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I dropped in to the Bowery Ballroom over the weekend to check out Chavez play a “warm-up” concert before they embark on a European tour where they’ll be playing at All Tomorrow’s Parties in London, the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, and at David Lynch’s private club in Paris. Not bad for a band that first appeared on the downtown … Continue reading  
 Anna Haas Songwriter/Pianist Anna Haas makes it clear that she is inspired by and passionately loyal to both her hometown of Nashville and her adopted hometown of New York City. And it’s true that her compositions display the sweetness, storytelling and southern charm of Nashville, but also the spit, grit and danger of NYC. Her debut album … Continue reading
 Anthony da Costa Anthony da Costa is a kid. Or is he an old man? I just can’t tell. Age-wise, he’s pretty damn young; 21 years old, to be exact, but spirit-wise, he’s like a grandfather — sharing pearls of wisdom about life and teaching you how to fold a newspaper into a sailboat/hat. In an astonishingly … Continue reading
 Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street. Last Friday night, Brooklyn Vegan broke the news that Ludlow Street music club Cake Shop is in trouble. The web site published part of a desperate email appeal from co-owner Andy Bodes saying the venue would close if an investor didn’t come forward in 72 hours with $10,000. Today Grub Street … Continue reading
According to neighborhood lore, ten years ago Walter Kühr, the German-born owner of the Main Squeeze Accordion shop on Essex Street, had a dream that he was conducting an all-female accordion orchestra. Not just any all-female accordion orchestra, but an orchestra of unsurpassable quality. “I dreamt I was conducting all these women playing the accordion in … Continue reading
 Balthrop Alabama We Have Electricity. That’s the name of Balthrop Alabama’s latest full-length album. In fact, with a series of lovely EPs, and their debut being a double album, it could be considered their only full-length outing (technically speaking). And true to its name, it does pulse with some power. In the mid-2000s’, brother & sister co-founders … Continue reading
 John Forte John Forte is one of those great, classic stories that appear every once in a while from within the depths of music and entertainment world. It’s the kind of story that one can get behind. Forte sprouted as a mild-mannered kid who managed to make it out of the hard Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew … Continue reading
 Rooftop Films at Open Road Rooftop – photo by Sarah Palmer Our friends at Rooftop Films have announced the feature film lineup for their upcoming 16th Annual Summer Series. They’ve been kicking off their summer season down here at the Open Road Rooftop at New Design High School (formerly Seward Park High School) for the last … Continue reading
 Misty Boyce Misty Boyce has been drawing comparisons to the likes of Tori Amos and Regina Spektor ever since she arrived in NYC from her southwestern hometown of Las Cruces, New Mexico, by way of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Fortunately, the young songwriter is wise beyond her years, enough to disregard those comparisons … Continue reading
 Bryan Dunn There’s a lot that I like about songwriter Bryan Dunn’s style, and it’s not just that he’s from my hometown of Austin, TX. Although, if you discover this particular piece of trivia after hearing him play first, it does make a lot of sense. Dunn’s music does that great Texas thing — mixing pop … Continue reading
 Keyboard Kid. “Get Weird,” the New Museum’s experimental music series returns Friday night. This month’s installment features Keyboard Kid (Greg Phillips), the Seattle hip hop producer behind rapper Lil B. On his own, Keyboard Kid is gaining a solid reputation for his melodic and inventive remixes. The upbeat tracks are mostly instrumental electonica “assembled with clockwork … Continue reading
 Steve Shiffman Steve Shiffman has been on the scene for some time now. Although he started out in Toronto, he now calls himself a New Yorker. Together with his slowly-growing band, The Land of No, Shiffman has continued to move forward, playing strings of shows and putting out hefty-sounding recordings. The band (made up of Shifmann himself … Continue reading
 Sir Ari Gold. Our friend Sir Ari Gold (the LES popstar and activist we profiled here) is working on a little something he calls an “Autobiographical Homotheatrical Multi-Media Musical.” The work in progress, titled The Reel Ari Gold, will be presented at Dixon Place as a staged reading tonight at 7:30pm. Ari will host the reading … Continue reading
 George Harrison This Sunday, Mercury Lounge is putting on a birthday celebration for my favorite Beatle, George Harrison. He may have been known as “the quiet one” to the young teen girls of the 60’s, but Harrison was really the driving force for many of the Beatles’ most memorable songs, like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” … Continue reading
 Yellowbirds My top picks for live music on the Lower East Side this weekend: YELLOWBIRDS – Friday Feb. 17 | 11:30pm at Mercury Lounge Yellowbirds is the non-solo, solo project of Brooklyn’s Sam Cohen. A sharp composer, Cohen’s fluid, dexterous music-making has an eerie, retro, water-dance quality. Cohen serves as songwriter, lead guitarist, and singer for the 4-piece, … Continue reading
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