Friday, December 19th @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg. Wanna attend with a guest? If so, then e-mail us ASAP! A winner will be randomly selected on 12/17 @ NOON. Learn more about the evening here. Tix for the show are currently available. MP3: Project Jenny Project Jan - Chinatown Bus
Monday: Shy Child, Free Blood, Pwrfl Power @ Santo's Party House 8pm $10 All three bands have been buzzed about to no end, but what you may not have heard amongst all the hyperbole surrounding these bands is that they all can play and they are all actually worthy of your attention. This is a three headed bill the likes of which we rarely see on a Monday night. Shy Child - "Summer" Free Blood - "Quick and Painful" Pwrfl Power - "Alma Song" [...]

Who : Happy Anarchy , Drink Up Buttercup , & Wakey! Wakey! Where : Martini Red, 372 Van Duzer St., Staten Island When : Doors @ 9pm Cost : $5 (which will be donated to Toys for Tots) What to Expect : Happy Anarchy; The Staten Island natives cut their teeth playing Island based gigs like [...]

What : Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's 2nd Annual Christmas Spectacular!!! Who : Happy Anarchy , Drink Up Buttercup , Wakey! Wakey! When : Friday, December 12th Where : Martini Red, 372 Van Duzer St., Staten Island, NY, 10304 Time : 9pm Cost : $5 [...]
Free Shows : Saturday Dec. 13th - Pwrfl Power @ Sound Fix Records Pwrfl Pwr - "It's Okay" Cheap Shows : ($10 and under) Tuesday Dec. 2nd - Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains @ Union Hall $8 Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - "I Hate My Friends" Friday Dec. 5th - Jukebox the Ghost @ Knitting Factory $10 Jukebox the Ghost - "Fire In the Sky/Where Are All the Scientists Now?/A Matter of Time" [...]

Fellow After The Jumper Wes V and his band, The Undisputed Heavyweights , are playing their very last live show tonight ( October 14 ) at the Bowery Ballroom. Mike Grubbs and his 17-piece Wakey!Wakey! orchestra are co-headlining the night, and Pearl and the Beard and Matt Singer are rounding out the special Family Records showcase evening. But if that exciting lineup of live music alone wasn't enticing enough for you, there's an added bonus for everyone who comes to the show tonight: [...]
Monday: Love Is All, Titus Andronicus, + Abe Vigoda @ Maxwell's 8:30pm $12 I swear Titus Andronicus get to play on all the best bills! Friday night it was with Man Man, tonight it's sanwiched in between Love Is All and Abe Vigoda! That's some straight up regular lineup right there and this is gonna be one sweaty fun show! Love Is All - "Sea Sick" Titus Andronicus - "My Time Outside the Womb" Abe

Photo By Brianna Hughes Last fall, I booked an indie showcase in Pennsylvania. A couple of the NYC bands that played will be coming through the area over the next couple of days and I wanted to quickly mention both of them. Wakey!Wakey! is Mike Grubbs and a supporting cast. Their music is best described as piano pop. Mike's heartfelt ballads and intelligent lyrics are sure to draw just about anybody in. Check out a couple of mp3s below and feel free to grab free downloads of his covers EP and [...]

It's the unofficial last weekend of summer. Those of you that are not heading towards the coast, have a few options available. There are mostly local acts playing local venues, with a couple big name shows thrown in for good measure. Austin is representing this weekend at Towson University, when What Made Milwaukee Famous takes the stage. They are on tour in support of their new album What Doesn't Kill Us and I definitely recommend it. Those of you in Philly can [...]

On Saturday, August 16th at 11 am Mr. Mike Grubbs (aka Wakey!Wakey! ) is playing a free show in downtown Manhattan (Spring St. and Kenmare) as part of the NYC Summer Streets Festival . We're big fans of WW over here at bumpershine, so if you're awake at 11 on Saturday, I'd definitely recommend checking out the show. However, if you can't get up that early and you still want to hear some live Wakey!Wakey! , you can check out their just released digital EP recorded live at the Bowery Ballroom [...]

