NYS Music 20​15

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  • New Year’s Eve Across New York State

    Don’t have plans yet for New Year’s Eve? Music fans across New York State have got plenty of choices this Thursday. NYS Music helps you get there with the short list of NYE activities.

    Albany

    Moe. at the Palace Theatre. Tickets start at $42 in advance/$50 day of show

    Rustic Overtones at the Hollow with Special Guests Mirk. $10.27 in advance/$15 at the door

    Buffalo

    Funktional Flow at Buffalo Iron Works with special guests Adam Bronstein’s Freehand Band. Tickets are $10 in advance/$15 day of show.

    Lazlo Hollyfeld, Rhubarb, Intrepid Travelers, and Folkfaces at Nietzsche’s. $5 at the door only.

    Ithaca

    Big Mean Sound Machine and Grey Gary at Upstairs at Lot 10, DJ ha-MEEN and Weazildust Downstairs at Lot 10. $20 in advance

    New York City

    DIIV at the Bowery Ballroom with special guest Tamaryn. $40

    Macy Gray at the Iridium Jazz Club. Tiered pricing tickets are currently available.

    Snarky Puppy at the Irving Plaza with special guests Breastfist. Tickets start at $50

    The Disco Biscuits and Consider the Source at the Playstation Theatre. Tickets starting at $69.50

    Port Chester

    Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the Capitol Theatre with Soulive. Tickets range between $59.50 to $160

    Rochester

    Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Historic German House with special guests Danielle Ponder & Tomorrow People and Funknut. Three Heads Brewing Tasting Party start at 7pm with an acoustic jam featuring members of GPGDS and Extended Family. Late night the party continues with Subsoil and Level 7 Hip Hop DJ Set. $20 in advance/$30 day of show.

    Mikaela Davis at the Bug Jar with Harmonica Lewinski and The Temptators. $10 in advance/$12 day of show

    Saratoga Springs

    Eastbound Jesus and Lucid at the Putnam Den. $15 in advance/$20 day of show.

    Turning Stone Casino in Verona

    Showtime, Gridley Paige, and Last Left at The Gig

    Ryan Brooks Kelly, The Beadle Brothers, and DVDJ Biggie at the Tin Rooster

    DJ Dread, Caroline D’Amore, and Joe Maz at Lava

    Isreal Hagan and Stroke and The Swooners at the Turquoise Tiger

    Syracuse

    Sophistafunk & Root Shock at Funk ‘n Waffles – Downtown.  $20 in advance/$25 day of show.

     Erie

    Aqueous at the Kings Rook Club. Two sets. $10 at the door only.

    Burlington

    Gang of Thieves at Nectar’s with The Tenderbellies. Gang of Thieves will be performing Are You Experienced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in its entirety. $10 in advance/day of show

  • Musical Happenings in NYC Pre- and Post-Phish Shows

    Phish will return to New York City’s Madison Square Garden for a four night New Year’s run. While Phish might be the main event, there are many shows happening around the city both before and after Phish that fans might interested in checking out. Here’s a rundown of those shows – both those being billed as Phish after-parties and those that are not.

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    Many New York bands are represented in those performing around the Phish shows, including some of the after-parties. On Wednesday night, Jersey City’s Lil Joe and the ill Picards will bring their funk to Leftfield on Ludlow Chromatropic will join forces with Sprocket to form ChromaSprocket. They will perform with special guests Natalie Cressman and Peter Apfelbaum of the Trey Anastasio Band at Lucille’s at B.B. King’s also on Wednesday night. Late night on New Year’s Eve, Snarky Puppy will play Irving Plaza.

    On Friday night, Nyack’s ShwizZ will join forces with FiKus to perform as ShwiKus and play tribute to P-Funk at Lucille’s. Saturday night brings Elise Testone and an all star lineup, including Todd Stoops, Natalie Cressman and Michael Ray, leading a James Brown Dance Party at B.B. Kings. ShwiKus will also be at Lucille’s again, this time playing an ’80s set. One ticket gets you into both of those shows. Dopapod will be at the Grammercy Theatre. Finally, Ha Ha the Moose, made up by members of moe., will bring their off-centered musical theatre to Irving Plaza. You can expect nothing but the unexpected from “The Moose.”

