Quirky NY Chick

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Hank & Cupcakes Release New Album + Tour Dates

Photo credit: Anna Haas / Art Claudio Limon

Duo, Hank & Cupcakes are back with Cheap Thrill, their new album. Cheap Thrill is raw, energetic, refreshing, and fun. Cheap Thrill is impassioned, bold and fuzzed out sexiness.

The Quirky NY Chick designated standout track "Waiting", is an emotional tour de force. This is the 'play it again!' song. Check out the lead track, the groove heavy, falsetto "Kiss Your Face" below.

Hank & Cupcakes are hitting the road for a summer tour. New York, they're playing (le) poisson rouge on August 11. See below for more details and tour dates. I highly recommend seeing them live. Their shows are high energy, sexy celebrations. And, if you miss them on this tour, you'll have to wait a while to see them again. The pair will be taking some time off as they're expecting their first little 'Hank or Cupcakes'…congratulations!

Cheap Thrill was released on July 1. You can pick it up HERE.

Hank & Cupcakes

Raccoon Fighter

Thursday, August 11

(le) poisson rouge

158 Bleecker Street

New York, NY

Doors: 10PM / Show: 10:30PM

Tickets: $10 adv / $12 dos

18+

Tour Dates

7.8 New Buffalo MI - Four Winds Casino
7.9 Milwaukee WI - Summerfest
7.10 Cleveland OH - Taste of Tremont
7.14 Toledo OH - Ottawa Tavern
7.15 Canton OH - Buzzbin
7.16 Columbus OH - Tree Bar
7.21 Dekalb IL - House Cafe
7.22 Rockford IL - Kryptonite
7.23 Chicago IL - Sheffield Garden Walk
7.30 Rochester NY - Bugjar
8.4 Wilkes Barre PA - River St Jazz Cafe
8.5 Ithaca NY - Chanti Loft
8.6 Utica NY - The DEV
8.11 New York NY - Le Poisson Rouge
8.13 Harrisburg PA - Abbey Bar
8.20 Richmond VA - The Camel
8.24 Greenville NC - TBA
8.25 Orlando FL - TBA
8.26 Tampa FL - TBA
8.27 Jacksonville FL - TBA

Friday, July 8, 2016

RYNO To Play Mercury Lounge, 7/11

RYNO

Monday, July 11

Mercury Lounge

217 E Houston Street

New York, NY

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $10

21+

Hozier - "Better Love"

Today we have for you the latest video from Hozier. "Better Love" is from the recently released film The Legend of Tarzan. Check it out below.

You can pick up "Better Love" HERE.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Emily King To Release Deluxe Edition of The Switch + Tour Dates

Emily King is set to release the deluxe edition of her album The Switch on July 8. The album will feature four new tracks. Check out "BYIMM" (aka "By You I Mean Me") below.

She will be hitting the road and making two stops in New York. On July 14 she'll be at Bowery Ballroom and on July 15 she will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg…more details HERE.

Tour Dates

7/7 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
7/8 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite
7/9 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
7/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
7/14 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
7/15 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
7/16 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music
7/18 – Detroit, MI – The Shelter
7/19 – Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House w/ Alabama Shakes
7/20 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom w/ Alabama Shakes
7/21 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
7/23 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
7/25 – Austin, TX – The Parish
7/26 – Houston, TX – Studio @ Warehouse Live
7/27 – Dallas, TX – Trees
7/29 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent
7/30 – Las Vegas, NV – Sayer’s Club
8/1 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
8/2 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
8/3 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
8/5 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
8/6 – Seattle, WA – Tractor

Powerhouse at Union Hall, July 10

Into live stand up and variety shows? Well, head over to Union Hall on July 10 for Powerhouse. The show features Josh Gondelman, Michelle Buteau, Adam Lowitt, Noah Gardenswartz, Caleb Synan, Nick Turner and is hosted by Aaron Glaser & Brandon Scott Wolf. See below for more details.

Powerhouse

Sunday, July 10

Union Hall - Brooklyn

702 Union Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 7:30PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $8 adv / $10 dos

21+

Carter Hulsey To Play NY Show, July 18

Carter Hulsey

Monday, July 18

Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3

185 Orchard Street

New York, NY

Doors: 6:30PM / Show: 7PM

Tickets $10

21+

Carter Hulsey released Drive Out in February 2014. You can pick it up HERE.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The Pride of Canada Carousel To Make Public Debut on July 1

The Pride of Canada Carousel, a one of a kind, rideable, fine art, nationally themed merry-go-round is set to make its public debut at a celebration on Canada Day, July 1, Noon - 5PM. The artistic piece was created by Canadian-born, California-based urban folk artist Patrick Amiot.

