Quirky NY Chick

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Jet Black Alley Cat - "Golden"

Jet Black Alley Cat recently released their new video for the track "Golden". The song is from their upcoming EP, due out later this year. You can pick "Golden" up HERE and check out the video below.

Tamar Eisenman To Play NY Show, March 10

Tamar Eisenman is set to play Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 on March 10. See below for details. She is gearing up for her US debut, On My Way, later this Spring.

Tamar Eisenman

Friday, March 10

Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3

185 Orchard Street

New York, NY

Doors: 9:45PM / Show: 10PM

Tickets: $10

21+

The New Respects To Release Debut EP, March 10

The New Respects recently announced their debut EP, Here Comes Trouble via Credential Recordings. The record is set to be released on March 10. The Nashville group are set to go on the road supporting Robert Randolph & The Family Band beginning March 15. See below for tour dates.

The New Respects enlisted the help of Jeremy Lutito (of rock group Leagues) to produce Here Comes Trouble. Two tracks have been released from the EP, "Trouble" and "Money."

The New Respects is a family affair, made up of three siblings, twins Alexis (bass) and Zandy Fitzgerald (guitar), along with their brother Darius (drums), and cousin Jasmine Mullen (vocals/guitar). The group is heavily influenced by the gospel music they were surrounded by growing up in Nashville, which extends to artists including Aretha Franklin, Alabama Shakes, and John Mayer.

Track List

Money
Frightening Lightning
Come As You Are
Shoes
Trouble

Tour Dates
Supporting Robert Randolph & The Family Band

3/15 -- Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom @ Taft
3/16 -- Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
3/17 -- Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
3/18 -- Madison, WI @ Majestic
3/20 -- Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads
3/22 -- Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie
3/24 -- Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
3/25 -- Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
3/26 -- Aspen, CO @ Belly Up

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Karen Elson To Release New Album + NY Show

Karen Elson is set to release her latest album, Double Roses on April 7 via H.O.T. Records Ltd. That's also the day she will take the stage in Brooklyn at Rough Trade NYC. See below for more details. You can pre-order the upcoming album HERE. Listen to "Call Your Name" and "Distant Shore" from the album below.

Karen Elson

Friday, April 7

Rough Trade NYC

64 N 9th Street

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM

Tickets: $12

21+

"I wrote maybe six songs but I'm very instinctual as a person and I knew that there was one puzzle piece missing that I hadn't tapped into the deepest part myself. I knew I needed to pull that out if I was going to make the record I needed to make." The turning point was "Distant Shore", and after that the floodgates were open, and things she'd kept bottled up for years began pouring out, detailing the emotional geography of her heart, always hovering somewhere between uncertainty and regret, without truly landing on either. But in the end finding out who she really was as a person. "At the end of the writing the album I felt liberated. I felt free. I felt like me," says Elson.

Track List

Wonder Blind
Double Roses
Call Your Name
Come Hell And High Water
The End
Raven
Why Am I Waiting
A Million Stars*
Wolf
Distant Shore

Miccoli - "Idle Stranger"

Check out video for "Idle Stranger from Miccoli. The single will be released on March 3. You can pick it up HERE. Check out the video below.

Miccoli, their name taken from the sibling trio's surname, formed in 2010 after spending most of their childhood studying and making music. Growing up in Birmingham, England, they were brought up listening to Simon and Garfunkel, Don Mclean, The Police, Fleetwood Mac and the sounds of Motown, to name just a few of their diverse musical influences.

Twin brothers Adriano (vocal and acoustic/electric guitar) Alessandro (piano, vocal and acoustic guitar) and their younger sister Francesca (vocal, piano and harmonica) have toured extensively, giving the band the opportunity to explore their musical identity and fine tune their live set - a compelling blend of haunting, melodic and eclectic sounds, interlaced with breathtaking harmonies.

Miccoli's new single 'Idle Stranger' is an epic slice of Indie Pop which showcases the band's vocal harmonies and ear for writing a catchy hook. Accompanied by a stunning video filmed in Venice, it's clear that Miccoli's artistic and musical vision is manifested through a rare and intense hypnotic beauty.

