Dont Make Me Break You Down

ERIC AMBEL

KASEY ANDERSON • CLIFF WESTFALL

Eric Ambel is a roots-rock renaissance man who has worked as a guitarist, songwriter, and producer with the likes of Nils Lofgren, Mojo Nixon, Freedy Johnston and Mary Lee's Corvette, as well as an original member of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, The Del-Lords and The Yayhoos. Ambel — known to friends, associates and bandmates as Roscoe — is the possessor of an estimable musical resume that’s established his credentials as a deeply committed rocker as well as a witty and thoughtful songwriter. Between his current duties as producer, bandleader, studio proprietor, bar owner, member of uber-bar-band supergroup the Yayhoos and lead guitarist of Steve Earle’s band The Dukes, he’s found time to launch his own label, Lakeside Lounge Records, to redress the longstanding absence of Ambel solo product from the marketplace.

Thursday, March 8th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

All For The People

Runny is proud to have provided over 20 years of rock'n'roll, total failure, idiocy, destruction and scene unification.

Saturday, March 3rd at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Destructive Love

DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS

SKUM CITY • THE HEELS • BABY SANDWICHES

JOEY STEEL & THE ATTITUDE ADJUSTERS

Saturday, February 24th at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 7PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Seeing Into The Past

Friday, February 23rd at Hank's Saloon

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

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

This Perfect Day

THE PIGGIES

PRISON • HONEY

Saturday, February 17th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Tell The Truth

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 February edition features special guest DJ The Stranger who will be spinning top-flight rock'n'soull sounds until the wee small hours with your Modern Needs host and boss DJ Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System)!

Friday, February 16th at Banter

132 Havemeyer, Brooklyn U.S.A.

Kicks off at 10PM... No cover!

Carnival Time

WFMU's Nate K. returns to Hank's on Mardi Gras night, joined by NOLA music aficionado Matt Fiveash. Expect a night of I-10 sounds: swamp-pop, zydeco, cajun, and, naturally, all your NOLA faves. 

Tuesday, February 13th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Do The Strut

THE NEW YORK FOWL HARMONIC

SEAN T. HANRATTY & THE MIGHTY MIGHTY

GATO LOCO

Saturday, February 10th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Dance To Keep From Crying

THE CARVELS • PERP WALK

JONES CRUSHER • CURTIS SUBURBAN

Saturday, February 3rd at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Photograph by Bruce Davidson

I Should Not Want You

ANDI RAE & THE BACK RIVER BULLIES

JESSIE KILGUS BAND • OIL

HELLO BITERSWEET

"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, February 2nd at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Hold That Tiger

"The throwback honkytonk tunes of Ruby Rae [are] darker than your usual singer-songwriter fare, with noir-ish and Southern gothic influenced lyrics." –Washington Post

Ruby Rae’s debut release title Double Feature could easily be mistaken for a night at the local drive-in when rock'n'roll still flirted with its honky-tonk roots. Her songs "It Came from the Swamp" and "Invisible Man" showcase country inflected instrumentation paired with heartfelt and sinister stories of guns, love, and loneliness. Backed by a full band on her second EP The Outskirts, Ruby Rae's explores the outsider element of a small American town.

Thursday, February 1st at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 8PM. No cover. 21+ with ID. 

February Action!

• 2/1: RUBY RAE / SUPERSMALL
• ALICE & THE UNDERGROUND
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 2/2: ANDI RAY HEALY & THE BACK RIVER BULLIES
• JESSIE KILLGUS BAND / OIL / HELLO BITTERSWEET
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/3: PERP WALK / THE CARVELS
• JONES CRUSHER / CURTIS SUBURBAN
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/4: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 5pm)
• SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/4: Superbowl Sunday!
• Big screen with sound! Drink specials! Give-aways!
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/7: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/9: THE SARAH DURNING BAND
• GOLD STARS FOR EVERYONE
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/9: TYLER AND THE EARLY 30s
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 2/10: THE NEW YORK FOWL HARMONIC
• SEAN .T HANRATTY / GATO LOCO
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 2/11: 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.

• 2/13: WFMU Mardi Gras Party!
• with DJs NATE THE K. and MATT FIVEASH
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/14: Devour Comedy Hour
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/15: GREEK JUDAS
• BOY THINGS / EXOTIC FLORA
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/16: Modern Needs
• with DJs MR. LEE and THE STRANGER
• Banter, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/16: THE RAKEHELLS / EAT
• CATERWAUL OF SOUND / ANTI DI FRANCO
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/17: THE PIGGIES / PRISON / HONEY
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 2/18: 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.
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• 2/18: WILD TONIC (9pm)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/21: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/22: COMBAT JAZZ / GODDESS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 2/23: THE CHALLENGED (record release show)
• YOUNG LADIES / BANANA SODA / EROTIC NOVELS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/24: SKUM CITY / THE HEELS
• DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS / BABY SANDWICHES
• JOEY STEEL & THE ATTITUDE ADJUSTERS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 2/25: 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.

• 2/28: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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  Photo of Cash Registers live at Hank's by Mike Borchardt © 2018

From The Barrel

DJs Mr. Lee and Angry Eddie (Senzala Tattoo) spin a deadly mix of soul, Latin, rock, and reggae sounds at this crucial non-profit cocktail bar where all the profits go towards the revitalization of Puerto Rico.

Wednesday, January 31st at El Puente Pop-Up Bar

387 Court Street (at First Place), Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Doors at 7PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

Welcome To Your New Happy Life

LEAGUE OF PITY (record release show)

THE CUTS • THE DISPERSIONS • BEDPAN FIGHT

Saturday, January 20th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

A Lee Grows In Brooklyn

Help Dead Flowers Productions' own Mr. Lee celebrate yet another year of breathing air in the County Of Kings. The wonderful DJ Anna Anabolic will be providing the swinging and soulful soundtrack to get you Grooving In Style all night long. 

