Bushwick Music Interview: Beach Fossils

t’s always refreshing when a band that begins with a clear modus operandi, even an unspoken one, grows in popularity while refining that sound and not succumbing to pandering to the audience in any way…

Recommended Show: Lost in the Trees

The autumnal weather we’ve been having here in Brooklyn this week is quite fitting for the solid double bill tonight at Bowery Ballroom. Headliners Plants and Animals have grown up a bit since their first album, evolving…

The ABC’s of Circuit Bending!

These days there’s a lot of emphasis on sounds and timbres when it comes to music coming out of Bushwick and Brooklyn. Careful deliberation goes into every sample, synth wash, or guitar tone for many bands, sometimes more so…

Coltrane Motion- Electronic Pop with a 60′s Bent

A band that has caught my ear recently is Coltrane Motion, a Chicago-based electronic indie rock duo, with a new album titled Hello Ambition! out June 1 via Datawaslost, which they are currently touring in support…

An Update on the Market Hotel Project

A quick update on what’s going on with Market Hotel, via Todd P:

– Paperwork has been filed with the State of New York to establish Market Hotel Project as a limited liability corporation. The next step in…

North Highlands and Psychobuildings at Cameo!

Just a quick post today as my laptop battery is running low: Tonight at Cameo, the great Crashin In folks have put together a great lineup: North Highlands, Psychobuildings, and Surprisers. Flyer is below and cover is only…

Ava Luna: Coney Island Soul

Not often do you find a Brooklyn band with three female singers whose name isn’t “Dirty Projectors.” So there is a certain amount of chutzpah implicit in Ava Luna, the “Coney Island Soul” band started by Carlos Hernandez,…

Recommended Show: Wild Nothing at Knitting Factory

It’s always nice when a band (or in this case, a one-man recording project) rises up from the masses of music getting thrown at you without much help or even a full-length album and becomes a constant joy to…

Recommended: Twin Shadow

About a year and a half ago, my band Spanish Prisoners shared a bill with a genial fellow named George Lewis Jr. At this point, I can’t remember if he played solo or with a band, which is…

Recommended Show: Medications at Bruar Falls

Jonny Leather is one of those people behind the scenes in NYC  music that should be quietly applauded. Running a great blog, booking bands across the city, and constantly promoting bands he believes in, especially when those bands…