Blog: OBSESSION COLLECTION

Hello, Hello, I know you're there.. Well, I just need to talk....... OMG this video is so cute and the song Answering Machine by the pop duo Faren and the French Fries is sooooo catchy! The Children's Museum of the Arts (CMA) art colony class have created a POPTASTIC video production (as described on CMA's blog ). Watch for the awesome credits with the featured kids and listing of the [...]

Ava Luna played a show @ the Clocktower Gallery as part of Above the Law Series curated by Joe Ahearn. One flight up from the 13 th floor and adjacent to the roof the audience squeezed in close for an intimate experience. This is a great band and the acoustics in the space only enhanced their sound. We were all lucky enough to [...]

Style counts today even in the world of poetry. The latest reprint of Kenneth Sonny Donato's "A Poet's Guide To The Bars" has hit the shelves, bringing poetry up front and out of the dusted stacks of treasured finds in the backroom. Pax Americana Productions, LLC has curated Sonny's poetry into a visually graphic format where text, imagery, editing and layout meet to house his retrospective of legendary LA bars in which [...]

Geo Wyeth's masterful skill and intentional hesitation created an edge of uncertainty and unpredictability at his solo show at Joe's Pub last night. Although the set was clearly planned it felt like a conceptual foray into musical chance operation. Geo opened with the set creating a disorderly clutter of drum beats with a strapped together Tom Tom. He paced through the crowd leading his own parade to join guest saxophone player on stage. Throughout the set he played the baby [...]

What a great way to start the new year with a bang and the song AK-47 from Faren and the French Fries. Myspace Add to Technorati Favorites

The song "Well Alright" from Peasant's 2010 release Shady Retreat is featured on this sweet and simple video. Perfect...... Add to Technorati Favorites

There were many hindrances. The 18' by 18' room, the mini stage that just fit the grand piano, leaving the drums on the floor; the folks "just trying to get through," the peep-show reminiscent red light above their heads, the nine dollar rail whiskey. Through all these obstacles, including the strict 45 minute set restrictions implemented by the Rockwood Music Hall, The Shivers valiantly and deftly jumped through the hoops. The duo opened with a guitar and piano only version of "Love is in [...]

The twisted soul, punk attitude and divine harmonies of the band Ava Luna were welcome sounds @ Piano's. The seven member band presented a very lively set full of soul / funk and a bass line groove that made dancing my only option. Carlos Hernandez the lead singer and ultimate contortionist aptly put his falsetto into hard drive. His enthusiastic rendering of soul-ridden vocals brought to mind Sam Cooke. The female trio's sophisticated Doo-wop harmonies worked as passages along side the synth, bass and [...]

Click to View In the spirit of the independent music I write about I was compelled to feature this Kickstarter project, because it reeks of DIY gone right. Determination, convict ion and a little humor goes a long way and independent filmmaker Alexia Anatosio has all that and more. [...]

On Friday night I attended a fundraiser for the band Coyote Eyes at The Delancey. Their goal was to recoup the costs incurred recording their EP after the small label who offered financial backing folded, leaving the band with expenses they hadn't planned for. On hand to help were the Flying Pace, Marie Stella from Portland Maine and Quiet Loudly who played sets and offered cheap merch while friends baked treats for sale. It was an atmosphere of love support and good music making. [...]

Jive Grave and The Fancy were the line-up for Wednesday as part of Ars Nova 54/10 music marathon series. Two bands with accomplished musicians and visions. It has been my pleasure to chronicle Geo Wyeth's music incarnations for the last two years. What a satisfying ride it's been. I arrived just as [...]

Been meaning to go to Duane Park to see the Brian Newman Jazz Trio After Dark at Duane Park for a while. They perform there every Friday night with a rotating cast of beautiful burlesque performers. Brian Newman singing voice is impeccable reaching gorgeous high notes while adding his own spin to classic jazz standards. As a trumpeter his trumpet is an extension of his being. Somehow he finds enough air to dig in and blow improvisational bursts between lyrics. Dressed to please the svelte dapper Newman visually pulls out all the [...]

It has been a joy following and writing about Langhorne Slim for the last four years . The band has always been able to stir a crowd with it's infectious music and Slim's charismatic showmanship. So what's been changing? There is a different feeling in the air. People are finding out [...]

The Woes have been on my radar only through word of mouth among the bands I write about like Langhorne Slim, o'death and Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Ba nned. I met Osei Essed at Brooklyn Bowl at Langhorne Slim show and realized we've crossed paths at other shows. It sometimes takes me a [...]

Con Artist Gallery is a collective dedicated to showcasing a rotating line up artists, designed as a one night only event on Wednesdays, down under through the steel grate on 119 Ludlow Street. Brian Sevrin is the creator of the workshop/artists collective where items produced on the premises by the members are sold in the front half of the space and the workshop turned gallery, in the rear. The Con Artist concept is to bypass the gallery system creating opportunities for artists to show their work and make a CONnection within a community. [...]

Drink Up Buttercup cools the heat on a hot night at Berry Park in Brooklyn leaving their garbage cans behind and clearing the air for the sound of upgraded instruments and urgent harmonies. DUB clicks on the refresh button playing their familiar songs from their release Born and Thrown on a Hook with a refreshing twist making a live experience never stale and full of surprises. [...]

In June of 2006 Obsession Collection Music was born and I haven't looked back. Add to Technorati Favorites

I first became aware of Ava Luna while scrolling my daily site visits. If You Make It (Pink Couch Sessions) is one of them. The sound Ava Luna created sitting on the crowded pink couch was different then anything previously uploaded on the site and kind of intoxicating. So by complete and utter chance I ran into two of the band members on a cold winter night as we waited outside [...]

With scenic views and a breezy tempo Sound Bites , Bill Pearis kicked off his curatorial gig booking bands for the South Street Seaport 's festival summer season. Every Wednesday in June starting at noon, Pearis will put on his DJ hat for an hour of tunes followed by the scheduled band. It's formal title is Sound Bites Lunchtime Series and it's free! [...]

Back in September Frances Quinlan of the Hop Along (the band) formally known as Hop Along Queen Ansleis (her solo effort), gave me her beautiful vinyl record Wretches released on Salinas Records. It took me a while to find the turntable my daughter brought me and enjoy the cherished music experience of years past. So nice to see the awesome song "Sally" make the cut on "Everything's Better In [...]