The Veda Rays are continuing to build steam, and tonight they rock out again at Bowery Electric. The band is hot off their CMJ debut, as well as recently being voted Deli Magazine’s Artist of the Month, and their experimental art rock is a must see for any fan of the deeper and darker side
Our Artist of the Week a few weeks ago, The Static Jacks, recently came through NYC to play a couple CMJ shows before getting right back on the road again to start off their tour with The Wombats and The Postelles. While the band was in route to the first stop in DC, I caught
Last night was the final round of showcases for the CMJ 2011 Music Marathon, and I split my time between Manhattan and Brooklyn, starting at The Delancey and ending at Spike Hill. The Veda Rays were playing The Delancey as part of the Deli Magazine Showcase, which they just won Artist of the Month in.
Last night the Windish Agency held a showcase for some of their bands at Mercury Lounge. It was a somewhat eclectic lineup, and included BestNewBands.com favorites like Cuckoo Chaos and Gauntlet Hair, but also some new standouts. Highlights below. We Barbarians exploded onto the stage with so much energy and force that they made the
Last night Union Pool was the place to be for the Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans Showcase. The first band I caught was Parts & Labor who I’d been meaning to check out for some time. This was part of a string of shows they are playing as their final ones before the band goes on a
On this a rainy Wednesday night, Arlene’s Grocery was dead town. My best guess is that it was quiet all night up until Blah Blah Blah took the stage. I don’t know where everyone came from, but Blah Blah Blah conjured them up from somewhere to get out on the floor. Not that it all