The Choke begin a cross-country tour on Thursday.Photo by “ndinneen”. So, you gonna let a little rain stop you from having fun? Everything’s indoors now, no more pool parties or any of that Summery crap. So get out there! But not on Monday… Monday Spend the evening shining your shoes, matching up your socks, polishing [...]
Atonement… and Salvation!
Marva Whitney digs deeper this SaturdayYes, it’s Yom Kippur on Monday, so in deference to our Jewish friends we beg forgiveness (or rather *I* do) for droppin’ the ball last Friday and not telling you how to live your life over the weekend… what can I say? Some hangovers are THAT bad. Speaking of bad [...]
Hey buddy, got a quarter?
Our writing staff.I’m the blue one. Yeah, we’ve all been too lazy to blog this weekend. Or busy chasing that Pac-Mac guy. We’ll get him someday. Monday If you got lazy and missed Digital Leather last Friday you get another life chance! Yes, they’re at Maxwell’s with Ty Segall and The Mantles. $8 is the [...]
Rerun week?
Wau y Los Arrrghs are back, again.Photo by Tara Ferri Now, it’s not that this week is slow or anything. Actually there’s plenty going on. It’s just that some of it seems awfully… familiar. Monday Well lookie here, a band is going to play actual garage and/or punk on a Monday! 70′s puck rockers The [...]
FALLing Rain Can’t Stop Us
Seattle’s Spits return to NYC this weekendIt may well be colder than you’ve felt since Spring and raining like a bitch, but it isn’t going to stop you from having the time of your life this weekend. Tonight’s lineup of shows has some of the toughest choices for the garage crowd I’ve seen in months, [...]
Wau what a week!
The Above (see Tuesday) at Union PoolPhoto by Christophe Lopez-Huici Monday Okay, the the official GaragePunkNYC calendar has nothin’ for Monday. However, the Almost GaragePunk calendar (which I just pulled out of my ass) has something on it. Anyway, I’m really sick of trying to come up with new ways to say “nothing’s happening”, so [...]
Labor Day & The End of Summer in New York
Phoenix’s Love Me Nots hit Hullabaloo! at Union Pool tonightOver here in America, we celebrate the end of Summer by having a holiday called “Labor Day”. It’s a bit less exciting than the marching and slogan shouting of May Day celebrated everywhere else in the world, but at least it’s a three day weekend. This [...]
That Was the Month That Was: Shimmy’s Pick
Well, I missed the Othermen/Brimstones show and it sounds like a good one… but I have to blow my own horn for once and say the show on August 8 at Lake Johnson was pretty great. First of all, if you haven’t been there, Lake Johnson is a weird space with bedrooms, a stage, and [...]
That Was The Month That Was: Marcus’s Pick
The Brimstones @ Otto’sPhoto by Christophe Lopez-Huici In a month of raucous shows, the single craziest had to be the Midnight Monster Hop last Saturday at Otto’s Shrunken Head. The back room of Otto’s is neither spacious nor well ventilated, and the place was packed by the time The Othermen took the stage. The combination [...]
