The New Soft Shoe


THE GET IT!
WIRE TROOPSCOTCH BONNET

Thursday, December 7th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

A Day Will Come


DJs Mr. Lee (GIS Sound System) and Ursa Major (Legio SPQR) will be spinning top-flight sounds before, between, and after the bands!

Sunday, December 3rd at Gold Sounds
44 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 4PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

This Is Not A Photograph


THE CAMERAMEN
THE NEW YORK FOWL HARMONIC
SEAN T. HANRATTY & THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

Saturday, December 2nd at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID

December Action!


  • 12/1: LATEWAVES / NIGHT SURF
  • THE VANSADERS / TURKISH ROYALS 
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/2: THE CAMERAMEN / NEW YORK FOWL HARMONIC
  • SEAN T. HANRATTY & THE MIGHTY MIGHTY
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/3: LION'S LAW / 45 ADAPTERS / LOS PERROS
  • GUNS DON'T RUN / ROYAL HOUNDS
  • DJs MR. LEE and URSA MAJOR
  • Gold Sounds, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/3: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with PATSY HANK LOVECHILD)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/6: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/7: THE GET IT!
  • WIRE TROOP / SCOTCH BONNET
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/8: PLANET MOON / THE BITS
  • MIKI & THE SATELLITES / WARMBODY
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/9: LIFE IN A BLENDER / JESSIE KILGUSS
  • LUSTERFIT / JIM ADRALIS & THE SYNTONICS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/10: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with PATSY HANK LOVECHILD)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/10: Americana Holiday Party (8pm)
  • JUSTIN MOYER / CULT CLASSICS / PAUL ANTHONY BAND
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/13: Devour Comedy Hour
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/14: GREEK JUDAS / MJ-12
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/15: REIGN OF ZAIUS / LVGER
  • TEST MEAT / AGE OF TRUTH
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/15: Modern Needs
  • with DJ MR. LEE & special guests
  • Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/16: INVERTED PLANETS / SWEET TITS
  • KEVIN K. BAND / EVEN TWICE
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/17: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with PATSY HANK LOVECHILD)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/19: Bussed (film screening)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/20: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/21: FAMOUS GENIUSES
  • THE SARAH DURNING BAND
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/22: STEAK / REBEL HARMONIX
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/23: LUV DOT GUV
  • THE JAMES ROCKET / SINON / RICH MEYER
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/27: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/28: Burn It Down!
  • with DJs NATE THE K. (WFMU) and PAUL BRUNO (WFMU)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/29: DONUT CITY
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/30: MR. AIRPLANE MAN
  • THE PIGGIES / TEN DOLLAR MISTAKE
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/31: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with PATSY HANK LOVECHILD)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 12/31: New Year's Eve Rock'N'Soul Shakedown!
  • with DJ MR. LEE and THE STRANGER
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • Photo of Tyson Todd Meade (Chainsaw Kittens)
    live at Hank's by Eric Wayne Norlander © 2017

It's A Great Pleasure


STEPHEN SANTORO & HIS BOOGIE FIVE

Stephen Santoro & His Boogie Five transport their audiences back to the greasy, gin-soaked juke joints and swing clubs of days gone by with their infectious brand of swing, jump blues, and boogie-woogie. Santoro leads his five-piecc combo through two sets of the New Orleans- and Kansas City-inflected sounds of Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Big Joe Turner, and more. It’s jumpin’ music for dancing, drinking, and other good times!

Thursday, November 30th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Shake It Off


TYSON MEADE (Chainsaw Kittens)
HEARTTHROB CHASIS • THE WAYBURNS

Tyson Meade, the revered ‘godfather of alternative rock’ and lead singer of Oklahoma’s Chainsaw Kittens and Defenestration, returns to New York for a visit with his Detroit based backing band. Meade will perform songs from his lengthy and acclaimed career including songs from his new album, Robbing The Nuclear Family, out early 2018 on Detroit based Jett Plastic Recordings.

Joining Meade will be Heartthrob Chasis, the new group from Margaret Doll Rod, former member of the Demolition Doll Rods. Prepare to be amazed! Also joining Meade will be The Wayburns, a Detroit based rock group formed by Johnny Chan, formerly of Johnny Chan & The New Dynasty Six, The Covingtons, and current member of The Britemores.

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

Love Is For Sops


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 very special guest DJs Melody Lee and JT Miller spinning truly scorching sounds until the wee small hours!

