I tried to see the fabulous Vivian Girls Friday night, I really did. But you see, the Cake Shop is tiny. Bands play in a basement the size of a small living room. By the time I showed up around 9—less than midway through a six-band line-up the Vivian Girls were headlining at Read More
This time next week Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and a decent section of midtown will be swarming with all manner of scraggly young men and women hoping to break a few strings, drink a couple beers and sign a couple record contracts. That’s right, CMJ is coming to town. Beginning next Tuesday, Oct. 21, and over Read More
Brooklyn IT bands come and go like a mid-morning sugar high, leaving you jittery and confused. And so many of them fall back on the same record-collector talking points: My Bloody Valentine, the Shangri-Las, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Phil Spector, Nuggets garage rock. But not all of them do it as well as the Read More
