Sophisticated Rockers Know The Score… Greetings, Earth People…The month is winding down, the week is winding down, where do we go to get down, where do we go-o? Wednesday April 21st Did you get to see the legendary SPECIALS last night at Terminal 5? Good for you! Are you going to the second show tonight? [...]
News Flash!
Playing two shows tonight and in need of a booking agent: WLWL News Flash! If you forgot to do your taxes, you are not going out tonight. If you are going out tonight, it turns out there’s actually a lot of stuff to do… Over at Santos Party House catch two of our favorite local [...]
Hey Punk, where you going with that Waffle in your hand?
Photo: “A Holiday in Cambodia”, or “I hate Health Care THIS Much!” What’s up, Scuzz Bags and Bag Ladies? My brain is oozing from a bruising and there’s no time for niceties. We’re powering through these days towards the weekend to come. So let’s just dive into this, shall we my dear? Tonight, aka WEDNESDAY [...]
Sunday is better than Saturday for once
The Box Elders are playing almost every day this week. You can’t avoid them, so just give up and go see ‘em. Photo by elchicodelaleche (really?) Sunday We all thought this weekend would be a little slow because of SXSW. And we were right, until now that is. Tonight begins at 5pm with the Big [...]
Pre-Thanksgiving Feast in NYC
Hey you turkeys! Still a week to go before Thanksgiving, but there’s plenty to feast your ears and feet on this weekend in NYC. Especially, TONIGHT (FRIDAY): Kick off the weekend with longtime scenemaker Chandler and partner in crime Vignault at Lakeside Lounge during happy hour (6:30 to 8:00 or so). It’s free and full [...]
Short Days and Quiet Nights?
Welcome to the Winding down of 2009. Daylight savings, colder temperatures (maybe even a freeze in the next 10 days or so), bands unwilling to tour Eastward due to weather, gas prices and lack of a job. Yep, it’s all happiness 24 hours a day here in Shiniest Place on Earth. That said, we do [...]
Late Breaking Punk Action Tonight in Brooklyn
This just in, Baltimore’s Hard Punk Rockers Hollywood playing a good bill at Don Pedro in Williamsburg featuring Liquor Store and Ex-Humans. Doors at 8:30, Cover $6. Looks like a good bet. SHIMMY
Amazing New Blog Wakes Up Slow Week for Good Music In NYC!
Kind of a slow week here in NYC for music, just 7 days after New Years, but let me highlight a couple of live shows going down this week plus some news of our own! First off, tonight we’ve got two late-announced shows: Brooklyn’s Ex Humans (ex-Carbonas) @ The Charleston and New Jersey’s Sarim-fronted-and-excellent Liquor [...]
CMJ Hell Week – The Conclusion!
LiveFastDie play a non-CMJ house party this weekendIt’s ALMOST over.. the hordes of college kiddies let loose all over town, the iphones and porta-bloggers, stupid cover charges, douchy bouncers and badge whores. It’s almost over. It’s almost over. Just keep repeating… Here’s what there is this weekend. I recommend you steer clear of CMJ BS [...]
Last Saturday’s Hullabaloo: Autopsy
This, the last Hullabaloo of 2008, took some serious recovery so it’s only today that I’ve finally gotten some pics and video up. Needless to say, with these five bands, it was a total blast. First, openers the Shaydes played their most recent reunion/breakup show with a bizarre but danceable lampshade-on-head take on Link Wray’s [...]
