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Florist Live at Cassette (2024-11-12)
The indie folk foursome, known as Florist is currently in the midst of a sold out 4 night stand at Cassette over in Ridgwood. Not surprising the 4 night run in this small basement venue sold out almost immediately considering Emily A. Sprague, lead singer, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitarist along with her 3 bandmates…
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Quote Of The Day (2024-11-07)
There are times in our life when we must go underground, not in retreat, but to self-heal, rebuild our community in terms of good, not party, not self-interest, but as a mobilizing energy propelled by benevolence. This is not rhetorical. It is a plan. I started this morning with my offspring and then slowly with…
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Playlist Of The Month – November 2024
VOTEmber 2024
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Album of The Week: Coin de l’œil by Healees
2015 saw 4 musicians, Bryan Quinn on guitars, vocals, synths, & percussion, Renaud Chauré on guitars & vocals, Hillevi Robertsson on bass & vocals and Arthur Chen on drums from The US, Sweden, Belgium and France get together in Paris to form Healees. The foursome’s joint appreciation for reverb, distortion, jangly guitar and muffled non…
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Back To The Past With Nude Beach
Nude Beach Live at T.V. Eye (2024-10-25) Back in the early 20-teens, Nude Beach was all the rage. After playing together in a multitude of bands during their high school years on Long Island, Chuck, Ryan and Jimmy moved to Brooklyn and became firmly entrenched in the DIY music scene playing 100s of shows throughout…
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Album of The Week: Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol
Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol I say this with no hyperbole whatsoever, The Japandroids’ Celebration Rock album from 2012 just might be my favorite album of the 21st Century. To me it’s an absolute pop punk meets stadium rock tour de force. As such, it’s safe to say that I freaking love the band itself. …
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Album of The Week – Cardinals At The Window (A Benefit For Flood Relief in Western North Carolina)
Besides the fact that this compilation of over 130 songs from an incredibly interesting and diverse group of artists is REALLY good and relatively cheap at $10 for the complete download, 100% of proceeds will be split evenly between Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR), and BeLoved Asheville. Available as…
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Playlist of The Month – October 2024
Punky Reggae Party
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We’ll Have All The Best Stories To Tell
Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings VII Festival Frank Turner hosted his first Lost Evenings Festival at London’s Roundhouse back in 2017, knowing next to nothing about putting on and running a festival. They’ve had a myriad of growing pains over the years (including this year, which I’ll get into later on) but over the course of…
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Playlist of the Month – September 2024
Deception Doesn’t Feel The Same In September
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 