Neil Young tribute band on his birthday, two sets.

On the second Monday of each month our friend and neighbor plays selections from his library of classic disco and soul videos.

+Human Hearts- are back from Dromfest (Catskill NY) and the Monongahela Pop Festival (Pittsburgh PA) to play songs from their brand new album Faith & Credit (Dromedary Records), and even newer ones. “Formally sapient,” says Robert Christgau. 

+Jeff Tobias- featuring Sam Morrison will be performing the music of Jeff Tobias and other composers.

+Safka- a 4 piece indie band exploring the intersections of folk, alternative rock, and blues music. Rich atmosphere, layered melodies and textures blend with soulful vocals and eclectic grooves.

+Mama’s Boys- Modest Mouse

+Depeche Modem- Sleep Hostage/Trashdaddy/Will Noland

Friday Halloween Eddition Lonely Hearts Safe Space Karaoke hosted by CocoNut Lighting with costume contest

+PYRON & Mike Cassidy-

+Takses-

+3 Omegas-

Drink and Draw with Anita and Jackie

+Savak- This is a record-release show for Savak's new, 14-track collection, Door Deals & Debt, which spans their 7 albums and 10 years as a band.

+Thalia Zedek- has one of the most enduring and distinctive voices in modern rock music — a voice like no other — that can be heard in her work with some of the most groundbreaking underground bands, from Uzi and Live Skull to Come. Since 2001, Zedek has been making music under her own name, releasing a string of critically acclaimed albums

+Dan Friel- Joyful noises/basement dispatches. That guy from Parts & Labor and Upper Wilds.

+FAKE NUDES- Philly post-punks taking the Velvet Underground ride of motorik, minimal, outsider jams - members of Honey Radar returning to Mama Tried!

+GRAPHIC VIOLETS- Richmond, VA, clever rockers led by Rob from Added Dimensions. Their new LP on HoZac Records is a contender for record-of-the-year in the Dot Dash camp. New Wave, catchy, XTC-meets-GBV vibes - fantastic!

+DISCREET CHARMS- Tom Dash's band of local art-garage rockers

Sponsored by Horitos

+Sloppy Heads- shambling/pretty, structured/disintegrating

+The Zolephants- album release show for their album March of The Zolephants on Territory Punk Records

+The Snags- Chris "Opie" Moore ( of Negative Approach) with members of Skull Practitioners

+Blank Account- Two bass. Two tongue. One drum.

+Go Public (Atl)- Jay Domingo / Adrian Finch / Sam Gunn / SA Rawls

+Famous Logs in History-

+Sneal- freak RnB

+Ewen/Dahl/Chase- prepared guitar, bass & drums

+Duchess- NYC noise rock

On the second Monday of each month our friend and neighbor plays selections from his library of classic disco and soul videos.

+Andi Rae-

+Bucky Hayes-

+Maddy Wyatt-

+Cat City- NYC 5 piece (m. of Knickerbocker 5, First President of Japan and many other NYC bands)

+Gladys- Digital EP release show! Subversive songs about seltzer and pensioners, with a dash of psychedelia. Exceptional Trousers. 

+Tough Darling- NYC 4 piece brings the glam.

+Sad Pageant- South Brooklyn Bartender Supergroup “The local post-punk band of cool cats that has everyone’s heart!” -Eel Pit

+Stoven- is an indie rock band based in Brooklyn NY. They play songs with a little bit of folk, a little bit of pop, and just the right amount of earnestness

+Anna Isatoy- is a singer-songwriter who makes music for sad horny girls.

Dan Friel selects… Sponsored by Jim Beam

+Kyp Malone (TVOTR)- lunatic seeks love affair

+MV Carbon- sound addressing psychological feedback through poetry, music, and mechanics. vitalized by the immediate environment; Rhythmic backgrounds extended vessels, struck handmade tools

+Sinead Youth- Clara Latham (vocals/guitar) Peter Kerlin (bass) Dan Friel (synth/electronics/drum machines)

Sponsored by Hornitos Tequila

+Sally Gates/Tim Berne/Kenny Grohowski- buckle up!

+Miss Ambivalent- Lim/Santiago/Kevin

Drink and Draw with Anita and Jackie

+Bull Thieves- Originally formed in NYC in 2009 by three Texas ex-pats, Bull Thieves took a 14-year break and reformed in 2025, with author Lance Scott Walker (DJ Screw: A Life In Slow Revolution, Houston Rap Tapes) joined by artist Joan LeMay (Quantum Criminals, Friends Of The Devil) and drummer Liana Katz. They play a noisy grade of indie rock that descends from Texas punk and country threaded with shoegaze and the rap/jazz/funk/R&B back catalogues that inform their other artistic pursuits. In August 2026, they released their sophomore album Rattlesnake & Swan. 

+The Broken Robots- Heavily improvised psychedelic jazz rock drives vocalist Dan Jachym’s search for the profound in the profane, mundane, and insane. From SF to NYC to the outer reaches of the heart, the Broken Robots have been warping the expectations of audiences for over a decade and a half. Influences from Zappa, Waits, Talking Heads, Nick Cave, Charles Bukowski, and the Buddha, as well as the giants of jazz.

+Von Bondo- is a Brooklyn-based, semi-electronic art rock duo

Lonely Hearts Safe Space Karaoke hosted by Colt Lightning & Coco Nut

+Loveletter- ffo Sleater/Kinney & Bikini Kill

+Jack Rubies- edgy, melodic, noir-tinged sound

+Childless- by choice

Helen Georgas, Sean Anderson, Elaine Yellow Horse, Judson Merrill, and Amy WIlkinson will all be reading from recently finished and forthcoming works, and I can't wait for their voices to share a stage for the night. (If you have time, you should click on all their links and read their bios!)

Kings County Distillery is sponsoring the event, and there will be $14 Manhattans, and $8 shot-and-beer combos all night. A portion of all bar sales will support the press, so drink up and tip your bartenders!

A live jazz set from Drew Edwards will bless the stage before the reading and an all vinyl Ethiopian Jazz set from the Vinyl Historian will close the night. The Muddy Lotus will also be sharing an intention setting yoga pose to carry with us into fall as we straddle the energy shift that comes with the change of the season.

The night promises to be a meeting of the minds! But more than that, I just want it to be the sort of thing where we all get to appreciate the warmth of a Brooklyn night in great company, so we can collectively stockpile the good vibes and carry them in to whatever is coming for us next.

Life is crazy, and time moves fast.  Let's listen to one another's stories, celebrate the fact that Under the BQE still exists, toast to the season ahead, and just hang! 

Here's the link to RSVP.

+A Cosmic Wingspan- existential art punk from NYC

+Means- 90s alt rock comfort music from NYC

+Buster- slacker punk from Ridgewood

+Suburban Drugs- bk rock n roll band named after a tee ball team sponsor from 30 years ago. Celebrating the release of a new single “gimme money”

+Arklight- are a rhythmic noise rock band from Astoria, active since the early 2000s.

+Diceholes- play cosmic country for dark nights of the soul.

+Some of Mine- mechanical post punk unit presenting a special paired down set for this show.

+Local 76- plugged-in dirt-floor blues and blues rock.

+Blue Savages- rowdy blues

On the second Monday of each month our friend and neighbor plays selections from his library of classic disco and soul videos.