Dancefloor Democracy Video Release!

Come on out and party like an Ape on Saturday October 13th as we unleash our new single and music video, Dancefloor Democracy. We’ve been workin’ the knobs on this one all summer and we’re very excited to finally share it with you- so put your politics aside for the night and get down on the dancefloor at Rockwood Music Hall- where all primates are created equal!

We’ll be showing the video at 11:30pm, right before our set.

Saturday October 13th
11:30PM
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
FREE admission and a FREE download card with admission
21+

August 31st at SULLIVAN HALL with BLUE FOOD and KIWI

The Great Apes will be making their way to Sullivan Hall on Friday August 31st to open for fellow funksmen Blue Food at their album release party! The show starts starts at 9:30pm. See you there!

The Great Apes
w/Blue Food and Kiwi
Sullivan Hall
August 31, 2012 9:30pm
18+, $10

 

The Great Apes in The Battle of the Boroughs: Watch LIVE and VOTE!!!

Check out The Great Apes tonight at WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs!

The show is streaming live starting at 7:00 PM EDT here:
http://new.livestream.com/thegreenespace/ultimatebattle

Watch the performance, and VOTE FOR US to win the Battle by
1. Texting “QN” to 69866
2. Going to www.thegreenespace.org, follow the directions and vote for The Great Apes!
3. Tell all your friends to do the same thing!

Thanks for your support!

 

The 6th Annual Williamsburgers and Wieners Block Party- Make Music NY

We’ll be playing a FREE BBQ in Williamsburg as Part of MMNY on Thursday June 21st.

The whole day will feature great bands, burgers and beer, from 4pm to 10pm. We play around 830pm

Check out more info at

The Sixth Annual MMNY Williamsburgers & Wieners BBQ Block Party

See you there!

The Great Apes play the NEW MUSIC SEMINAR: NY 2012!

The Apes have been invited to play the NMS:NY 2012 music festival!

We’ll be playing at The Cake Shop as part of a showcase show with some other great NYC bands.

Here’s the details:
The Great Apes
NMS: New York 2012 Showcase
The Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St.
8:50pm
$5, 21+

For more info, visit the Facebook event page.

See all you Apes there!

 

DAMN DIRTY- The Great Apes debut EP is available for your listening pleasure.

The Great Apes EP Release show- MAY 11, 2012

The Great Apes are releasing their debut EP – DAMN DIRTY, on May 11, 2012!

To celebrate, we’re throwing the first DAMN DIRTY DANCE PARTY that evening!

 

Please come out and take part in a real, old-school dance party- the kind that NYC’s been missing for decades.

May 11, 2012
Doors: 9:30pm
Show at 10pm
Studio BPM
237 Kent Ave. Brooklyn NY
$10
Free Copy of the EP!

See you there!

 

Apes WIN the Battle of the Boroughs: Queens. On to the next round…

The Great Apes have won WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs: Queens! Thank you all for your votes and support.

NOW- onto the Ultimate Battle, where we face off against the winners from the other boroughs. If you want to be at the party, buy your tickets NOW!

The Great Apes play The Battle of the Boroughs: Ultimate Battle
Friday, June 29th at 7:00 PM
The Greene Space
44 Charlton St. New York, NY

Tickets are available here.

We’ll see all you Apes at the show!

Help the Apes make the Final Battle!

We’re very excited to announce that The Great Apes have made it to the 2nd round of voting in WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs: Queens! We need YOUR HELP to get to the next round- Please VOTE FOR US to win the battle!

Here’s how:

1. Text QN1 to 69866
2. Vote for ‘The Great Apes’ RIGHT HERE
3. Spread the word and tell your people to do steps 1 & 2!

We can’t wait to play again in the Final Battle against the other Boroughs and show em how we do it in Queens. Please help us get there!

EP Preview

The Apes are excited to announce that their new Live EP is almost finished! If you can’t wait for the full release in April/May, check out the lead single: Bones. The footage is from the EP Recording Party at Studio BPM last December.

BONES!