Seeing a band perform in a small space can be very telling. When the number of attendees is less than 150 people, it’s easy to judge the ability of not only said band’s live show, but also how they’re able to connect with an audience in a room that would be just a hair bigger
I’m going to be completely candid here – I am very far from being an expert, or even somewhat knowledgeable about hip-hop and rap. We all have to choose our battles and up until recently, dedicating hours of blog searching time to hip-hop is not something I’ve fought productivity with. Any apparent lack of knowledge,
Walking into The Crocodile, it was hard to believe that just a week ago at the same venue I was there, in the heart of the hip-hop scene, seeing Nacho Picasso and Cam’ron. To say that a different crowd filled the venue to see LA-based (but Oregon raised) ZZ Ward would be doing an injustice
New band Hank And Cupcakes packed Pianos to the brim Tuesday night. The bass and drum duo roared through their set like wild things romping through a neon electro-funk jungle with the energy level of a ridiculously high intensity. The now Brooklyn-based couple formed in Tel Aviv, named themselves in reference to Charles Bukowski, and
There are some bands that you just have to see live to fully appreciate, and on Saturday night I found out that Cuckoo Chaos is one of those bands. The San Diego-based quintet has been on tour with Los Angeles up-and-comers Incan Abraham, and this weekend marked Incan Abe’s homecoming and the last show on
In a crowd where “set change” is synonymous for almost all with “smoke break,” a rare moment of hollow space allowed me to see and appreciate the space I was in: a low ceiling using burlap coffee sacs as its acoustical installation, a stage backdrop of unintentionally floral curtains and a cement floor soon to
The hypnotic Memory Tapes played Glasslands with TEEN and Denitia and Sene this week, who each brought totally different musical vibe to the room, but it all culminated into a finale dance party thanks to Memory Tape’s bouncing basslines, and the crowd chanting “One! More! Song!” before the house music just came back on. The
Trixie Whitley is doing the right thing. The proof was all throughout her completely sold out and highly emotive performance at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge last Thursday. This was the record release show for her debut album, Fourth Corner, marking an occasion that Trixie had been dreaming of since she was 12. The daughter of
The Barboza in Seattle’s Capitol Hill is less than a year old and sits in the basement of the better-known Neumos. It strives to bring more local acts to the stage — a mission that brought Seven Colors, Shenandoah Davis and Tomten together there on January 29th. For such a variety of sound on one
Tuesday was the last residency show for Writer at Pianos – they played every Tuesday this past month, with the exception of one, and they went out with a “ghettotech garage rock” brotherly bang. Writer is the brainchild of two brothers from San Diego who now reside in Brooklyn, and together make what is something