by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Chvrches Shows Out In NYC, Opener Potty Mouth Nearly Stole The Show
After turning out Radio City Music Hall the night before, Chvrches came onto the familiar stage at Terminal 5 on October 15 looking warm and comfortable. This was the group’s fifth time playing the cavernous venue on the banks of…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on In Remembrance of Erik Petersen the Punk Poet of Pennsylvania
Erik Petersen was the type of guy who was nice to you even when you were the annoying drunk guy in the room, and I know that from personal experience. The first time I saw him after moving back to…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on PizzaFest 3: Code name Pizza Fist
There isn’t a soul on the planet who is going to mistake King Pizza Records annual barnstormer PizzaFest for Coachella, but if you talk to King Pizza founder Greg Hanson you will quickly find that glitz, glamor and money were…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Underground Music Festival Bridging Cross Country Musical Gaps
When most people talk about building a musical community, they are talking about working with bands and fans within a 10 mile to 20 mile radius. When Idio Gallery founder, Montana Simone says it, she’s talking about bridging the gap…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Hip-Hop Legend Thrills Brooklyn With Daddy Fat ‘Scratch’ DJ Set
It’s not every day that a bonafide hip-hop legend plays a small club show DJ set in Brooklyn. Let alone a hip – hop that headlined every major national music festival in the country 2 summers ago, but if you…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on ‘Nomads Revolt; Mischief Brew Sets Fire to The Night in Brooklyn
Mischief Brew lead singer Erik Petersen definitely had himself a happy birthday weekend capping off the fun with a sold out show at Brooklyn’s newest venue, Sunnyvale in Bushwick on Saturday night. The show was Sunnyvale’s first ever as they…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Blade Rave // BloodBath @ Terminal 5
It’s Friday night again and while I’m home quietly chilling with a glass of Courvoisier VSOP, it’s nice to remember that I’m not that old (yet) and last Friday was actually bigger, harder, faster, stronger. Blade Rave. To celebrate the…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Guy Klucevsek: Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy
The Stone is one of the few places left in New York City where you can hear avante-guard, experimental, improvisation based music. The Stone’s concert format, one week residency, gives musicians a space to collaborate, explore and create great atmosphere…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on SEEING SOUNDS – Daniel Morrow presents The Bedford Green Project
NYC’s hottest multimedia experience, The Bedford Green Project, merges music and cinema into one mad experimental night of total artistic freedom, in the process redefining synesthesia – the state of mind when you can see the sounds and hear the…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Interview with avant-garde musician Yumiko Tanaka at Japan Society.
Yumiko Tanaka, a famous Japanese avant-garde musician, performed at Japan Society as part of the ongoing film series The Dark Side of the Sun: John Zorn on Japan Cinema. The series is curated by John Zorn who used to have Japanese movie…