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My man Sammy Kay announce overnight that he would be releasing on July 19th another new album called July 1960 which is currently up for pre-sale over at his bandcamp page. As a preview to the LP, the second single from the album, “How Fast To Run” is now available for your listening pleasure over
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My relationship (if that is the correct way of describing it) to Neil Young is as deep and meaningful to my appreciation for music as any artist out there. Easily on par with Dylan, The Dead and The Clash. The first chance I had to see him was in 1974 on the ill fated Crosby
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Todd Farrell Jr. – Might As Well Be Ghosts Todd Farrell’s latest album, Might As Well Be Ghosts, is the latest installment in Todd’s ongoing saga of the everyday trials, tribulations, glories and mendacity of a struggling touring baseball loving musician from the south. A saga which began with 2013’s Dirty Birds’ album All Our
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The Toasters (2024-04-21) Robert “Bucket” Hingley moved to New York City from his home country of England in the late 70s and formed The Toasters in 1981 after experiencing the juggernaut that was The English Beat at Roseland Ballroom. I, too, fell in love with SKA back then largely due to those early shows and
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Small Crush are in the midst of their first headlining US tour and the band hit the stage at Mercury Lounge on Saturday night to a packed and very close to sold out room. I’ve been a fan of Small Crush ever since their initial S/T album came out in July of 2019 on Asian
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I Was Dancing When I Saw His Brains Run Out On The Street
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New Colossus Music 2024 Festival (March 6 – March 10) Let me start by saying that the work that Steven Matrick, Lio Kanine, Mike Bell and the rest of the New Colossus organizers and crew do in order to present this festival is beyond my imagination and that being said, immensely appreciated. Five days of
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I’ve seen Alynda Segarra AKA Hurray For The Riff Raff more times than I can count. They’ve managed to transform from a queer banjo picking Puerto Rican from The Bronx who after a stint of traversing the country as a vagabond traveler to a well respected indie musician after having found their space in New
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My oh my, its been some time since I wrote an actual piece on a live show. My bad folks. The drought officially comes to an end right now, and what better way to do it than with Jalen N’Gonda’s smooth grooves. I had a lot to say about Jalen in 2023. I got to
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 