Posts Tagged ‘show’
POLIÇA played Maxwell’s
May 15th, 2012 by chocko
The Minneapolis four piece Polica (pronounced with a ‘soft C’) played a SOLD OUT show last Sunday at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. The band consists of 2 drummers (Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu), a bass player (Chris Bierden) and the lead singer, Channy Leneagh who is beautiful and has an amazing and powerful voice. […]
Tags: channy leneagh, hoboken, maxwells, new jersey, nj, polica, review, show
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DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles played Highline Ballroom
April 2nd, 2012 by chocko
Last Monday DJ Premier and Freddie Foxxx (aka Bumpy Knuckles) tore the roof off Highline Ballroom in celebration Bumpy’s birthday and also the release of Kolexxxion, a new album featuring Foxxx on the microphone and Premier on the beats. The night started with DJ Technician from The Bronx spinning new and classic tracks. He announced […]
Tags: bumpy knuckles, concert, dj premier, freddie foxxx, highline ballroom, new york city, nyc, review, show
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Grimes played The Church
March 26th, 2012 by chocko
Montreal’s Claire Boucher aka Grimes played a show in the basement of the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia last Thursday in support of her 3rd album titled Visions which is a totally fun record if you like catchy, haunting cyborg electro-pop. I don’t normally make the roughly 2 hour trek to Philly but I just […]
Tags: concert, grimes, live, philadelphia, philly, review, show, the church
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Razika played The Glasslands Gallery
March 13th, 2012 by chocko
I got to the show last night at Glasslands in Williamsburg, Brooklyn a little late and a tad shook up, thanks to the wacko walking in the middle lane of the FDR in a black hoodie and backpack. I know the sidewalks can get a little crowded at times, but c’mon now. I caught the […]
Tags: brooklyn, glasslands, new york city, nyc norwegian band, razika, show, the glasslands gallery
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Sean Price and Smif-N-Wessun played Highline Ballroom
January 24th, 2012 by chocko
Sean Price Smif-N-Wessun Duck Down was definitely in the Building…Highline Ballroom that is. Anytime you got members of Brooklyn’s Boot Camp Clik performing a show, you know you’re going to get some REAL Hip Hop. Opening up the show last Wednesday, was Maffew Ragazino from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. A couple years ago he […]
Tags: apollo the great, cocoa brovaz, duck down records, hip hop, maffew ragazino, new york city, nyc, show
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John Doe played Sound Fix
September 8th, 2011 by chocko
John Doe played an intimate show to a few dozen people last night at a Brooklyn record store, Sound Fix Records. John is an original member of the legendary California punk band, X. You best get to steppin’ if you don’t own their first 2 albums…Los Angeles and Wild Gift. At least have those in […]
Tags: cindy wasserman, dead rock west, in-store, john doe, performance, punk, show, x
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Raekwon, Smif-N-Wessun, Joell Ortiz, Large Professor, Neek The Exotic and Skyzoo played Prospect Park
July 15th, 2011 by chocko
Raekwon The Chef Smif-N-Wessun Joell Ortiz Large Professor and Neek The Exotic Skyzoo The annual Celebrate Brooklyn! shows at Prospect Park featured a hip hop lineup last weekend courtesy of Lyricist Lounge. The performance area was packed and the crowd was eager to hear some real hip hop. Skyzoo started off the night with songs […]
Tags: brooklyn, celebrate, concert, hip hop, rap, rapper, show
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Eddie Vedder US Tour 2011 Night One: Providence, Rhode Island
June 16th, 2011 by chocko
Glen Hansard of The Frames and The Swell Season started last night’s show playing a thirty minute set of songs at the beautiful and majestic, Providence Performing Arts Center. Glen seemed very grateful to be playing for everyone and a told a touching story about how he received phone calls from Eddie Vedder following last […]
Tags: concert, eddie vedder, glen hasnard, june, live, pearl jam, ppac, review, show, solo show, the frames, the swell season
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Tragedy played Europa w/ Citizens Arrest, Teargas and Night Birds
June 1st, 2011 by chocko
TRAGEDY CITIZENS ARREST TEARGAS NIGHT BIRDS Starting off last night’s punk rock invasion of Greenpoint, Brooklyn was Night Birds…a band that features former members of the Ergs! and Hunchback and sounds like they’re inspired by surfer music and old school Cali punk bands like Dead Kennedys and Black Flag. These guys were full of energy […]
Tags: brooklyn, hardcore punk, new york city, punk, show
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Seaweed played the Bell House
April 27th, 2011 by chocko
Last Friday, April 22, 2011 marked the triumphant return of Tacoma, Washington’s Seaweed to NYC where they have not played in over ten years. Their show at Bell House was their first show in Brooklyn and to say that I was totally psyched for this show, would be kind of an understatement. Seaweed formed in […]
Tags: bell house, brooklyn, grunge, punk, records, seaweed, show, sub pop
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Natural Elements at Fat Beats NYC
December 17th, 2009 by planetchocko
Natural Elements (A-Butta, L-Swift and Mr. Voodoo) came through Fat Beats (406 6th Ave. between 8th and 9th Streets in New York City) on Dec. 15 to celebrate the release of “1999: 10 Year Anniversary” an album that should have come out a decade ago. In the mid-nineties A-Butta, L-Swift and Mr. Voodoo formed Natural […]
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