ALTOPALO PUTS ON HEADLINE-WORTHY SHOW AT BROOKLYN BOWL AS OPENER FOR COVET
Photos by Bobby Nicholas New York's Altopalo made an impression on the Brooklyn Bowl crowd during an opening set for Covet on May 2. Performing as the undercard on a bill that also featured Scaryp...
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ZERO REVISITS KNOTTY HISTORY WITH LIVE ALBUM & EAST COAST DATES
If you put on the cleverly titled new live album from Zero, "Naught Again," you'll be transported back to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, almost 30 years ago to the week. You'll hear a...
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FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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CABINET AND GATOS BLANCOS AT BROOKLYN BOWL: OLD FAVORITES, NEW DIRECTIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON DISPLAY
Photos by Bobby Nicholas Cabinet returned to Brooklyn Bowl for a Sunday night show full of new tunes, old favorites and an exciting glimpse of a band that continues to challenge itself and its audi...
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CABINET CHARTS NEW TERRITORY ON ‘THE SUGARHOUSE SESSIONS’
Cabinet initially won over fans as a fast-picking, jamming bluegrass band, but the band's new album, "The Sugarhouse Sessions," shows a lot has changed in 15 years. "We're not a bluegrass band," th...
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THE SLIP’S BRAD BARR TALKS NEW MUSIC, MONTREAL MUSIC SCENE AND UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM
Most bands with the success and longevity of The Slip would be stacking tour dates on top of tour dates to capitalize on the accumulated good will of the fans and recognition of its catalog. But as fa...
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THE NEW DEAL’S ‘AGE OF DISCOVERY’ BRINGS CANADIAN TRIO TO ARDMORE, BROOKLYN THIS WEEK
Since emerging from Toronto as one of the pioneers of the live electronica scene that continues to blur the line between the dance club and the concert hall, The New Deal has embraced emerging technol...
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SPIN DOCTORS CELEBRATE 30th ANNIVERSARY AT BROOKLYN BOWL
Photos by Ella Jewell '90s hitmakers the Spin Doctors hit Brooklyn Bowl on Nov. 8 for the NYC band's 30th anniversary celebration. While seminal jam-band club the Wetlands -- where the original lin...
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YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, BILLY STRINGS & JP BIONDO OF CABINET SET FOR ARDMORE MUSIC HALL
Yonder Mountain String Band, the progressive bluegrass act with nearly 20 years under its belt, will make its Ardmore Music Hall debut on Sunday, Oct. 16. Also on the bill are soulful southern picker ...
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THE HOLD STEADY ‘ALMOST KILLED ME’ & ‘SEPARATION SUNDAY’ DELUXE EDITIONS ANNOUNCED
The latter half of 2016 is shaping up to be a nostalgic period for The Hold Steady. The New York-based band had already announced that its only headline shows this year would include former keyboard p...
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