BE YOUR OWN PET performed last night as part of the Nylon Music Tour. The magazine did an excellent job promoting the show because it appeared as though 95% of the attendees had taken all their fashion sense straight from the mag except for the weirdly goth people (SHE WANTS REVENGE fans perhaps?) The crowd just didn’t seem to be the right fit for Be Your Own Pet sans the handful of fans in front of the stage. The played well, but seemed a little bit disinterested to be playing last night.

A couple pictures i snapped at the show before being forced to check my camera by Irving Plaza security can be seen below. (more…)

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BE YOUR OWN PET are living true to their new album title Get Awkward with their performance at Mercury Lounge Wednesday night.

Near the end of the set, Jemima went on a rant about her badassedness. Saying how she’s been kicked out of Nashville bars because of he mean steak. She asked the crowd if they wanted to fight. People shouted as this random guy (at at least twice her size) got on stage. There was witty banter that no one in the audience (except maybe the front row) could hear, but it was pretty obvious Jemima didn’t hear what the dude was saying to her.

The slap came after the guy leaned over to her to (at least on the opinion of myself and people I was with) say something in her ear. I guess she thought he was trying to kiss her or something. After the dude was slapped he took a few steps back and paused for a bit, probably in shock or wonder as to why he got slapped.

Then it got awkward…

The dude walked over to Jemima and tried to give her the “it’s cool” appology hug/dry hump/take the mic or something that was clearly going to be mis-interpreted. Jemima shoved him right as his hands got near her. In in an effort to protect their bandmate, the 3 men IN THE BAND instantly jumped toward the man to get him away from Jemima. Loverboy was pushed back and fell into the drumkit effectively pissing off the drummer. After about 10-20 seconds of awkwardness (which seemed like minutes). Loverboy got up and slumped off stage leaving the rest of the band to play their next song. It was more awkward than a “badass punk rock chick” moment going down and probably the fault of both parties.

Moral of the Story: Don’t be on stage unless you are in the band…and don’t be a crowd douche.

But last night Be Your Own Pet stopped by our local stomping ground at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, with our friends The King Left supporting. The King Left started the night off with their post-punk-dance jam “The Storm in a Teacup” which immediately electrified the room. Other highlights included the clap along jam “We All Fall Down” and the phaser in “Brant”. (People actually demanded more phaser!) (more…)

The Arctic Monkeys (seen above with the now-jettisoned fat bassist of yesteryear) are heading back state side (and, incidentally playing in the background as I type this through our office stereo) and they’re bringing along Be Your Own Pet for the ride. Check out the full listing of tour dates and a couple videos after the jump:

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