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Allison Weiss and Lauren Zettler at the Pumpkin Jam
November 12th, 2010 by chocko
A couple weeks ago, on a blustery Halloween day (seems so long ago) Allison Weiss and Lauren Zettler played their second annual Pumpkin Jam in Washington Square Park. They are two lovely and talented singer/songwriters who live in NYC. Allison was dressed as “Allison W.K.” complete with a bloody white t-shirt. ewwww! Lauren was dressed […]
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OFF! played Generation Records
November 4th, 2010 by chocko
OFF! was at Generation Records in New York City on October 22 to promote their debut 7″ featuring 4 tracks of smoldering hardcore punk. OFF! features the insane and always energetic former lead singer of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, Keith Morris along with Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) and Mario Rubalcaba […]
Tags: black flag, burning brides, circle jerks, dimitri coats, earthless, hot snakes, keith morris, mario rubalcaba, off!, punk, redd kross, rocket from the crypt, steven mcdonal
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screaming females
October 26th, 2010 by chocko
Screaming Females is a female-fronted DIY band straight outta New Brunswick, New Jersey who have been playing basements, clubs and festivals relentlessly for the last 5 years and recently released their fourth album, “Castle Talk.” Their songs are loud and inspired by punk , funk and music from the Riot Grrl era. Actually, it’s really […]
Tags: band, diy, interview, jarrett dougherty, king mike, marissa paternoster, new brunswick, new jersey, nj, screaming females
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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE – instore performance at Best Buy/Union Square
October 25th, 2010 by Mr. C
The refreshing cool breeze R&B group, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE appeared at Best Buy’s-Union Square NYC on 10/23 for an instore performance including members: Nicolay(producer/composer), Darien Brockington(vocals), & former MC from the group ‘Little Brother’, PHONTE(vocals/MC) performed their own brand of an eclectic mix of smooth flowing modern RnB with the deadly venom lyrical flow of […]
Tags: authenticity, darien brockington, little brother, nicolay, phonte, rnb, the foreign exchange
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DAR WILLIAMS at Housing Works Bookstore-Cafe
October 18th, 2010 by Mr. C
DAR WILLIAMS took it back to her acoustic coffee house roots by playing a 5 song set *Free* at HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE-CAFE in Soho on Saturday 10/16! More importantly though, her appearance was about showing support for HOUSING WORKS & their mission to fight homelessness & battling AIDS/HIV in NYC. DAR was gracious enough to […]
Tags: dar williams, folk, housing works, iowa, the easy way
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INGRID MICHAELSON performing at Best Buy-Union Square
October 14th, 2010 by Mr. C
Ingrid Michaelson graced some lucky New Yawkers’, a few scholars from NYU who decided to cut class, & a few of us New Joisey’ G-Funks who were in sabbatical mode that day by providing us with a free instore performance yesterday at Best Buy’s-Union Square store in NYC around 12:30pm to promote her new single […]
Tags: best buy, indie pop, ingrid michaelson, parachute, union square
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Rob Zombie Signing at Forbidden Planet
October 13th, 2010 by chocko
Rob Zombie was at Forbidden Planet in New York City yesterday to sign the brand new issue of Royal Flush magazine and his latest CD Hellbilly Deluxe 2. The long line of fans stretched around the corner and despite the hour delay and threat of a torrential downpour, the night was a success. Forbidden Planet […]
Tags: appearance, hellbilly deluxe 2, in-store, joey jordison, john 5, new york city, nyc, piggy d, rob zombie, white zombie
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Skyzoo and !llmind “Live From the Tape Deck”
October 8th, 2010 by chocko
Skyzoo and !llmind performed at a recent in store appearance at Best Buy in Union Square in New York City. Skyzoo is one dope MC straight outta Crown Heights, Brooklyn who worked with J Dilla and 9th Wonder early in his career while releasing mix tapes to get street buzz. He lost to Jin on […]
Tags: duck down records, illmind, skyzoo, underground hip hop
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Big Eyes played Knitting Factory
September 29th, 2010 by chocko
After Cheeky broke up, it’s damn good to see Kate back in a band and rocking a stage. The new band is called Big Eyes and features Kate Eldridge on guitar and vocals, Mark Bronzino (Seasick and ANS) on the bass and C.J. Frederick (Used Kids) on the drums. Killer sound…punk, rock a tad bit […]
Tags: brooklyn, cheeky, d.i.y., kate eldridge, punk rock, seasick, used kids
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LUCY KAPLANSKY played at the RINGWOOD LIBRARY in NJ
September 21st, 2010 by Mr. C
Lucy Kaplansky’s performance at the Ringwood Library in Ringwood,NJ on football sunday & on the last weekend of indian summer on 9/19/10 was entertaining & spectacular to say the least! First off, the Ringwood Library is encompassed in the Dr. Doolittle surroundings of the forest with happy chipmunks, inquisitive coyotes, & cheery bambi’s lulling around […]
Tags: eliza gilkyson, imagine, john gorka, lucy kaplansky, new jersey, red horse, ringwood library, this is home, thunder road
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toronto graffiti
September 12th, 2010 by chocko
Tags: canadian, graff, graffiti, street art, toronto
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Metric played Juicy Couture NYC
September 11th, 2010 by chocko
Metric performed last night at Juicy Couture in Manhattan during Fashion’s Night Out. It was a fancy event with fashionistas, divas, and wannabes in attendance and pretty much taking over all of Fifth Ave. Metric performed as a two piece with Emily Haines providing the lead vocals and Jimmy Shaw on the guitar. Emily and […]
Tags: emily haines, fashion's night out, indie rock, jimmy shaw, metric, new york city
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