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…
One of the first American openly transwomen who perform and tour nationally since the early 1990’s – Shawna Virago issued a new album with Tranimal Records. This fierce acoustic punk and folk piece is named “Heaven sent delinquent” and contains…
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…
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…
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…
On a Wednesday night I headed from my Harlem apartment to Rough Trade in Brooklyn to check Eureka The Butcher, The Dead Ships and Le Butcherettes. It was my first time in the venue and I was pleasantly surprised.…
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.…
Santa Semeli and The Monks is a brain child of Semeli Economou and Haraldur Agustsson. Currently based in London, where both of them are also involved in theatre and film, the band is testing out NYC music scene. They recently played two…
The Astrobastards are three guys based out of Bridgewater, Ma. With a name like The Astrobastards there really is no telling what to expect, although the Bridgewater, Ma part didn’t have me bracing for bone crunching riffs and gargling-with-gravel vocals…
I met Samantha on their show at Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery, where I ended up because I was way too late for the other show I planned to attend. However, these guys are really catchy. Punk rock to the bone, the…