Friday, November 17th at Banter
132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.
Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Falling Sideways


LEAGUE OF PITY • PEPPER KINGS
MONKEY DON'T CARE • THE BIG HIGH HILLS

Friday, November 17th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Too Animalistic


Thursday, November 16th at Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Inmortales


The Chilean street-punk Legends Curasbun return to New York City!

Thursday, November 16th at The Gutter
200 North 14th Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Doors at 8PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

Going In Style


Urban Styles: Graffiti In NYHC book signing party with author Freddy Alva. DJ Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System) spins scorching underground sounds. Happy hour prices until 8pm!

Urban Styles the first book from author Freddy Alva, is a subterranean adventure back to a time when subcultures and underground movements blended seamlessly and went largely unnoticed by the mainstream world. Urban Styles deftly straddles the seemingly in congruent worlds of graffiti culture and the hardcore punk scene of the 1980s to tell the story of a unique moment in time when crossover between the two outlaw cultures was a common, if not heralded, occurrence. Urban Styles chronicles a gritty New York City and its boroughs while telling the stories of forgotten revolutionaries who were as familiar with stealth runs through train yards as they were slamming on the CBGB dance floor.

Tuesday, November 14th at The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery (btwn. East 2nd & 3rd), New York City
Doors at 7PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Enjoy The Ride


SIT N' SPIN • THE CARVELS
CID SCANTLEBURYDONUT CITY

With three full-length albums, countless singles, compilations and American and Euro tours under their collective belt, Sit N' Spin have been praised by the press and gained fans all over the world, including Tokyo's 5678s and BBC Radio's legendary DJ John Peel (R.I.P.). While comparisons have been made to artists such as The Ramones, The Ronettes and Link Wray, Sit n' Spin do what they did best—made music that combined the best of garage-rock and roots-rock with their own personal brand of wit. The band got its start in New Brunswick, NJ where there was a good venue, a good record store and a college radio station to nurse their nascent rock ideas. Crisply melding a sense of fun with focus, they put forth garage-pop with edge and substance, deftly commingling crunch and melody. 

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

Flight Risk


This month's show features Melissa Diaz (Caroline's), Ahri Findling (Bravo), Julie Mitchell (I Heard the Book Was Better), Jack Rodamar, and Derek Humphrey (Bushwick Bears), plus your hosts for the night, Frank Nelson and Kale Bogdanovs. Free wings while they last!

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

November Action!


  • 11/1: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/2: DR. HOWARD / NINJA ORCHESTRA / THE ZEROS (NYC)
  • SAME DEAM / THIGH HIGHS / JEZO BLACK
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/3: HICKRY HAWKINS / THE RAKEHILLS
  • THE HARDCORE JOLLIES / MIWA GEMINI
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/5: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with PAISLEY FIELDS)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/8: Devour Comedy Hour
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/9: THE CAMERAMEN / DEL MORAN
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/10: SIT N SPIN
  • THE CARVELS / DONUT CITY
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/11: Live Band Rock'N'Roll Karaoke
  • BUNNIE ENGLAND & THE NEW ORIGINALS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/12: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with LAURA REBEL ANGEL)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/14: Urban Styles book party
  • Author FREDDY ALVA and DJ MR. LEE
  • The Bowery Electric, New York City

  • 11/15: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/16: CURASBUN (Chile)
  • LOS PERROS / GUNS DON'T RUN
  • INVADING SPECIES / DJ SHABBAKANO
  • The Gutter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/16: THE TRACYS / TIGER SEX / ESKROFULA
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/17: PEPPER KINGS / LEAGUE OF PITY
  • MONKEY DON'T CARE / THE BIG HIGH HILLS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/17: Modern Needs
  • DJs JT MILLER & MELODY LEE
  • Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/18: BOB CAROL TED / UM
  • PUNK LIPS / KNOCK YOURSELF OUT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/19: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with LAURA REBEL ANGEL)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/22: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/25: THE BRITEMORES / HEARTTHROB CHASIS
  • CHAINSAW KITTENS
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/26: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
  • SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
  • (After-party at 6pm with LAURA REBEL ANGEL)
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/29: DAVID HAUGHT
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

  • 11/30: STEPHEN SANTORO & HIS BOOGIE FIVE
  • Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

    Photo of RUNNY live at Hank's by Lee Greenfeld © 2017