Manhattan Beat: Khruangbin, Perry Farrell, The End of America, Tatiana DeMaria Everynight Charley Crespo July 16, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Khruangbin/Rumsey Playfield/June 20, 2019 Mark Speer and Donald "DJ" Johnson Jr. met in 2004 while playing in a gospel band in Houston, Texas; their church employed Speer as the guitarist and Johnson as the...
Manhattan Beat: Band of Skulls, Wolfmother, Justin Townes Earle, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Everynight Charley Crespo July 9, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Band of Skulls/Mercury Lounge/June 5, 2019 During their college years, two childhood friends, guitarist/vocalist Russell Marsden and drummer Matt Hayward, both from Southampton, England, recruited bassi...
Manhattan Beat: Duff McKagan, Tav Falco, Ian Hunter, Twenty One Pilots Everynight Charley Crespo July 3, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Duff McKagan/Irving Plaza/June 3, 2019 Michael McKagan, better known as Duff McKagan, grew up in Seattle, where his brother taught him to play bass. In 1979, at age 15, McKagan formed the punk band the Vain...
Manhattan Beat: Nitzer Ebb, Michael Schenker Fest, The Who, and Tom Morello Everynight Charley Crespo June 11, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Nitzer Ebb/Elsewhere, Brooklyn/May 10, 2019 Vocalist Douglas McCarthy, synthesizer player Vaughan "Bon" Harris, and drummer David Gooday were childhood friends in Chelmsford and Essex, England. They formed ...
Manhattan Beat: The Nuclears, Kris Kristofferson, Snow Patrol, World/Inferno Friendship Society Everynight Charley Crespo May 29, 2019 Concerts, Reviews The Nuclears/Coney Island Baby/April 26, 2019 Two guitarist-vocalist brothers, Brian Dudolevitch and Mike Dudolevitch, formed the Nuclears in 2003 in Washington D.C. In 2004, the band won the local semi-fin...
Manhattan Beat: Acid Mothers Temple, Uli Jon Roth, Combichrist, The Blackfires Everynight Charley Crespo May 22, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Acid Mothers Temple/Mercury Lounge/April 22, 2019 Influenced by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, krautrock, and progressive rock, guitarist Kawabata Makoto initially formed Acid Mothers Temple (origina...
Manhattan Beat: Ministry, Collapsing Scenery, Laura Jane Grace, Black Lips Everynight Charley Crespo May 15, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Ministry/Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn/April 15, 2019 In 1961, shortly after the Cuban Revolution, the family of three-year-old Alejandro Ramírez Casas escaped from Havana and settled in Florida. In 196...
Manhattan Beat: Mott the Hoople ’74, Tony Bennett, Nick Lowe, The Foreign Resort Everynight Charley Crespo May 8, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Mott the Hoople '74/The Beacon Theatre/April 10, 2019 A British band formerly known as Silence became Mott the Hoople in 1969 when Ian Hunter joined as vocalist and pianist. The new band name was taken from ...
Manhattan Beat: Blaqk Audio, Wives, Hayes Carll, and Ex Hex Everynight Charley Crespo May 1, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Blaqk Audio/The Bowery Ballroom/April 1, 2019 In 2001, Davey Havok and Jade Puget were active members of AFI, but started writing electronic music very unlike AFI. Their intention was to create an entirely ele...
Manhattan Beat: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Ulver, Max Frost, and Southside Johnny Everynight Charley Crespo April 24, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Big Bad Voodoo Daddy/City Winery/March 25, 2019 In the 1980s, Scotty Morris performed in punk and alternative rock bands, and was conceiving the idea of starting a swing revival band. One night after a conce...
