by Nisha Stickles | Aug 15, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Movies, Music
The Set and Lovecraft Bar present H.P. Lovecraft’s 125th birthday party Friday, Aug. 21 at the Lovecraft Bar at 50 Ave. B. H. P. Lovecraft was an American author who received posthumous fame for his influential work in horror fiction. Proceeds from the event’s tickets...
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 14, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Holly Golightly – yes, her legal first and middle name, based on the character from Breakfast At Tiffany’s – has released more than two dozen albums and EPs since coming onto the scene in the mid-1990s. But plenty of fans know the London native from a host of other...
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 13, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
I first learned about The Atomic Bitchwax when interviewing Michael Wildwood from Chrome Locust, former Tee/Pee Records labelmates of The Atomic Bitchwax about 15 years back. Tee/Pee had a reputation for being a “stoner rock” record label back then, although it went...
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 11, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Performing alongside a who’s who of musicians from the past six decades – Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Quincy Jones and Benny Goodman included – George Benson is the rare artist that is both critically-acclaimed...
by Jackie Hart | Aug 10, 2015 | Music
On Friday, August 7th, Citi held an exclusive concert for its cardmembers starring country superstar Luke Bryan at Irving Plaza to celebrate the release of his fifth studio album, Kill the Lights. The concert was streamed live on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo....
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 7, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music
Featuring members of Rilo Kiley, The Elected, Phantom Planet and The Like, PHASES may be pegged by some as an “L.A. all-star band.” But keeping in mind that four-fifths of PHASES previously played together in JJAMZ, who had a hit in 2012 with “Heartbeat,” PHASES is...
