Motel Motel Interview: Climbing Mt. Everest

Motel Motel is one of those Brooklyn bands that just happened to end up here, but really could have been started in any major city in the US…

The Last Straight Man in Theatre

Kurt Fitzpatrick is taking the road less traveled, bringing a multitude of characters and non-sequitur laughs to the masses — most recently at a local theater.

Mon Khmer: Growing Up Neve-side

A math-y, funk-ridden band with pedal steel and a lead singer from Northeast India? Yep, sounds like a Brooklyn band…

Sea Ghost: A Classic Take on Guitar Pop

So many bands are popping up in Bushwick; it’s easy to get lost in the flood. But Sea Ghost are a new band that don’t care too much about the “scene” or “fitting in.”

Bushwick Music: Interview with Electric Sunset

Electric Sunset is the new solo project for Nicolaas Zwart, formerly of the band Desolation Wilderness. DW specialized in dreamy, reverbed guitar pop…

Yacht / Black Devil Disco Club at Seaport

Another summer week, another glorious, free show at South Street Seaport put on by the River to River Festival. This week’s lineup has three bands and is pretty interesting in its variety.

Not too much is known about…

Avi Buffalo / Chad VanGaalen at Seaport

Tonight’s show, which is another chapter in the always great River to River Festival, is a West Coast, Sub-Pop repping double whammy. Chad VanGaalen, who many think should be headlining this show, comes on first at…

Bushwick Music: Interview with Blind Man’s Color

Bands come and go. Especially these days: the web makes you simultaneously want to download a million albums a day and throw your hard drive out the window…

Procedure Club: straight outta Slumberland

Most bands are much more coy about mixing noise and melody compared to newcomers Procedure Club, straight outta the musical hotbed that is New Haven, CT. But the band, made up of a girl who only goes by…

Bear in Heaven at South Street Seaport

Tonight’s show, which is part of the River to River Festival, is a heavy double-header of epic, arty Rock with a capital “R.” Zola Jesus, dark chanteuse of the Midwest, opens things up at 7 pm, bringing…