The dudes from Lazer Cake invited me out to their show on 10/25/2012 at Cameo Gallery. They were the last band to play so I got to catch two bands before them. One of which was this band Junior Prom who absolutely killed it. The last time I saw a two piece this dope was back when The Courtesy Tier was just Omer and Layton. Enough words, time for some music! Watch these dudes do the damn thing. The singer kept yelling out “Wooaaaah!” on some Rick Flair shit. From that little piece of information alone you should be super excited. Great set! You dudes have some serious stage presence. 2 dudes felt/sounded like 5. That drummer is banana’s and I’m sure I saw a could of women tear up from the vocals. Enjoy!
PS: You should call one of your songs “The Nature Boy”…just saying “woaaaaaah”.
“Oh hey yall!” It’s been a little while. Since before Hurricane Sandy panties I believe. Lets get right to it. I caught up with the dudes from Double King over at Cameo Gallery on 10/23/2012. The former bassist/singer of The Powder Kegs is now the Guitarist/front man in Double King. Brooklyn is a waterfall of talent with fresh fish hopping into the mix daily. Bands like this set the margin high! If you’re in a mediocre band don’t even waste your time bringing that shit to Brooklyn. You better come with it if you want to stand a chance. I look forward to Double King’s future. Double King isn’t trying to be denied, they let it all out on stage. I loved their set, and don’t even get me started on how rad the last song was. Holy Shit! Enjoy! Let me know what you think.
Freewilliamsburg & My Social List present Halloween
It’s widely accepted that one of the absolute best nights out of the year is Halloween. The calendar provides not one other date in which it is not only socially acceptable, but your responsibility as a red-blooded, flag-waving AMERICAN to parade around intoxicated in a ridiculous outfit; unless you live in Bushwick, that is. I do… but I’m pumped anyway. At least, I am now, because up until today, the lineup for Halloween shows was pretty disappointing.
WE’RE BETTER THAN THAT, BROOKLYN!
That’s why we enlisted our good friend Kristina Tequila to work on putting together the absolute BEST Halloween experience of 2012 for us (us being My Social List and this here blog, FREEwilliamsburg), a show in the industrial-DIY wasteland that is 285 Kent, co-headlined by two of the absolute best post-punk and darkwave bands in the borough, Weekend and Black Marble.
It’s refreshing (and relaxing) to talk about something other than CMJ for a change. Not that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy myself during the all-out clusterfuck of a festival that is the “Music Marathon,” but the weight of tracking hundreds of shows, attending them, and consuming all the free booze that’s flowing over a few days borders on burdensome at some points. I know. Serious, SERIOUS #hipsterproblems.
I digress. The beauty of New York City is that we’re not waiting all year to see bands. We’re not Manchester, Tennessee or Indio, California. Shit, we’re not even Austin, Texas (no offense.) We ALWAYS have stuff going on. And that’s why I’m here, no?
So recently I came across this artist that goes by the name of Voli. Some of you may have caught wind of him from his work with artists such as Goyte and J.Cole in the past. But today I have the pleasure of introducing him and world premiering his new video “All The Same” off of his new album The Wall dropping in early 2012. Enjoy! Come check out the world premiere at noon sharp!
