Andy Kirmayer + Jay Ackley & the Family-Style Band + Charlie Phillips + Natalie Espinosa (of Tiny Tusks) + Tanner Stewart @ The Way Station

7pm- Andy Kirmayer
Genre: Singer/Songwriter/Rock/Country

Andy Kirmayer is a Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter. From orange traffic cones to downhearted former mermaids, his songs cover the externally eccentric as intricately as the internally peculiar. Much of Kirmayer’s work is humorous and tongue-in-cheek, but the occasional introspective and serious song can be expected. Rhythm guitar and sing-a-longs dominate the set. These traits and more have been seen across the Brooklyn music and open mic scene for the better part of a decade.
myspace.com/andykirmayer
 
8pm- Jay Ackley & the Family-Style Band
Genre: Folk-Rock, Robofolk, Campfire Punk
For fans of: The Decemberists, Jeffrey Lewis

Jay Ackley grew up in Minneapolis and moved to Brooklyn in 2008 after living in London for 4 years. Having played guitar for neighborhood block parties and in smoky pubs with a rotating cast of friends, Jay assembled the Family-Style Band to play a 6-month residency opening for a weekly hip-hop open mic in the Lower East Side (The Vital Movement). Jay, Megan Thorsfeldt (bass), David Beasley (lead guitar), Liz Dolfi (vox), Marisa Gumpert (drums), and Jen Overstreet (violin) recently added multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lang to their cohort and have been playing around Brooklyn in 2013. We’ve been having a blast, and are pretty sure you will have a fun time if you come hang out!

www.jayackley.com

Video/audio links:
“Sexuality is Weird” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG-cw75nspI
“Songs from a Basement” http://jayackley.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-a-basement
 
9pm- Charlie Phillips
Genre: Singer-songwriter / Rock
For fans of: John Mayer, James Taylor, Jackson Browne

Charlie Phillips is a Brooklyn singer-songwriter by way of Schenectady, NY. He is influenced by folk rock of the 1960s and 70s for not what was, but what is possible. Charlie began his music career at SUNY Purchase studying composition in the Music Conservatory, before moving to New York. You can catch Charlie performing his melodic, guitar driven songs in many of New York's finest establishments.

“It’s the craft and artistry of guys like Charlie Phillips that makes the success of John Mayer’s overwrought sentimentality such a travesty... rooted in the kind of blue-eyed soul and guitar balladry that tempts comparisons but, by virtue of its diversity, it aspires to something more original.” Joshua Potter, Metroland



http://charliephillipsmusic.com

10pm- Natalie Espinosa (of Tiny Tusks)
Genre: ALT, FOLK, INDIE ROCK
For fans of: RYAN ADAMS, OKKERVIL RIVER, JIMMY EAT WORLD

Natalie Espinosa is a singer songwriter based out of Brooklyn, NY originally from Phoenix, Arizona where she fronted local bands Bella and Huskies. She’s shared bills with Jimmy Eat World, Gossip, Rilo Kiley, and M Ward. Natalie is currently a member of Tiny Tusks, an all female emo post punk rock band that has already shared the stage with forgetters, Radical Dads, Aye Nako and Mal Blum.  Tiny Tusks’ first self-titled album will be released in December 2013.  Natalie continues to write and perform with the band and solo throughout the city.

Tiny Tusks would be just another really good rock band singing love songs if it wasn't for the lead singer, Natalie, who has a terrific rock and roll voice which hits hard and remains tough and melodic for a fine half hour set. – Rock Live and Recorded

Over the din of the crowd's happy hour conversation, Natalie Espinosa's rich voice sounded as strong as any of the other instruments. – New Times, Phoenix

Huskies just completed the demo last Saturday for the upcoming six-song session, which Espinosa graciously hit me off with afterward, and I can attest that while Huskies isn't an indie/emo-ish outfit in the vein of Bella, it expands Espinosa's songwriting parameters into more rootsy, earthy territory, with songs that lean toward alt-country and y'all-ternative, while retaining a rocker edge. – New Times, Phoenix

https://soundcloud.com/natalie-espinosa
http://tinytusks.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TinyTusks

11pm- Tanner Stewart