About The New York Times

Rory Store and Rebecca Roulette began writing songs on the couch in late 2004, while in withdrawal from past projects, The Stores and The Roulettes. They enlisted the help of every drum-inclined person they knew. Seven drummers later, enter Tom Stephens. Rory and Tom met at a CMJ party as both lunged for the last can of free Red Stripe floating in a bucket of melting ice. After squatting semi-illegally in the perfect practice space, New York Times found themselves and their equipment without a place to call home, shuffling from one dive to another. But when you're paying for under-ventilated rehearsal spaces, you develop a keen work ethic. The sounds of New York Times began to coalesce. They recorded a demo with Major Matt Mason of Olive Juice, which only made them hungrier. All they needed was a bass player. With fingers firmly crossed, they approached their bass-player-artist-friend extraordinaire, Tara McPherson. New York Times have since played at venues such as Union Pool, Glasslands, Cakeshop, Pianos, Sin-e, and the Tank, and have performed with author Jonathan Lethem as The Night Time. In summer, 2007, the band met at The Fort in Brooklyn to record an EP with little to no air conditioning and even less time. Engineer Jim Bentley worked patiently, aided by block parties and ice cream trucks, as did Jon Cohrs of Spleenless Mastering, aided by a wall of antique clocks, vaulted ceilings, and a view of Manhattan. From their Sonicbid Bio: http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=82527