Right, so you’ve resolved to roll your own cigarettes, drink cheap bourbon and date men that remind you of Tom Waits. Ladies (and gentlemen) the next step is to come see Black Diamond Heavies. A raw and dirty duo, Reverent James Leg and Van Campbell have created a culmination of garage rock, soul, and old […]
Past Shows —
Category Archives: Past Shows
Summertime singers: Jana Hunter, Matteah Baim, Noa Babayof, Sharon Van Etten
Sunday, July 13th. Doors at 7pm, music at 8 p.m.
http://www.myspace.com/janahunter
http://www.myspace.com/sharonvanetten
http://www.myspace.com/noababayof
http://www.myspace.com/matteahbaim
Fallen Idols - Phil Spector, Joe Meek, Jack Nitzsche & Andrew Loog Oldham
Fallen Idols: The music of Phil Spector, Jack Nitzsche, Joe Meek & Andrew Loog Oldham
Curated by Michael Neault.
Monday, June 30th, 8 p.m. @ Bug Jar — FREE
Phil Spector was the first producer to take pop music seriously when everyone else denounced it as an annoying fad. In the face of adversity, he was a […]
Jeremy Jay: pure storybook.
Saturday, July 19th, Bug Jar
Jeremy Jay (K Records)
+ A Wonderful
++ Black Umbrella
Doors 8 p.m., music 9 p.m. | $5
Jeremy Jay - Airwalker
Jeremy Jay - Breaking the Ice
From the K Records web site:
Jeremy Jay lives in Angel town, next to Larchmont where he hangs out. He’s tall (6′3) blond (really) and handsome and wants a cat […]
Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players & Baby Shivers Boutique
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
+ Baby Shiver’s Boutique
++
Wednesday June 18th
The Bug Jar
8pm
$10
This show is a joint effort with the A/V space
The Trachtenburgs are a travelling family show who takes old slides and make them new again with songs and stories. We love it!
The Spinto Band - Bug Jar, May 27
The Spinto Band
+ Pepi Ginsberg
++ Jon Moses
Bug Jar | Tuesday May 27th, 8 p.m. | $8
Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
Spinto Band - Summer Grof
Pepi Ginsburg - The Waterline
Pitchfork review of Spinto’s debut album, Nice and Nicely Done
…the Spinto Band’s two lead singers traverse enough styles for a week’s worth of positive Pitchfork […]
Dirty on Purpose & Mass Solo Revolt Saturday June 7th
+Dirty on Purpose
++ Mass Solo Revolt
+++TBA
Saturday June 7th
9pm
$8
http://www.dirtyonpurpose.com/
Dirty on Purpose are a four piece from Brooklyn who’ve been likened to Yo La Tengo, My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. They pack a youthful, rocky, anti-shoe-gaze wallop in an ethereal, but lasting way…you know what I mean? Yeah.
Matt & Kim
Wednesday, August 6th, 8pm. @ Bug Jar /// $10, $12 for unders
It’s an all ages show!
Ten Reasons why I’m REALLY excited to see Matt and Kim
By Olga Lukomsky
1. It’s a boy and girl duo playing keyboards and drums
2. She, Kim, smiles a lot
3. The Bug Jar is air conditioned
4. He, Matt, sounds kind of […]
Mathematicians, Mose Giganticus, and The Emotron. May 1 at the Bugjar
- by Peter J. Lazarski and Thomas Sebastian Smolenski
Some serious wildness is coming to the Bugjar this Thursday. Three electro party punk rock genius groups will be crash landing near 8pm. Those geniuses are (although not limited to): MATHEMATICIANS, MOSE GIGANTICUS, and THE EMOTRON.
Mathematicians:
http://myspace.com/mathematicians - Math based punk rock dance synth pop from the NY […]
Pop Landscapes: Michael Robinson
Experimental filmmaker Michael Robinson in person!
The Dryden Theatre
Monday, April 14th
8pm | $5
Video games, television shows, pop songs and magazines - these are the raw ingredients with which Michael Robinson makes his own brand of independent cinema. Where else can you find in one film the music of Guns’N’Roses, the writings of Ayn Rand spoken in […]
