Hey, I am back. And I went to go see some new friends play at the Knitting Factory at ‘Baker Falls’…. I thought that meant it was somewhere in the Hudson Valley or something but was really pleased to find out it was only steps from Tompkins so I didn’t really give up much in […]
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Both celestial and angular, Philadephia’s answer to the worldwide post-punk phenomenon are a literal house-ful of musicians, collectively known as Blood. The six-piece, Austin turned Philly-project descended upon New York City for two shows in April and immediately peaked my interest and got me stoked for the current sounds of the Northeast megalopolis. After catching […]
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A- Ok Sid, a couple questions if you don’t mind- Why, after living in so many cities with large cultural footprints did you choose Brooklyn, NY, as your base? Sid- Basically, my parents moved outside the city- suburbs or whatever, and the idea of NYC sounded amazing to me from about age 13, traveling down […]
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Atlanta’s answer to dreamy-pop rock offers an experimental garage-y edge and other surprising elements from their new music all showcased brilliantly at their Mercury Lounge set this past week. Dinner Time first were on my radar my freshman year of college at Belmont, in Nashville, probably due to the combo of non-stop house shows and […]
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PIGSx7 close off their American-tour with a packed house at the Mercury Lounge in NYC, April 4th. Bringing their doom-infused, trance-inducing fervour from Newcastle all the way to the Lower East Side, they annihilated any expectation of what a 6pm-gig should look or feel like. Opening the show was locals, White Hills, who immediately launched […]
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