Picked By: Liz Livengood Who: AgesAndAges Where: The Woods, Portland, OR When: Tuesday, April 12th at 9pm Cost: $8 in advance, $10 day of show Age Restrictions: 21+
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 4/11/11
Morning Teleportation Beams Up to The Mercury Lounge
I’m going to be honest; early shows have never really been my thing. I like a little time to take off my dinner suit and put on my music critic hoodie. Plus it feels weird to be inside a darkened show room when it’s still light outside. Long story short, I long ago vowed never
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 4/4/11
Picked By: Claire Gallagher Who: Neil Finn (of Crowded House) with Matt Costa Where: The El Rey, Los Angeles When: Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm Cost: $39 Age Restrictions: All Ages
Ball of Flame Shoot Fire Feel Right at Home at Cameo
Cameo is a cool Williamsburg location that, like another favorite venue of mine, Glasslands, serves as an art gallery by day and holds concerts at night. The stage is in a spacious back room set off from the bar in front and the gallery next door, which insures that everyone near the stage is actually
The Tale of Panda Su’s I Begin EP
I don’t know about you guys, but lately I’ve been digging the whole singer/songwriter thing. I think a lot of it has to do with that song “Friday” – you know which one I’m talking about – that went viral recently. It made me consider just how important lyrics are to creating a song or
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 3/28/11
Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: Warpaint Where: Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY When: Wednesday, March 30th at 8pm Cost: SOLD OUT Age Restrictions: 21+
Killer Single from Shtetlblasters Out for Free Download!
Madison, Wisconsin’s Shtetlblasters do their own thing. Marrying an intense interest in Yiddish folk music with psychedelic influences, crazy electronic experiments and the desire to be as loud and raucous as possible, they create unbelievable live shows that get even New York crowds dancing. I saw them play a free set at on St. Patrick’s
BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 3/21/11
Picked By: Kelly Knapp Who: The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Where: Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY When: Monday, March 21 at 9pm Cost: SOLD OUT Age Restriction: all ages
Detroit’s Prussia Stops Off at Brooklyn Bowl
Detroit indie rock group Prussia has been getting a lot of attention recently, not the least from BestNewBands.com. Our very own Daniel Kohn interviewed lead singer Ryan Spencer back in January. They’re currently on tour, and stopped of at Brooklyn Bowl for a Wednesday night set. The musical offerings at Brooklyn Bowl were slim; Prussia
Ball of Flame Shoot Fire’s New Album, “Pots and Knives,” Is Beautiful
If you read my review of the Court Tavern show last week, you might remember that one of the opening bands was the oddly named Ball of Flame Shoot Fire (from here on out known as BoFSF), from Brooklyn. I said that they were weird, but in a creative way, and that they eventually won