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Drummers on the record: back-to-back residencies include dinner and a show with rock duo ‘Locations’
Tom Whidden is a dummer/singer in the alt-rock duo @locationstheband that is playing their final show of a two-part residency at @maindragmusic on Dec. 7 with @amskrayband and @boyscoutmarie
Through the Monitor and Blanket Approval’s Joey Hadden caught the last rendition of “Locations Sandwiches” and gave Tom a call to talk about it.
We’re letting you in on that convo
Halloweekend at the Fort: a basement show blanketed in quilts
Halloweekend at the Fort — Through the Monitor show recap and photos
Stripped Down: British frontwoman takes on Brooklyn solo
Porridge Radio’s Dana Margolin performs at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn on a solo International tour.
Behind The Console
How an audio engineer crafts the sound of live performances at venues across New York City.
Shows to silence: a great display of patience
Editor-in-Chief and Blanket Approval drummer/singer Joey Hadden shares what it’s like to transition from gigging on repeat to writing an album.
A year of Goth Rock with Miss Teen America
In early 2023, musician TJ Coffino posted flyers around NYC reading, “Do You Want to Be In A Goth Band?”
Four dudes said yes, and Miss Teen America was born.
A night at NYC’s New Colossus Festival
At NYC’s annual New Colossus Festival, Partygirl (Brooklyn, US), Hause Plants (Lisbon, Portugal), Los Premios (Valencia, Spain), and Mary Shelley (Brooklyn, US) played at the Knitting Factory on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
From Manchester to NYC: Idle Hours crosses the Atlantic for local festival
Idle Hours is a rock band from Manchester that took the stage at Piano’s on the first night of NYC’s New Colossus Festival.
An evening with the New York band without a homeland
Sans Patrie is a local rock band carving their way through NYC’s local venues. For the 4-piece, making music was never about the money.
Two siblings started a band. Four years later, they’re a five-piece united by long-time friendships and the city of Baltimore
Decades-long friendships and family ties sit at the heart of Baltimore band Giji’s discography and live performances.
Jam with ‘Umami House’ in NYC’s DIY venues where every set is truly one-of-a kind
With Alfred Lam on keys and Samuel Lee on guitar, the musical duo ‘Umami House’ takes on the city’s classic venues and DIY performance spaces.
Listen with headphones in ‘The Upstairs District’
The Upstairs District is a five-piece indie electronica band from Western Massachusetts.
Local NYC band gets real about the struggles of musicianship in new punk-rock, power-pop EP
The Telling Time is a punk rock, power-pop band is releasing their new EP “Thief of Joy” on September 5, 2024.
Why you should share Locations: the ‘genre-bending alt-rock duo’ standing for human rights
Locations is the Brooklyn-based band fighting greed with music.
A cozy night at Prototype 237: the venue that feels like home
The warehouse used to be a garment factory, but today, it’s a creative co-living and performing space.