Thursday, December 13th
Harlem Shakes + The Subjects
@ Bowery Ballroom / 8pm
6 Delancey Street
New York, NY
w/ White Rabbits
The Muggabears
@ Galapagos / 10pm
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Bear Hands, Hold Up
Friday, December 14th
Chop Shop
@ Fat Baby / 8pm
112 Rivington Street
New York, NY
Saturday, December 15th
The Vandelles
@ The Annex
152 Orchard Street
New York, NY
w/ The Icarus Line
The Art Of Shooting
@ [...]

Okay, now that CMJ is good and over, let’s take a look back at a few highlights.
Of course, Saturday night was the StereoactiveNYC/Hot Rocks Party Official CMJ Showcase, co-sponsored by DigitalFreedom.org. In case you missed our wrap-ups, here they are:
PART ONE: Chop Shop, The Secret Life Of Sofia, Gold Streets
PART TWO: Mancino, Man In Gray, [...]

Saturday night was a big night for us. It was the first time we’d ever presented a showcase as part of the CMJ Music Marathon. And with nine bands playing from 6pm to 3am, we knew it was going to be a monster of a night. In the end, we’re hard pressed to think of [...]

Chop Shop is one of our favorite finds of the year. We were immediately impressed with them, as evidenced by our writing about them on numerous occasions since meeting them earlier this year and have already worked with them on a couple of successful shows. We’re very happy to have them starting off the night [...]

StereoactiveNYC has been booking the bands for the Hot Rocks Party since it first started featuring live music back in March. Now we’re excited to be sponsoring an official showcase at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon featuring many of our very favorite local bands. We’ll have lots more info as the date gets closer, but [...]

The show at The Delancey on Saturday night — featuring locals Gold Streets and Chop Shop with Boston bands The Self Righteous Brothers and Baker — was a lot of fun.
Chop Shop got things off to a great start. Last time we saw them, they had just added Rebecca Capua as the sixth member of [...]

StereoactiveNYC is sponsoring a show on Saturday that involves two of our favorite local bands. If you’ve been paying attention over the last couple of months or so, you’ll likely have noticed quite a bit about Gold Streets on the site. Their first full-length, titled Looks Like Fireflies and released earlier this year, is one [...]

Thursday, September 20th
Bling Kong
@ Glasslands / 9pm
289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Sex With An Angel, La Strada
A Place To Bury Strangers
@ Mercury Lounge / 10:30pm
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
w/ Die Romantik, The Most Serene Republic, The Blacks, with DJ sets by Finger on the Pulse
Friday, September 21st
The Most Serene Republic + High Places + She [...]

Damn, there’s a lot of good shows this week. Plan well and expect to be tired by Sunday… otherwise, you’re doing something wrong.

Monday, August 6th
Harlem Shakes
@ Southpaw /9pm
125 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
w/ I’m From Barcelona
Tuesday, August 7th
Chop Shop
@ Luna Lounge / 7:30pm
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, August 8th
Lariats
@ Cakeshop (LITERARY MIXER) / 8pm
152 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
The [...]

Lots of good stuff going on this week, including Make Music New York on Thursday which will feature loads of bands playing outside all over the city and our latest installment of the Hot Rocks Party on Saturday at The Delancey, featuring four great bands along with 50s and 60s party music.

Monday, June 18th
The Muggabears [...]