New Music Tuesday: Get screaming mad with Freya Wilcox & The Howl
You’ll like them even more when they’re angry Freya Wilcox & The Howl are a Brooklyn based band that teeter on the pinnacle between blues and punk. I say “pinnacle” there instead of “edge” because...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Marilyn Carino is intimidatingly wonderful
Are you intimidated yet? Marilyn Carino was born and bred in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and possesses the kind of self-assured, front and center presence as a performer that could cause her to come off as...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Dommengang boogie when they want to
Dommengang, boogieing like they’re pros. via Facebook Remember the movie Jennifer’s Body? I re-watched it over the weekend after having not seen it in a few years and the film as a whole took on a...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Shilpa Ray and the case of the spooky summer
She ain’t afraid of no ghost. But also wishes needy ones would STFU. It’s true when people say that there’s a time and a place for everything. The statement would make even more sense if you swapped...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Leaving home with Kid in the Attic
They actually like people When I think of the music of Kid in the Attic, my brain wants to fit the band as a whole into the most romantic, close to home cubby hole that I have to put something in,...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Video Beast want to kill your brainwashing TV
Don’t ask the gimp about his TV viewing habits. TV is a huge part of every day life for a lot of people. Since the invention of the boob tube, it’s been that way, and it’s especially so now what with...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Sharkmuffin are more than just the tops
No muffins in sight I have to start this post by apologizing for doing everything I could to turn the title of it into some sort of play on words having to do with muffins. I didn’t even Google to see...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Toby Goodshank creates a scene with his new video
He’s a, scene maker/heartbreaker…well we actually don’t know about the heartbreaker part Toby Goodshank is a Brooklyn based performer who may be best known for playing acoustic guitar for The Moldy...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Rachel Mason and the case of the coincidental fish
She’ll tell you the story of the boogeyman. Rachel Mason will officially go down in history as making the first rock opera to catch my undivided attention since 2000’s The Transfused. (Or if it counts,...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Smashing the patriarchy with Future of What
You can smash the patriarchy but still want your favorite restaurant to survive Thinking about the future is exciting, while also being cripplingly terrifying. Will it be brutally hotter? Colder? Will...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Walking around with Wet
Hey uh…behind you…there’s a…ah forget it. I went searching for Wet. It all happened very organically. I was in need of a new band to write about. I was in need of something new. I went about finding it...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Getting warm and nostalgic with Ember Isles
Ember Isles, filling Rockwood Hall with warmth. via Facebook It’s always fun to take notice of the first things a band reminds you of. When getting to know a band by spending time with their music,...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Wild Leaves get meditative with ‘Black River’
Begin the meditation by taking a good look in this pot It’s interesting how we manage to forget about things. A horrible, seemingly life threatening headache vanishes from memory once the ibuprofen...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Living it up with MPHO
Ooh, a beach mystery! Very little is known about MPHO. They don’t have a band FB, so it’s like “who are you? Where did you come from?” Here’s what I know as of now: Holly Overton from MPHO is very nice...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: PWR BTTM mix business with pleasure
Great, great cheekbones. Great tunes, too. PWR BTTM are Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce and they have better cheekbones/hairdos than your mom and your grandma combined. That is just a fact. Their first...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Uncle Meg’s cat-inspired raps are liberating
Out of any type of person who exists, or could possibly exist, on this earth that we share, I offer all of my respect to the type who whole heartedly encourages themselves, and others, to do whatever...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Saying hay to Haybaby
Oh hey Talking to strangers is fun. Well, it can be fun, sometimes it’s horrifying. In a mecca as massive as Brooklyn, it’s surprising just how often we see the same people over and over. Often times,...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: In search of Sharer
Ooh, mysterious Have you heard about Sharer? They’re kind of a mystery, but here’s everything I know about them so far: 1) They’re a band. 2) The people in the band consist of JD Samson, and Dutch...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Getting centered with The Bright Smoke
They’re calm. Calmer than you are, dude. So much about daily life is stress inducing. From the minute we get up to the minute we go to sleep we’re inundated with choices, decisions, and obligations....
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Slonk Donkerson is fun to say, more fun to hear
tk Slonk Donkerson, hands down, wins my own personal award for “Best Band Name to Say Out Loud.” No matter where you are, or what you’re doing right now as you read this, just cup your hand over your...
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