Surrender The Spirit and Surf Rock Is Dead Piano’s January 29, 2015 Over the last few years, I haven’t frequented Piano’s as much as I once did. As it has turned out, a lot of […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I went on a date (a rare date these days, it seems) with a lovely young woman that I had met while covering the Your Skull My Closet/Radkey show at […]
Twintapes at Piano’s 2/19/14
Last Thursday was a pretty typical night for me in some respects – I first stopped at Rockwood Music Hall to catch a very dear friend of this site, Nicola play an acoustic set and […]
I caught the Brooklyn-based trio Sharkmuffin during a hot summer night at Fort Useless, and was impressive by their energy – at one point, their lead vocalist was standing on her amplifier and wandering around […]
Although their first full-length effort was released in 2007, the Brooklyn-based trio of House of Blondes had only begun playing live shows together in 2012. in fact, I caught about half of the band’s second […]
Juniore is a French electro pop band fronted by vocalist Anna Jean, and their first single “Dans Le Noir” was a seductive, smoky song that immediately evoke the mod 60s – and quite possibly, a […]
As the story goes, lead vocalist and guitarist of Mainland, Jordan Topf scraped together enough money to buy a band and set out on a cross country tour with this bandmates after the sudden death […]
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 […]
The Melbourne, Australia-based singer/songwriter Helen Croome writes, records and performs under the moniker of Gossling. Bloggers, industry folks, and others across the States have been buzzing since the release of her latest single “Never Expire” […]
Jeffery Drag Records released Bad Cop’s latest EP, The Light On earlier back on July 23rd. Produced by Cage the Elephant’s Brad Schultz, the album has 5 songs which sound frantic and impatient. On the vinyl version […]
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 […]
Originally from South Jersey, the trio of Raccoon Fighter has done what countless bands have recently done over the last couple of years – move into Brooklyn and quietly began making a name for themselves […]
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 […]
I caught the extremely young, Los Angeles, CA-based trio of the Vim Dicta at a relatively early set at Piano’s on Monday night and I was impressed – they play with a confidence and assuredness […]