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  • DAISY THE GREAT: ‘THE BAND IS LIKE ITS OWN PERSON’
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    DAISY THE GREAT: ‘THE BAND IS LIKE ITS OWN PERSON’

    May 6, 2025 0

    Daisy the Great, the Brooklyn vocal duo comprising Kelley Dugan and Mina Walker who emerged from NYU with 2017’s “The Record Player Song” and its subsequent AJR remix, is, as expected, influenced by m...

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  • DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
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    DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM

    Oct 24, 2022 0

    For Dan Klug's project The Fundamental Sound, it's all about simplicity. On his newly released album, "Lofi Grateful Dead," he played just drums, bass and a Wurlitzer electric piano and kept the produ...

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  • SMALL BLACK PAYS TRIBUTE TO BELOVED SURFER UNCLE ON NEW ALBUM, WRAPS TOUR IN BROOKLYN
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    SMALL BLACK PAYS TRIBUTE TO BELOVED SURFER UNCLE ON NEW ALBUM, WRAPS TOUR IN BROOKLYN

    Sep 8, 2021 0

    It's a paradox that urbanites have faced forever: feeling alone despite living among teeming throngs of people. For Josh Kolenik, that concept became even more vivid during the COVID-19 lockdown and p...

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  • DEGRAW FEST, IN YEAR TWO, BRINGS BROOKLYN MUSICIANS AND FANS TOGETHER
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    DEGRAW FEST, IN YEAR TWO, BRINGS BROOKLYN MUSICIANS AND FANS TOGETHER

    Aug 1, 2018 0

    What if there was a festival inspired by South By Southwest, but you could actually see all of the bands on your list, not deal with overstuffed, makeshift venues and you didn't even have to travel to...

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  • NATIONAL RESERVE BRINGS AMERICANA ROCK SOUND TO BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL
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    NATIONAL RESERVE BRINGS AMERICANA ROCK SOUND TO BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL

    Jul 3, 2018 0

    The National Reserve founder and frontman Sean Walsh abruptly interrupted fellow guitarist and bandmate Jon Ladeau during a revealing recent interview about the Brooklyn-based band’s upcoming two-day ...

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  • BLU BAMBOO ENSEMBLE BRINGS AFRO-CARIBBEAN FUNK, SOUL AND REGGAE TO BROOKLYN, HARLEM
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    BLU BAMBOO ENSEMBLE BRINGS AFRO-CARIBBEAN FUNK, SOUL AND REGGAE TO BROOKLYN, HARLEM

    Aug 3, 2016 0

    Blú Bamboo Ensemble is a Puerto Rico-based band that is bringing a Caribbean island vibe to the island of Manhattan and the west end of the Long Island. Specializing in a fusion of Afro-Caribbean funk...

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  • ARC IRIS MAPS OUT NEW TERRITORY ON ‘MOON SALOON,’ WRAPS UP BROOKLYN RESIDENCY TUESDAY
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    ARC IRIS MAPS OUT NEW TERRITORY ON ‘MOON SALOON,’ WRAPS UP BROOKLYN RESIDENCY TUESDAY

    Jul 24, 2016 0

    Arc Iris is not interested in neat and tidy. In fact, lead singer and lyricist Jocie Adams says that when the Providence, Rhode Island, artistically minded indie trio is “doing it right,” its music is...

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  • SONNY & THE SUNSETS ON MERRILL GARBUS, GIANT DONGS & 100 RECORDS [TICKET CONTEST]
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    SONNY & THE SUNSETS ON MERRILL GARBUS, GIANT DONGS & 100 RECORDS [TICKET CONTEST]

    Jul 11, 2016 0

    Sonny Smith is certainly a polymath: Musician. Playwright. Multimedia artist. A guy who can seamlessly work the phrase “Edward Scissorhands of the wang” into an interview. His current endeavor is “...

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  • AT WARSAW, HOP ALONG DOESN’T DISAPPOINT, BUT SPEEDY ORTIZ, NOT SO MUCH
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    AT WARSAW, HOP ALONG DOESN’T DISAPPOINT, BUT SPEEDY ORTIZ, NOT SO MUCH

    May 18, 2016 0

    By Cal Setar “Where pierogis meet punk,” isn’t just lip, or food, service – it’s the strange reality of Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based music venue Warsaw. From the workers at the door to the bartende...

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  • ELECTRONIC ARTIST QUOTH DEBUTS NEW TRACK WITH KATIE KELLY, TALKS PRINCE IN LEAD-UP TO ALBUM RELEASE (EXCLUSIVE)
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    ELECTRONIC ARTIST QUOTH DEBUTS NEW TRACK WITH KATIE KELLY, TALKS PRINCE IN LEAD-UP TO ALBUM RELEASE (EXCLUSIVE)

    Apr 23, 2016 0

    For many of us, the only time we’ve heard the word “quoth” is in Edgar Allan Poe’s famous work “The Raven.” But there’s another artist making some noise with the word, using it as his performing name....

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From the Vault

AARON FINK LAUNCHES SECOND SOLO ALBUM ‘HEAVY FEATHERS’ (INTERVIEW AND SONG PREMIERE)

AARON FINK LAUNCHES SECOND SOLO ALBUM ‘HEAVY FEATHERS’ (INTERVIEW AND SONG PREMIERE)

Jan 29, 2016
NEW HEAD AND THE HEART SONG  “SHAKE”

NEW HEAD AND THE HEART SONG “SHAKE”

Sep 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: STEVE WINWOOD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

PHOTO GALLERY: STEVE WINWOOD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Sep 15, 2014
LOU ROGAI ON LOSS, MOVING FORWARD AND ‘SHAKING THE SNOW GLOBE’

LOU ROGAI ON LOSS, MOVING FORWARD AND ‘SHAKING THE SNOW GLOBE’

Nov 19, 2019
FROM FLECKTONES TO DMB TO HIS OWN MU’TET, SAXMAN JEFF COFFIN PROGRESSES

FROM FLECKTONES TO DMB TO HIS OWN MU’TET, SAXMAN JEFF COFFIN PROGRESSES

Nov 1, 2014
RECORD STORE DAY AT MAIN STREET JUKEBOX

RECORD STORE DAY AT MAIN STREET JUKEBOX

Apr 15, 2011
INDEPEDENT RAPPER SHAH’S CROSS-CULTURAL JOURNEY

INDEPEDENT RAPPER SHAH’S CROSS-CULTURAL JOURNEY

Oct 3, 2016

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‘ILEANA’S SMILE,’ A FILM THAT FINDS LIGHT IN A LANDFILL, RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL IN NICARAGUA
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‘ILEANA’S SMILE,’ A FILM THAT FINDS LIGHT IN A LANDFILL, RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL IN NICARAGUA

May 27, 2025
LITTLE FEAT, NEARLY 60 YEARS ON, STILL ‘STRIKES’ A CHORD
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LITTLE FEAT, NEARLY 60 YEARS ON, STILL ‘STRIKES’ A CHORD

May 15, 2025
SUNFLOWER BEAN STARES DOWN MORTALITY ON FOURTH ALBUM: ‘THIS COULD END’
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SUNFLOWER BEAN STARES DOWN MORTALITY ON FOURTH ALBUM: ‘THIS COULD END’

May 20, 2025

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