We often interview people who consider themselves broke. We also interview a lot of bands. This is because most bands are broke. Today’s Broke-Ass Band Interview is with SF-based folk musician Sonya Cotton, who is fabulous and will be playing at the Rickshaw Stop on Tuesday, January 25th. She also

Like good music, do you? How about drinking while listening to good music? And helping make children’s holiday season bright while drinking and listening to good music? Well, well, well… do I have the event for you. This Friday, some pretty damn good bands like Milagres, Soft Reeds, and a special Holiday Band featuring

The Brooklyn indie scene is dominated by electro outfits looking to make quick cash from free software on their laptops. While their aesthetic can be admirably DIY, their sound more often than not comes off as POS. Every now and then, though, a band comes along unafraid to sit behind

Faux Punk is a Daft Punk cover band that fills a void. Considering that Daft Punk is physically incapable of being present at more than one place simultaneously, Faux Punk rises to act in their stead. (Sort of like what Batman is currently doing.) Daft Punk has been in the

It takes a sharp mind and brass balls to be funny. You’re always risking humiliation with every quip, anecdote, or pun you put out there in the world to ideally get some laughs but more likely than not will just get groans (especially with puns). When someone steps up to

Never as a tween listening to “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” in San Diego, CA could I have imagined that I would implore Peter Holmström of the Dandy Warhols to give a “shout out” to anything or anyone. And yet, here we are. I’m glad to

For those of you who aren’t trapped in the frozen tundra that is Michigan, shimmy on over to The Bell House this evening to see a new revolution take place with electropop acts Gordon Voidwell and company sharing the stage. Voidwell or “Will” has been getting a lot of ink

Brooklyn, for better or worse, has a glut of musicians and performers who get dubbed “cutting edge” or “the hot new thing.” Much like the terms “awesome,” “extreme,” or “neo-c0nservative,” these terms are overused to the point of becoming meaningless, no different from say “um” or “er” in your sentence.