Brooklyn Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: Unsane’s Journey Through The Past

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Bad Lieutenant, Brooklyn, Chris Spencer, Heavy Traffic, Improvised Munitions & Demo, Lamb Unlimited, Taxi Driver, Unsane

Brooklyn’s most brutal band rediscover their salad days with Improvised Munitions & Demo

Bluegrass Hip Hop

WATCH: Gangstagrass “Ride With You”

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020 Election, Affirmative, Bluegrass, Brooklyn, Gangstagrass, Hip-hop, Ride With You

Fresh off a white hot election special on their Twitch channel, the only hip-hop bluegrass group that matters drops a hope bomb with one of the year’s best singles

Electronic Funk jazz Latin Psychedelics Records Soul

The Hermetic Composer’s Dream

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Coronavirus, Four Tet, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Kieran Hebden, Seth Applebaum

Four Tet, Ghost Funk Orchestra and the power of splendid isolation

Festivals

5 Acts to Catch at Mondo.NYC 2019

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brooklyn, CMJ, Mondo NYC, Pillow Queens, TAUK, The Accidentals, The Fleshtones, Wanderers

Now in its fourth year, the founders of CMJ continue to bring the Music Conference life back into the New York City area

Punk

CONCERTS: Les Chats Noir

July 26, 2019July 30, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Australia, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, Cutie, Eamon Sandwith, Get this in ya, Gnarcissists, New York City, Nirvana, Oi, Queensland, Smoko, The Chats, The Hives

Queensland, Australia’s The Chats arrive in The Big Apple, declare New York “a piece of shit” at first ever show at the Brooklyn Bowl

Blues Indie Rock

Daddy Long Legs: Going Back to the Roots of the Blues

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Brooklyn, Daddy Long Legs, Lowdown Ways, Yep Roc

The Brooklyn trio gets “Lowdown” on new album

Psychedelics Rock

IN CONCERT: Animal Magnetism

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Animal Collective, Avey Tare, Brooklyn, Domino Records, Market Hotel, NYC Taper

Avey Tare tears it up at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel

Funk Hip Hop Punk

Beastie Boys Stories Gets No Sleep Till Brooklyn

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Martine Paris 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brooklyn, Grand Royal, MCA, Mike D

Legendary punks share epic tales of rock star life

Pop

Julia Holter Cages Chaos in Brooklyn

March 1, 2019April 11, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Julia Holter, Warsaw Polish National Home

The L.A.-based art pop chanteuse delivers a performance for the ages at Warsaw

Dub/Reggae

JÄH DIVISION Reunited, Making Nostalgia Irie Again

February 4, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Jah Division, Joy Division, Kid Millions

In a time when most either reject nostalgia or embrace it wholeheartedly, a Brooklyn dub tribute band dares us to present in the groove

Pop

The Heart of HAERTS

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Susan Hubbard 0 Comments Alt-Pop, Brooklyn, HAERTS, Hudson Valley

New York’s most underrated alt-pop duo

Rock

Midnight Marauder

August 28, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, House of Vans, Interpol, Madison Square Garden, Matador Records, NYC

On LP no. 6, Interpol crack the same facade of NYC cool that birthed them

adblock Punk Rock Soul

A Dozen Great Brooklyn Bands Not Getting Their Due

August 14, 2018November 30, 2020 John Everhart 0 Comments adblock, BIG BAND, Big Bliss, Brooklyn, Dead Leaf Echo, Fruits & Flowers, Future Punx, Heaven, Honduras, Jeanines, My Teenage Stride, Sold Goold, Twin Guns, Veda Rays

The halcyon days of new rock in the Kings County have only just begun