This past Friday, The Original Sins made a rare appearance at Ottos Shrunken Head for its monthly Real Gone! party. Having cut his teeth in Bethlehem, PA’s Creatures of the Golden Dawn, John (JT) Terlesky delivered a stellar set of garage, pop, and psych tunes covering just a fraction of his wide catalog. Supporting him [...]
Cavestomp! w/Electric Mess, M.O.T.O., Light Bulb Alley, Bamboo Kids, Mess Around, Shaw Nuff, Chris Such & the Savages@Parkside Lounge 5/11 & 5/12
After closing off a successful multi-year run five years ago with the first appearance of The Sonics in NYC, Cavestomp! returned this past weekend to a venue much closer in spirit to where the original Cavestomp! series began over 28 years ago. Rebooted as a multi-day garage music festival in 1997 by promoter and former [...]
NORTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY @ THE BELL HOUSE NOVEMBER 10-13, 2011
Well, it took long enough, but here are my sampling of pix from the Norton Inasne-a-thon this past weekend. In order to save folks from slogging through acts they aren’t interested in (and to save the GPNYC servers) I’ll post links at the bottom of this post to direct you to more. Unfortunately, due to [...]
JACKIE & CEDRICS – NORTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY @ THE BELL HOUSE NOVEMBER 11, 2011
The NYC Garage photo crew doesn’t hold  back when it comes to chronicling massive action. Back in NYC after 10 years, and augmented with keyboard player Tucker Rodriguez and dancer Lucy, Jackie & the Cedrics proceeded to blow the doors offa the joint on Friday. Keep checking back to see more festival shots as the various [...]
Thee Bat @ Ottos Shrunken Head, November 4, 2011
Tokyo’s Thee Bat took the stage at Ottos this past Friday evening as part of the Go Go Gorilla Vol. 8 party. Opening up for them were NY’s own Dirty Shames. Be sure to catch Thee Bat this weekend as they invade Brooklyn. Think about it. Who else would go halfway around the world for [...]
Power Pop-A-Licious Festival @ Asbury Lanes April 30 and May 1, 2011
Dirty Shames, Amoebas, Mothers Children, Half Rats, Bam Bams, Peaces, Kurt Baker The Spectacles, Electric Mess, Future Virgins, LandLord, Glory Fires and Paul Collins Beat at the Power Pop-a-Licious Fest this past weekend in Asbury Park, NJ. Apologies to The Neutron Drivers, Baxx SiSi’s, The Above and BF’s who played before I arrived. As usual, [...]
The Muffs, Paul Collins @ Maxwells January 29, 2011
Tri-State Power Pop weekend as The Muffs played The Bell House on Friday and Maxwells on Saturday. At their East Coast home base, Maxwells, they were joined by our very own NY pop legend, Paul Collins. Great night all around but the high point was Kim Shattuck and Paul Collins duet on “Rock and Roll [...]
Hullabaloo All-Day Soiree @ Public Assembly on Nov. 20, 2010
Hullabaloo and Bananas magazine combined forces Saturday to celebrate the release of the second issue of Bananas! The all-day fest started with afternoon performances by The Split Signals and The Above followed by the evening lineup of The Jigglers, The Ape Hangers, The Insomniacs and The Back C.C.s. You guys know the drill, for more [...]
The Lyres, Born Loose @ The Ding Dong Lounge ON OCT. 30, 2010
The Ding Dong Lounge celebrated its 10th Anniversary Saturday with performances by Wolf Haven, Born Loose and Boston’s enduring legends, The Lyres. For more pix of the festivities, as always, click on da link! (Apologies to Wolf Haven as I arrived too late to catch their set.)
THE WOGGLES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS @ THE BELL HOUSE ON OCT. 15TH, 2010
Friday night fish fry! Atlanta’s Woggles and Chapel Hill’s Southern Culture on the Skids do the boogaloo at The Bell House on Friday, Oct 15, 2010. Ya want more? Click here!
