TALES OF THE COCKTAIL 2014
Tales of the Cocktail – sounds lovely, right? And it IS lovely. Upwards of 20,000 people – bartenders, brand ambassadors, distillers, people like yours…
pancakes and whiskey
SCARS ON 45 PLAY MERCURY LOUNGE
After being away in The Bahamas for a week I was dying so catch a live show. Scars On 45 filled that void when…
NEWPORT FOLK FEST 2014
This past weekend, July 25-27, the Newport Folk Festival was held at Fort Adams in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. This year marked the festival’s…
BEAR’S DEN PLAYS THE BOWERY BALLROOM
“We haven’t said much tonight,” said Bear’s Den Joey Haynes, breaking the silence of what truly had been a set without much talking thus far. “We’re…
67 MINUTES IN HEAVEN WITH REIGNWOLF AND 795 STRNGRS
DISCLAIMER: This article contains some explicit language and is strongly biased. “The first time I saw him,” my new friend Spencer recounts, “him” begin…
INGRID MICHAELSON PLAYS SUMMERSTAGE
Pop singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and her band of bandits brought their caravan of musicians to Central Park SummerStage on Wednesday. The perfect weather here in the…
DAWES + CONOR OBERST PLAY SUMMERSTAGE
As I hobbled down Fifth Avenue towards Grand Central Terminal, I thought—what a beautiful night. It was a sentiment that garnered strong applause at…
RUBBLEBUCKET – ‘CARO– USEL RIDE’
Rubblebucket’s newest single “Carousel Ride,” off their upcoming album Survival Sounds is organized chaos, a sunny song that has a carefree summer vibe. A…
VINYL THIEF PLAYS MERCURY LOUNGE
Electronic music and rock music… combining these two is like combining two base elements to form a new compound element. While the two base…
ALBUM REVIEW: XNY – ‘ORANGE’
Two-piece rock bands are a very special breed. What they lack in number, they usually make up for with great songwriting ability and unlimited…