Return To Me


ANDI RAE & THE BACK RIVER BULLIES
JEFF LITMAN • JESSIE KILGUSS

"Healy’s vocals are at once potent, powerful, fragile, beckoning, vulnerable yet guarded. She writes like someone who has tasted her share of life; has been hurt; has been exhilarated; has found and lost her faith. There is a dare in this music... -BuddyHollywood

Friday, December 16th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round


Modern Needs is a listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held every month at Banter, located in scenic Brooklyn U.S.A. The December edition features special guest DJ Ursa Major (Legio SPQR). Ursa Major and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning top-flight sounds until the wee small hours.

Friday, December 16th at Banter
132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.
Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

L'chaim!


This month's Devour Hour features Jordan Myrick (UCB TourCo), Rae Sanni (Comedy Central), Josh Johnson (Jimmy Fallon), Maria Wojciechowski (Seeso), and Ryan Schutt (2 Dope Queens).

Food of the month: Latkes!

Wednesday, December 14th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Ways Of Escape



GREAT LAKES
AMERICAN SPIRIT
ARTANKER CONVOYRAY RIZZO

Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1996, Great Lakes are a psychedelic-tinged indie pop/indie folk band led by songwriter Ben Crum. The first edition of the group was assembled by Crum and Dan Donahue, two musically inclined friends who met in high school; they began writing songs together, with Donahue concentrating on lyrics and Crum contributing melodies. The two songwriters teamed up with multi-instrumentalist James Huggins, also a member of the group Of Montreal, to form the first edition of Great Lakes. After issuing a debut single on the Happy Birthday to Me label, the band's self-titled first album was released by Kindercore Records in 2000. As Huggins was busy with Of Montreal and a variety of other projects, he soon dropped out of Great Lakes, and the lineup became something of a revolving door, with Crum and Donahue overseeing the many players who performed with the group on-stage or in the studio. Crum and Donahue relocated to Brooklyn, New York and released the second Great Lakes album, The Distance Between, on Orange Twin in 2002. Diamond Times followed in 2006, but in 2009, Donahue opted to return to Athens, and Crum became the band's primary creative voice, writing both the music and words while fronting a group that had swelled to nine members. Ways of Escape, the first album from Great Lakes' Crum-led lineup, was released by Orange Twin in 2010. Crum began work on Great Lakes' next album in 2011, but the project was set aside for several years before he teamed with keyboardist Joe McGinty, vocalist Suzanne Nienaber, bassist David Lerner, and drummer Kevin Shea to complete the recordings. The album, Wild Vision, was released through the group's own Loose Trucks label in January 2016.

Saturday, December 10th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Born Strange



THE MANIMALS
BAD CITIZEN • WOODHEAD
THIS CRIMINAL SOUL

Introspective but tough-as-nails, Haley Bowery is a fiery frontwoman who has a tight as hell backing group in the Manimals who channel the steady churn of new wave but with a hard rock level aggression.

Friday, December 9th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $8 cover. 21+ with ID.

One Day Too Late


THE KNEELING DRUNKARDS
JUNIOR BROTHERS • AIR LINE RAIL

Saturday, December 3rd at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by Otto Bettmann

Rushing To The Scene


COMBAT JAZZ
MOLLY TIGRE

Led by sax player John McQueeney, a longtime world music and reggae music business vet, Brooklyn based combo Combat Jazz investigates the nexus between world music, garage-rock and modal jazz, with an emphasis on improvisation.

Thursday, December 1st at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $6 cover. 21+ with ID.

December Action!



12/1: COMBAT JAZZ / MOLLY TIGRE
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/2: CASTLE BLACK / UNKNOWN NOBODIES
  • THE CIRCUIT / CUSTARD WALLY / MOLTEN
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/3: THE KNEELING DRUNKARDS
  • AIRLINE RAIL / JUNIOR BROTHERS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/4: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with FIDDLER & THE CROSSROADS BAND, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/8: THE NEW BROOD
    • THE UNION SUITS / PLASTIC HAG
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/9: THE MANIMALS / WOODHEAD
    • BAD CITIZEN / THIS CRIMINAL SOUL
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/10: GREAT LAKES
    • ARTANKER CONVOY / AMERICAN SPIRIT
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/11:  Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with ARON BLUE & THE BOOTLEGGERS, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/14: Devour Comedy Hour
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/15: LEAGUE OF PITY / THE BITS / HOUSE DIVISION
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/16: Modern Needs
    • with DJs MR. LEE and URSA MAJOR
    • Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/16: ANDI RAE & THE BACKRIVER BULLIES
    • JEFF LITMAN / JESSIE KILGUSS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/17: THE BRITEMORES / LES SANS CULOTTES
    • HEARTTHROB CHASIS / FLOWERED GNOMES
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/18: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with JACK GRACE, 4pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/18: Jazz Sunday WILD TONIC (8pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/21: DJ NATE K. (WFMU)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/22: D.T. HUBER / KEEPER
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/23: A BUNCH OF GIRLS / JIGGERS IS KING
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/28: Psychic Rodeo Night
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/29: DJ MILKY MANCHESTER
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 12/30: EL SILVER CABS / THE CREEPS
    • THE SHARP SHADOWS / SIRS AND MADAMS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    Photo of Jack Grace live at Hank's by Lee Greenfeld © 2016

    Burn It Down!


