Hammydown has made your salad, and scooped the foam onto your cappuccino. She’s scrubbed your splattered walls and vacuumed the dust from beneath your bed on her hands and knees. She’s delivered your pizza. A boss will say time and time again that it doesn’t cost anything extra to give service with a smile. With her quirky, lyric driven garage pop, Hammydown (aka Abbie Morin) digs at the true price that she and so many people like her have to pay. Gritty guitar, and wry humor capture the plight of the millennial slacker – those who button up and drag their way through the work week, try to pursue creative passions, but still just feel like losers. Based in Northampton, Mass, Hammydown is due to release the debut EP ‘Pizzaface’ on July 21, 2017.
Viva Le Vox began near Lake Worth, Florida in 2008 when Tony thorazine shuffled out of rehab, and has been rolling down the road in one form or another ever since. With the return of original bull-fiddle extraordinaire, Scarecrow Jenkins; and addition of Tugboat on drums, Tony Bones and the boys don’t plan on slowing anytime soon.
Hailing from Ithaca in Upstate New York, Zero Mean is a dark smoky haze of loud heavy fuzz, warble, and damaged haunting melodies that create an other worldly atmosphere. A mix of genres mutating, noise, punk, post-punk, shoegaze, doom, drone and metal.
“Zero Mean are an Ithaca/Central NY based trio who get low and fuzzy with their original and progressive punk-infused shoe-gaze. The band has a heart made of pure art, and can get as loud as anyone in the region and beyond. They’re dark, light, and wonderfully varied. ” – Christopher Harrington, The Ithaca Times
Mike + Ruthy, touring American folk act and founders of The Mammals are bringing back the band that energized crowds in the 00’s and gave them their start. “The music we’re making has old-time and Americana roots, and our lyrics have gotten more political again,” says Ruth Ungar. It’s true, The Mammals were known for their rabble-rousing musical statements which sometimes caused a stir with politically divided audiences from LA to MI. “If you tell the whole truth you won’t please everyone,” smiles Mike Merenda. He’s the songwriter and guitar/banjo player who’s 2004 Mammals anthem “The Bush Boys” made the Dixie Chicks seem downright polite.
This time around their goals remain two-fold: raise positive social awareness & have a good party! In their recent tenure as “Mike + Ruthy” they began a home-town festival near Woodstock, NY called The Hoot which exemplifies these ideals. Pete Seeger, who performed at the inaugural Summer Hoot wrote “Your Hoot was one of the best song gatherings I’ve seen in all my 94 years.” Perhaps it was the multi-generational celebration, the hand-built wooden stage, or the re-usable pint cups – either way, these musicians take pride in the small details that make a big difference. “Our lives are about building community and growing together,” says Ungar.
The Mammals have released a rowdy live-in-the-living-room video of the song “On My Way Home” and are digitally sharing a pair of topical tunes, “Culture War” and “Beautiful One” from their website themammals.love this Spring.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Miss Velvet and the Blue Wolf, is a new band on the American Indie Rock/funk scene. Their ‘in your face, badass’ sound has been described as ‘if the 70’s band Chicago and Led Zeppelin had a baby with Janis Joplin, you would get Miss Velvet and the Blue Wolf.’ Wowing audiences in NYC and Austin TX at the 2016 SXSW Festival, this 8 piece powerhouse of a band chose Detroit Michigan’s iconic United Sound Studio, home to Earth, Wind and Fire, George Clinton and Parliament Funkhadelic to record their debut album, BAD GET SOME.
Miss Velvet may be tall, thin and blond, but her epic voice thrills with the unlikely sound of James Brown, Steven Tyler, and Joe Cocker w the soulfulness of Janice and Etta James, taking the listener on a journey back to the days of psychedelic rock and funk.
Their 3 track preview EP, DARE was released Mar. 22nd on Isotopia Records, for their European debut at the Tallinn Music Week in Estonia. They return to NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall for a bi-monthly summer residency and the release of their full length 10 track album available on vinyl and digital Summer 2017.
After years of honing his abilities busking in NYC and on the road, Phillip Roebuck (who was known for his incredible one man band setup and lightning fast playing) has recently found incredible musical success by teaming up with his wife Phoenix on upright bass. Known for his ability to create a very full sound with limited limbs, Phillip has sought a more stripped down sound in ROEBUCK and the results are phenomenal! Wielding a resonator guitar and a two piece stomp board with Phoenix adding backing vocals and low end, Roebucks songwriting truly shines! ROEBUCK’s music is full of swamp blues, jump blues, hollers & stomps, shanties, ballads & breakdowns, and of course tearjerkers”
Deep in the Catskill Mountains, where the echo of Crazy Chester and Tiny Montgomery still whisper through the pines… Eric Squindo and Rick Schneider met and combined their love of music, and years of experience to create MISTER ROPER. Since 2009 they have been entertaining audiences. Regulars at – Bearsville Theater Woodstock, NY – Club Helsinki Hudson, NY, – Towne Crier Pawling, Beacon, NY – Urban H2O Yonkers, NY, – Mountain Jam Festival 2013, 2014, – Keegan Ales Kingston, NY – Banjo Jim’s NYC, and so many other notable stages..
Kingston, New York Natives, B. Hoagie and Sven Charles deliver a raw substance for the working class heroes of the world.
The Trip-Hop duo holds a fine balance between real life problems and utterly fun situations.
Ten Pound Chicken released their freshman EP ” Food For Thought” in February of 2017. The project can be purchased through iTunes and can also be streamed on Apple Music & Spotify.