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    Wednesday, Dec. 30
    Post-Phish:
    Tower of Power @ B.B. King’s Blues Club – 10 p.m.
    Kevin Hedge and Louie Vega @ Cielo – 10 p.m.
    Joseph King @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 – 10 p.m.
    The Bad Plus @ Village Vanguard – 10:30 p.m.
    *Start Making Sense @ Irving Plaza – 11 p.m.
    Disco Biscuits w/ Horizon Wireless @ PlayStation Theatre – 11 p.m.
    *Particle w/ New Riders of the Purple Sage @ The Cutting Room – 11:55 p.m.
    *ChromaSprocket (Chromatropic x Sprocket w/ Natalie Cressman and Peter Apfelbaum) @ Lucille’s at B.B. King’s – 11:55 p.m.
    *Rebirth Brass Band @ Highline Ballroom – 11:59 p.m.
    *Lil Joe and the ill Picards @ Leftfield on Ludlow – midnight

    New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31
    Post-Phish:
    *Snarky Puppy @ Irving Plaza – 2 a.m. (technically on Jan. 1)

    Friday, Jan. 1
    Pre-Phish:
    *Holly Bowling @ The Cutting Room – 4 p.m to 6 p.m.
    Frank & Tony, Taimur Agha, Ray Zuniga, Nikola Baytala, Ted Krisko, Willie Graff, Alex Graham & More TBA @ The Panther Room – 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. (technically ends Jan. 2)

    Post-Phish:
    The Bad Plus @ Village Vanguard – 10:30 p.m.
    Disco Biscuits w/ Animal Rexx @ PlayStation Theatre – 11 p.m.
    *Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe @ Irving Plaza – 11:30 p.m.
    *Dead Sessions @ The Cutting Room – 11:55 p.m.
    *Pink Talking Phish @ Highline Ballroom – 11:55 p.m.
    *ShwiKus plays P-Funk (ShwizZ + FiKus = ShwiKus) @ Lucille’s at B.B. King’s – 11:55 p.m.
    The Motet @ B.B. King’s – 11:59 p.m.

    Saturday, Jan. 2
    Pre-Phish:
    PhanArt Presents: Skyscraper is Grand @ Hotel Pennsylvania – 12-7 p.m.
    *New Mastersounds @ The Cutting Room – 4 p.m.
    Touchpants @ American Beauty NYC – 5 p.m.

    Post-Phish:
    *Ha Ha the Moose (Rob, Chuck and Jim from moe.) @ Irving Plaza – 10:30pm
    The Bad Plus @ Village Vanguard – 10:30pm
    *Dopapod @ Grammercy Theatre – 11 p.m.
    Disco Biscuits @ PlayStation Theatre – 11 p.m.
    BIGYUKI @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 – 11 p.m.
    Subset @ Webster Hall – 11 p.m.
    *The James Brown Dance Party (Michael Ray, Natalie Cressman, Chris Bullock, Todd Stoops, Fred Thomas & Moussey Thompson, Adam Chase & Matthew Chase, Elise Testone) @ B.B. King’s – 11:55 p.m.
    *ShwiKus plays The 80s @ Lucille’s at B.B. King’s – 11:55 p.m.
    *New Mastersounds @ The Cutting Room – midnight
    Walker Adams @ Rockwood Music Hall – midnight

    * billed as Phish after-party

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  • Funk N Bowl in Brooklyn April 14

    Living in New York you always stumble upon legendary sit-ins and collaborations amongst your favorite artists. When you’re favorite trumpet player or vocalist get called on stage to accompany the band, that feeling in your stomach starts to grow, you ask yourself “what will they play?” or “I wonder what these two will come up with?” At the Funk n’ Bowl show at Brooklyn Bowl the fans had plenty of time to let their imaginations run wild on what sound, songs, and jams this stellar group of musicians would come up with.
    With a line up as long as the bathroom lines at Wrigley Field the stage was graced by Eric Krasno (guitar, Soulive), Jesus Coomes (bass, Lettuce), Adam Deitch (drums, Lettuce), Marco Benevento (organ) accompanied by Snarky Puppy’s Chris Bullock (sax), Michael “Maz” Maher (trumpet), Justin Stanton (trumpet), and Nate Werth (percussion). The show opened as most superjams do with each member of the group showing off their talents, but none stood out more than Coomes who stood center stage like this was his band. They worked their way through multiple tracks off of Krasno’s 2010 release Reminisce which included covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Manic Depression” and The Beatles “Get Back” and a sit-in by Maurice “Mo Betta” Brown (trumpet, TTB). While Coomes seemed to be guiding the band we were graced the the occasional Krasno guitar solo and fantastic high’s  from the horns section.

    The second half of this one set show featured Marco taking charge, highlighting his organ work, a rarity you see him without the rest of his arsenal. He captivated the crowd and got everyone involved with “At The Show” off of his current album Swift. Bobby Deitch took his son Adam’s place behind the drum kit for a couple of songs then the evening was brought to a close with both Deitch’s on stage working percussion while the rest of the band brought the night of funky jams to a close.

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