#285 Kent

LIVE REVIEWYonatan Gat, PC Worship @ Mercury Lounge

For all of the venues we’ve lost in the past couple of years: Death By Audio, Glasslands and 285 Kent to name just a few, I sometimes find myself creeping back into Manhattan in search of a cozy room. The Mercury Lounge is one of those spots that, despite its address in the oft-maligned Lower East...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWHolograms and TV Ghost

Last year around this time everyone I knew was nervous about the world ending. At the very least, friends of mine made Mayan Apocalypse jokes until I wished the sky would just blow up already. But on the morning of December 21st, everything was the same as it had been the morning before. There were...

Lindsey Rhoades

LIVE REVIEWShannon and the Clams

"It's so awesome that you guys know the words!" gushed Shannon Shaw. "I used to sing at open mic nights and now you guys are singing my songs." Her voice broke a little, just for a moment. But by the time she launched into her next number, it was back to its full bellow, and the crowd went crazy....

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWSinkane, Friends, Phone Tag

There are certain nights when I wish my favorite venues in Brooklyn, all of which happen to inhabit the same square block of Williamsburg, would just band together and offer three-for-one show deals, or at least build a network of secret tunnels connecting each venue to the next - like those...

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWGang Gang Dance w/ Prince Rama

Okay, so I know I've been spending too much time at 285 Kent. I know you're all sick of hearing about it. I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of a sharpie line drawn across my wrist so they won't have to ID me anymore, maybe even the "RANDO" stamp they use on my forearm so I don't have to pay to get...

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWMount Eerie w/ La Big Vic

There's really no entity that compares to the genius of Phil Elverum. He's like a mythical creature or enlightened being from another planet. He's been actively making music and art for nearly fifteen years under a variety of monikers, with common threads and motifs connecting each project to the...

Lindsey Rhoades

Why You Should Always Go To A "Secret" Show

Last minute, some friends and I decided to grab tickets to Ariel Pink’s Webster Hall show. TEEN was opening and I hadn’t seen Ariel Pink in roughly two years, the last time being at Irving Plaza when I was going through some major melodrama that kind of ruined the whole thing for me. So despite the...

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWBlouse w/ Cosmetics and The New Lines

nice blouse, Charlie Hilton Looking at the line-up for Tuesdaynight's show at 285 Kent, I wasn't sure if I was about to see ahandful of fashionable indie bands or if I was making a shopping listfor things I needed to pick up from Bloomingdales. Blouse, check. Cosmetics, check. The New Lines, check....

Lindsey Rhoades