After the first day of CMJ panels and wrapping my head around the overly ambitious music schedule I had created (as well as juuuusst missing last call for the open bar at the press mixer), I decided a pizza party at L’asso should be my first stop. That’s where I ran into the congenial guys
“You won’t stand still, so why should the world?” New Beard certainly doesn’t stand still, and they don’t want anyone else to at their shows. On Saturday they played the last date of their tour run that we recently previewed at The Paper Box; a relatively new (and possibly the best new) venue in the
One of the latest genre-defying new bands to come out of NYC is New Beard. This eclectic five-piece is led by former Arizona frontman/songwriter Ben Wigler, accompanied by a virtuousic electric tuba player (Tuba Joe Exley), a singly named lefty guitar wizard (Yazan), a sax blasting girl (Maria Christina Eisen), and a Japanese-singing, uber-hyper drummer