
[The Royal Chains. All photos courtesy of Jonny Leather ] Jonny Leather 's excellent bill at Littlefield last month brought back a favorite band from one of his previous shows, the Brooklyn/Nashville duo The Royal Chains , as well as a band I had not seen, NYC's The Sanctuaries . As with their excellent performance that I recorded at one of Jonny's earlier shows , The Royal Chains did not disappoint, trying out some new material that showed off their more melodic and mellow side, such as on "Sea Level/Black [...]

[Photos courtesy of Jonny Leather ] Our friend Jonny Leather has been putting on well-rounded and uniformly excellent showcase shows for awhile now, and we were pleased to have the chance to cover another of them last Friday night at Littlefield . As Jonny's shows often do, this show spotlighted some bands from outside New York; in this case, the headliners Medications and Deleted Scenes are our Amtrak neighbors from Washington, D.C. Medications may not be a household name up here (yet), but they have an impeccable Dischord [...]
(photo by Kirstie Shanley) Two of our most favorite people in the music world, My Gold Mask, are coming to Brooklyn this week for a pair of shows that anyone with half-a-mind for excellent, glorious noise shouldn't miss. Gretta and...

Good for You's Good For Me presents: A Benefit for Hearing-Impaired Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers 11pm Depreciation Guild 10pm Hooray For Earth 9pm KiNo 8pm When : Wednesday, April 22 Where : The Bell House Doors : 7:30 $10 "Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Go To This Show" after the jump. Top [...]