No One Gets Out Alive

THE ELECTRIC MESS

THE CARVELS • KREBS & THE MAYNARD Gs

THE PHIL GAMMAGE QUINTET

"[The Electric Mess] have two excellent albums under their belt, both of which are filled with all the trappings of classic '60s punk — fuzz guitars, snotty vocals, and swirling organs abound — with a big slap of psychedelic coloring; think early Stones, Animals, 13th Floor Elevators, Seeds, Chocolate Watchband, and Lollipop Shoppe, as well as latter-day revivalists like The Chesterfield Kings, Cynics, Lyres, and The Miracle Workers." -Achilles In The Alleyway

Saturday, June 4th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $8 cover. 21+ with ID.

Get To The Point

STEAK

EAMON DOWD

Steak is founding members Erik Lieblein on rhythm guitar/vocals, Jack Grace on lead guitar/vocals, Stu Damm on drums, and occasionally founding member TJ Thomas on bass with Larry Cook and Daniel Garcia also sharing the bass chair. Their first fans developed from the Boulder, Colorado music scene in 1992 which included bands like The Samples, Big Head Todd and The Monsters Leftover Salmon and many others. The band played a "sarcastic latin/funk with everything including the kitchen sink kinda style" (Colorado Daily) and quickly developed a Colorado/West Coast underground group of followers. The word on their 'silly yet clever in a refreshing manner" (SF Weekly) stage show kept spreading and Steak began traveling California with the magical cult band, The Beat Farmers for a stretch. The road continued with a diverse pedigree of bands that included NRBQ, Uncle Tupelo, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Fishbone, The Funky Meters, Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste,  Steak got a tour bus and lived on the road for a few years, relocating to San Francisco and eventually basing themselves from Jack, Erik and Stu's birthplace of New York City. Steak is internationally renowned primarily for it's song, "Big Bear" which is featured in the climax of the Fox Searchlight comedy hit, Super Troopers (along with another Steak track, "Second To The Bottle").

Thursday, June 2nd at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by Bruce Gilden

June Action!

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• 6/2: STEAK (two sets)
• EAMON DOWD & THE LAST SOULS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 6/3: INTREPID HEARTS / HEKLA
• SPITE HOUSE / BIRTHING HIPS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 6/4: THE ELECTRIC MESS / THE CARVELS
• KREBS & THE MAYNARD Gs / PHIL GAMMAGE QUINTET
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 6/8: Devour Comedy Hour!
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/9: THE TRACYS
• RADIONICS / MEASUREMENTS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/10: GALAPAGOS NOW!
• PYRAMID / SEVENS / PROUDEST EVER
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/11: LONE WOLVES (reunion and last show ever!)
• THE PIGGIES / PEPPER KINGS / THE REJECTS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/16: PETE LANCTOT & THE STRAY DOGS / EL SILVER CABS
• THE FAMOUS GENIUSES / THE JACK GRACE DUO
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/17: AIRLINE RAIL / 68CREEP / HELL IN THE HALLWAY
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 6/18: ICONICIDE / THE CUTS / BEDPAN FIGHT
• CHARM SCHOOL / LOOSE ANIMALS / CHAOTIC MELTDOWN
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/19: Jazz Sundays with WILD TONIC
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 6/22: Own Up Time: A Tribute To The Small Faces
• An all-star live band tribute to the East London mod legends!
• Hi Fi Bar, New York City
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• 6/22: Headwreckers Comedy
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/23: BITE / THE CUTS / THE PILLZ / BEN ABSURDO
• QUEEN WITH A MEGAPHONE / CUSTARD WALLY
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/24: M.O.T.O.
• BAMBOO KIDS / PERP WALK
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 6/25: CHRISTINE OHLMAN & REBEL MONTEZ
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 6/30: Psychic Rodeo
• w/JESSE LENT and COLIN LANGENUS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Come Up The Years

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held the third Friday of every month (happening a week late this month) at the great Banter bar, located in scenic Brooklyn U.S.A.

The May edition features special guest DJ LEAH BETH (PMS & The Mood Swings). Leah and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning ripping rock'n'soul sounds until the wee small hours!

Friday, May 27th at Banter

132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Pick Up The Change, part 3

BUTCHER'S BLIND • ROGER STREET FRIEDMAN

JIM ALLEN & THE RAMBLIN' KIND

Come for an evening of alt-country with a lineup of Brooklyn's finest!

Saturday, May 21st at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Armageddon's Embrace

CLAM FIGHT • REIGN OF ZAIUS

ETERNAL BLACK • LEEDS POINT

Friday, May 20th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Scorpion Style!

Seriously solid times at the Tiki Boys Social Club! Big thanks to all that made the scene a packed house (including the Black N' Blue Bowl after-party), the staff at Otto's, and of course DJ Pickabar who got the room shaking with the reggae fever!

