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 [...]

The Secret Life Of Sofia is a band we’ve been following since its inception. They started out strong and have only gotten better over the short two to three years of their existence. Anyone who happened to see them, say, a year or two ago, then again in just the last few months may have [...]

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 [...]

We try to post a MySpace bulletin for each show we list here on StereoactiveNYC on the day of the show — as a last minute reminder for people to know what’s going on on a given night. Whenever possible, we like to include an image of the flyer in the post. But there’s not [...]

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 [...]

Plenty of shows this week. In fact, we have suggestions for six out of the next seven days. A couple of shows we’d particularly like to like to point out… Thursday night sees the return of some of our favorite musicians in the city as The Song Corporation’s Kristie Redfield and Emma La Reina’s Marta [...]

The week gets off to a great start tonight with A Place To Bury Strangers playing at The Gramercy Theater. Then, after everyone’s had their fill of fireworks and BBQ (is it even possible to get one’s fill of BBQ?), might as well move into Park Slope’s Union Hall for the weekend. We’ll be spending [...]

First we featured video of an older song by The Secret Life Of Sofia. Now we’ve got a new one. It’s called “Dead Trees.”

When The Secret Life Of Sofia took the stage at Pianos a couple of weeks ago for the first time in six months, it was with a set of mostly new material. But they started off with a recognizable — and much welcome — song from their self-titled EP called “Diamond Face.” We’ll have video [...]