The debut of Rob Salzer & Friends was unceremoniously postponed this past Saturday when Crash Mansion, the Lower East Side haunt tabbed to host the event was forced to lock its doors after a Friday night raid by the local authorities. While it would be fun to claim the venue's difficulties stemmed from calling U-Melt's guitarist "Ray Salzer," it more than likely stems from their reported difficulties with minors getting hold of alcoholic beverages while within the premises. As of now, the date has not been rescheduled.

In other U-Melt news, the band has teamed up with livedownloads.com to create U-Tunes -pristine soundboard recordings of select shows available for, as the name would suggest, download. For the first shows, U-Melt has selected their two March performances from New York City's Sullivan Hall, the second of which consisted of a musical palindrome that needs to be heard to be completely understood. The cost of the mp3s is in line with iTunes pricing model with the FLAC version costing slightly more.

For New Yorkers who like their U-Melt live and on stage, they will be returning to the scene of their triumphant New Year's Eve gig, the HighLine Ballroom, on October 3rd.



Photo by Jeremy Gordon.

Labels: U-Melt