Friends is a Band that Recorded a Debut Record Called Manifest
By Nicole Brydson
The buzziest Brooklyn band of the year so far has to be Bushwick’s FRIENDS, whose debut record MANIFEST is out soon.
May 10, 2012 Music Profiles, ShowsTagged: Bands
This Beautiful Alan Wilkis Video Was Shot In Dumbo
By Nicole Brydson
The music video for Shadow is a trip back to 1979 through the eyes of an introverted photo assistant who’s becomes far from camera shy when a nude model arrives on set. It’s written and directed by Ryan O’Hara Theisen who is a filmmaker based out of Brooklyn, he sent over his thoughts on it.
May 10, 2012 Boroughing, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
Turn Cecil Grey’s Williamsburg Bar Party into Your Next House Party
By Nicole Brydson
MOVEMENT is a brand new monthly party at Loreley in Williamsburg. Veteran DJs Ayesha Adamo and Cecil Grey are on the decks all night on third Wednesdays. Here’s a soundcloud of his inaugural set.
May 9, 2012 Audio, Bars, Boroughing, Classic, Music Reviews, Night/Life
Santigold Saves the Day, Masters Our Make-Believe
By Nicole Brydson
The business savvy songstress, returned to her fans after four years of silence, came at her audience with a powerful message and they were ready to listen. On the eve of May Day, also the release of her second album Master of My Make-Believe (Downtown/Atlantic), her songs ring true as dark pop with a worldly punk twist, burrowing deep into our souls and forcing modicums of truth into the ether that sorely need recognition.
May 5, 2012 Audio, Boroughing, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Reviews, Photo
Letterman on White Rabbits: ‘Let’s give it up for the kids from Brooklyn!’
By Nicole Brydson
The avuncular old Dave got all Ed Sullivan on us last night as he closed out a performance by our borough’s own White Rabbits.
March 2, 2012 Multi/Media, Video
Welcome to the Beginning: How I Learned About Brutal Cops
By Nicole Brydson
The brutal reaction of police towards #occupywallstreet protestors in New York City, of campus police at UC Davis to students, and in many instances around the country have only inspired thousands more to fill American streets with their voices. That inspiration, a reawakening within the spirit and mind, is contagious – in my case, it came at a personal cost many years ago.
November 21, 2011 Boroughing, City Politics, Classic, State Politics, The People
How Thomas Bartlett, Doveman Keeps Busy
By Jason Orlovich
The New York based singer-songwriter and accompanist is ironically the least recognizable name in a cadre of New York musicians slowly approaching marquee status and it was great to finally catch his solo act. With so many opportunities Bartlett is able to do what he wants with little regret or anything that resembles a shell. Here’s how he keeps busy.
April 7, 2011 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles
Brooklyn’s O’Death Survives Life, Death and a Day Off
By Jason Orlovich
Brooklyn’s O’Death release their third LP Outside on Ernest Jenning Record Company after a tumultuous year-long hiatus and a clean bill of health.
March 31, 2011 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles
Has Lou Reed Asked Your Band to Grab a Slice?
By Jason Orlovich
And now, a follow up. BrooklynTheBorough.com noted a Lou and Laurie sighting in December when local duo Buke & Gass played a homecoming show at Mercury Lounge. We had no idea the evening would end with the couple asking the band out for slices of pizza – or a full blown collaboration.
February 3, 2011 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Video
Buke & Gass Sound Like Brooklyn
By Jason Orlovich
The Buke & Gass duo, featuring Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez, highlights precisely what’s frustrating about small scene independent sound these days from New York to Portland – they always leave us wanting more.
December 22, 2010 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles, Music Reviews
Not Such a Terrible Idea: Two Record Labels on Opposite Sides of the Digital Decade
By Jason Orlovich
The past decade for New York-based independent labels has either been rough going or a coming out party that no one saw coming. It is not easy to trace how every tiny label arrived at this point, right down to the micro-trends littering Brooklyn’s past decade in music, but there are two labels in particular that might offer the perfect snapshot of Brooklyn 2001 and Brooklyn 2010.
December 13, 2010 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Classic
Live Leak: She Craves Spring by Outernational
By Staff
In the spirit of holiday giving, we bring you LIVE LEAK, our new video series featuring live acts from Southpaw and around the borough. We begin with leaks from our most recent event on November 11 at Southpaw featuring performances by Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye, Outernational, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers and singer Tamar Korn. Our first Live Leak feature is an acoustic performance of She Craves Spring by Outernational.
December 9, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Shows, Video
Kickstart Kevin Johnston’s Sound
By Nicole Brydson
Musician Kevin Johnston has to be just about our favorite regular hanging around Brooklyn these days, and now the time has come to put his life’s endeavor on the horizon and strive for it. Like many folks around the borough this time of year, Kevin is raising money for a creative project – in his case, to record an independent record of his own creation. Read more about this project and watch Kevin’s video about what, exactly, he’s planning to create.
December 8, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
Michael Friedman’s Footprint in Fort Greene
By Teale Sperling
Through December 11, local investigative theater company The Civilians are staging In The Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards at Fort Greene’s Irondale Center, mere blocks from where this long-debated project is currently underway. We caught up with Michael Friedman, the show’s lyricist and composer, to ask him about process, community dialogue and his personal views on the project.
December 2, 2010 Boroughing, Classic, Theater
Meet Tamar Korn, One Woman Jazz Revival
By Robin Bacior
Tamar Korn has performed professionally for Cangelosi Cards for many years, paying melodic homage to jazz and country tunes from the ’20s and ’30s.
