Friday, May 28, 2010
Tonight: Raccoon Fighter & Radio America @ Don Hill's; Fiasco & So So Glos; Jello Biafra
Quite a night we've got here folks.
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Cerebral Ballzy "Insufficient Fare" (Video)
I've been slacking on updates lately but here's something rad I didn't want to sit on for too long. Our homies, Cerebral Ballzy, recently released a video for "Insufficient Fare."
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Hank & Cupcakes Playing Beyond Race Mag Benefit
Beyond Race Magazine is hurtin' and Hank & Cupcakes are coming to the rescue. The band is playing a benefit show at Mercury Lounge on June 1st to help raise money for the mag. They even created this sexy video to help promote. Is it NSFW? Eh, depends where you work. There's some boob action but no nip or porn or anything like that (man, I managed to work in NSFW, boob, nip, sexy and porn in there. The search engines are sending a lot of traffic my way today!).
If you're back in town by the first you should check out the show. I'm not sure if any other bands or playing yet or not.
If you're back in town by the first you should check out the show. I'm not sure if any other bands or playing yet or not.
Regina Spektor Playing The White House
On Thursday May 27th, Sire / Warner Bros. Recording artist Regina Spektor will perform at The White House for the first ever White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.
Spektor is thrilled to join President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the range and depth of the Jewish American heritage and contributions to American culture.
"Having moved to America from Soviet Russia as a child with my family, we dreamed of reconnecting with our religious traditions and of making America our home" says Spektor. "Having lived here for over twenty years, it is an unimaginable honor to be invited to the White House by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, to an event celebrating Jewish Americans, and to be counted among them. Nothing in the world could make us feel more accepted and at home!"
The celebration will take place in The White House with guests representing the many walks of life that have helped weave the fabric of American history. Invitees include a range of community leaders and prominent Jewish Americans from Olympians and professional athletes to members of Congress, business leaders, authors and military veterans.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tonight: Municipal Waste, Gunfight, Hank & Cupcakes, Sigmund Droid, Cerebral Ballzy, Ninjasonik, NY Dolls, Raccoon Fighter & More!
I usually put a bunch of flyers up when I list events but there's just way too much good shit tonight.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tonight: KnifeFight @ 171 Lombardy; Das Racist @ 8 Bond; Big Freedia @ Coco66
Tonight is fucking crazy! I wanna hit all of these up but since I gotta choose you'll find me at KnifeFight tonight.
w/ DirtyFinger, Roofeeo, Murdertronics + more
Das Racist
w/ Anton Glamb, Prince Terrence, Hiro Tha Jap, Nick Hook + more
@ 8 Bond Street
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Beach Fossils Played Brooklyn Bowl 5/13
Kate checked out one of The Deli mag shows at Brooklyn Bowl last week...
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Thursday night I checked out deli fest at brooklyn bowl. Deli magazine was founded by Paolo Degregorio 5 years ago and focuses on local nyc bands. You can also find issues in various cities such as LA, Nashville, Chicago, SF, New England, Portland, Philly and Austin.
I arrived at brooklyn bowl just as Mon Khmer played their final two songs. The last song kind of reminded me of an Alberta Cross song "Taking Control." I was super bummed that I missed these guys.
Midnight Masses was up next. I was expecting a little more from them overall. There was a lot going on at once up there so I wasn't sure where to direct my attention. There was some chick playing the tambourine with a guitar strapped to her back, I felt it was a little unnecessary. The lead singer was banging the hell out of a drum, I don't know, it was just a little too much. I guess their sound wasn't very cohesive. But, they had really good voices. I feel like maybe if they ditched some instruments their voices wouldn't be over-powered by sound.
Beach Fossils played last. These guys were so good. I feel like a lot of the bands that I've seen lately have had a 60s surf sound to them. They reminded me a little of The Drums. These kids had everyone dancing (Yeah I danced a little at brooklyn bowl, get over it). These guys rocked and I can't wait to hear more from them. Oh yeah, immediately following their performance was ?uestlove DJ'ing, double score!
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Thursday night I checked out deli fest at brooklyn bowl. Deli magazine was founded by Paolo Degregorio 5 years ago and focuses on local nyc bands. You can also find issues in various cities such as LA, Nashville, Chicago, SF, New England, Portland, Philly and Austin.
I arrived at brooklyn bowl just as Mon Khmer played their final two songs. The last song kind of reminded me of an Alberta Cross song "Taking Control." I was super bummed that I missed these guys.
Midnight Masses was up next. I was expecting a little more from them overall. There was a lot going on at once up there so I wasn't sure where to direct my attention. There was some chick playing the tambourine with a guitar strapped to her back, I felt it was a little unnecessary. The lead singer was banging the hell out of a drum, I don't know, it was just a little too much. I guess their sound wasn't very cohesive. But, they had really good voices. I feel like maybe if they ditched some instruments their voices wouldn't be over-powered by sound.
Beach Fossils played last. These guys were so good. I feel like a lot of the bands that I've seen lately have had a 60s surf sound to them. They reminded me a little of The Drums. These kids had everyone dancing (Yeah I danced a little at brooklyn bowl, get over it). These guys rocked and I can't wait to hear more from them. Oh yeah, immediately following their performance was ?uestlove DJ'ing, double score!
