Going Up

BENNY TROKAN & THE BELL GUARDE

THE ELEVATOR OPERATORS

THE WOOLY BUSHMEN

Somehow between playing bass with Reigning Sound, Lee Fields, and The Jay Vons, Wick Recording artist Benny Trokan finds time to craft three minute soulful confections! He thrilled the crowd at Hank's in March and he returns with the smooth soulful jangle. Orlando's crazed children of Question Mark and Buddy Holly The Wooly Bushmen return to our fair city! Making a pit stop on their U.S. tour of their new LP, The Woolly Bushmen In Shambles (on Pig Baby Records)! Going Up! The Elevator Operators have the button of the lift pushed to the 1960s rock'n'roll floor.

Friday, May 24th at Hank's

345 Adams Street, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Doors at 9PM. $10. 21+ with ID.

Something To Hold Onto

GREG CARTWRIGHT
BENNY TROKAN & THE BELL GUARDE
Plus: An all-star cast of WFMU DJs

Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. He currently fronts Reigning Sound and is signed to Merge Records. After moving away from Memphis in the mid-2000s, he has since lived with his family in Asheville, North Carolina. Cartwright is also a founding member of the Memphis '90s garage bands The Compulsive Gamblers, The Oblivians, and Greg Oblivian & The Tip Tops.

Aside from also playing occasional solo performances — including a memorable show at Dead Flowers Productions' old venue, Magnetic Field — Cartwright also plays in The Parting Gifts, a band also featuring Lindsay "CoCo" Hames of The Ettes and Patrick Keeler of The Raconteurs, and The Greenhornes, and a guest appearance from Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Cartwright has also played in a handful of other bands, including guitarist in The Detroit Cobras and as drummer for '68 Comeback. He has also collaborated with The Deadly Snakes, contributing to their album I'm Not Your Soldier Anymore. In 2007 he wrote songs and co-produced Dangerous Game, a comeback album by Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las.

Friday, March 29th at Hank's

345 Adams Street, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $12-$15. 21+ with ID.