Earlier this month, local musician-artist Ruby Trademark (aka Ruby Aldridge) released a new single and video... "Please Don't Be a Memory" is a giddy, bare-knuckled 107-second rush of sound.
Showing posts with label every Friday at 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label every Friday at 5. Show all posts
Friday, June 21, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
Zero hour
New music (and video!) this week from local trio Hello Mary ... "0%" has a punky fury reminiscent of another trio — Babes in Toyland.
The clips come from the band's recent road dates, where they played with Blondshell, Rocket, the Silversun Pickups, and some festivals.
Hello Mary will be on tour for the summer, with a trip to the UK in late August.
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Friday, June 7, 2024
Get the balance right
Shoegaze legend Miki Berenyi (of Lush fame) is back with new music and a new band — the Miki Berenyi Trio.
The video here is for "Vertigo."
You can catch the band tomorrow (Saturday night) at Webster Hall on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue ... with a great opening act — Lol Tolhurst x Budgie (the drummers of the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees).
Friday, May 31, 2024
The 'Shadow' returns
It's The Damned from 1985 with "Shadow Of Love."
And tonight, the Hammerstein Ballroom hosts The Damned's Black Strawberry Ball, which reunites the UK band's iconic 1980s lineup for the first time since 1989.
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Friday, May 24, 2024
Smashing 'Pumpkin'
NYC's Been Stellar released a new video this week, this one for the single "Pumpkin."
The band's debut record, "Scream from New York," drops on June 14.
Friday, May 17, 2024
'Close' encounters
Gustaf, the Brooklyn-based art-punk band, is wrapping up a tour with a homecoming finale next Thursday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Check out their live-wire set sometime if you can.
The video here is for "Close."
Friday, May 10, 2024
Who's crying now?
Cults, an EVG fave, are back with a new single — "Crybaby," their first new music in two years.
See the duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion live at the Warsaw this Aug. 28.
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Friday, May 3, 2024
Taking it to the streets
Pretty Sick has just released the eponymous single from the band's forthcoming (June 27!) EP, Streetwise.
On the track, Sabrina Fuentes introduces some new electronic elements, adding a fresh twist to Pretty Sick's sound. (Check out Paper's interview with her here.)
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Friday, April 26, 2024
A fifth of 'baethoven'
D.C.'s Ekko Astral recently released its debut record, pink balloons.
The above video is for an earlier single this year titled "baethoven."
Read more about the pioneers of "mascara moshpit" music here.
And catch them live at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn on July 19.
Friday, April 12, 2024
A new 'Frontier'
Friday, March 29, 2024
At 'Seafoam' level
Austin, Texas-based dream-pop quartet Blushing has released a single (and video!) ahead of a new album due on May 3.
The track here is for "Seafoam"
And you can see them live at Baby's All Right in Williamsburg on June 20.
Friday, March 22, 2024
The 'Quiet' life
Brooklyn-based band Razor Braids has a new album (Big Wave) coming out on June 7... the video here is for the single "It Goes Quiet."
Friday, March 15, 2024
'Judgment' day
Scream from New York, NY, the debut record from NYC's Been Stellar is out this June 4.
Ahead of that release, they shared this single (and video!) for "Passing Judgment."
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Friday, March 8, 2024
'Vulture' club
The New Colossus Festival is underway at LES/EV venues through Sunday.
One more band to highlight (as we've done on recent Fridays at 5): Holiday Ghosts, a four-piece from the U.K.
Look for them at Pianos tomorrow (Saturday!) at 5:45 p.m.
Find the full New Colossus schedule here.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Beyond the 'Sea'
Our past few Fridays-at-5 posts have featured bands on tap for the New Colossus Festival, taking place in LES/EV venues next week.
Up next, the French shoegazers Sarakiniko. The above video is a live version of "Fade it Away into the Sea."
The band will bring their firepower to Rockwood Music Hall on Allen Street next Friday night (set time: 11:30).
Find the full New Colossus schedule here.
Friday, February 23, 2024
'Rat' trap
Brooklyn's Nara's Room is one of the many bands you'll see during the New Colossus Festival, taking place in LES/EV venues from March 6-10.
The video here is for "Rat."
Nara's Room is at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on Avenue A on March 8 (7 p.m.!). Find the full schedule here.
Friday, February 16, 2024
'Stuck' in a groove
NYC's dream-pop duo Phantom Handshakes is just one of the bands playing this year's New Colossus Festival in several LES-EV music venues. Check out the lineup for the festival, March 6-10, right here.
The above video is for "Stuck in a Fantasy."
P.S.
Phantom Handshakes play Arlene's Grocery on March 8 at 7:45 p.m.
Friday, February 9, 2024
In the 'Mood'
Friday, February 2, 2024
Catch the Drift
London-based trio Night Tapes has released several singles of late... the video here is for a track from December titled "Drifting," which the band describes as an "existentialist pop song."
Friday, January 26, 2024
Just like 'Honey'
The Toronto-based PACKS has released its third release, Melt the Honey, one of the best records so far in 1994 2024!
The video here features the indie-rock goodness of "Honey."
Catch PACKS out at Baby's All Right this May 3.
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