Music

Win FREE tickets: Sam Prekop (The Sea And Cake) @ Slim’s!
We finally tricked convinced Slim’s to let us give away tickets to their amazing shows, and we’re starting with Sam Prekop; singer of my favorite favorite band, The Sea And Cake. As the singer and guitarist of The Sea and Cake, Prekop has incorporated elements of traditional styles from around the

A Survival Guide to Eurovision, Europe’s Magical Singing Contest
The United States is known to be a country of immigrants, many of which originally were broke ass Europeans. Perhaps due to the country’s comparatively recent existence, born and bred Americans will often claim their roots in the Old Country. If, like me, you feel the need to flee towards a

Eighteen Tunes to Screw To
This story was originally published on Broke Ass Stuart’s Goddamn Website five years ago. Here, it’s been updated and also includes a Spotify link. Cue up the entire playlist with a single click: Eighteen Tunes to Screw To And stay tuned for a follow-up list the next week or two.

Win Tickets To Brian Wilson @ Mountain Winery!
One of popular music’s most deeply revered figures and the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history, Brian Wilson performs live at Mountain Winery this summer. Also performing: Rodriguez Thursday, June 18th, 2015 | Mountain Winery | Tickets can be purchased here [promosimple id=”7598″]

This Weekend in NYC: Swing Bands and Retro-Pop, oh my!
This weekend, retro-pop singer Joanne Weaver brings her exciting style to NYC at The Wooly! photo credit: Joe Tanis Photography “Joanne Weaver, will perform at The Wooly on May 30, 2015 in support of her second album, Interstellar Songbook II, set to release June 2, 2015. Weaver and her band

THIS WEEK’S TOP EVENTS – SAN FRANCISCO + NEW YORK
Rad Upcoming SF Events JeConte THU. 05/14 | 7:00PM @ THE HOTEL UTAH SALOON JeConte is a blues rock singer and harmonica player based in Sausalito California. ADMISSION: FREE Chicano Batman, Thee Commons, La Pelanga DJ’s FRI. 05/15 | 9:00PM @ BRICK & MORTAR MUSIC HALL Chicano Batman is

Win Tickets: Shuggie Otis – The Original Strawberry Letter 23 @ The New Parish!
Shuggie Otis, who oddly looks really similar to my first boyfriend, can be connected to myriad of famous and solar musicians throughout the ages: his father, Johnny Otis, discovered Etta James and Jackie Wilson, Shuggie’s first son’s mother was in The GTOs, a group created by Frank Zappa and he

THIS WEEK’S TOP EVENTS – SAN FRANCISCO + NEW YORK
We at Broke-Ass Stuart want to make sure you’re living your life to the fullest. That’s why we outfit our SF and NYC calendars with the best possible events we can find. Below are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the things we felt it was