
So last week I had a brief stint in NYC between school and my departure for LA to work for 6 months and luckily I got a chance to go to a couple shows and have some down time to regain my sanity after finals. So one particular night (I believe it was Friday), a good friend of mine and I decide to do some bar hopping in downtown Manhattan and both quickly realized how quickly and unfortunately everything was turning for the worse. The bars were becoming incredibly crowded with douche bags, the drinks were going up in price, [...]
With a name like Kittens Ablaze, you'd probably imagine a death metal, animal hatting, group of musical delinquents. After all, that's what I thought when I read an email about the six-piece Brooklyn group a few weeks back. But as the pop punky, folk influenced opening chords of their song "The Machine is Dying" started [...]

Okay. How great (or at least amusing) is it that Kittens Ablaze titled their EP Hot Litter ? Am I the only one who finds that totally hilarious? Anyhow, Kittens Ablaze is a band that calls Brooklyn, New York home and (well) their music is combustible! It is a manic clusterfuck of dance-punk-folk that sounds like what might happen if Defiance, Ohio moved to New York City and started gettin' busy in the club scene and also a little like Ra Ra Riot. Acoustic guitars ramble and roll, and as a [...]