By James Lane This past Tuesday on the steps of City Hall, the organizations that have sponsored May Day rallies at Foley Square and Union Square appear together to announce a new unity of message and action under the slogan “May Day Our Day.” According to leaders of both coalitions, the two groups decided...
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By Ralph White – Discovering a new indie artist is usually a treat. You not only get to hear new music, but hopefully, you get to meet, at least sonically, interesting new people. While LAST PARADE is long on the former they’re a bit short on the latter. So as a seasoned reviewer I’ll...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Silvertide, The Black Crowes, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Lang At its best, southern rock has the capacity to be ballsy, sexy, foot stomping, emotionally compelling, even epic. At its worst, all the exaggerated angst and ribaldry can seem rather pointless. Far too often, Wheelhouse veer dangerously close to the latter...
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By James Lane On April 20, 2010 an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect killed 11 men working on the platform, injured 17 others and ruptured a wellhead which would create the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. On July 15, 2010...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Sean Hayes, Chris Bathgate, Alexis Harte, Chris Volpe, Amy Blaschke Its discouraging to think that anyone with the good looks of Mia Mustari and Jonah Blumstein of the roots folk duo Mia and Jonah would be so unlucky in love, but at least they’re willing to share. Since first meeting...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Andrew Bird, Tom Waits, Nat King Cole Reluctantly amplified acoustic treatments of melancholy? Sorrow, despair, and the alcohol which helps one cope? Absinthe parties? If making no secret of your urgent need for antidepressants counts as a clever PR strategy, Erich Von Kneip may be onto something. Luckily, the songs...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: early Tori Amos, Christina Perri, Sara Bareilles The most challenging part of being a singer songwriter in America these days seems to be… being a singer songwriter in America. Living in a big city used to guarantee a plethora of material for even the most sheltered songsmith, but these days...
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By James Lane Park Slope Greens to put pressure on Flaum Appetizing Corp. to return stolen wages The Park Slope Greens has announced they are launching the Campaign for a Flaum Free Park Slope. The community based organization seeks to work with local retailers to suspend sales of Sonny & Joe’s hummus and avoid...
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Hot Indie News reporter Yvonne Gougelet is reporting from Washington D.C. this weekend from Power Shift, the largest grassroots Clean Energy training ever held. Over 10,000 concerned Americans have come to D.C. this weekend to urge Congress to end their ties with Big Polluters who are destroying our precious eco-system and causing wide spread...
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By James Lane The United National Anti-War Committee held one of the largest rallies in years at New York City’s Union Square on Saturday that also featured a march down to Foley Square where there was a peace festival. Themes of the rally included: an end to the wars overseas and an immediate withdrawal...
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