Brooklyn band Jukebox the Ghost is used to fans asking about its name. The motive for it was simple: the band wanted to be highly searchable on Google. Lead singer and keyboardist Ben Thornewill settled on it by taking a Captain Beefheart lyric and combining it with a beloved passage from a Nabokov novel.
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Watch Danielia Cotton Show You What Sweet Dreams Are Made Of
On Thursday, Brooklyn singer/songwriter Danielia Cotton celebrates the release of The Real Book, featuring 12 cover songs ranging from Simon & Garfunkel to Radiohead. One of the new album’s tracks, a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” features musician Amy Helm, daughter of the late Levon Helm. Tracy Bonham and Rachel Yamagata also have cameos on the record.
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Hear Axxa/Abraxas Do His Thing Before He Plays With Beach Fossils This Week
Ben Asbury, a Georgia native living in Asheville, NC, released his debut LP via Greenpoint’s Captured Tracks in March under the name Axxa/Abraxas. The name, Asbury explains, is a two-part homage: “Axxa” is a term used by his father in a poem and “Abraxas” references a gnostic godhead.
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Watch Anthony D’Amato Perform ‘Ludlow’ in a Historic LES Synagogue
Tonight, Brooklyn folk rocker Anthony D’Amato releases his debut studio album, The Shipwreck from the Shore (New West Records) by playing the whole thing live at Mercury Lounge. (Added bonus: his 7:30 p.m. set will be preceded by John Gallagher, Jr., star of HBO’s The Newsroom.)
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Watch Heaven’s Jail Play a Cut Off Their New Record, Produced by Phosphorescent
Heaven’s Jail recorded their new album not in a celestial prison, but in the woods of Connecticut. Then they brought it back to Greenpoint for some mixing and production work by Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent. Tonight at Baby’s All Right, they celebrate the release of Ace Called Zero — their third album with Heart Break Beat Records.
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Watch ‘Great Good Fine OK’ Play a Just Plain Great Track Off Their New EP
On Thursday night, Great Good Fine OK will debut its forthcoming Body Diamond EP via its label Neon Gold’s “Popshop” series at The Westway.
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Watch ‘Inner City Kids’ Cypher at the Mishka Store
When we last saw Aaron Cohen, the Queens-via-Seattle rapper was performing a live studio session of “Potential Fans.” Since then, he’s garnered many new fans by dropping several videos and a mixtape named after the single. He plans to release another mixtape this fall, and has already dropped the title track “You Wouldn’t Know.”
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Watch Donovan Blanc Play a Song Off Their New Captured Tracks Album
Joseph Black and Ray Schwab had planned to release an album as Honeydrum, but for their new LP — out today via Greenpoint’s Captured Tracks — their name is Donovan Blanc.
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Hear Cassandra Jenkins Play at Home Before Her Gig With Eleanor Friedberger
Cassandra Jenkins describes her musical genre as “ghost cowboy,” so it’s no surprise her song “Rabbit” incorporates themes from the Wallace Stevens poem “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.”
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Watch AgesandAges Play ‘Divisionary’ at Moscot Before Tonight’s Show
Ten years ago, on a rainy day, Harvey Moscot began strumming his guitar in an empty store. Soon enough, people looking for shelter and some live music were coming in.
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