Breedlove
Mondays @ Midnight
St. Jerome’s, Lower East Side
On the Lower East Side, you can be anything that you want and still be fabulous, and St. Jerome’s Bar between Clinton and Suffolk is a whole mess of beautiful, “mess” being the key word. Going there on any given night, there’s cheap beer, pretty girls, and a DJ spinning rock n’ roll roll, but Mondays at midnight is when the “filthy glamour” takes over, with weekly sets by New York singer/performance artist Breedlove.
Nashville-based piano rock singer-songwriter Ben Folds has added a New York City show on the current tour supporting his new record, Lonely Avenue. Folds is the former frontman of the successful band, Ben Folds Five, and has released three studio albums as a solo artists. His most recent studio album is a collaboration with novelist Nick Hornby, featuring music by Folds and lyrics by Hornby.
Songs to check out:
The Last Polka/Gone
You Don’t Know Me
From Above
Ben Folds
December 14th
Beacon Theater
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Influential New York post-hardcore rock band Glassjaw will ring in the New Year by playing Times Square’s Best Buy Theater on January 1st 2011. The group is known for their involvement in and affect on the underground music scene and mixture of many different kinds of alternative rock music styles, including experimental, hardcore punk, and nu-metal.
Songs to check out:
Ape Dos Mil
Pretty Lush
Tip Your Bartender
Glassjaw
January 1st, 2011
Best Buy Theater
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Texas-based Indie rock band Eisley will be playing at New York’s Gramercy Theater next week for their Over The River And Through The Woods Tour. The group, whose last studio album, Combinations, was released in 2007, has recently left Warner Brothers but have announced that they are now going to be branching out on their own. Eisley has toured with acts such as Coldplay, Say Anything, Snow Patrol, Brand New, and Taking Back Sunday.
Songs to check out:
Marvelous Things
I Wasn’t Prepared
Invasion
Eisley
October 21st
Gramercy Theater
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Every Monday at midnight, New York City pop/rock singer Breedlove will be performing at St. Jerome’s on Manhattan’s lower east side. Breedlove is now back to the “Monday Magic” fresh off of touring with friends and fellow New Yorkers, Semi Precious Weapons.
Songs to check out:
Okay By Me
Oh, Pierre
Love On The Telephone
Breedlove
Mondays @ Midnight
St. Jerome’s
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Johnny Gallagher
October 10th, 2010
Rockwood Music Hall, Lower East Side
It seems that everyone on the Great White Way is balancing a music career on the side these days… but why not? The actors that work hard in Broadway musicals every day are there for a number of reasons, including their vocal abilities. The show that seems to really be harboring all of the potential cross-over talent, though, is Green Day’s American Idiot, with many of its cast members also performing in the role of New York City singer-songwriters. One of the play’s leads, John Gallagher Jr, or as he is billed at Rockwood Music Hall, Johnny Gallagher, is a Tony Award winner with a sweet disposition and folk rock heart.
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Philadelphia indie rockers Circa Survive are set to perform two nights in a row in New York City this month on a tour in support of their newest studio album, Blue Sky Noise. The album, featuring singles such as “Imaginary Enemy” and “I Felt Free”, was released in April 2010 and is the third released by the band, following Juturna and On Letting Go. Circa Survive has participated in Van’s Warped Tour and The Bamboozle festival on numerous occasions and has toured with many notable alternative rock bands.
Songs to check out:
Imaginary Enemy
Act Appalled
I Felt Free
Circa Survive
November 27th, 28th
Irving Plaza
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Boston-based punk cabaret act, The Dresden Dolls, will headline Manhattan’s Irving Plaza this halloween for their “10th Bandiversary”. The Dresden Dolls have performed at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and South by Southwest, and have opened for bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Panic At The Disco on tour. After a long hiatus and over four years since the release of their last studio album, the band has announced that they will be playing reunion shows in select cities, starting with New York.
Songs to check out:
Girl Anachronism
Coin Operated Boy
Sing
The Dresden Dolls
October 31st
Irving Plaza
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Semi Precious Weapons w/ Breedlove, The Dirty Pearls, Lady Starlight
October 8th, 2010
Irving Plaza, Union Square
Last night, Manhattan’s Irving Plaza was a battleground. The war waged was one in honor of bringing rock n’ roll back to New York City and mainstream music, a cause that has been ignored for far too long. The military general leading the blitz was Justin Tranter, with an infantry of the Lower East Side’s favorite rock kings and queens, Lady Starlight, Breedlove, and the guys of Semi Precious Weapons. “Rock n’ roll is not on the television, and it’s not on the radio, but it’s right here. Right now. So fuck the T.V., fuck the radio, I just want to fuck you”, was Tranter’s speech to a crowd of screaming and nearly naked fans, a moment that made at least one thing clear: victory had been claimed, and winning the war is only a shot away.
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Daniel Cho Benefit
Regina Spektor, Jenny Owen Youngs, and many others
September 27th, 2010
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
When musicians and fans comes together for a personal cause, a show feels more like a gathering of friends than a concert. After the tragic and untimely death of cellist Daniel Cho, a show to benefit his family was organized by artists and friends who had worked with and known him over the years. Singer-songwriters Regina Spektor and Jenny Owen Youngs were highlights of the night among a line-up of ten separate acts who came out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in honor of Dan Cho.