Friday, January 19th at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 10PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

I Could Be Dreaming

LES SANS CULOTTES

CENTURY OF FAKERS • HAWK TUBLEY

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!"

Saturday, January 13th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Awkward Sexual Adventures

MORAL PANIC

VANDALIZER • PEPPER KINGS

From the smoldering cinders of NYC gunk-punk fuck-ups Livids, Moral Panic stomps brazenly on the scene in an annihilating New Bomb Turks/Teengenerate attack mode. This is their return show!

Friday, January 12th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Nothing Will Save You

A mid-winter punk-rock blow-out. Come out!

Warm up! Laugh at the cold! Eat your enemies!

Saturday, January 6th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Get Lit Up

TONYA HARDING • OCEANATOR

YOKO FOREVER • DESERT SHARKS

Friday, January 5th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Wreck'N'Roll Hoochie Koo

DJs Tom Dash and Benzoil P. on the decks spinning records with a beat: soul, post-punk, glam, funk, psych, punk.... you get the idea.

Thursday, January 4th at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 9PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

January Action!

• 1/3: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/3: Wreck'N'Roll Night
• w/DJ TOM DASH and BENZOIL P.
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/5: YOKO FOREVER / TONYA HARDING
• OCEANATOR / THE DESERT SHARKS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/5: CASH REGISTERS / FISK
• TEENAGE BIGFOOT / DOC ROTTEN
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/7: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
• SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
• (After-party at 6pm with  PHIL GAMMAGE QUARTET)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/10: Devour Comedy Hour
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/11: EEPHUS BAND
• ZIGGERNAUTS / CHRIS Q MURPHY
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/12: MORAL PANIC
• PEPPER KINGS / VANDALIZER
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/13: LES SANS CULOTTES
• CENTURY OF FAKERS / HAWK TUBLEY
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/14: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
• SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
• (After-party at 6pm with  PHIL GAMMAGE QUARTET)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/14:  VYLITS / UNO LADY
• THE MISSING FOOTAGE
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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• 1/17: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/18: LATE SLIP / BAND OF OTHERS
• THE BAKERSFIELD BREAKERS / THIGH-HIGHS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/19: A Lee Grows In Brooklyn
• with DJ ANNA ANABOLIC (Sit N Spin)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/20: LEAGUE OF PITY (record release show)
• THE CUTS / THE DISPERSIONS / BEDPAN FIGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/21: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
• SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
• (After-party at 6pm with  PHIL GAMMAGE QUARTET)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/24: WILD TONIC
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/24: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/25: ROUSTABOUT SURVIVORS / HENGE / AVO
• KNOCK YOURSELF OUT / NATURAL BORN LOSERS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/26: HEAP / THE PIGGIES / SIRS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.
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• 1/27: HAWAII SCHIAVO / THE MITHFITHS
• LAND BAND / VACATION SHIRTS
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/28: Honkeytonk Hootenanny! (noon - 6pm)
• SEAN KERSHAW & THE NEW JACK RAMBLERS + friends
• (After-party at 6pm with  PHIL GAMMAGE QUARTET)
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

1/30: STATE OF THE SHITHOLE viewing party

Drink specials! Free Cheetos and Diet Coke!

Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/31: DAVID HAUGHT
• Hank's Saloon, Brooklyn U.S.A.

• 1/31: From The Barrel
• with DJs MR. LEE and ANGRY EDDIE
• El Puente Pop-Up Bar, Brooklyn U.S.A.

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  Photo of Tiger Sex live at Hank's by Joe Bottari © 2017

New Year's Eve Rock'N'Soul Shakedown!

DJs Mr. Lee (Going In Style Sound System) and The Stranger spin top-flight 1960s rock'n'soul sounds until the wee small hours. Sharp dress and dancing shoes are highly encouraged!

Sunday, December 31st at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 10PM. $5 cover. 21+ with ID.

Lonely For You

“The duo manages to make the now familiar line-up of guitar and drums sound urgent again, and they spit out both gritty, saturated blue-rock and airy, almost Spector-esque pop with a quiet strength.”

Mr. Airplane Man is Margaret on guitar and Tara on drums. Their sound is a mishmash of Mississippi hill country blues, Memphis weirdo rock'n'roll, drony VU and Stooges, and Boston garage-beat and pop wonderment. The band started in the late '90s. Almost immediately, they joined Morphine for a US tour and recorded a self-titled EP with Mark Sandman of Morphine. They went on to tour the US extensively, playing with The Reigning Sound, White Stripes, Detroit Cobras, Holly GoLightly, Hot Snakes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blues Explosion, Dirtbombs and many more.

During the '90s and '00s, Mr. Airplane Man released three albums and an EP on Sympathy for the Record Industry. They successfully toured Europe and played two Peel Sessions on John Peel’s BBC radio show. Now Mr. Airplane Man is happy to be playing and recording again, after taking a break to have babies, live in the desert, and generally shake up their lives.

Saturday, December 30th at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Burn Down The Year!

DJ Nate The K. with special guest DJ Paul Bruno spin music for the revolution in your head: choogling punk; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils.

Thursday, December 28th at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 9PM. No cover. 21+ with ID.

The End Is Nigh!

LUV DOT GOV • SINON

THE JAMES ROCKET • RICH MEYER

The clock is ticking on everything you love.

Get out and enjoy it while you can!

Saturday, December 23rd at Hank's Saloon

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

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

Second To The Bottle

STEAK

REBEL HARMONIX

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").

Friday, December 22nd at Hank's Saloon

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

Doors at 7:30PM. $10 cover. 21+ with ID.