DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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
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)
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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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE & HOLY GHOST! DJ SETS AT OUTPUT IN BROOKLYN: WIN TICKETS
UPDATE: The Animal Collective show has been canceled due to a band member illness. Highway 81 Revisited would like to send you and a guest to Output in Brooklyn to see DJ sets by Animal Collective ...
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