Rock Lottery at The Knitting Factory
Now here's something a little different. A "Rock Lottery" is when a bunch of musicians are assigned to new bands at random and get 12 hours to write 3-5 songs and perform them. The songs were decent, but I think the main attraction is seeing musicians of different styles making music together. Or maybe it's seeing your favorite musicians play a different instrument, being allowed to sing for once, that sort of thing.
Posted: 12/19/2010 at 3:34pm Tags: Rock Lottery The Knitting Factory
The Greenhornes at Bowery Ballroom
The last time I took photos of these guys their keyboard player got pissed at me (I think). I didn't get any good photos of him (or at all, arguably) so I left him out of the photoset I posted (on another website). Someone made a point of pointing out my omission in the comments on that website. Ahem. So anyway, here is a much better set of photos of these roots-y rockers, complete with keyboardist this time.
Posted: 12/2/2010 at 9:37pm Tags: Bowery Ballroom The Greenhornes
The Ettes at Bowery Ballroom
The Ettes have a rhythm-heavy style which would probably sound like it was coming from your neighbor's apartment at 2am if the vocals weren't so clear. I'm thinking they need to stick to venues with a good sound system. As much as I hate the lighting at the Bowery Ballroom, it would be hard to complain about the sound. No complaints about the booking either.
Posted: 12/1/2010 at 8:30pm Tags: Bowery Ballroom The Ettes
The Runaway Suns at Lulu's
More like the Runaway Sardines, packed into a tiny stage like that. Lulu's isn't exactly known for its quality sound system either. Despite all that the Runaway Suns put together a pretty good show. Now someone put 'em on a bigger stage please.
Posted: 11/28/2010 at 1:03pm Tags: Lulu's The Runaway Suns
