The Brooklyn-based septet of Butcher Knives are a self-proclaimed “gyspybilly” band with a rather diverse array of influences such as Mano Negra, the Clash, Johnny Cash, Gogol Bordello, Bob Marley, bluegrass, flamenco, Eastern European folk, rockabilly and […]
Tag: Lower East Side/L.E.S.
Rebelmatic at R Bar 11/27/13
A friend who I had met at the Brooklyn Wildlife Festival in September invited me to catch a similar event at R Bar, the Posh Mosh featuring several local bands including Rebelmatic, a punk band […]
Raccoon Fighter at Cake Shop 10/4/13
Raccoon Fighter Cake Shop October 4 2013 About 72 hours before I got on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt am Main, Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair, I was at Cake Shop to catch the […]
The Vim Dicta at Piano’s 6/24/13
As you can imagine, I’m still catching up on tons of posts and photos from a very busy summer worth of concerts and festivals across the best city for live music in the entire country, […]
New Music Seminar Festival Day 3: Twin Wave and the Grizzled Mighty at Piano’s and Xenia Rubinos and Bury Me a Lion at the Delancey 6/11/13
New Music Seminar Festival Day 3: Twin Wave and the Grizzled Mighty at Piano’s and Xenia Rubinos and Bury Me a Lion at the Delancey June 11 2013 Tuesday, the 11th marked the third and […]
The New Music Seminar Festival NY Day 2 — Hess is More, AVAN LAVA, the Pearl and the Beard, and the Drums at Webster Hall 6/10/13 and Chateau Marmont at Piano’s 6/10/13
The New Music Seminar Festival Day 2 – Hess is More, AVAN LAVA, the Pearl and the Beard and the Drums Webster Hall June 10, 2013 I was back at Webster Hall for the second […]
I caught the Los Angeles, CA-based trio the Vim Dicta at Piano’s on Monday night, and from this live footage that I shot, their sound owes a debt to Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and the like […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
Michael-Louis Smith at DROM 6/4/13
Michael-Louis Smith DROM June 4, 2013 Guitarist, Michael-Louis Smith, along with his backing band of Diallo House (bass), Stacy Dillard (tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone), Ismail Lawal (drums) with the addition of Victor Gould (piano) […]
So we’re changing things up a little bit tonight. Last night, I was at Arlene’s Grocery to catch the latest incarnation of Roi and the Secret People– long story short, there had been a lineup […]
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Occasionally, the old New York that i once loved is hidden below the surface of new developments and chain stores – and it’s still beautiful and extremely weird but it seems to be disappearing before […]
Leaves of Green and House of Blondes at Piano’s 4/12/13
So last Friday I was at Piano’s to catch Leaves of Green and House of Blondes at Piano’s. Check out some photos from the show: Leaves of Green House of Blondes For these photos and […]
Kamara Thomas and the Ghost Gamblers and Gangstagrass at Mercury Lounge 3/30/13
Kamara Thomas and the Ghost Gamblers and Gangstagrass Mercury Lounge March 30, 2013 A couple of weeks ago I managed to be at the Mercury Lounge for the early set, Kamara Thomas and the Ghost […]
House of Blonde’s 2012 release, Clean Cuts was co-number 5 on this site’s Best of List for 2012. I got some footage that I shot of House of Blondes performing “Shadows,” the album’s opening track, and one […]