Tag: Piano’s

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 […]

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 […]

Brooklyn-based trio Dead Stars sound has been compared to 90s stalwarts such as Dinosaur, Jr., Sonic Youth, Pavement, and the Foo Fighters – after all, we’re talking about scuzzy power chords fed through layers of […]

“Waste Away,” is the first single off Brooklyn trio Dead Stars’ forthcoming EP, High Gain, which will be released on June 4th through Uninhabitable Mansions Records, and the track sonically should probably remind you of 90s […]

The Athens, GA-based PacificUV’s newest effort, After the Dream You Are Awake will officially drop on May 14th through Mazarine Records. “Russians” is the second single from the new effort, and it’s a throbbing, undulating bit of […]

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 […]

Brooklyn-based quintet Midnight Spin, just recently released their debut full-length effort, Don’t Let Me Sleep and with the release of the album’s second single, “Conchis Bliss,” the band announced a six week national tour to support the […]

VYIE at Piano’s 2/14/13

I was at Piano’s when I caught electronic act VYIE perform the material off their impressive debut effort, Nightingale – an album which will see a February 19th release through Post Echo Records. I was there and […]

Hailing from Tel Aviv, the duo of Hank and Cupcakes consist of powerhouse vocalist/drummer Cupcakes and bassist/pedal board magician Hank.  Named in reference to Charles “Hank” Bukowski and one of his real-life lovers “Cupcakes,” the […]

Yours Tru,ly has developed quite a reputation for exceptional and beautifully shot live videos – Caveman’s “Great Life” is a particular favorite of mine. Indie rock and blogopshere darlings Ava Luna shot this beautiful version […]

New York-based psych rock trio, Heaven are in the middle of a November residency at Piano’s, as they’re finishing up their full-length debut, which will drop sometime in 2013. “Mountains Move” is the band’s latest […]