Neon colors, LED light accessories, giant dancing robots, sing-a-longs, and crowd-surfing second line parades are some of the things you can expect at a Rubblebucket show. You can expect your face to start hurting from smiling so much, but to not care because you’re at a super fun party where you could get blasted in the face by either a trumpet ...
Musical Tripping with Fresh & Onlys and Quilt
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Live Reviews
Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:12
Thursday night was a trip of the musically-induced variety, when The Fresh & Onlys and Quilt played Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Fresh & Onlys are one of those bands where it’s easy not to realize exactly how good they are until experienced live. With introspective lyrics set to heavily hazy psych pop jams, they grooved and rocked thro...
Fall is here, and pumpkins are $0.49 per pound at Foodtown in Brooklyn. The weather is splendid, and there’s adrenaline in the air. Oh, oh, and CMJ – College Music Journal – festival is upon NYC. Wee! This is one of the biggest, most widespread, most happening, and most fun music festivals in the city, and we plan to be all up in it just like we ...
I’m not even going to bother going into the “supergroup” thing (oops) and instead recognize that Divine Fits is a well-balanced band comprised of dudes that have their own successful projects, and who combined the best aspects into something of its very own entity. Comprised of Britt Daniel from Spoon, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Handsome Fur...
Night Beats Bare Dark Souls at Music Hall of Williamsburg
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:17
Night Beats
I walked into Music Hall of Williamsburg to music already playing, and I knew from the heavy-reverbed note bending that sounded like a portal straight back to Texas psych rock from the '60s, that Night Beats was on stage. Singer D. Lee Blackwell split his time between growling and yelping into the mic Suicide style, along with rockin...
BestNewBands.com's Concert Picks for the Week of 7/25/11
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Sunday, 24 July 2011 11:50
Picked By: Laurel Kathleen
Who: Langhorne Slim
Where: The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
When: Tuesday, July 26th Doors open at 8:30pm
Cost: $13 adv/$15 day of show
Age Restrictions: 18+ *** Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: Eels Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY When: Friday, July 29th & Saturday, July...
Where: The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
When: Tuesday, July 26th Doors open at 8:30pm
Cost: $13 adv/$15 day of show
Age Restrictions: 18+ *** Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: Eels Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY When: Friday, July 29th & Saturday, July...
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Mixtape: Kelly's latest was just posted to our site, including @KINGTUFFY @ElephantStoneHQ. Our new fave. http://t.co/GCuXxSJbN9
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