Tag: black taxi
Live!: SXSW Diary – 3/16/13
While Day 1 of our 2-day SXSW marathon was largely dominated by an electronic and dance-infused undercurrent, Day 2 was decidedly rooted in pure, unadulterated rock & roll. Flits of the burgeoning electronic influence were no doubt present, but the backbone was in the roar of guitars and beating of the drums. 12:30pm – [...]
Live!: SXSW Diary – 3/15/13
Our first day of SXSW 2013 was a marathon of music, running the gamut stylistically, while all of the bands we saw shared a common thread of substance in their performances. The weather was here. The people were beautifully weird. And Austin was abuzz. 12:30pm-4:00pm – Bright Antenna Records Day Party - Soho Lounge Flagship kicked [...]
Best of 2012: Mick’s Picks – The Tracks
This year I decided to go a little deeper. All week, I’ll be bringing you the best tracks I heard, the best records front to back, and the best shows that these eyes and ears feasted upon. Keep it tuned in all week as this is the spot to get your fill of unbiased and [...]
Live Alert!: Hank & Cupcakes/Deadbeat Darling (7/6), The Bright Light Social Hour/Black Taxi (8/8)
This is about as good as news gets, but it means you need to be quick on the trigger this Friday, when tickets go on sale for two massive shows. On Friday, July 6th at The Mercury Lounge, Hank & Cupcakes will be playing their album release show for their surefire hit debut record, Naked. [...]
Live: Black Taxi w/Ishi & The Modern Electric – Rockwood Music Hall – 4.19.12
This past Thursday was the finale in the trilogy of Black Taxi’s residency stand at Rockwood Stage 2. The three week stand was brilliant in the atmosphere created and the scope of the music. The idea was to bring in other bands they had befriended on tour and to give them a spotlight in front [...]
Live: Black Taxi w/Joseph King (of Deadbeat Darling) at Rockwood Music Hall – 4.12.12
Last week’s opening night of Black Taxi’s 3-week residency at Rockwood Music Hall proved to be a monster, so there was no chance that I wasn’t going to be there for Part Deux this past Thursday, especially considering that a rare solo acoustic performance from Deadbeat Darling’s frontman Joseph King was on the bill. As [...]
Live: Black Taxi w/The Frontier Brothers & Wild Adriatic at Rockwood Music Hall – 4.5.12
At about 7:30pm on Thursday night, I made a rather spur of the moment decision to clear the plans for the night knowing damn well that this was a killer lineup at a venue that I was inexplicably yet to visit. On top of that, some of Brooklyn’s finest, Black Taxi, were playing their first [...]
The Interview: Jason Trentacoste, NYC Abstract Artist
For the first time in his life, Jason Trentacoste is starving. The Long Island-based artist is making a name for himself as a now full-time artist, armed with a very unique and distinctive style that’s ready to be seen by the masses. He’s been known for painting onstage at NYC shows with the likes of [...]
Buy This Album Now: Black Taxi – We Don’t Know Any Better
The first time I crossed paths with the boys in Black Taxi, I was at the now-defunct Annex. It was 2008 and The Parlor Mob was headlining, which was the only band I knew on the bill. The first band up was the London Souls, another amazing NYC-based band, and while I was down talking [...]
Mick’s Best of 2011
A little late getting this up, but 2012 has been off to a roaring start and admittedly I have been so excited about what 2012 has offered thus far, that it took me this long to publish my Best of 2011. The first couple of months of 2011 bore a lot of fruit, but then [...]
