On a cold, unforgiving Monday night in February, the day before Valentines Day in fact, it seemed like a night out at the Mercury Lounge in the Lower East Side would be a lonely one if not a snowy one. That night the Mercury Lounge hosted the record release party for rising New York City [...]
Friday, March 2, 2012 By Joey Pangilinan
A few weeks ago on February 10th, the eventseekr team caught Los Campesinos! performing at the Great American Music Hall. You can find our review of the performance here, and our photos from the show on our Facebook page. But before Los Campesinos went on stage, the eventseekr team sat down for an interview with [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 By Joey Pangilinan
![Noise Pop 2012 Preview [Interview]](http://blog.eventseekr.com/wp-content/themes/flashnews/functions/thumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0832-e1328635189186.jpg&w=75&h=75&zc=1&q=90)
On Thursday, February 2nd, the 552 party revelers who RSVP’d for the Noise Pop Pop-Up Shop Opening Party showed up at the Bold Italic‘s headquarters. Naturally, this little get-down served as a celebration to kick off the 20th anniversary of the annual Noise-Pop music festival, which officially runs from February 21st through 26th. From the [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 By Adam Sawyer
In the Bay Area, rain in the winter just isn’t a good enough excuse not to go out. On a wet January 20th at the New Parish in Oakland, the LA-based Races opened for El Ten Eleven, with whom they’re currently on tour. The southern California sextet released their Big Broom EP in November 2011 and will [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011 By Lauren Espina
Back in October, I wrote a review for indie, dance-rock band Reptar‘s second consecutive show at the Fillmore with Foster the People. After that show, I had the chance to chat with a few of the members outside the venue, and they were kind enough to offer me contact information so that we could set up an [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011 By Joey Pangilinan
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This week, Yelle returns to San Francisco. The Mezzanine will play host to the electronic dance band from France this Saturday night, November 12th. Band members Tepr, GrandMarnier and Yelle herself were last here in San Francisco back in May of this year at the Grand Regency Ballroom just after playing at the Coachella Valley [...]
Friday, October 28, 2011 By Adam Sawyer
I recently got the chance to set up a chat with the lead singer of the fun Australian rock quintet Little Red. The group boasts success in their home country with their first EP, Listen to Little Red, meeting good national reviews upon release in June 2008. It was named album of the week on [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011 By Alexa Dooseman
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re highlighting the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, a fundraising event that takes place in nine different cities across the United States. To be a walker, you have to sign-up, raise $1,800, train and then walk a marathon and a half (39.3 miles) in two days. You [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011 By Katie Kopacz
Standing beneath the red neon Slim’s sign, which glows against the old fashioned brick exterior of the venue, I meet Michael Bauer, front man of the Useless Keys, a Los Angeles based space rock band. We head inside and meet up with guitarist Michael Regilio and they lead me downstairs into the bowels of the [...]
Thursday, September 22, 2011 By Adam Sawyer
BRAIDS, like so many unshakable memories, has its foundations set in high school. Now working out of Montreal, the members all met in Calgary, some through participation in jazz combos, others in the theatre, during piano lessons and even on a trip to Europe. The pieces slowly fell into place for a musical team anchored [...]
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