Eve Premieres Video For "Make It Out This Town"

Eve released her new video featuring Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship today on Vevo. The track is from her upcoming album Lip Lock which is scheduled to be released on May 14. Check it out below.

The Postelles Release New Video

The Postelles have released a video for their track "Caught By Surprise".  The track is from their upcoming album, And It Shook Me which is scheduled for release on April 23.

Griffin House To Play City Winery on April 28

Griffin House
Anne Heaton
Sunday, April 28
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York , NY
6:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Start
Tickets: $20 - $28

Griffin House released his latest album, Balls, this past February.

Kaki King To Play NY Shows + New Video

Kaki King is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of her first album, Everybody Love You.  In celebration, she will be doing four shows, the 10th Anniversary Celebration/ Extravaganza/Retrospective tour, in which she will perform the album in its entirety. The New York show will be split into two sets.  The first show is a full album solo acoustic set while the second show is a full band set where she will be performing songs from her entire career.  See below for details and additional tour dates.

Early Show
Kaki King
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOWS: Kaki King Solo performing Everybody Loves You
Thursday, April 25
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 6:30 pm
Tickets: $18 advance / $20 day of show

Late Show
Kaki King
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOWS: Kaki King (Full Band)
Thursday, April 25
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street
New York, NY
Doors: 9:30 pm  Tickets: $18 advance / $20 day of show 

$30 2-Show Pass (full night ticket) can be purchased HERE.

Tour Dates
April

• 24 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
• 25 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
• 28 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café
• 29 - Washington, DC - Howard Theatre

Check out the video for "No True Masterpiece Will Ever Be Complete" from her latest album Glow.

King is also proud to announce that she has won the just-published Guitar Player Annual Readers' Poll for Best Acoustic Guitarist. This comes several years after Rolling Stone called her one of the best guitarists in the world, claiming she is "a genre unto herself."

Q & A With Eric Tessmer

A while back, I was on the Lower East Side, taking in music at a local venue. Two of the bands on the line-up I had experienced previously, the third, I was unfamiliar with.  Upon hearing a few moments of that unfamiliar band, I thought, ‘whoa, who’s that?!’ and took out my camera to document the set. Musically, the band covered the territory that spans between blues rock and face melting.

The band, Austin based trio, Eric Tessmer Band. 

Recently, I 'e-questioned' guitarist Eric Tessmer. The talented Tessmer has garnered comparison to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix while carving out his own place on the scene and honing his own sound.  He recently took second place in The Austin Chronicle music poll in the "Best Electric Guitar" category behind Gary Clark, Jr. Yeah, he’s the real deal folks.  Check out our Q & A below.

Quirky NY Chick (QNYC): Tell us a little about yourself.  When did you first start playing?

Eric Tessmer (ET): I'm not really sure when I started, to be honest. My dad plays guitar, my grandma played guitar and apparently a lot of family further back on my dad's side had an affinity for stringed instruments, so it was always around when I was growing up. We used to go to my dad's gigs when I was little. I remember my dad got my older brother a guitar when he was 12, so I would have been 8. My brother wasn't really into it, but I sure thought it was exciting! I think I really realized it was how I identified my feelings and how I wanted to express myself around age 12. My dad took me and my brother to see Pink Floyd that year. David Gilmour could have told me to eat worms and I would have done it, I was obsessed!

Dawes To Play Terminal 5 on 6/22

Dawes have announced summer tour dates.  They'll make their way to New York on June 22 where they will take the stage at Terminal 5.  Joining them on the bill is Shovels & Rope. See below for more details and dates in other cities.

Dawes  Shovels & Rope
Saturday, June 22
Terminal 5
610 W 56th St
New York, NY
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $27.50 All Ages

Dawes will release their new album Stories Don't End on April 9 via Hub Records.

Hank & Cupcakes To Play Brooklyn Bowl on 4/3

Hank & Cupcakes
Dynasty Electric / Stokeswood
Wednesday, April 3
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Doors: 6PM / 8PM Show
Tickets: $8

Matt Pond Releases New Video

Matt Pond premiered his new video "Love To Get Used" last week.  The track is from his album, The Lives Inside the Lines In Your Hand which was released in February.  The clip was directed by John Deeb.

Matt Pond said, "True love can be both transcendent and torturous. Open, exposed, interrogated and consumed, 'Love To Get Used' runs down the road of dark passion, all the way through to rapturous release."

Groove 8 To Play Fontana's on 3/30

Groove 8
McClain Sullivan / Dan & The Wildfire
Saturday, March 30
Fontana's
105 Eldridge Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7PM
Tickets: $10

They will also be over in Brooklyn at Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway on Friday, March 29 at 8PM. 

Groove 8 released their EP, Reflections Of Soul: The Mixtape Singles 2005​-​2012,  in February.

Groove 8 are: Keith Whatley (Guitar), Antonio Diaz (Percussion), Audi Jones (Drums). Joey Rayfield (Trombone), Tony McCullough (Alto Saxophone), Adrian Crutchfield (Tenor Saxophone), David Silla (Trumpet), Chester Spivey (Guitar) 

Groove 8 began in Charlotte NC in 2005 with a collection of the city's best independent jazz musicians collaborating to form the project. the band began performing locally and expanded  regionally. Groove 8 focused its sights on the college music scene and released its first album under the name RARE B-SIDE GROOVES in 2007 - a loose collection of original instrumentals popular with its fans. That was followed by DEBUT which became the band's first full length album and was recorded and produced by Groove 8 and Alan Evans (Drummer for Soulive) at his Play On Brother Studio In Massachusetts. In 2012 Groove 8 released CURIOUS POSES which included two vocal tracks for the first time. Most recently the band released for free download a collection of its hits from all three albums entitled REFLECTIONS OF SOUl: THE MIXTAPE SINGLES 2005-2012 this past February.

The Outfit Release New Single

The Outfit recently released their new single "Caesar".  Check it out.

"We recorded, packaged, and numbered each one individually, using a junky old cassette recorder from the '70s. We chose to release a cassette because it offers a unique quality that you can't get from a digital file. The sound quality is not perfect, but it does have a life of its own. Each tape has its own quirks, affecting the sound of the music in different ways that will gradually change over time, with each pass. You get the digital download so you can have the song as it originally sounds, but with the cassette you also get a version that you can beat up a little, that won't sound exactly like any other version. It was partially inspired by this episode of RadioLab, and partially because we've made our fair share of mixtapes over the years, all full of tape hiss and love,” says bassist Mike King.

The Outfit are Eric Johnston, RJ Powers IV, Mike King, and Mikael Kilates.