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Matte Black, Boozewa, The Triceratops
May
9

Matte Black, Boozewa, The Triceratops

Matte Black: Fuzzy dark psych, heavy riffs, haunting melodies, tribal rhythms and atmospheric soundscapes. NYC

BOOZEWA: JB // RC // mRc (boo-zwah) “the Valium version of the Pixies and Sonic Youth, that’s perhaps the best way to describe BOOZEWA”

The Triceratops: New York Noise Pop. For Fans of superchunk, nirvana, future of the left, sonic youth, mclusky, archers of loaf…

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Nice Shirt, Rainclouds, Gunderbus
May
21

Nice Shirt, Rainclouds, Gunderbus

+The Rainclouds- Combining melody and swagger in equal measure, the rainclouds sound like the lower east side trapped in a Dayton, Ohio basement 

+Gunderbus- Like Freddie mercury reading David Byrne’s lyric sheet in a swarm of proto-punk guitars

+Nice Shirt- Brooklyn-by way-of Athens trio Nice Shirt’s economical, eclectic indie rock vignettes are one part new wave, one part bubblegum, and three parts harmony

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Jun
8

Live Band Karaoke

Live Band Karaoke! - karaoke but backed by a live band. This document is a way to sign up to participate.

You are welcome to sign up in any open box. Please don't erase someone else's name and put your own in! Also please be thoughtful about not signing up for too many slots, especially singing slots (no more than 2 singing slots per person, please!).

We'll have time to do ~30 songs all told, and so ideally that means we'll have everything figured out ahead of time. It's important to know who's playing what instruments ahead of time particularly so people can get a chance to go over the song on their own (in the past when we've done this, there hasn't been any rehearsal beforehand the day of the event).

One difference between this and machine karaoke is that we need to make charts for the band for each song. Some of the songs on this list already have charts, others we might only make a chart for if it seems like a band is going to come together to play it. You can add songs to this list that you don't see here, but keep in mind it will need a chart as well as players to actually happen. Grabbing the chords off a guitar tab site is a dicey proposition, they're often lacking information or have wrong information. We like a high information, concise, clear chart! We'll have iPads to read the charts off of.

Songs don't have to happen at karaoke exactly in their original form. If you want to do something in a slower tempo or different key etc, you can make a note of it. Making a whole new arrangement that's different from the recorded version is hard to do sans rehearsal and not recommended. We'll defer to the singer of the song for basic decisions, but keep in mind that a band might not be able to change what key the song is in on the fly. Planning ahead is best!

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Jun
21

The Spatulas, Son of Dribble, Discreet Charms

+The Spatulas- Super catchy, strum and jangle with some serious Velvets/Flying Nun Records vibes, all held down with a groovy beat from Miranda Spatula and her band, soon to be relocating to the MidWest!

+Son of Dribble- Brooklyn debut from this Columbus, OH outsider-garage, guitar rock outfit.  New LP on Minimum Table Stacks!

+Discreet Charms- local art-garage rockers return to Mama Tried to celebrate the release of their debut LP (fingers-crossed!)

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OPTO S, Fugue State (MA), Mr Pescado
Apr
6

OPTO S, Fugue State (MA), Mr Pescado

+OPTO S- Psych-Punk for the 21st Century! Heavy bass lines mix with hard beats and wild electronic soundscapes for seem serious art-punk.

+FUGUE STATE- Western Mass noise-garage rocknrollers - wrapping up a quick N.East tour to support their new LP on Strange Mono Records!

+MR. PESCADO- South Brooklyn basement rocknroll on Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes- new lineup/new vibes!

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WINTER SONG: Zachary Cale, Domestic Drafts & Katy the Kyng, Helen Rush
Mar
9

WINTER SONG: Zachary Cale, Domestic Drafts & Katy the Kyng, Helen Rush

WINTER SONG: music series curated by Zachary Cale

+Zachary Cale- has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+DOMESTIC DRAFTS & KATY THE KYNG- Domestic Drafts is the new solo project by Andy Cush. As one of the singers/writers in beloved NYC band Garcia Peoples Andy steps out in the spotlight with a slew of heartfelt yet slightly bruised tunes. Highly lyrical with expert songcraft Andy is prepping his solo debut Only The Singer this month. Joining Andy for a special duo set is the masterful guitarist, singer and composer Katy The Kyng whose latest album Selfies of You was released last year on Husky Pants records.  

