A couple of weeks ago, the lovely young woman behind the blog Rocker Stalker had a belated birthday show featuring a number of bands including the Bronx and Spanish Harlem-based trio the Tye Trybe, NYC-based […]
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Fucked Up Gives 285 Kent a Raucous Salute, by Kate Spalla
Despite the almost 20,000,000 people who reside in the New York Metropolitan area, the music scene is incredibly small. A few weeks ago, a friend, who I had met at a show invited me to […]
Communion at Rockwood Music Hall 1/7/14 featuring Carrie Ashley Hill, Michael Kiwanuka, and Anna Rose
Communion feating Carrie Ashley Hill, Michael Kiwanuka and Anna Rose Rockwood Music Hall January 7, 2014 Communion hosts a monthly series a of live music nights in a number of venues across both the States and […]
House of Blondes and Psychic TV at Brooklyn Night Bazaar 12/27/13
Last Friday, I was at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar to catch Brooklyn-based electronica act House of Blondes and the legendary Psychic TV. Check out some photos from a great night of music, below. House of […]
Mecca Lecca Records Holiday Party at Spike Hill 12/19/13
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to Mecca Lecca Records’ Holiday Party at Spike Hill, and admittedly it was one of the stranger holiday parties/holiday jams i had been at in some time […]
GaragePunkNYC Presents Winter Shredder featuring Cheap Sneakers, Nancy, Dirty Fences, and White Mystery at Don Pedro’s 12/13/13
The folks at GaragePunkNYC had what they called their Winter Shredder at Don Pedro’s featuring the likes of Cheap Sneakers, Nancy, Dirty Fences, and the incredible Chicago, IL-based sibling duo of White Mystery (who were […]
Butcher Knives at Piano’s 12/21/13
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 […]
Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Brooklyn Bowl 12/22/13
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Brooklyn Bowl December 22, 2013 Sunday night, I caught the legendary jazz institution, Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Brooklyn Bowl. Lead by Ben Jaffe, son of the band’s original founder and […]
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 […]
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 GRiZ 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 […]
Gold Magnolias and Rebirth Brass Band at Brooklyn Bowl 7/29/13
As you can imagine, things can get extremely busy around here; so busy that things sadly fall into the cracks here and there. But back in the summer, I managed to catch the legendary Rebirth […]
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 […]
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 […]