7pm- Hugh Hothem
Genre: Rock, Blues, Folk, Acoustic
For fans of: Mumford and Sons, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Lumineers
Hugh M. Hothem is a New York based writer and musician with two masters degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in Creative Writing and Literature in Modernity.
Musically, Hugh was first taught drumming from the legendary jazz drummer Johnny Blowers. He also plays guitar and has performed solo gigs throughout the United Kingdom, most notably at the Edinburgh Festival. Hugh recorded the first half of his solo album in London in the summer of 2012. He has been published in various online journals, including Cleaves and Garlic and Sapphires, and has written for the travel website, Exploration.
Having recently returned to New York, he is performing music and writing his first novel, The Fall of the Bastille, based around the seven inmates incarcerated within the Bastille as it was stormed during the French Revolution.
Hughhothem.com
Canon in D (Covers Motown, Kanye West, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, some Irish song…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Mv2SuK0-I
The last song I wrote in the UK (World’s Crashing Down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXdKeGGqSkc
“I’m Comin Home”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgpw5yPcbfc
8pm- Perp Walk
Genre: Rock/Power Pop
For fans of: Placebo, Rush, L7
After talking a lot about their favorite music over the years, NY1 News Reporter and drummer Roger Clark and co-worker/bass player Bunny got together at a Greenpoint Rehearsal Studio in the summer of 2012 and decided to jam. They had a real blast, which turned into the hard rocking, comedic duo Perp Walk. Their original songs are based on crazy incidents, offbeat people, and animals encountered on their permanent tour of the world.
www.myspace.com/perpwalknyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb2TIzftKgk
9pm- Even Twice
Genre: Prog/Punk
For Fans of: MC-5, Can, The Who
Even Twice, Brooklyn's premiere Prog/Punk duo have been on the NYC music scene since 2011. Combining elements of hard rock/psychedelic and prog rock with a punk energy, Even Twice have also made inroads in Manhattan, Boston, and will be touring this summer promoting their upcoming CD.
Pat O'Shea (Drums and voc) and Bob Hait (bass and voc), get their sound from their very differents backrounds; Pat has played drums and guitar with numerous Boston/New York bands over the last two decades, and
Bob, who hails from Estonia, has played with a number of bands in all different genres both in NYC and abroad.
"That's a lot of sound for just two instruments"- Roger Clark from NY1 (also, drummer for the band "Perp Walk")
http://facebook.com/eventwicerocks
http://twitter.com/Eventwice
https://soundcloud.com/robert-hait/hell-through-me
https://soundcloud.com/robert-hait/matter-of-pride
http://youtu.be/xFlT718JxgM
10pm- Toys and Tiny Instruments
Genre: Psych-rock, experimental folk, indie
For fans of: They Might Be Giants, Polyphonic Spree, "Rocky Horror," Tom Waits
Toys and Tiny Instruments is a Brooklyn-based psych-pop band formed in late 2009 as a side project of the musical duo My Friend Other. Toys specialize in a rhythmically complex, quirky and whimsical sound and have been relentlessly active on the NYC music scene, performing in venues ranging from a converted nuns' convent to sweaty bars to South Street Seaport. They just released their first full-length album, "Thunder Clap Machine," in early 2013.
“Toys and Tiny Instruments are insane musician magicians. They brought the energy and fun in a major way”.
- Chris Gethard, TheChrisGethardShow.com
“This Brooklyn-based band gives off a total Barenaked Ladies meets Magnetic Fields meets Broadway musical vibe. In other words, as quirky, symbolic, intelligent and theatrical as one can get.”
- Lindsey Darden, BeatCrave.com
http://www.toysandtinyinstruments.com
http://toysandtinyinstruments.bandcamp.com
