A rock and roll speakeasy seems as much like an oxymoron as an affordable bourbon bar, but apparently both exist in a  hideaway under the trampled sidewalks of Alphabet City. Idle Hands was first brought to my attention not because of its over 150 different bourbons (!), or intense selection

Just talked to the dudes from Zodiac Death Valley. Besides the fact that they are playing at the Independent this Thursday, July 21st, with Cannons and Clouds and LILAC (who I interviewed here a couple weeks ago), I don’t know a ton about this band. But after interviewing them I

When I first heard the new tUnE-yArDs album, whokill, I thought someone had dumped happiness pop rocks in my ears. The woman behind the uke, Merrill Garbus, has been causing a stir with her hootin’, stompin’, strummin’ ways since her debut album BiRd-BrAiNs, so much so that I once saw

I’ve had a crush on the Mumlers since I first heard them years ago. They are, by far, one of my favorite local bands. Outfitted with a full horn section and a swoon-worthy frontman, the Mumlers have the ability to transport you to different eras and locations with their genre-defying

Hey, guys– in case you didn’t know, sometimes you gotta hustle in NYC.  I mean, this is the place where dreams come true.  It’s like Disneyland for adults—just as expensive and magical, except its also dirty and sometimes dangerous and smells like hobo pee.  Not to mention the weather here

Brooklyn’s favorite party promoters and general providers of free awesome things, Jelly NYC is taking their pool party game to Queens. While making your beach choice usually depends on transportation and the ratio of people to boomboxes, your decision making process just got a hell of a lot easier with

My pal Jamie sings and plays bass in The Moanin Dove. He also plays bass in almost every other good band in San Francisco. And I don’t mean just wimpy regular bass that anyone can play (I can’t), but the super-manly upright bass. That’s basically (BASSically!) the largest instrument you

It’s no secret that I’m picking up what City Winery is putting down (I just linked to one of my posts in one of my posts! SO META! Or annoying). And that was even before I knew they had a courtyard where they would treat my eager ears to free