RIP Ronnie James Dio
Dio w/ Ronnie Dio & The Prophets
Dio w/ ELF
Dio w/ Rainbow
Dio w/ Black Sabbath
DIO
Dio & Lemmy Interview
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Tonight: Midnight Till Death @ Don Pedro's; Night Vision @ The Cove
KILL SHOP'S DANCE SERIES CONTINUES WITH...
NIGHT VISION V
twitter.com/nightvisionbk
HOSTED BY
LAUREN DILARD &
VANESSA DIAZ
(3D electro madness! )
with DJ's...
PUMPKIN PATCH twitter.com/djpumpkinpatch
&
SKINNY FRIEDMAN twitter.com/skinny412
(YOUNG ROBOTS) www.youngrobots.com
PhotOs by DR.PHOTOG
FRIDAY MAY. 14TH, 2010
106 N6TH @ THE COVE 10 - 4
PURE ‹ DANCE ‹ GOLD
NIGHT VISION V
twitter.com/nightvisionbk
HOSTED BY
LAUREN DILARD &
VANESSA DIAZ
(3D electro madness! )
with DJ's...
PUMPKIN PATCH twitter.com/djpumpkinpatch
&
SKINNY FRIEDMAN twitter.com/skinny412
(YOUNG ROBOTS) www.youngrobots.com
PhotOs by DR.PHOTOG
FRIDAY MAY. 14TH, 2010
106 N6TH @ THE COVE 10 - 4
PURE ‹ DANCE ‹ GOLD
Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now Played Mercury Lounge 5/12
On Wednesday night I headed to Mercury Lounge to check out Eddie Argos' new band, EWITFRN (that's way easier). Eddie is the front man for Art Brut and being a fan I was pretty interested to hear the new stuff. I hadn't yet listened to anything from the band so I went in with a blank slate not knowing what to expect.
I got to the show a little bit early and caught about half of Murder Mystery's set. To be honest I just did not dig these cats. The chick singer had a good rapport with the crowd, which was rather large, but the music just wasn't doing it for me.
While they were on Eddie and his bandmates were hanging in the back chatting with some fans. Eddie Argos is a very tall man, I was not expecting that at all. Once MM cleared off French Resistance headed backstage for a few and then took the stage.
They attempted to make a grand entrance with the French national anthem playing but the sampler crapped out and the chick in the band had to run on stage to fix it. It was a comical start to a very comical set. Once the band made their not so grand entrance Eddie started explaining the concept of the band. As he pointed out it was a concept band after all.
Apparently, all of their songs are reactions, replies and rebuttals to other songs. For example they played a tune called "Billie's Genes," which is about how Eddie is the love child of Michael Jackson and Billie Jean. It was hysterical and not a bad jam either.
Overall the tunes were way more dancey than I was expecting based on Art Brut's stuff but the humor was there ten-fold. Eddie Argos is undoubtedly the funniest and most charismatic front man in rock. This makes any band he's in an instant hit. Despite the fact that he can't, nor even bothers to attempt, to actually sing. He doesn't need to and it doesn't matter at all. The crowd loves this dude and for good reason. The music was good, the lyrics were great but the between song banter was by far the best part. Vive le Eddie Argos! Vive le France!
I got to the show a little bit early and caught about half of Murder Mystery's set. To be honest I just did not dig these cats. The chick singer had a good rapport with the crowd, which was rather large, but the music just wasn't doing it for me.
While they were on Eddie and his bandmates were hanging in the back chatting with some fans. Eddie Argos is a very tall man, I was not expecting that at all. Once MM cleared off French Resistance headed backstage for a few and then took the stage.
Apparently, all of their songs are reactions, replies and rebuttals to other songs. For example they played a tune called "Billie's Genes," which is about how Eddie is the love child of Michael Jackson and Billie Jean. It was hysterical and not a bad jam either.
Overall the tunes were way more dancey than I was expecting based on Art Brut's stuff but the humor was there ten-fold. Eddie Argos is undoubtedly the funniest and most charismatic front man in rock. This makes any band he's in an instant hit. Despite the fact that he can't, nor even bothers to attempt, to actually sing. He doesn't need to and it doesn't matter at all. The crowd loves this dude and for good reason. The music was good, the lyrics were great but the between song banter was by far the best part. Vive le Eddie Argos! Vive le France!
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tonight: Buzzcocks
Tonight I'm going to see the Buzzcocks play their first two legendary albums in their entirety at Irving Plaza! I'm pretty stoked to check this out. The last time I saw them was way back in 2006 at the Warsaw. They were pretty damn amazing and hopefully they still got it!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tonight: Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now @ Mercury Lounge
Eddie Argos (Art Brut) has his new(ish) band in town for a show at the Mercury Lounge. I haven't actually given them a spin so I'm not 100% sure what to expect but Eddie knows how to have fun so it'll be good times, I'm sure.
Murder Mystery - 9:30
Blackbells - 8:30
Phil & the Osophers -7:30
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