133 Years Of The Brooklyn Bridge

Urban Folk Art Gallery is gearing up for their yearly homage to the bridge with over 30 NY artists confirmed to participate (including Dead Flowers Productions very own Lee Greenfeld). A wide variety of artists from different mediums from photographers, painters, illustrators, comic book artists, printmakers, tattooers, to legendary graffiti artists, are slated to exhibit. "The city tends to celebrate this anniversary in increments of 25 years ( 75th, 100th, 125th), I have lived near the bridge all my life, it is a constant factor in my art, whether it be painting, tattooing, drawing or printmaking, so why not celebrate every year?” says curator and resident artist Adam Suerte. The Brooklyn Bridge was opened to the public on May 24th,1883.

Three years ago, when the gallery hosted the 130th anniversary, Suerte had just bought 25 gallons of surplus paint that the DOT was auctioning off to vacate a supply warehouse in DUMBO. He had every artist use that paint in their pieces that year. That won’t be a requirement this year, but there are still five gallons left that Suerte has repackaged and will be on sale at the gallery.

Opening reception - Friday, May 20th at 7PM

Urban Folk Art® Studios, 101 Smith Street, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Show runs until June 20th.
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-9PM and Sundays, 1-8PM

Compulsive Behavior

GALAPAGOS NOW!

PYRAMIDS • PROUDEST EVER • SEVENS

On and off the radar of Brooklyn’s underground since 2007, Galapagos Now! has carved a niche for itself as a group "of truly independent mind, and a totally individual sound," if the hype is to be believed. Galapagos Now! is a power trio that revolves around the collaboration between Joe Dairy and Mark Gurarie. Dairy (aka Jeff Waite), whose eight solo records are a testament to his prolific work as a kind of anti-Americana singer-songwriter, adds a croon or howl to the proceedings, whereas Gurarie sings "ugly," as he likes to put it, while holding down the bass. Elder Merchant, Brooklyn native and former drummer for Gözer, keeps the group in straight time while handling the band’s foreign relations. The band has toured the Midwest and South of the United States, as well as Europe.

Friday, June 10th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by Bruce Davidson

Tiki Boys Social Club

Mr. Lee steps in as guest DJ at this long-running, legendary party.

Expect only the best in '60s soul, r&b, freakbeat, and British Invasion;

'70s pub and punk-rock; and '80s power-pop and mod revival sounds.

Saturday, May 14h at Otto's Shrunken Head

53 East 14th Street, New York City

Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Catch The Wave

LEAGUE OF PITY

NU-SONICS • THE JAMES ROCKET

Saturday, May 7th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Everything Tears Us Apart

CASH REGISTERS
BEDPAN FIGHT • THE TRACYS

Friday, May 6th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

May Action!

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• 5/2: LORD BISHOP and AUDIOWOLF
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/3: TURNSPIT, STEVEO, MIKEY ERG, and WEIRD SKIN
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/5: QUEEN WITH A MEGAPHONE,
• TINGLES, PERP WALK, and KARABAS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/6: CASH REGISTERS, THE TRACYS, and BEDPAN FIGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/7: LEAGUE OF PITY, THE JAMES ROCKET, and NU-SONICS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/11: Devour Comedy Hour!
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 5/13: FAMILY FUN, DINNER, and LAND BAND
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/14: Tiki Boys Social Club
• w/DJ MR. LEE and special guests
• Otto's Shrunken Head, New York City
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• 5/14: Brooklyn Guitar School Showcase
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/15: Jazz Sundays with WILD TONIC
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/19: THE GET IT! and WIRE TROOP
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A

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• 5/20: REIGN OF ZAIUS, CLAM FIGHT,
• ETERNAL BLACK, and LEEDS POINT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 5/21: BUTCHERS BLIND
• JIM ALLEN & THE RAMBLIN' KIND
• ROGER STREET FRIEDMAN
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A
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• 5/22: Headwreckers Comedy
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 5/26: SLIM WHISKERS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 5/27: Modern Needs
• w/DJs MR. LEE and LEAH BETH
• Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 5/27: MICHELLE MOXIE CANTILLO,
• SLOPE343, and RIVERCAT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 5/28: BLACK WINE, MICKEY ERG,
• CITY POOL, HATRABBIT, and HICCUP
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

It Takes Two

WHEN PARTICLES COLIDE
BASIC BITCHES • LADY BIZNESS • LEGZ

Saturday, April 30th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Shake It Off

THE BRITEMORES • LES SANS CULOTTES
THE CARVELS • THE FLOWER GNOMES

Friday, April 29th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Between Two Cities

JESUS JIM • MOUNTAIN CHIEFS
CALL IT ARSON • YOUNG BUGS

Friday, April 22nd at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Solid Soul Hangover

Boss times at April's Modern Needs party! Big thanks to all that made the scene, the always sterling staff at Banter, and of course our special guest DJ Don'tLikeU, who brought the soul-power!

Hard-On For Death

HOT SOLIDS • SEX SCHEME • LOS METALS
ELEFANTKILLER • SKOOKUM • GROG Z

Saturday, April 16th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Interstellar Miscommunication

DINNER • FAMILY FUN • LAND BAND

Friday, May 13th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Mighty Mighty

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held the third Friday of every month at the great Banter bar, located in scenic Brooklyn U.S.A.

