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TRANSRECTIFIER • DEADNAME
THE CHASED • LITTLE PRINCE

Brooklyn TransCore compilation release party!

Friday, May 26th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 7PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

The Ennui And The Ecstasy


LES SANS CULOTTES
THEE SHAMBELS • LaPêCHE

The "seven-headed beast from the hard-scrabble streets of Menilmontant" and "those frilly Parisian underthings," Les Sans Culottes borrowed their name from the ill-clad (i.e., long-trousered) citizen-soldiers of the French Revolution. The band's sound is a melange of Francophone '60s girl group and the Kinks... "We are the masters of the French rock'n'roll; all others are but the slave!"

Thursday, May 25th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $8 cover. 21+ with ID.

Going Down



BIKINI CARWASH • THRILL SERGEANTS
CHARM SCHOOL • BRITCHES

Friday, May 20th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $6 cover. 21+ with ID.

Say Those Magic Words


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 May edition features special guest DJ The Stranger. The mysterious one and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning top-flight reggae, psych, soul, freakbeat, and garage sounds until the wee small hours... Strictly vinyl, of course!

Friday, May 19th at Banter
132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.
Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Photographs From The Shoebox


JOE JACK TALCUM (Dead Milkmen)
THE SPACE MERCHANTS • F. WOODS

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Genaro (aka Joe Jack Talcum) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the punk-rock group The Dead Milkmen. Currently residing in Philadelphia, Genaro has performed with a number of punk and indie-rock groups, most recently including The Low Budgets, and is also a solo artist. He is of Italian heritage

Wednesday, May 17th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

Strange Days


THE LIVE ONESTHE DEVIOUS ONES
WICK & THE TRICKSBLAME MERCURY

Saturday, May 13th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $8 cover. 21+ with ID.

Another Stone Get-Off


MIGHTY HIGHREIGN OF ZAIUS
THE FAST PLANTS

The Mighty High are Brooklyn's #1 regressive-rock act: No ballads. No keyboards. No acoustic guitars! Reign Of Zaius are the twisted by-product of a future Ape experiment gone bad.

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

Pizza Party!


This month's Devour Hour — the last one until the Fall — features Anthony P. DeVito (Comedy Central Half Hour), Julia Claire (Limestone Comedy Festival), Alingon Mitra (Conan), Chelsea Devantez (HBO), Paul Julmeus (Hidden Fences), and Casey Balsham (NY Comedy Festival), plus hosts Julia Shiplett, Drew Anderson, Kale Bogdanovs and Frank Nelson. Food of the month: pizza!

Wednesday, May 10th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Wild As You Wanna



THE MANIMALS
THE SHIPWRECKS • STREEPTHROAT
MATT & THE NEAT

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

May Action!


  • 5/3: Wobbly Kitten Party
  • THE CAMERAMEN (two sets)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 5/4: THE BRITEMORES
  • WIRE TROOP / THE LOW DOSES 
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 5/5: Braveheart Ball
  • THE PILLZ / BOWHEAD
  • CUSTARD WALLY / BAGHDADDIOS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 5/5: THE BELLRAYS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 5/6: BOB CAROL TED / XL KINGS
  • ROYAL ARCTIC INSTITUTE
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/7: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with PATRICK COMAN, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/10: Devour Comedy Hour
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/10: DAVID HAUGHT
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/11: GALAPAGOS NOW!
    • INKMOUTH / JD KINDLE
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/12: THE MIGHTY HIGH
    • REIGN OF ZAIUS / THE FAST PLANTS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/13: WICK & THE TRICKS / THE LIVE ONES
    • THE DEVIOUS ONES / BLAME MERCURY
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/14: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with THE HIP SWAYERS, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/16: Burn It Down
    • DJ NATE K. (WFMU)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/17: JOE JACK TALCUM (Dead Milkmen)
    • F. WOODS / THE SPACE MERCHANTS
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/18: CRUMBLESS COOKIE
    • PUSHING SIDES / KEVIN EGAN
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/19: Modern Needs
    • DJs MR. LEE and THE STRANGER
    • Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/19: FRANKLY BENJAMIN / DIRTY WINGS
    • EVERY FLAVOR WEATHER MACHINE
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/20: THE THRILL SERGEANTS
    • CHARM SCHOOL / BIKINI CARWASH / BRITCHES
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/21: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with JESSICA STAR, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/24: DAVID HAUGHT
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/25: LES SANS CULOTTES
    • THEE SHAMBELS / LAPéCHE
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/26: Brooklyn TransCore Compilation Party
    • TRANSRECTIFER / LITTLE PRINCE
    • THE CHASED / DEADNAME
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/27: MARS 88
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    • 5/28: Honkeytonk Brunch (noon - 4pm)
    • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS
    • (After-party with FIDDLER & THE CROSSROADS, 4pm - 6pm)
    • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    Photo of Susan Said live at Hank's (photo by Alan Rand)