Rock Rebel Rising captivated the crowd at Arlene’s Grocery tonight. Dy’ari came through with another stunning performance. Backed by his amazing band of rebels, these guys never disappoint.

Download 15 Minutes in the Spotlight [7MB]
Shine [7.2MB]
Parting the Waters [5.2MB]
Beautiful Darkness [5.1MB]
Deliverance [5.8MB]
or Go Asshole Go [9.8MB] from this live performance.

Full Setlist: Beginning of the End, Bow Your Head, 15 Minutes in the Spotlight, Shine, Parting the Waters, Beautiful Darkness, Deliverance, Go Asshole Go!

11.11.11 brings the release of Moonlight Never Shined So Bright by Christine Hoberg.

To celebrate, she asked me to help create a video for Sometimes, I had the privilege of being the editor and sometimes cameraman.

Free iPod friendly video here.

Black 47 took us out on the water with Rocks Off. A half hour after leaving Skyport Marina, the band the stage and rocked the house.. err. rocked the boat.

Downloads coming soon.

The Barr Brothers final show of the summer before the debut label release this fall.

The intimate Rockwood provides Brad a wonderful birthday venue. He literally roped in the audience to participate, showing off his tricks and letting the room experience involvement in the performance. He sent thread out into the crowd, attached to his guitar. As the audience changed the tension, the noise would come through his guitar pickup. Very fun trick! I’ve seen him do it before but this time he actually explained it a bit.

Two new songs, still untitled, will be forthcoming after the album drops, per Andrew’s request, he’d prefer if the new tracks are first heard via the studio release. Check back in the fall to download those tracks here.

Old Mythologies [7 MB]
Ooh Belle [6.7 MB]
Deacon’s Son[11 MB]
Beggar In The Morning [9.3 MB]
Lord, I Just Can’t Keep From Cryin (Blind Willie Johnson Cover) [10 MB]

Setlist:
Old Mythologies,Ohh Belle, Deacon’s Son, Beggar In The Morning, Lord I Just Can’t Keep from Crying [Blind Willie Johnson Cover], Untitled (Even The Darkness) , Untitled (Let It Go)

The SLIP return!

Set contains new songs so bear with me as I figure those out in the coming days.

Broke the Promised Land [7 MB]
The Soft Machine [9.7 MB]
Take the Bus [4.5 MB]
Airplane/Primitive [8 MB]
Sometimes True to Nothing [9.7 MB]
Motherwolf* [5.9 MB]
Brand New Song!!* [5.4 MB]
Another Brand New Song!!* [5.9 MB]
Wolof
True Love Ain’t Enough
Weight of Solomon
Reddish Moon
Children of December

Get Me With Fuji* [10.6 MB]
If One of Us Should Fall [5.4 MB]

* performed with Sam Cohen of Yellowbirds/Apollo Sunshine on guitar.

Here’s a few select tracks from Christine Hoberg’s set at Rockwood Music Hall last night. She brought two brand new gems, one Diamonds and Lines and the other Devil With Lipstick, had never been played live before Rockwood.

Plain-Faced Jane
Home
Diamonds and Lines
Devil With Lipstick (first live performance)

Setlist: Nom. 3, Plain-Faced Jane, Stripes, Nice, Home, Diamonds and Lines, Devil With Lipstick, Soemtimes, I Follow Rivers

Detroit diva Eliza Neals captivated those at The Bitter End. Her unique modern rock approach creates a new motown sound that clearly has some southern roots.

Here she is with I’m the Girl [6.2MB] and Southern Comfort. [7.2MB]

Setlist
Right Hand Man, Never Gonna, Gimme Shelter, Raining, Misery, Thrill Is Gone, Love Hurts More, I’m the Girl, Southern Comfort, Save Me

I showed up at The Bitter End for Eliza Neals but was pleasantly surprised with Haroula Rose, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, who played just before Eliza’s Set

All I Know

Zander Bleck leads a charmed “sexy life.” His rock n roll is in your face, perhaps even trying to get in your pants. With tracks like “Take It Away” and “Find You Again” it’s clear that Zander has got something the music scene hasn’t experienced yet.

Joined by guitar god Mark Williams, here they are at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan. The addition of Mark adds his distinctive flavor of soul which accentuates Zander’s energy in a genre defying effort with an LP release pending soon, this will be something to take New York by storm . I can’t wait to see where they take us next.

Check out the news about the upcoming album at ZanderBleck.com

Zander pays homage to Led Zeppelin with Good Times, Bad Times [4.5MB] live at the Mercury Lounge in Lower Manhattan.

Christine Hoberg captivated the audience at Rockwood Music Hall with the voice that can cut through the bullshit of New York City. I heart her so much. She laughs at all my jokes.

Here are a few tracks, MP3 Downloads from Saturday night in the Lower East Side.

Nom 3 [3.8MB]
Plain Faced Jane [5.7 MB]
Nice [3.5 MB]
Home [3.9 MB]
Sometimes [5.3MB] (Working Title, first public performance)

Hoberg Setlist 4/18/2011 : Nom. 3, Plain-Faced Jane, Nice, Home, Another Man, Sometimes, Stripes , I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li Cover)