lower east side music

TLD Contributor Flora Theden is kicking off a weekly run-down of the best live music on the Lower East Side. Wednesday - Milkweed Hailing from Binghamton, NY, Milkweed sounds exactly like their name. Soulful Americana and bluegrass emanates from the banjo,...

Taking place today through Sunday, October 12th, the massive CBGB Festival presents music, films, industry talks and special events at a variety of venues throughout New York City, including many on the Lower East Side. The CBGB Gallery at Center548, is...

Dance-rock, indie pop and electronica are all ways to describe the catchy sounds of Seattle-based trio, Barcelona. The group has been recording music for nine years, and is known for their melodic, dance-rock sound, although the overall sound has...

Brooklyn-based band, Animal Years, considers Rockwood Music Hall their 'home base.' A combination of indie rock, folk and Americana, the group has a melodious sound comparable to Kings of Leon. They are celebrating their second album release tomorrow night at 9:30pm at...

Montauk-based beach grunge rockers, The Montauk Project, filled the back room of Piano’s last Saturday night to celebrate the release of their debut album, Belly of the Beast. Fresh off the heels of performances at Austin’s South By Southwest...

Local musician PT Walkley (recently featured in our My LES column) and his band will be celebrating the release of their latest album, Shoulders, with a performance at Joe's Pub tomorrow night. Touted as a combination of power pop-rock...

Straight off the heels of releasing the first song from their latest EP and kicking off an international tour, London-based indie rock group, Yuck, will visit Bowery Ballroom this Saturday night. Having released their self-titled album in 2011 to acclaim...

The true International Man of Mystery - Leon Redbone - has no past. None that he'll discuss, anyway. He prefers to deal in the present only. Which is to ignore the obvious irony that his 40 year career is...

West Coast songwriter Jody Mulgrew originally began building his musical foundation as a formally trained vocalist, performing with several respected jazz and classical ensembles across the country. Eventually however, Mulgrew fell for the dusty dance hall sounds of American...

Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons are a band after mine own heart. Twangy, dirty, singing about drunkenness and loser-dom, and the various women who instigate both those conditions. Since their 2007 debut Bury Your Problems, on through 2010’s White...