The interactive, eco-friendly carousel (it's made from repurposed materials) features 120 works of art. It's located at 8080 Birchmount Rd. in Downtown Markham (Ontario, Canada).

"Patrick's remarkable sculptures celebrate our culture, geography and history with an unrivaled joy while offering a Canadian history lesson in a unique and entertaining fashion," said Shelley M. Shier, Art Consultant/Curator for Concepts and Acquisitions, Remington Contemporary Art Collection. "There is not another carousel like this anywhere in the world. Its appeal is universal and generational."

The Pride of Canada Carousel is many things – a piece of kinetic art, whimsy and engineering in motion, a joyful lifestyle connection to tradition and a bucket list destination for globetrotters who seek an old-fashioned ride on a 21st Century Carousel.

The legendary Daniel Horenberger of Brass Ring Carousel Company built the Carousel structure. Some of his notable carousels include Disneyland’s King Arthur Carrousel and the General Electric solar-powered Carousolar.

The Pride of Canada Carousel is housed in a dramatic open glass pavilion designed by acclaimed Toronto-based architect Sheldon Levitt of Quadrangle Architects, Ltd. and will serve as a cultural anchor and meeting place in the 243-acre Downtown Markham development.

Arc Iris Release Video + Tour Dates

Today we have for you "Kaleidoscope" from Arc Iris. The clip was directed by Julia Liu. The track is from their upcoming album, Moon Saloon which is set to be released on August 19. You can pre-order it HERE.

Arc Iris will begin their residency at C'mon Everybody on July 5. See below for dates.

Moon Saloon developed from the band’s distillations of musical influences, combining traditional elements with percussive structures and dense, beguiling harmonies. In many ways this second album captures Arc Iris’ musical odyssey as a band. “It has a heavier sound, more intense,” says Arc Iris keyboardist Zach Tenorio-Miller, who makes liberal use of sampling in many of the songs. The group matches an unusual array of organic acoustic instruments with layered electronic sounds.

Lead singer and lyricist Jocie Adams, Tenorio-Miller, and drummer Ray Belli form the core of Arc Iris, all virtuosic musicians in their own right. Adams spent eight years as a key member of indie darlings The Low Anthem, effortlessly zipping from hammer dulcimer to clarinet to bass to vocals, sometimes barely pausing to take a breath. As the band members see it, Moon Saloon works like a song cycle that parallels the arc of Everyman’s passage through modern day dilemmas. According to Adams: “The album is meant to be cathartic. There’s an imbalance in everyone’s lives. When there’s often so much going on, we yearn for simplicity.”

Adams wrote most of the songs during a songwriting retreat on an island in New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee several months before the recording session. For Adams, it was a week-long creative rush with no electricity, no running water, no cell phones—just a bed in a cabin and an acoustic guitar. She took her work back to Providence, where she and Tenorio-Miller worked on the songs, layering sounds, developing ideas, “transforming them into the world of Arc Iris,” Tenorio-Miller recalls.

Tour Dates

7/5: Brooklyn, NY - C'mon Everybody
7/12: Brooklyn, NY - C'mon Everybody
7/19: Brooklyn, NY - C'mon Everybody
7/21: New Haven, VT - Cafe Nine
7/26: Brooklyn, NY - C'mon Everybody
9/9: Elizabethtown, NY - Otis Mountain Get Down

Monday, June 27, 2016

Juliette Lewis Announces North American Tour Dates

Juliette Lewis will be hitting the road for a string of North American shows. And New York, she will be making a stop at Brooklyn Bowl on August 6. See below for more details and dates.

Juliette Lewis

Saturday, August 6

Brooklyn Bowl

61 Wythe Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 6PM / Show 8PM

Tickets: $20

21+

Juliette Lewis released her new single, "Hello Hero" in April. You can pick it up HERE. You can listen to the track below.

Said Juliette Lewis... "Songwriting and recording is one thing but the live show is really what I'm made to do. I like creating a super visceral experience and putting on the type of show you walk a way from feeling like your heart is on fire and you just lived through something. I want people to experience everything I feel on that stage but in a dramatic catharsis of energy. The set should take you on a ride of danger, loss, seduction and celebration."

Tour Dates: