Posts Tagged ‘new york city’
Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES performed at Baby’s All Right
November 4th, 2016 by chocko
Lauren Mayberry at Baby’s All Right, November 3, 2016 Last month, UK synthpop band CHVRCHES played their biggest NYC show at Radio City Music Hall. Last night, Chvrches lead singer and recent NYC resident Lauren Mayberry played a considerably smaller stage as the musical guest of the comedy show “Heart Of Darkness” at Baby’s All […]
Tags: baby's all right, brooklyn, Chvrches, comedy show, Dave Hill, Greg Barris, Lauren Mayberry, musical guest, new york city, nyc, Seth Herzog
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Summer of ’92 at Terminal 5
August 13th, 2016 by chocko
Salt N Pepa at Terminal 5 August 9, 2016 DJ Spinderella En Vogue Biz Markie The Crystal Pepsi Summer of ’92 featured artists from that totally awesome era including Lisa Loeb, Biz Markie, En Vogue and Salt N Pepa with DJ Spinderella. The 90’s party also featured a retro arcade with classic video games, a […]
Tags: biz markie, crystal pepsi, dj spinderella, en vogue, hip hop, new york city, nyc, old school, salt n pepa, summer of 92, terminal 5
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my kinda town – rock n roll, kung fu, & new york city!
July 31st, 2016 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————- THE BELLS: A DAYLONG CELEBRATION OF LOU REED ———————————————————————————————————- Lou Reed left us way too early on October 27, 2013. Yesterday, we celebrated Lou’s legacy on things he loved the most: music, martial arts, poetry, experimental composition, film, his family, friends, & just living life in New York City. Thanks to his wife Laurie […]
Tags: lcoutofdoors, lincoln center, lou reed, new york city, tai chi, the bells
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Bolt-Ups and Brooklyn Ups
June 7th, 2016 by chocko
K-NOR is a Brooklyn based artist and who’s absolutely killing it on the streets with creepy images of drippy skulls and skeletons oozing in brighter than day colors. A couple of months ago K-NOR collaborated on some bolt-ups with another Brooklyn artist CB23 and Staten Island’s Robots Will Kill. The bolt-ups were placed in different […]
Tags: art, bolt-ups, CB23, graffiti, K-NOR, new york city, nyc street art, Robots Will Kill, street art, wheat paste
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Frankie Cosmos played Other Music
June 6th, 2016 by chocko
Frankie Cosmos at Other Music March 31, 2016 Greta Kline records sweet and shimmering indie pop under the name Frankie Cosmos. Her new album Next Thing dropped a couple months ago and Frankie Cosmos performed a decent chunk of the new record at the intimate and soon to be gone forever, Other Music in New […]
Tags: frankie cosmos, greta kline, in-store, live, new york city, nyc, other music, performance, record store
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Memorial Day Punk Show 2016
June 4th, 2016 by chocko
Spike Polite of Sewage NYC at Tompkins Square Park May 29, 2016 Hey ladies and germs! It’s that time of year again and there’s nothing like a free punk show at Tompkins Square Park in The Lower East Side, NYC. I look forward to them every year. This particular edition, The Memorial Day Punk Show […]
Tags: Bobby Steele, horror punk, new york city, nyc, punk, punk rock, sewage nyc, spike polite, the omega men, The Undead, tompkins square park
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Mad Tiger and Peelander-Z invade IFC Center
May 13th, 2016 by chocko
Peelander-Yellow at IFC Center (photos by chocko) The documentary MAD TIGER recently wrapped up its run at IFC Center in NYC but not without going out with a blast. MAD TIGER features the Japanese punk rockers Peelander-Z, a happy, fun and wacky costume wearing band whose shows consists of a lot of crowd participation and […]
Tags: documentary, IFC Center, jonathan yi, kengo hioki, kotaro tsukada, Mad Tiger, michael haertlein, movies, new york city, nyc, Peelander Yellow, Peelander Z
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Hey! Ho! Let’s Go to The Queens Museum
April 29th, 2016 by chocko
The Planet Chocko goon squad hopped in our flying saucer and landed in Queens to check out the opening day of the exhibition, Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk at the Queens Museum. By the time we got to the doors, the fire department had come in to limit the amount […]
Tags: dee dee ramone, exhibit, exhibition, hey! ho! let's go!, joey ramone, johnny ramone, new york city, punk, punk rock, queens museum, ramones, the ramones, tommy ramone
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Hinds played Other Music
January 14th, 2016 by chocko
Hinds at Other Music (photos by chocko) Other Music kicked off 2016 with a super fun in-store performance by Hinds. The band consists of Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote both on guitar and vocals, who originally formed a band named Deers back in 2011. Ade Martín on bass and the Amber Grimbergen on drums […]
Tags: hinds, in-store, leave me alone, new york city, nyc, other music, performance
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Kristen Stewart Q&A at IFC Center
January 4th, 2016 by chocko
Kristen Stewart attended the IFC Center Screening of Clouds Of Sils Maria last night, January 3, in New York City for a Q&A following the film. The movie also stars Juliette Binoche who plays the role of Maria Enders, a veteran actress who decides to take on the role in a revival of a play […]
Tags: Best Supporting Actress, cinema, Clouds of Sils Maria, film, IFC Center, IFC Film, Kristen Stewart, movie, new york city, nyc, Q&A
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St. Marks Is Dead Book Party Recap
December 4th, 2015 by chocko
Murray Hill, Jimmy Webb of Trash & Vaudville and Dirty Martini Ada Calhoun wrote a book titled St. Marks Is Dead which is about the history of the ever-changing three-block stretch in the East Village known as St. Marks Place. She writes about the origins of St. Marks when it was a Lenape tribe campsite […]
Tags: Ad-Rock, Ada Calhoun, book, Bridget Everett, Erin Markey, kathleen hanna, new york city, nyc, punk rock, St. Marks Is Dead, St. Marks Place, St. Marks Zeros
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Nina Diaz (Girl In A Coma) played Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
November 5th, 2015 by chocko
After taking a break from singing and playing guitar in the San Antonio band, Girl In A Coma, Nina Diaz played a ton of solo shows in her home state and began recording solo material. Last month, Nina finally took her show to some NYC area shows which included Brooklyn’s Living Room and Rockwood Music […]
Tags: convert, giac, girl in a coma, live, new york city, nina diaz, nyc, review, rockwood music hall, show
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