[PHOTOS] Built To Spill And Zola Jesus Play An Intimate Mystery Concert

September 7th, 2012 by Zach Sokol and George Brooks

Photo by George Brooks.

Last night’s Mystery Show included acts Built to Spill and Zola Jesus in the intimate Le Poisson Rouge. Although the venue was not packed, the NYU students who attended surged the space with energy, creating an atmosphere that felt ten times more electric.

This year’s Mystery Show acts – Zola Jesus and Built to Spill – were not as buzzy as the festival-friendly Flying Lotus or Gang Gang Dance (who released an LP, Eye Contact, a few months before the 2011 Program Board event), but the whole affair was a gathering of cult followers.  Read more…


Mystery Show Lineup Revealed! Built to Spill and Zola Jesus to Perform TONIGHT

September 6th, 2012 by Zach Sokol


In case our hints on Tuesday were not enough, the lineup can officially be revealed for the 2012 NYU Mystery Concert. Indie darlings Built to Spill and Zola Jesus will both be at Le Poisson Rouge tonight! The door is at 7pm, and entrance is free for students with NYU IDs.

Built to Spill is known for classic albums “Perfect From Now On” and “Keep It Like a Secret,” with a style in the same vain of early Modest Mouse. Zola Jesus is a little more out there – a signee to the Brooklyn label Sacred Bones and collaborator with acts such as M83.

Like all Mystery Shows, expect a large audience, good acoustics, and a banging time. See you tonight!