Best New Bands » Old Monk https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Our Live Showcase For February: Old Monk, Dead Wave And More https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/our-live-showcase-for-february-old-monk-dead-wave-and-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/our-live-showcase-for-february-old-monk-dead-wave-and-more/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:09:18 +0000 New York – Cat Casual and The Other Lovers kicked off the night, with a classic rock n’ roll noir sound that could easily be on a soundtrack to a Jim Jarmush film. It doesn’t’ hurt that frontman and songwriter William Benton is a dead ringer for Tom Waits in Down by Law – which

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape/feed/ 0 Old Monk is a Calculated Frenzy at Brooklyn’s Matchless https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/old-monk-is-a-calculated-frenzy-at-brooklyns-matchless/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/old-monk-is-a-calculated-frenzy-at-brooklyns-matchless/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:02:24 +0000 Old Monk is one of the first bands that I became aware of because of a post on BestNewBands.com, back in 2011 when our past writer Jesse wrote his review on the band, colloquially complimenting the band on their outstanding musicianship and instinctual genre-bending. Just from this description I felt that this was something I could

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  1. Old Monk Dominates Union Hall My Thursday night at Union Hall began perfectly – with a juicy hamburger. Turns out this classy bar in the heart of Park Slope doesn’t just have warm lighting, a library/lounge and (I kid you not) two bocce courts. It’s...
  2. Old Monk’s Birds of Belize I’ve been talking a lot about the Brooklyn-based rockers Old Monk recently. If you couldn’t tell from my review of the wonderfully eclectic show at Cake Shop (which, it turns out, Old Monk organized!), or from my rave review of...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/old-monk-is-a-calculated-frenzy-at-brooklyns-matchless/feed/ 0 Apollo Run’s Last Night at Union Hall, Featuring Ravens And Chimes https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/apollo-runs-last-night-at-union-hall-featuring-ravens-and-chimes/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/apollo-runs-last-night-at-union-hall-featuring-ravens-and-chimes/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Last night was Apollo Run’s final show as the Artist in Residence at Union Hall, a luxuriant Brooklyn venue with bocce ball courts and a library/lounge. I guess in Park Slope it’s true that Thursday is the new Friday: the upstairs barroom was close to packed. A large number of people had come to see

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