Win Tickets to See Doe Eye & Debbie Neigher

I have a pair of tickets to give to one lucky winner!  Folks in the Sacramento, CA area, Debbie Neigher and Doe Eye will be at Bows and Arrows on Thursday, June 6.  Email contest@quirkynychick.com for a chance to win. A winner will be picked randomly on Wednesday, June 5 at Noon.  Show details are below.

Debbie Neigher
Doe Eye
Thursday, June 6
Bows and Arrows
1815 19th Street 
Sacramento, CA 95811
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $5
All Ages

If I Dropped By... with Tarra Thiessen of Sharkmuffin

This week I posed my "If I Dropped By..." question to Tarra Thiessen of the Brooklyn based band Sharkmuffin.  The band recently released the second single, "Mermaid Sex Slave", from their debut EP She-Gods of Champagne Valley. If you haven't had a chance to check out Sharkmuffin, they're a raw pleasure filled treat; see for yourself at the bottom of the post.

Quirky NY Chick (QNYC): ... and brought a friend who didn't know your music, what song of yours would you play for them and why?

Tarra Thiessen (TT): "Mermaid Sex Slave", because it's my grandma's favorite Sharkmuffin song (seriously!). (Editor’s note: Grandma is obviously a very cool and awesome lady!)

Around New York ... June 2 - June 8, 2013

Upcoming Shows in the New York area ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd at City Winery, June 2 & 3

June 2 -- Hawk and Dove at Arlene's Grocery
June 2 -- Holly Miranda / Time Mislock / William Carl Jr. / Joseph Reuben at Glasslands
June 2 - 3 -- Kenny Wayne Shepherd at City Winery
June 3 -- Pedrito Martinez Group at Brooklyn Bowl
June 4 -- Pokey LaFarge / Luke Winslow King / Blind Boy Paxton at The Bowery Ballroom
June 4 -- A Great Big World / Julia Nunes / Rebecca hayiland & Whiskey Heart at The Studio at Webster Hall
June 6 -- Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers / David Wax Museum at Brooklyn Bowl
June 6 -- Donavon Frankenreiter / Mia Dyson / Newfound Groove at The Bowery Ballroom
June 7 -- Spirit Family Reunion / The National Reserve / Last Good Tooth at Brooklyn Bowl
June 7 -- Swear and Shake / The Revivalists / Roadkill Ghost Choir at The Bowery Ballroom
June 8 -- Sea Wolf / Savoir Adore at The Bowery Ballroom
June 8 -- Enter The Haggis at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
June 8 -- Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics at Blue Note

Pet Shop Boys To Play Two New York Shows

Pet Shop Boys
Monday, September 16
The Beacon Theatre
2124 Broadway
New York, NY
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $55 - $95

Tedeschi Trucks Band to Play 2 New York Shows

Tedeschi Trucks Band
Friday, September 20
The Beacon Theatre
2124 Broadway
New York, NY
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $49.50 - $125

and

Tedeschi Trucks Band
Saturday, September 21
The Beacon Theatre
2124 Broadway
New York, NY
Doors: 8PM
Tickets: $49.50 - $125

The Tedeschi Trucks Band released their Everybody's Talkin' album in May 2012.

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside to Play Pier 84 on July 11

  Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Generationals / Waxahatchee
Thursday, July 11
Hudson River Park’s RiverRocks
Pier 84
Cross at W 44th Street
New York, NY
Free

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside released their sophomore album, Untamed Beast, in February 2013.  NPR recently aired their World Café performance which can be heard HERE.  Check out the video for the track "Party Kids" from the album below.

Charlie Mars to Play Rockwood Music Hall on June 14 + MP3

  Charlie Mars
Friday, June 14
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Doors: 9:15PM
Tickets: $15
21+

Charlie Mars released his latest album, Blackberry Light, in August 2012.  The track "How I Roll" was recently remixed by Prince Fox.  Check it out the remix below.

The Heavy To Play Webster Hall on June, 12

  The Heavy
The Silent Comedy / The Skins
Wednesday, June 12
Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY
Doors: 7:30PM / Show: 8:30PM
Tickets: $20
18+

The Heavy released their latest album, The Glorious Dead, in August 2012.  Check out the video for the track "Curse Me Good" below.

Q & A with Dan Miller of Mission South

DC based Mission South released their latest EP, Migration, Vol. 2 in April. The album has gotten a good deal of play here at QNYC Headquarters.  It’s one of the few albums released in the last couple of years that gets played from beginning to end without a track being skipped. It’s also the first album released this year that I’ve fallen completely in lust with.  It’s earthy. It’s bluesy.  It’s soulful.  It’s tight.  It’s beautiful.  It’s excellence.  As I sit here writing this, the track “Free” is playing.  It’s rainy out with a bit of a chill and all I can think about is grabbing a blanket, a cup of tea and going to sit on the porch with my headphones on.  It’s one of those kinds of records.

I threw some questions out and Mission South guitarist/vocalist Dan Miller threw some answers back.  And this, is the result.

Quirky NY Chick (QNYC): How would you describe your sound to the uninitiated?

Dan Miller (DM): It's somewhere between bad and terrible.  As if Phil Collins had a baby with Pantera.  Haha, no.  It is all over the map though.  It's got some blues/rock grit, with pop sensibilities, and folk sensitivity.  

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros To Release New Album in July + New Single

When last I glimpsed Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros it was at the Newport Folk Festival where they were playing for a jam-packed crowd. The area by that stage looked like some sort of trippy tent revival.  Just the tiny bit I witnessed was a sight to be seen.  They are among those whose live energy translates well to record.  That being said, there's good news for ESMZ fans. Come July 23 here in the US and Canada they will release their third studio album via Community Music.  The self-titled work was produced by frontman Alex Ebert.

They premiered the single "Better Days" last week.  The song stole me with one utterly simple line, "We don’t have to talk, let’s dance".  You can check out the track below. 

Track Listing

• Better Days
• Let's Get High
• Two
• Please!
• Life is Hard
• If I Were Free
• In The Lion
• Country Calling
• They Were Wrong
• In The Summer
• Remember To Remember
• This Life

Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros are on tour.  They'll be in New York on June 8 at Governors Ball Music Festival on Randall's Island.