Music

BBQ + the blues + FREE, you say?!?
This Sunday, you can pretend you’re down home in Mississippi again — barefoot in the sunshine by the river, barbeque sauce all over yer smilin’ face, strummin’ a gee-tar an’ tappin’ yer toe. Wait, what’s that? You’re from Connecticut, and you don’t know how to play, or eat? That’s alright!

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Sea of Bees (Friday @ Café Du Nord!)
I’m not going to pussyfoot around here. Sea of Bees is currently my favorite local band. Maybe my favorite band, period. And on Friday, I get to play a show with them and Rachel Fannan (formerly of Sleepy Sun), another favorite who was featured as a Broke-Ass Band here not

Handsome Furs and Free Vodka Frenzy TONIGHT!
If you ain’t got enough buck for the Handsome Furs Show Tonight, fear not! You can still get your fix of indie rock’s Bonnie and Clyde at the After Party tonight at Tammany Hall. $5 with RSVP will get you entry to the duo’s DJ set AND a free open vodka

Swing Easy at The Garage in the West Village
Before I officially moved to The Big Apple and realized that a) a subway ride costs more than a beer in my home state Ohio b) Houston is pronounced “Howston” and c) New York State Taxes would make that part of my budget pie chart reserved for entertainment an anorexic

Discounted Tickets to The Kong Show: Summer Staycation, Tonight at Iguana!
Mondays are anything but a laughing matter. I don’t know about you, but after a weekend tarnished by a stormy Sunday, I kind of feel like I got screwed out of my non-work day fun. What’s a girl to do when she has a major case of the Monday

Mona’s: FREE Wild Jazz Tuesdays and Cheap Booze
Ladies and Gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up, step right up! What we got here is somethin’ ya can’t get anywhere else! What is IT, ya may be askin’ ya self. Well, it’s amazing, it’s spectacular, it’s the most terrific thing that you have ever seen! It’s entertaining, it’s

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Magic! Magic Roses (Thursday @ Berkeley Redwood Grove)
My beautiful pals Kate and Sarah make simple, harmony-rich, meditative folk music under the moniker Magic! Magic Roses, a slogan that they borrowed from the sign of a local SF street vendor. Magic! Magic Roses play this Thursday, August 11th, at the Redwood Grove at UC Berkeley’s Botanical Garden (more

Testing One, Two, Three…
One of my favorite parts about summertime is that it is concert season; all the great festivals and many great artists come to town to take advantage of the weather and lift our spirits with their wonderful melodies. The bad part, though, is that all these concerts total up really