel Chin and Kehinde Wiley, to help the public see Times Square in new ways. Times Square has always been a cultural district and place of risk, innovation and creativity, and the arts program ensures these qualities remain central to the district's unique identity./arts

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Clocktower Productions and Times Square Arts are pleased to present Primal Screams, a raucous night of underground bands featuring Screaming Females, Guardian Alien, and Priests, hosted in the AMC Empire 25 movie theater right in the heart of Times Square. Each defiant performance of howling, shredding, and polyrhythmic drumming is accompanied by the premiere of an eye-popping experimental video work, glowing on the theater’s monumental screen.
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Lobby opens at 7:00pm for Zine Fair + DJ Set A selection of small press, mini-comic, and DIY publications, organized by Paper Jam, with a live set by DJ Cassie Ramone (of Vivian Girls).
Seating at 7:30 pm | Show starts at 8:00 pm
Screaming Females has collaborated with video artist Faye Orlove for a mischievous animation, signature to Orlove's style while specially crafted to match the band's powerful sound. Guardian Alien's video selection includes footage of their epic trip to Antarctica, with serene long shots of blue glaciers and congregations of penguins. Priests presents a dreamy sequence of bedroom scenes, staged from props found around thrift stores in their hometown of Washington DC. 
 
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Screaming Females
Screaming Females is an American independent rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released six full length albums. The band features Marissa Paternoster on guitar and vocals, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and King Mike on bass. Their newest album, Rose Mountain - Don Giovanni 2015, is a milestone in a number of ways. Screaming Females had such a clear goal for their new album that it became almost a mantra: they wanted songs that were concise, crisp, and melodic. Not only does the album reflect a new approach to the band’s songwriting, the LP marks the first time Screaming Females have worked with an outside producer, and also marks 10 years of playing together. This ten year period has taken the band from playing basement shows in their hometown of New Brunswick to touring with the likes of Dinosaur Jr., Ted Leo, & the Pharmacists and Garbage, who teamed with Screaming Females to record a cover of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night.” They’ve been featured on NPR and performed on Last Call With Carson Daly, building an audience without losing the focus and drive that inspired them in the first place.
Guardian Alien Comprised of prolific New York experimental musicians Greg Fox and Alex Drewchin, Guardian Alien is an ever-evolving, far-reaching, avant-garde machine. With equal nods to 80s minimal No Wave and mid-2000s skronk, the duo effortlessly fuses old and new schools of musical vocabulary through their kaleidoscopic explorations, seeking to reach beyond forgone conclusions and arrive in uncharted territory, where new discoveries will be made.
Priests Priests is a 4-piece band from Washington, DC known for their electrifying live shows. They've released two tapes and a first single, "Radiation/Personal Planes". "Bodies and Control and Money and Power" is a 7-song EP co-released through their own Sister Polygon label and Don Giovanni Records. The band is currently at work on their debut full length. 
Faye Orlove is an LA based illustrator and video artist. She has made music videos for artists such as Potty Mouth and Downtown Boys.

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