Ladies and Gentlemen, what it is, what it is? Here we are standing at the gates of yet another overstuffed weekend of madness…To what strange dimensions of being can your Metrocard, your steel lined liver and crazy willpower take you THIS TIME? Friday July 29th The Black Lips are back in town, ready to spit [...]
Don’t be a chicken!
Everyone’s talking about how much it sucks to be unemployed these days. Why doesn’t anyone talk about how much it sucks to be employed? Cost-cutting is all the rage, so now if you have a job you’re doing the work of two people, if you don’t want to get splinters you have to bring your [...]
Itchin’ to get out of the house…
… or apartment or closet or cardboard box? We got what you need right here! No, not affordable housing, although Shimmy just moved so we may have some extra cardboard boxes. What we have for you is somewhere for you to go and something for you to do which doesn’t involve waiting for your roommates [...]
Mercury Lounge Review: Pierced Arrows Still Got It!
Oregon’s Pierced Arrows played Mercury Lounge Wednesday night.Let me quickly add to Blair’s post by saying that tonight’s Pierced Arrows show at Maxwell’s is recommended. Wednesday’s show at Mercury Lounge was fantastic… I was definitely surprised that the band are in top form, both of their voices are on, the new drummer is great, overall [...]
CMJ Action (Hype?) Comes Early This Year
The Dirtbombs play 3 shows in NY & NJ this week.October is speeding up quick… so much happening this week, I thought we’d have a quick look at midweek action. It seems like CMJ (Oct. 21-25) starts earlier every year but in reality, it’s starting later than last year. Actually it’s both– the heavily hyped [...]
Whatta Night!
The Above played an amazing set on an otherwise uninspiring bill at Bowery Ballroom this Saturday to a large group of devoted fans and some stunned/amazed punters expecting cock rock. Sadly, I was harrassed by Bowery security for “videotaping” (their words) the show. I did get some video which will be posted shortly… thankfully the [...]