November 10, 2010 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Fortnight Journal, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
The New DIY: Atomic Tom Goes Viral on the B Train
By Jason Orlovich
Brooklyn locals Atomic Tom released the homemade video for their latest single on October 14 and nearly two million YouTube hits later found themselves charting below Lady Gaga in iTunes sales for the week — all without touching an instrument that does not require charging. The viral video features the band playing “Take Me Out” using their iPhone instrument apps to a sparse crowd on the B train as it crosses the Manhattan Bridge.
October 21, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
Legends Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye To Appear with Millennials Shilpa Ray and Outernational at Southpaw
By Nicole Brydson
BrooklynTheBorough.com and FortnightJournal.com are excited to announce performances by Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers and Outernational plus special guests Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye at Brooklyn’s hometown rock venue Southpaw on Thursday, November 11, 2010. Tickets are on sale now!
October 18, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Fortnight Journal, Shared Content, Show of the Week, Shows
Dark Dark Dark and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson at Glasslands
By Jason Orlovich
This Saturday, October 16, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson will open solo for Dark Dark Dark, the Minneapolis based chamber folk sextet with Brooklyn ties, when they play an early record release show at Glasslands in support of Wild Go from Supply and Demand Music.
October 12, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Multi/Media, Show of the Week, Video
Sufjan Rings the Death Knell for MySpace
By Jason Orlovich
On October 12 Brooklyn’s interstate sensation Sufjan Stevens will release The Age of Adz, the highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed Illinois, after nearly six years in the making. It’s an ambitious record — dense, cryptic, beautifully melodic and at times a terrifying headphone listen from the online stream alone. News hit last week that Sufjan would ask fans to purchase the record from his Bandcamp site.
October 6, 2010 Audio, Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Shared Content
The Music of Fela Kuti Traverses the River to Brooklyn Bridge Park
By Robin Bacior
Like a mild perfume in the air, there is a new hint of cold seeping through the late-night air. Before you pull out those heavy coats and wool hats, there is one more free outdoor concert to take advantage of when the Music of Fela Kuti comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s beautifully designed Pier 1 next Monday, October 4, courtesy of St. Ann’s Warehouse.
September 29, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Multi/Media, Show of the Week, Video
It’s Epic! Sharon Van Etten Emerges From The Basement
By Jason Orlovich
Sharon Van Etten has performed and collaborated with some of indie’s most celebrated names, now she emerges from the basement with the release of Epic on Ba Da Bing! on October 5. Catch her live local performances shortly after that.
September 21, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
Bryce Dessner & Clogs Team Up with Twins on ‘Last Song’ Video
By Jason Orlovich
Twin brothers Benjamin and Stefan Ramírez Pérez, an animation team based in Cologne, Germany, make sense of the latest release from Clogs with a delicately animated video for “Last Song.”
August 13, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Profiles, Video
Family Band Built Recording Retreat in Catskills, Debut LP
By Jon Treneff
Family Band continues its steady rise by popping at just the right time. Catch them at Union Pool this Friday, August 13, 2010.
August 12, 2010 Classic, Music Profiles, Show of the Week
Almost Famous! What Brooklyn’s Bands Do To Pay The Bills
By Robin Bacior
For local musicians to be prolific in this modern-day cash-is-king society – and specifically in the pricey bohemian mecca of New York City – one has to be realistic, and get one of those things regular people call a “day job” to pay the bills. Often when that 9 am to 5pm or 4pm to 1am shift is done, a double-life is born.
August 10, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Music Profiles
The Ponderosa Stomp Celebrates Unsung Heroes of American Music
By Jacob Blickenstaff
On July 31, the Ponderosa Stomp will feature sixties garage icons Mitch Ryder and ? and the Mysterians, iconoclastic rockers The Gories and Death, nomadic bluesman Eddie Kirkland, stirring soul singers Melvin Davis and Spyder Turner, Motown hitmakers The Velvelettes and Dennis Coffey and R&B all stars The Party Stompers. Photographer Jacob Blickenstaff shares portraits and images from Detroit.
July 27, 2010 Classic, Photo, Show of the Week
Songwriter Damon McMahon Returns from China as Amen Dunes
By Jon Treneff
While traces of the dark, wandering weirdo vibe of Amen Dunes’ Murder Dull Mind remain intact, the blown-out “rock” moments of the former are largely absent, replaced by brooding, skeletal folk insinuations.
July 26, 2010 Classic, Music Reviews
Perfume Genius at Glasslands
By Jason Orlovich
Seattle native Mike Hadreas brings Perfume Genius to Glasslands July 23 for the second of two New York shows. His debut LP Learning is out now on Matador.
July 23, 2010 Classic, Music Profiles
Support Touring Bands! Phosphorescent’s Lessons in Loss
By Jason Orlovich
Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck had his van and $40,000 worth of gear and merchandise stolen. Two days of panic and an outpouring of support came full circle from years spent on the road.
July 15, 2010 Classic, Music Profiles
Filmmaker Sini Anderson Announces Kathleen Hanna Documentary
By Nicole Brydson
Performance artist, producer and director Sini Anderson appeared last month at the Franklin Park Reading Series and recently announced she is directing a documentary about her long time friend Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre fame.
July 9, 2010 Classic, Music Profiles
Frankie Rose & the Outs Save Northside
By Jason Orlovich
Brooklyn fixture Frankie Rose preps her debut LP for Slumberland under Frankie Rose & the Outs after having a hand in Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and Dum Dum Girls.
July 7, 2010 Classic, Music Profiles