+HELEN RUSH- Formerly of the Tower Recordings collective from the early 00s as well as her collaborative Metal Mountains project with P.G. Six, Helen writes hypnotic ballads with one foot in the acid folk of Sandy Denny and one in the slow core hushed tones of 90s acts like Low. 

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WINTER SONG: Danny Arakaki & Tom Malach, Zachary Cale, Nathan O’Flynn Pruitt
Feb
23

WINTER SONG: Danny Arakaki & Tom Malach, Zachary Cale, Nathan O’Flynn Pruitt

WINTER SONG: music series curated by Zachary Cale

+DANNY ARAKAKI & TOM MALACH- Danny and Tom are founding members of the NYC rock group Garcia Peoples. Expect a set of tunes from either Danny's excellent solo album Tumble in Shade and a mix of songs from the Garcia Peoples catalog. 

+Zachary Cale- has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+Nathan O’Flynn Pruitt- Brooklyn guitarist/songwriter by way of Nor Cal

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WINTER SONG: Ben Copperhead, Zachary Cale, Miwa Gemini
Feb
9

WINTER SONG: Ben Copperhead, Zachary Cale, Miwa Gemini

WINTER SONG: music series curated by Zachary Cale

+BEN "BABY" COPPERHEAD- is a New York City-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist whose compositions, performances, and arrangements offer a unique, contemporary vision informed by an unlikely range of influences, traditions, and collaborations.

+Zachary Cale- has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+MIWA GEMINI- is a NYC songwriter with a sound veering between traditional roots music and off kilter modern pop craft. 

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WINTER SONG: JR Bohannon and Dave Shuford, Zachary Cale, Jeff Tobias
Jan
26

WINTER SONG: JR Bohannon and Dave Shuford, Zachary Cale, Jeff Tobias

WINTER SONG: music series curated by Zachary Cale

+JR Bohannon and Dave Shuford- This gift of an album (Reclined in the Haze) finds Dave Shuford (No Neck Blues Band, D. Charles Speer, Rhyton, et al) and JR Bohannon conjuring a sequence of duets for a variety of stringed instruments. The nine tracks, no matter their length (they run from two-and-a-half to eight-and-a-half minutes), function simultaneously as delicate miniatures and as explorations of colossal expanse. The playing throughout, even when the mood is languid, is sharp and focused, a blending of vibe and technique that at times recalls the fried synaptic tunnels traveled by Sandy Bull.

+Zachary Cale- has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+Jeff Tobias- is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who has been an active part of the American music underground since 2003. He has contributed to over one hundred physically released recordings, performs on over a dozen different instruments, and has toured the United States and Europe extensively. His saxophone playing has been described as “authentically fearsome … just the sort of thing that fries microphones and never pays the rent.” (Bill Meyer, The Wire, March 2018). In 2022, he released his debut solo full-length, Recurring Dream, drawing praise from The New York Times. He is a member of Modern Nature and Thee Reps, formerly a member of Sunwatchers, and has also collaborated with artists including David First, Arthur Doyle, A. Savage (Parquet Courts), Kayo Dot, Ryley Walker, Brigid Dawson (The Oh Sees), Andrew Bernstein (Horse Lords), Matt Bachmann, Katie Eastburn, Dan Friel, Heather McIntosh, and many others.

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WINTER SONG: Garrett Devoe, Zachary Cale, Miguel Mendez
Jan
12

WINTER SONG: Garrett Devoe, Zachary Cale, Miguel Mendez

WINTER SONG: music series curated by Zachary Cale

+Garrett Devoe- Centered around Garrett Devoe's (aka Pure Horsehair) acoustic guitar and voice, each song on Drop City Salvage expands to its resonant heights; with a psyche-symbiotic rhythm section and the wayward company of pedal steel, flute and hammond, the songs widen in sonic aperture with each go round. Somehow simultaneously laid back, street level and beguiling, Drop City Salvage builds an enchanting world from a prepper's dream-stash of spare parts. It is a mischievous cloud of good natured troubling, stealing away with your ears and mind to the tip-top of your turntable.

+Zachary Cale- has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+Miguel Mendez- Los Angeles by way of Brooklyn multi instrumentalist, producer, songwriter Miguel Mendez came up in the early 00s sharing stages with TK Webb and Love as Laughter. After a long break from playing live Miguel has moved back to Brooklyn with a clutch of new songs to share. 

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