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 […]
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JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort at the Bell House 11/23/13
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort The Bell House November 23, 2013 With the end of the year quickly approaching, I’ve been attempting to catch up with as much as I humanly can […]
The Floozies, Pegboard Nerds and GRiZ at Terminal 5 11/15/13
The Floozies, Pegboard Nerds and GRiZÂ Terminal 5 November 15, 2013 Over the last year or so, there has been a recent trend of several electronic dance music artists experimenting with live instrumentation and analog […]
Bad Buka at the Olde Prague 11/9/13
As I’ve mentioned in a post last month, I first stumbled onto the Astoria, NY-based Balkan folk/punk act Bad Buka when they played at Astoria Music and Arts’ music festival at the old Wonderland Collective in Astoria. And […]
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 Rally to Save 5 Pointz
With it being both Thanksgiving and Hanukah, I’ve had some much-needed time to work on some long-awaited and long overdue work related to this website. And a couple of weeks ago i was at a […]
NPR Music and KCRW’s Metropolis Launch feat. Cut Copy at Le Poisson Rouge 11/19/13
NPR Music and KCRW’s Metropolis Launch Event feat. Cut Copy Le Poisson Rouge November 19, 2013 Although I cover an astounding number of diverse shows over the course of the year, I have to admit […]
Daptone Records Super Soul Revue at Williamsburg Park feat. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Budos Band and Charles Bradley 9/19/13
Daptone Records Super Soul Revue feat. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Budos Band and Charles Bradley Wiliamsburg Park September 19, 2013 Back on an early autumnal, mid September evening, I was in the converted […]
All Nines, Prince Rupert’s Drops and Obits at the Bell House 9/21/13
All Nines, Prince Rupert’s Drops and Obits The Bell House September 21, 2013 The last couple of weeks around here have been insane as I’ve traveled some 7,000 miles back and forth from New York […]
Honky, Baroness and the Melvins at the House of Vans 7/31/13
Honky, Baroness and the Melvins House of Vans July 31, 2013 As I’ve mentioned a number of times on this site, this summer has been a very busy summer as i’ve had to balance the […]
Hearts Bleed Radio Presents: Sunset Guns, Sharkmuffin and the Planes at Fort Useless 7/13/13
This past summer has been incredibly busy – and if you add increasing responsibilities at my day job, I’ve fallen behind on some things that I really should have been on top of some time […]
Still Corners and CHVRCHES at Webster Hall 6/17/13
Still Corners and CHVRCHES Webster Hall June 17, 2013 Interestingly, the Still Corners and CHVRCHES show at Webster Hall back in June marked the end of an insane period in which over the course of […]
Northside Festival Day 3 — Netherlands, Cinema Cinema, Good for You, and Black Flag at Warsaw 6/15/13
Northside Festival Day 3 Netherlands, Cinema Cinema, Good for You and Black Flag Warsaw June 15, 2013 As you all know, this summer has been unusually busy as i’ve been handling the responsibilities of a […]
Stop Mass Incarceration Network Demonstrations for Trayon Martin and California Prison Hunger Strikers at Union Square 7/19/13
After work, I ran downtown to Union Square to catch the Stop Mass Incarceration Network’s demonstrations for Trayvon Martin and the California Prison Hunger Strikers. Shamefully, they had a much smaller showing than I anticipated […]
Make a Joyful Noise: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson at Summerstage, featuring Joshua Nelson and Della Reese 6/22/13
Make a Joyful Noise: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson featuring Joshua Nelson and Della Reese Summerstage at Rumsey Playfield June 22, 2013 As you all know, this summer has been pretty busy for me as […]