by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on NYHC Saturday – Necrotic Society, The Errorists @ Tompkins Square Park // H2O, SHUTDOWN, Farenheit 451 & others @ Le Poisson Rouge
The blog was in a hiatus for few years. I just got busy with my money projects, not to sound as an excuse, but a Saturday full of punk and hardcore made me realize how much I miss taking pictures…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Punk Island 2019 – 4 awesome bands to watch out for
Lush Saturday afternoon on a tiny island between Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx called Randall’s Island. Local punk, hardcore, ska bands rotate on 9 stages, the feeling is something between a toxic wasteland and a fresh meadow outside of NYC!…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on !!!’s residency at Union Pool: Dancing is the best revenge
Sacramento-born and currently Brooklyn based dance punk band !!! (or also named “chk chk chk”, which helps cause !!! is basically unsearchable on Google 🙂 ) did a three night residency at Union Pool last week. The dates (8th,9th and…
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 ‘The Most Dangerous Band in America’ Destroys Brooklyn
There are some bands that are ridiculously loud and then there is DESTRUCTION UNIT. Their set at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel is not the first time I have walked out of a venue with my ears still ringing. But it is…
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 Gogol Bordello’s New Years Eve Bash + interview with Eugene Hutz
My preparation for the New Year began with security and getting wristbands for admission and drinks for the annual Gogol Bordello show at Terminal 5 – (music venue in Hell’s Kitchen with a capacity of 3,000 people.) Inside the concert…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on The Punx Win at The Grand Victory
Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers has been hosting a residency at The Grand Victory in Williamsburg all month and for his fourth installment he brought in one of my personal favorite punkers Erik Petersen of Philadelphia-based folk punks Mischief Brew.…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Pussy Riot in NYC!
I want to share the video we did with ZoomIn.Tv about the highlights of Amnesty International’s all-stars show featuring the recently released from prison members of Pussy Riot. I’m glad it made it to top news today.