NYS Music 20​18

Tag: PlayStation Theater

  • Lotus Plays Games With Playstation Theater

    Lotus has been on top of their game this year, bringing their heavy bass-line jams across the country and on Saturday, November 24, the quintet came to NYC and played to a packed show at the Playstation Theater in Times Square.

    Set I: 128, Hammerstrike, Inspector Norse > Cosmosis, Cain & Abel, Travel > Greet the Mind

    Set II: Slow Cookin > Wooly Mammoth, Faceblind, Through the Mirror > Sunrain, Spaghetti > Age of Inexperience

    E: Strawberry Letter 23

    You can catch the boys this winter at Dominican Holidaze and on their New Year’s Run. They play the Majestic Theater in Detroit and the Intersection in Grand Rapids before finishing with two nights at Park West on December 30 and 31.

  • Trampled by Turtles Return from Hiatus with ‘Life is Good on the Open Road’

    Trampled By Turtles, coming off an indefinite hiatus, have announced their first new album in four years, Life is Good on the Open Road, to be released on May 4 with two shows at The Palace Theater in St. Paul, MN. The tour swings east and arrives at Manhattan’s Playstation Theater on May 11.

    Life Is Good On The Open Road

    Trampled By Turtles’ signature blend of rock, folk, punk, country and their brand of progressive bluegrass can be heard on the album’s opening track “Kelly’s Bar”

    Life is Good on the Open Road is the welcome return that the group’s legions of passionate fans have been waiting for. Led by the songwriting of lead singer Dave Simonett, the new songs touch on key elements from the entire spectrum of Trampled By Turtles body of work, while creating something that sounds fresh and invigorated. Simonett, and bandmates Erik Berry, Ryan Young, Dave Carroll, Tim Saxhaug and Eamonn McLain reunited at a cabin in the Minnesota woods to see if the special chemistry they once shared still existed. It did not take long for the magic to reveal itself with a renewed sense of purpose and the result shines brightly on Life is Good on the Open Road.

    Trampled by Turtles Spring Tour Dates:

    May 4 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theatre ^^
    May 5 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theatre ++
    May 6 – Madison, WI – Capitol Theater $$
    May 8 – Boston, MA – House of Blues **
    May 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer **
    May 11 – New York, NY – Playstation Theater **
    May 12+13 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club **
    May 15 – Raleigh, NC – Ritz **
    May 17 – Asheville, NC – Highland Brewing Company **
    May 18 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium **
    May 19+20 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall ##
    June 21 – Tahoe, NV – Montbleau @@
    June 22 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre @@
    June 23 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys Concerts By The Bay @@
    June 27 – Seattle, WA – Woodland Park Zoo @@
    June 29 – Portland, OR – Oregon Zoo Amphitheater @@
    June 30 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom @@
    July 19 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre &&
    July 21 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater XX
    July 22 – Bozeman, MT – Bridger Brewing XX

    More to come

    ^^ – The Pines
    ++ – Frankie Lee
    $$ – Dead Horses
    ** – Hiss Golden Messenger
    ## – Actual Wolf
    @@ – Deer Tick
    && – The Oh Hellos + Dead Horses
    XX – The Lil Smokies

  • The Disco Biscuits Heat Up New York City

    The Disco Biscuits returned once again to New York City to end out the year, playing their New Year’s Eve run at Playstation Theater. They’ve had a month off since their last run at Holidaze, but they sounded like a band that has been on the road for weeks. After a solid run opener on Thursday, the band was warmed up and primed to throw down a classic on the 29th.

    Disco Biscuits New York CityPhilly’s Greg D got the show started with an R&B heavy set as the rest of the crowd filtered in from the Phish show at Madison Square Garden. The Disco Biscuits started the night off with two songs that normally end the night, with the pairing of “Hope” and “Kitchen Mitts”. They then went into a monster “M.E.M.P.H.I.S.” which was the meat of the set clocking in at almost 30 mins, which then dropped into “Gangster”. “42” was next, and it was one of the best jams of the run. Marc Brownstein set up the pace for a nice dance funk style jam which would be something they would return to a few more times in the night. The jam bled into “Spraypaint Victory” to end the set.

    Disco Biscuits New York CityThe second set was pretty much one highlight reel, as it was up there with one of their best sets of the year. Things started back up with a “Crickets > Papercut > Crickets” sandwich, with the jams into “Papercut” and then back into “Crickets” being the highlights of the segment. Next was “Story Of The World”, which went into “Spacebirdmatingcall”, which featured some of my favorite type of Biscuits;  blissful and bouncy. Barber started tearing up the guitar which then led into “Tricycle”, which had another happy biscuits jam before going back into ‘Story Of The World” to end the set. A “Once The Fiddler Paid” encore was the perfect way to warm up everyone’s hearts before venturing back out into the bitter New York City cold.

    Disco Biscuits Playstation Theater, New York City

    Set 1: Hope, Kitchen Mitts, M.E.M.P.H.I.S.> Gangster> 421> Spraypaint2
    Set 2: Crickets> Papercut> Crickets, Story Of The World> Spacebirdmatingcall1> Tricycle>Story Of The World
    Encore: Once The Fiddler Paid
    1. unfinished
    2. ending only