    WFMU's DJ Nate K. spins r&b, soul, garage and more! Strictly vinyl!

    Friday, November 25th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 9PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

    Our Love Lingers On


    BILLY MILLER
    Rest In Peace

    Thank you for your unbridled love of music and a good story (and man did you have the best stories!); your generosity and your big heart; thank you for all that you did for Dead Flowers Productions. We will truly miss talking with you about rock'n'roll and our beloved Mets. All of our love goes out to your sweetheart Miriam Linna, and everyone that you touched through your music, label, and words.

    Pictured left to right: Lee Greenfeld (Dead Flowers), Billy Miller (Norton Records/
    A-Bones), and Todd-O-Phonic Todd (Telstar Records/WFMU). Photo by Miriam Linna

    It's A Helluva Town!


    THE CUTS (Queens)
    CASH REGISTERS (Manhattan)
    LEAGUE OF PITY (Staten Island)
    BEDPAN FIGHT (Brooklyn)
    ALMOST AIMLESS (Bronx)

    Saturday, November 19th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 8PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

    Let's Submerge


    Modern Needs is a listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held every month at Banter bar, located in scenic Brooklyn U.S.A. The November edition features special guest DJ Anna Anabolic (Party Lights). Anna and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning rocking sounds until the wee small hours.

    Friday, November 18th at Banter
    132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.
    Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

    United Forces


    MIGHTY HIGH
    THE GOLDEN GRASS

    The Mighty High are Brooklyn's #1 regressive-rock act... No ballads. No keyboards. No acoustic guitars! 100% stone get-off guaranteed! The Golden Grass is free-wheelin, good-time rock'n'roll band. They play a soulful mix of heavy-country-funk-boogie and progressive-psychedelic-freakbeat inspired by groups like Cactus and The Move. Their music is bursting with a feel-good energy, inspiring with an earnest vibe, and classic in a modern time. 

    Friday, November 18th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 8PM. 21+ with ID.

    Hate Parade


    REIGN OF ZAIUS
    TARPIT BOOGIE • LEEDS POINT

    Feeling a little angry this week? Come vent your rage at the best place in Brooklyn to do too many shots and scream "fuck the world!" Be there early for those wunderkinds of boogie-rock, Leeds Point. Stay for the stoner-sludge of Tarpit Boogie, and then, when you're good and ready, scream along to Reign Of Zaius.

    Saturday, November 12th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

    Let Them Eat Pie


    This month's Devour Hour features Liz Magee (Someecards), Shane O'Neill (Tonight's Special with Shane Shane), Sarah Kennedy (Reductress), Chris Donahue (Panic Attack), Kale Bogdanovs (Melbourne Comedy Fest), Frank Nelson (Fingerlakes Comedy Fest), Drew Anderson (Out of Bounds Comedy Fest), and Julia Shiplett (Brooklyn Comedy Fest). Food of the month: Pie!

    Wednesday, November 9th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

    Election Day Escape


    Big screen coverage with audio!
    Trickle sown alcoholism drink specials!
    No pussy grabbing!

    Tuesday, November 8th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 9PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

    A Sinking Feeling


    THE CHALLENGEDTOP BUNK
    HOPELESS OTIS • UNIVERSAL MONSTERS

    Saturday, November 5th at Hank's Saloon
    46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
    Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

    November Action!



    11/3: FAMOUS GENIUSES
    • WHISKEY RED & THE WHITE KNUCKLE RIGGERS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/4: Frank Wood's Birthday Bash!
    • EVE & THE ALLIGATORS / FLESH JUNKIES / PANTS
    • BIKINI CARWASH / GLORIOUS REVOLUTION / HARD LUXURY
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/5: THE CHALLENGED (record release show)
    • TOP BUNK / HOPELESS OTIS / UNIVERSAL MONSTER
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/6: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • with SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with MIKE COBB, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/8: Girls Gone Liberal Election Day Party
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/9: Devour Comedy Hour
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/10: WIRE TROOP
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/11: DINNER / LAND BAND
    • FAMILY FUN / GENERAL MOTORS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/12: REIGN OF ZAIUS
    • TARPIT BOOGIE / LEEDS POINT
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/13: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • with SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with ARON BLUE, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/17: THE MALLET BROTHERS
    • JOHNNY MELLOR'S BASTARDOS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/18: Modern Needs
    • with DJs MR. LEE and ANNA ANABOLIC
    • Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/18: THE MIGHTY HIGH / GOLDEN GRASS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/19: CASH REGISTERS / BEDPAN FIGHT
    • LEAGUE OF PITY / ALMOST AIMLESS / THE CUTS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/20: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • with SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with ANDI RAE & THE BROOKLYN TUMBLEWEEDS, 4pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/25: Burn It Down!
    • with DJ NATE K. (WFMU)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/26: DJ MILKY MANCHESTER
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/27: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • with SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 11/30: Psychic Rodeo Night
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    Photo of Miriam Linna live at Hank's, July 2015