Tagged: musichallofwilliamsburg

Bad Brains hit up the East Coast.

photos by Amanda Hatfield , words by Bill Pearis Veronica Falls @ Music Hall of Williamsburg The last time Veronica Falls were in town, singer Roxanne Clifford was under-the-weather, making for somewhat subdued performances. Thursday (2/9), though, the band were in fine health and form, the best I've seen since Popfest 2010 . (Best-sounding too.) Clifford and James Hoare attacked their guitars in a furious jangle -- The Wedding Present by way of New Zealand [...]

Recommended Show: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 SCREAMING FEMALES & SHELLSHAG @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $14, 7PM This seems to be pretty much a yearly event at this point. Bands that are part of the Don Giovanni Record label come together and play a show. This year it takes place at the Music Hall of Williamsburg with Screaming Females , Shellshag , and many more. Chico Mann @ Brooklyn Bowl Die Antwoord @ Irving [...]

Photo gallery of Veronica Falls, Brilliant Colors, Grooms at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn (February 9, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photo s/veronica-falls-brilliant-col ors-grooms-at-music-ha/

DOWNLOAD : Pearl and the Beard - "Sweetness" " Neverland's got nothing on the whimsical world constructed by Pearl than the Bear. The N.Y.C. based trio carries listeners on their backs through a DIY dreamland that is unpredictable yet safe and warm like the comfort of one's own bed. " - Bust Magazine Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul. Pearl and the [...]

"Could be a weekend with Jaar sort of thing," my editor said. I was assigned an excuse to pass on Madonna's halftime show and spend my Super Bowl weekend with ambient noir&B wunderkind Nicolas Jaar . The barely legal beatmaker and aesthetic tastemaker—who also studies at Brown University, spins at school parties, and runs his own record label, Clown & Sunset—performed Friday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and Sunday afternoon at MoMA's PS1 in Queens. The latter also functioned as a launch party for multimedia production house Clown & Sunset Aesthetics , the parent company of [...]

Converge have announced new tour dates.

by BBG Converge at House of Vans ( more by BBG ) Converge have been grinding away on a new record , but will head out of their caves to play a string of mostly-Northeastern US dates with Loma Prieta ( who we recently profiled ) and Git Some (ex-Planes Mistaken For Stars). That includes a stop in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 14th with Pianos Become The Teeth [...]

[Photos by acidjack] I suppose one could fairly accuse this site of not featuring enough heavy music. There are several reasons for that, not least being that a lot of "metal" bands aren't into being recorded. But here's to hoping that changes, especially since Brooklyn has had a vibrant metal scene going for quite awhile now, as chronicled by BrooklynVegan among few "indie" sites that acknowledge metal even exists. Naam are one of the first bands that made me realize such a gap existed in our coverage, when I saw them open for Om [...]

Recommended Show: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 AIMEE MANN @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $35, 8PM Aimee Mann 's concert tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg is a little pricey, but she is still a singer-songwriter darling who managed to carve out mainstream success. It's totally worth it. The Gories @ Maxwell's Too Short @ Knitting Factory Cowboy Mouth @ B.B. King Blues Club Moon King, Eola, & Peter Fonda @ Big Snow [...]

photos by Erik Erikson "...It's time to stop calling Mission of Burma an "influential band"... ...Of course they are influential, but did you suffer ear trauma and go deaf right before May 2004? Burma tipped their musical output scales towards NEW compared to OLD in 2009!... About eight or nine songs in [to the Music Hall of Williamsburg show on 1/19], I turned to my cousin and my girlfriend, (the usual Burma crew: we've probably seen Burma together [...]

The UK group announce shows around Coachella performance.

By now you already heard me gush about Santigold 's first show of the year on Monday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in which she debuted brand new material from her urgently-anticipated upcoming album Master of My Own Make-Believe . Well, Santi's second 2012 warm-up gig last night was just as perfect (Monday's show was added due to overwhelming demand), especially if you take Karen O. ' s added special appearance on Go into consideration. [...]

Santigold's roots are in punk (via her old Philly band Stiffed) as much as they are label A&R (via her tenure as an Epic Records agent), so be not surprised by her outright gaming of The System when it turned its gaze on her. There was one great album, which spawned a great mixtape, memorable videos, many cameos, and a billion commercial syncs. Last night was her first show with material from her forthcoming, second record (titled Master Of My Make Believe ) in tow, so be not surprised that she was perfectly prepared, and generally perfect, performing a [...]

I was so bummed out when the Afro-Punk Festival was cancelled back in August as a precaution for Hurricane Irene (which was all hype). The stellar line-up included Janelle Monae, Cee-Lo Green, Res, Ninjasonik, Das Racist, Kenna, and Santigold . This was also to serve as my Santi fix for the year in anticipation of the new material, and my first time seeing her live since Lollapalooza ages ago in 2009! Fast-forwarding to last night, the first of two sold out consecutive last minute warm up shows at Music Hall of [...]

Recommended Show: MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012 SANTIGOLD @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG 66 N 6th St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $25, 8PM Part of us still gets excited from all the hype that surrounded Santigold a few years back. It was well deserved, and it still holds up today. Herman Dune @ Joe's Pub Liam Finn @ The Rock Shop Rev Vince Anderson @ Union Pool Scotty Mack & Will Hunt @ Cake Shop Steve Earle & [...]

Maurice Narcisse by EULA In late 2009, New Haven-to-Brooklyn post-punk band EULA was selected by Mission of Burma (through Matador's 'Battle for Burma' competition) to open for MOB at a free show at M.I.T. for Boston's "Mission of Burma Day". EULA has now been tapped to open for Mission of Burma at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Jan. 19th. Tickets are $20 and doors are at 8PM. EULA's most recent release, Maurice Narcisse , came out last May and Paper Garden Records [...]

Supporting their album Shangri-La .

Mission of Burma Sampler by Fenway Recordings Please note that the poster is from Mission of Burma's show at MHOW 2008 which was coincidently the same date. This year's show is on Thursday , Jan. 19th. Tickets are $20 and doors are at 8PM. Mission of Burma, cited as an influence by such artists as R.E.M., Sonic Youth, the Foo Fighters, Moby and the Pixies, are returning to New York for the first time since playing last summer's successful [...]

Photos by G. Elizabeth Harper of Class Actress December 30, 2011 was an epic night. New York based dance pop bands Class Actress and Penguin Prison got New York in a dancing mood as they performed a double bill of greatness at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg. 2011 has seen the meteoric rise to fame for both groups and I am certain that 2012 will see even higher heights for Class Actress and Penguin Prison. From the second Class Actress hit the stage, [...]