Music and Musicians
More Electric Cowbell Please
Last April, Jim Thompson rode his bicycle around New York with a bag full of freshly pressed 45-style records. "You have to just do it," he says of starting a label, "just jump in the water and see what happens."
MORE MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
-
A Global Exchange of Beats with Poirier and Rekha
Poirier, headliner at HEAVY's Carnivale party last Friday. The brief respite of warmth this past Friday couldn't have happened on a better night for Bushwick. Paired ... -
Nettling the Boundaries of Music
Nettle. Arnold on the left, then Bowen, /rupture, and Cuff on the right. The warm glow of votive candles bounced off the crooked brick walls and ... -
Tropical Heat Warms Bushwick at House of Yes
An energetic crowd filled the dance floor at the base of the three-story scaffoldings in the grand hall of House of Yes this Saturday... -
Bringing a Chorus Program to PS 137
6th graders in the music program at PS 137. Photo by Mike Steyels for BushwickBK Within months of getting her hands on a guitar, Ebony Vasquez ...
-
Envelope, Bushwick's Swank and Secret Venue
The address is a secret, the price is $30, and it's 21-and-up: Envelope aims for a more grown-up experience for Bushwickers who want a good party without piss beer. -
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... -
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... -
Mikey Dubs: Cultural Tourist
Mikey Dubs prefers to step in and out of different styles, trying them on for size. He's made all kinds of music, but it's always the dub reggae that keeps him grounded... -
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." -
Liondub: On New York Music and Good Records
Liondub has been involved in various music scenes in New York for two decades, and compared to the 1990s he's not happy with its current incarnation... -
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... -
Ninjasonik: Hipster -- No, Comedy -- Rap
Ninjasonik, a party rap trio with roots in Bushwick, recently performed at South Street Seaport and got the crowd so excited that they started a riot... -
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... -
Defiling Genres, From Cumbia to Kuduro
If a librarian got together with a club kid, they might create similarly genre-defiling terms as those coined by Toy Selectah, such as "raverton" and "Mex-more." -
