MATT KLEINSCHMIDT

Australia’s City Riots came through NYC. The band was recently in the US recording their album in Chicago and they happened to tour the states a bit in the process. Some friends invited me out to the show and always one to check out a new band, I hit up the show and ran off a few pictures. As they donned their leather-jacketed glory in the middle August it just made things more abundantly clear how un-hip a man I am. Read the rest of this entry »

Red Collar played the L.E.S. the other night. I’ve never seen them live and was pretty eager to check ‘em out, especially since their record Pilgrim has kept a pretty steady spot in the rotation since its release. So after checking out the new digs over at Brooklyn Bowl I rolled down to Piano’s for a set of blue collar rock played by a bunch of North Carolina punks. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been a fan of Nashville’s The Features for years now and got the chance to catch them live a few times and they never disappoint. They are currently on the road in support of their latest album, Some Kind Of Salvation and stopped by Piano’s last night. Since they haven’t toured much lately I was definitely not going to miss it. Read the rest of this entry »

I made it down to Piano’s on the LES to see Philly’s Hoots & Hellmouth. A really great band from Philly that I can’t describe other than “alternative folk-skiffle.” There, I tried. They are putting out a new record this summer! Read the rest of this entry »