Wakey! Wakey! - Brooklyn (Live) A stellar ditty from his Live At Bowery EP. Learn more about the release here. Visit WW on MySpace. MP3: Wakey! Wakey! - Brooklyn (Live)
A day late, but hopefully still good. This is probably my most "alternative" mix with only one song that sounds electronic/techno and that could be argued. Johnny Flynn - Tickle Me Pink Singer/songwriter from Britain, he is the frontman for Sussex Wit which recorded this record with him but he is the one credited. Fun upbeat song with [...]

Last night (I know, it's rare that I write about a show this quickly), I checked out Wakey! Wakey! , a band we were touting last week thanks to their free album download "Wakey! Wakey! Live at the Bowery Ballroom. " Armed with a sensitive beard and a keyboard, Wakey! Wakey! took the minimal stage at the Asian-themed restaurant/bar/music venue, All Asia , as the opening act for the CNC marathon (not the music factory, though they are kind of like a music factory ). I know, the name is [...]
Wakey!Wakey!, aka one of my favorite acts out of NYC, was recently behind the keyboard again. Mike Grubbs decided to record yet another of his live sets and make it available for free as a downloadable album. This time he was playing at The Bowery Ballroom and he came away with nine songs including a cover of Crazy by Gnarls Barkley, a Wakey!Wakey! standard Falling Apart, and a few tracks I had not heard yet. If you'd like to grab the entire album you can get it for free here . mp3 : Wakey!Wakey! - Brooklyn [...]
Since Tuesday morning when I first downloaded this (for free, right here!), I have been regretting my decision to do so. You see I had an invite to this show, I could have been there in the front row singing along to every word but instead I was wherever else I was doing something that doesn't even compare to seeing Wakey! Wakey! in person. And from the sound of things, it was a pretty good time

Weren't we just talking about live albums and how some fool thinks they are dead ? This one came to us free from Wakey! Wakey! , a piano-playing, fun-loving guy who has a soul of jovial humor. To be honest, I was put off by the name. Just looking at "Wakey! Wakey!" sends obnoxious chills down my spine and produces images of a strict parental figure. But, I'm happy to report, the music is closer to Ben Folds than your crazy aunt. Wakey! Wakey! "Blame You" [...]

Bowery includes: 1 Brooklyn 2 Falling Apart 3 LGA 4 Blame You 5 Messy Girl 6 War Sweater 7 Crazy 8 Away 9 Clinton Street Girl Download the full set here. Visit WW on MySpace. MP3: Wakey! Wakey! - Away

When you are on the bottom of the bill of a good night of music at the Bowery Ballroom in NY, what do you do to attract a bigger crowd for your next show? Tape the whole set and offer it as a free download. Wakey! Wakey! played to an almost empty Bowery Ballroom on Juyl 25. They could have done better with the track splits, but they play a good solid half an hour set. Indie rock songs with great piano playing and a nice violin. Recommended if you bands like [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Portland's Hush Records is celebrating its 10th anniversary by giving us a present, a free and legal 28-song mp3 compilation, complete with a 36-page booklet. Various Artists : free and legal DECA: A HUSH 10th Anniversary Compilation album download [mp3] Casey Dienel : "Asleep at the Wheel" [mp3] Shelley Short : "Coo Coo Bird" [mp3] [...]

SIDE A 1. Right Away Great Captain - Letter From A Concerned Follower (Pedro The Lion Cover) 2. Wakey Wakey - Two Headed Boy Part 1 (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover) 3. Jeff Tweedy - Crack A Smile (Jandek Cover) 4. Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me (The Crystals Cover) 5. Johnny Cash - Satisfied Mind (Red Hayes/Jack Rhodes Cover) 6. Josh Rouse - Straight To Hell (The Clash Cover) 7. The New [...]