Last night I got an invite to Pianos from Rich Nardo (who runs a great company called 24West) to check out a band north of Manhattan from Nyack, New York. One of the things I love most about music creating, is that...
Andrew Accardi of Robbers, Shone, and now Cosmic Harvey played to a packed crowd at the Studio At Webster Hall last night, opening for former Envy On The Coast’s Ryan Hunter and his new band 1st Vows. It’s the first...
With only the distant sirens and the humdrum of Crown Heights, Oh Golly began playing two songs after inviting me into their apartment to have an interview for our continued Melt Fest coverage. Here’s two vulnerable, palpable, heart string pullers,...
“Pete Armour is a rare kind of artist, one man band, and home entertainment set all in one. His axe in hand, pedals on the floor, and an entire chain of interactive laptop tracks working in-concert with his set, on...
“When a trio can sound this large, i’m always taken back. Ben Seretan and group sound like a three guitar driven shoe gaze band, but what they make with little that that wield in terms of gear, they somehow encompass...
Ben Engel (Mandolin, Drums, Vocals, guitar, Banjo), Bailey Arnold (Vocals, Autoharp, Guitar, Percussion) Travis Stewart (Banjo, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Percussion) “Ben, Bailey, and Travis make up the unholy trinity, Free Advice: an acoustic band from Bushwick composed of super-friends, people that...
“The lush pop of Oracle Room is centered around the lyrics and vocals of songwriter Alex Nelson, the emotional catalyst for the band’s ghostly turbulent electronica. Playing their second time with fellow Brooklynites Belle Mare here at Black Bear Bar...
“Last weekend I got invited to cover Mary Alouette’s other project called Alarke live at Bar Matchless. It was the first time I had been there in maybe 4-5 years since playing there last myself. Alarke pulled out some gems...
“Wednesday, November 18th, 2015. Just a quite night on the hump of the week that is Wednesday in the (still confusing to me) strip in Bushwick. The air was modest, timbre of most chatter drifting at a comfortable pace....