Astra The 22's To Play Pianos, March 16 + New Single

Photo credit: Grossman Pictures

Check out "Creature", the new track from Astra The 22's. I'm willing to bet they'll be playing this track when they take the stage at Pianos on March 16. See below for more details and to listen to "Creature".

Astra The 22's

Thursday, March 16

Pianos

158 Ludlow Street

New York, NY

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $8

21+

Mixed by Kato Khandwala (Blondie, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, My Chemical Romance) and Mastered by Howie Weinberg (The White Stripes, The Cure, Aerosmith), Paris Love explores sex, narcissism, love, art and war on a global and personal level. The duo have done over a dozen interviews and performances on Latvian National TV/ Radio, and their songs are in regular rotation on radio stations in Latvia & Lithuania and performed at festivals including, Vilnius Music Week in Lithuania, the Gaizin Kalns Festival, and the KLANG! Rock Festival. In 2015, they performed at the Gold Microphone Awards show the biggest music awards show in Latvia. Both their debut and upcoming EPs, Blue Venom and Paris Love, were written while Kaleja and Jayk were living on apart, Riga and Brooklyn respectively. In 2016, Astra the 22’s relocated to Williamsburg, Brooklyn adding bassist Rebecca Silber-Capalbo and drummer Luca Bertaglia.

Friday, February 24, 2017

Conor Oberst Releases New Video + Upcoming Album and Tour

Conor Oberst released a video for "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out" this week. The track is from his upcoming album Salutations that is scheduled to be released on March 17. You can pre-order the album HERE. Check out the Greg Marinaccio video below.

New York, Conor Oberst will be making a stop in Brooklyn at Celebrate Brooklyn! on July 20. See below for more details and tour dates.

Conor Oberst

Hop Along / Big Thief

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Prospect Park Bandshell

Prospect Park West and 9th St.

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 6PM / Show: 7PM

Tickets: $40.50 adv / $46 dos

All Ages

Rain or Shine

Oberst has partnered with Plus 1 so that $1 from every ticket sold on US headline dates will go to Planned Parenthood and their work delivering vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people in the US and worldwide. General on sale starts Friday, February 24th at noon EST. All tour dates below.

Tour Dates

March

9 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge (SOLD OUT) #
10 Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theater #
11 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall #
12 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom #
14 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger #
16 Spicewood, TX @ Luck Reunion
17 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live #
18 New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre #
19 Macon, GA @ Cox Capitol Theatre #
21 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel #
22 Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 #
23 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
24 McMinnville, TN @ Bluegrass Underground
25 St Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
26 Iowa City, IA @ The Englert Theater #

May

12 Oakland, CA @ The Fox %
13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theater
14 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory %
16 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto %
18 El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls %
19 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater %
20 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater %
21 McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey %
23 Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge %
24 Wichita, KS @ Orpheum Theater %
31 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater*

June

1 Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Fest
3 Norfolk, VA @ NorVa*
4 Wilmington, NC @ The Throne Theater*

July

14-16 Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
20 Brooklyn, NY @ Celebrate Brooklyn ^
21 Boston, MA @ The House of Blues +
28 Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Festival with Wilco and Hop Along

* Big Thief support
# The Felice Brothers support
% Phoebe Bridgers support
^ Hop Along and Big Thief support
+ Hop Along

Asha Releases New EP

Check out "Drowning" from Asha. The song is from her EP Illusions. The EP was released February 3. You can pick it up HERE.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Rhiannon Giddens Announces Tour Dates

Photo credit: John Peets

Rhiannon Giddens is set to release her second full-length album, Freedom Highway, February 24...you can pick up the album HERE. In support of the new album, she has announced a tour. New York, she'll be at Alice Tully Hall on Saturday, May 13. See below for more details and a list of tour dates.

Rhiannon Giddens

Saturday, May 13

Alice Tully Hall

1941 Broadway

New York, NY

Doors: 7:30PM

Tickets: $45 - $80

Tour Dates