On February 28, 2012, the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ highly-anticipated second album, Leaving Eden, will be released on Nonesuch Records. Join the band in a jug-stomping celebration of the release on March 2 at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University. Fans of the band already know the high-voltage energy of this glorified [...]
Blues fans are in for a special treat this Friday as acclaimed blues guitarist Ronnie Earl rocks Manhattan’s B.B. King Blues Club. Haven’t heard of him? Take a look at a partial list of his fans: B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Carlos Santana. Earl rocks and rolls as hard as his musical brethren and will [...]
Don Giovanni Records offers up five bands from its roster to showcase at the Music Hall of Williamsburg this Saturday. New Jersey’s Screaming Females, For Science, and Black Wine share the stage with Brooklyn’s Shellshag, and Laura Stevenson and the Cans, all providing their own take on indie rock. Click here for tickets and check [...]
Sonic Youth enthusiasts disappointed in the band’s possible breakup would do well to make the trek out to Hoboken this weekend to catch Thurston Moore at Maxwell’s on Friday. Moore is touring behind his third solo effort, the fantastic Demolished Thoughts, and this round of solo shows marks the first New York area appearance by [...]
Up for a little mid-week folk? Cass McCombs will have you covered. McCombs will perform his brand of American folk music this Wednesday, January 25 at the Bowery Ballroom on the NYC stop of his month-long tour in support of his recent album Humor Risk. Tickets are still available, click here for more information, and [...]
New Jersey’s Real Estate released one of 2011’s finest albums, Days. Elmore‘s own Melissa Caruso called the album “so transcendent, it’s easy to get enveloped in every single track.” This week, New Yorkers will get a chance to see them ply their trade in person as they stop at Terminal 5 on their tour with [...]
The nine-piece band executes a hypnotic concoction of modern funk, gutsy blues and gritty rock. After selling out twice in NYC, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds is not to be missed.
Vocal powerhouse Alexis P Suter hosts a very merry concert this Friday at the Bearsville Theater, bringing in holiday cheer with the Lindsey Webster Band and special guests. For more information and ticket prices, click here.
Indie pop band from “down under,” Architecture in Helsinki makes a stop in NYC at Irving Plaza this Friday night with Dom and Lo Fi Fnk. Tickets are available here.
Guitarist, songwriter and New Yorker Chris Bergson partners up with singer/drummer Tony Leone for a performance at the 92Y Tribeca this Friday. Elmore writer Kay Cordtz recently caught Bergson’s live show recently (full review here) where the two played together at Bowery Electric. Kay noted that the “spare and funky rhythm section of Tony Leone…gave [...]