The April edition features special guest DJ DONTLIKEU (Sheer Terror). DontLikeU and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning ripping rock'n'soul sounds until the wee small hours!

Friday, April 15h at Banter

132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Get Back Up!

DAVE HILLYARD & THE ROCKSTEADY 7

The Rocksteady 7 is an influential American ska and jazz band from NYC. Since the early '90s the group has consisted of tenor saxophonist and band leader David Hillyard (of Slackers fame) as well as percussionist Larry McDonald (Afro Jamaicans, Bob Marley, Taj Mahal, Gil-Scott Heron). In live performances, they are supported by a rotating cast of musicians, including drummer Eddie Ocampo and Dave Wake on keys among others. Given reggae's globally reaching influence, the Rocksteady 7 holds true to the genre's roots and the self-described "Jamaican Jazz" sound combines ska, rocksteady and reggae with extended jazz improvisation, intricate melodies, and complex harmonies. The group incorporates many diverse elements of world music with rocksteady rhythms, including ska, jazz, calypso, as well as early African and American jazz influences.

Friday, April 8th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Blue Skies Ahead

WIDE RIGHT • LEAGUE OF PITY
PILOT KINGS • STAR MODEL B

"Wide Right’s lead singer Leah Archibald could be the daughter of Heart’s Ann Wilson. She has a similar timbre to Wilson during her “Barracuda” period, and a similar penchant for hard-bitten hard rock, lady-style... Archibald sings about the working class life in her hometown of Buffalo, NY, as well as being a single mother, struggling to pay bills, and flattened peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. The sometimes-downtrodden lyrics could come off as attempting to elicit pity, but Archibald’s style is so matter-of-fact and often funny that the listener wouldn’t dare feel sorry for her." -Spin

Saturday, April 2nd at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. 21+ with ID.

Gotta Whole Lotta

THE HIPP PIPPS
ONE EYED CAT • TAYLOR & THE APES

Friday, April 1st at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Love Letters

LOVE LETTERS
By A.R. Gurney

Featuring Elizabeth Greenfeld and Dimitri Archip
Directed by Dov Lebowitz-Nowak

Three Bridges Theater invites you to join us for another evening of free theater! This performance will be presented in honor of Sunny himself. He was a tremendous man; warm, generous, and funny. Sunny meant a great deal to us all, and we sincerely hope you will be able stick around after the show as we raise a glass to him!

Sunday, March 27th at Sunny's Bar

253 Conover Street, Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Showtime at 8PM. No cover.

Somethin' On My Mind

Modern Needs is listening and dance party with special guest DJs and monthly musical themes, held the third Friday of every month (happening a week late this month) at the great Banter bar, located in scenic Brooklyn U.S.A.

The March edition features special guest DJ LONGSHOT (Suede Razors/Sydney Ducks/Longshot Records). DJ Longshot and your Modern Needs host and boss DJ, MR. LEE (Going In Style Sound System) will be spinning scorching sounds until the wee small hours!

Friday, March 25th at Banter

132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Kicks off at midnight... No cover!

Drinking Songs For Lovers

THE JACK GRACE BAND

“The man slings more than a few sparks from his big,

hollow-body Gibson... what sets his songs apart from the rest of the

country or alt-country scene is his laugh-out-loud, absurdist wit.”

Jack’s form of experimental country art rock has been compared to everything from Frank Zappa to early Johnny Cash. Five album releases and tracks featured in the films Super Troopers and Beer Fest have earned Jack a growing following and a steady hum of praise. His most recent release, Drinking Songs For Lovers, features some fine country numbers, but he added mariachi horns to give them a Latin flavor, inspired by his yearly pilgrimage to Tulum, Mexico, where he likes to write songs on the beach.

Friday, March 25th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.

Safe City Blues

BAMBOO KIDS

68 CREEP • TALSNESS

Saturday, March 19th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by William Gedney

Do The Get-Down!

THE GET IT! • BLUE CHA CHA

THE RODNEYS

Friday, March 18th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. $7 cover. 21+ with ID.

The Parting Glass

THE MIDNIGHT MOAN

Thursday, March 17th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by William Gedney

Monster Hop!

GARDEN STATE SOCIAL CLUB

IMMACULATE HEARTS

Imagine going to the hippest wedding of all time... In Atlantic City... In 1965! Garden State Social Club features members of the Trick Babys, Raunch Hands, Devil Dogs, etc. Expect a big mess of r&b and soul with some super groovy surprises for the Monster Hop. 

The Immaculate Hearts is a scorching super-group of sorts, featuring rock'n'roll legends Dee Pop (Bush Tetras, Gun Club) and Freddie Pompeii (Viletones, The Secrets).

Saturday, March 12th at Hank's Saloon

46 Third Avenue (at Atlantic), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 9PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Photograph by William Gedney