The Way Station
21+ all the time (it is a bar after all)
$5 donation strongly suggested for all events unless otherwise indicated.
SUNDAY 5/29
4pm-Moving Pictures: Silly comicbook antiheroes!
We start with Guardians of the Galaxy, with that silly silly Chris Pratt. We end with Deadpool, with that even sillier Ryan Reynolds. I wonder who would win in a dance off? There's gotta be a YouTube video for that, right?
9pm - Nerdeoke! Hosted by Joe Rude of the Kings of Karaoke!
MONDAY 5/30
4pm-Doctor Who Marathon!!
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Enjoy a whole afternoon with your favorite Doctor.....Who(se) Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space machine is right there for your use.
TUESDAY 5/31
8pm- Mickey Ehrlich
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
For fans of: Loudon Wainwright III, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs
Mickey Ehrlich has been writing and performing his original songs at clubs in Brooklyn and across the north east for more than a decade. He recorded his first album, Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist (Halfcut Records), when he was just 16. He has shared bills with luminaries such as Richard Buckner and Hammel on Trial. Mickey has been described as having the "raw emotion of Tom Waits combined with the easygoing humor of Loudon Wainwright III."
www.facebook.com/mickey.ehrlich.9
www.soundcloud.com/mickeyehrlichmusic
9pm- Juan M Soria
Genre: Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
For fans of: Dave Matthews, The Beatles, Soda Stereo and Gustavo Cerati
Based in Brooklyn, Juan M Soria is a Singer-Songwriter from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is launching his first soloist album recorded and produced by Fabian "Tweety" Gonzalez called "Erase Una Vez."
www.juanmsoria.com
10pm- Johnny Pinhook and The Tobacco-aires
Genre: Country
For fans of: Hank Williams, George Jones, Loretta Lynn
Playing all of your favorite classic 50s and 60s honky-tonk numbers.
https://www.facebook.com/Johnny-Pinhook-and-The-Tobacco-aires-566283020142449/
WEDNESDAY 6/1
8pm- Trumpet Grrrl
Genre: Pop, Rock, Classical, Soul
For fans of: Nina Simone, David Bowie, Sarah Bareilles, Janelle Monae
Trumpet, low sultry female vocals and keys combined into songwriting that includes hints of pop, rock, classical and soul music. Songs vary in style, some play around with the time signature and sound while others are straight forward pop music. In addition to trumpet, the vocals offer a unique element as they are deep and smoky compared to the average female singer.
“Trumpet Grrrl’s low and sultry voice and her trumpet skills blow the listener’s minds” - The Music Historian
“Standout Track: No. 2, 'Amaryllis,' whose jazzy melody and smoky trumpet prelude wouldn’t sound out of place soundtracking an early Spike Lee film.” - The Washington City Paper
TrumpetGrrrl.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhcnD1DGOz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD3h1F5PWAY
Soundclound.com/trumpetgrrrl/tracks
9pm- Hunt for Hunter
Genre: Alt-Folk, Rock
For fans of: Nickel Creek, Mumford and Sons, Arcade Fire, Manchester Orchestra
A typical Hunt for Hunter performance will find Hunter singing and playing violin while Hunt plays guitar and cajon with his feet. It’s an unusual setup, but one that allows for a full, organic sound that perfectly suits their blues/folk-oriented style. Their live show combines musical virtuosity with painstakingly honest songs and an easygoing, intimate stage presence.
http://huntforhunter.com
http://youtube.com/huntforhunter
http://soundcloud.com/huntforhunter
10pm- Lillie Lemon
Genre: Synthpop
For fans of: CHVRCHES, Passion Pit, Kimbra, Purity Ring
On tour from Monterey, California, Lillie Lemon is a synthpop duo with striking lyrics, fun hooks, and dance-worthy electronic tunes. Their instrumentation utilizes primarily synthesizers and vocals and find kin in bands like CHVRCHES and Passion Pit. Songs are fueled by a unique hybrid of acoustic and electronic influences.
“If the Top 40's of today were full of songs of this caliber, just imagine how great radio would be again.” - Beehive Candy (http://www.beehivecandy.com/2015/09/lillie-lemon-stardust.html)
"Lillie Lemon offers brutally honest yet conceptually driven pieces that have already begun percolating around the internet. The opposing musical backgrounds of Lillie Lemon herself and her producer create an immediately contrasting sound, but we think you'll be surprised by just how colorful a pallet of alternative electro-pop they've crafted.” - Baeble Music (http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/7-1-2015/lillie-lemons-dishes-about-her-latest-lp.html)
http://www.lillielemon.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lillielemonmusic
https://twitter.com/lillielemon
https://soundcloud.com/lillielemon
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHnvGd2JJQgesEKMDMz-qQ/
https://www.instagram.com/lillielemon/
11pm- A Valley Son
Genre: Rock
For fans of: Father John Misty and Band of Horses
90s shoegaze rock with a twang.
avalleyson.com
THURSDAY 6/2
Wasabassco Thursdays -$15
8:30pm Doors/9pm Show
FRIDAY 6/3
8pm- Cameron Orr
Genre: Electro-classical Indie Cinematic
For fans of: Andrew Bird, Sigur Ross, Radiohead, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich
Cameron Orr is a looping artist living in Brooklyn, NY who incorporates his classical and jazz training with electronic elements to create violin- and synth-driven orchestral, cinematic compositions.
cameronorrmusic.com
facebook.com/cameronorrmusic
9pm- Chris J. Connolly
Genre: Alternative/Folk/Rock/Pop
For fans of: Neil Young, Radiohead, James Taylor, Amos Lee
Weaving between two continents, Chris J. Connolly’s music has been his support system and a reflection of his journeys. Originally from Staffordshire, England, Chris spent his early years performing in hometown venues before eventually crossing the Atlantic to reside in his current home on Long Island. Inspired by both early American roots music and modern alt-rock, Chris grew to craft his own unique style of writing and phrasing that moves between sublime, evolving and hook based melodies.
"Chris J Connolly is the kind of artist who can create cuts as emotionally affecting as 'Not Alone' and 'Black Swan,' and the impossibly lovely 'Can We Go Now' without getting stuck in the tar pit of sentimentality." - The Big Takeover Magazaine, issue #76
"a rewarding listen (that) packs some impressive emotional heft and compelling songwriting... top-notch pop/folk fusion that’s pure ear candy" - hotindienews.com
www.chrisjconnolly.com
http://www.diversion-records.com/artist-cjc
https://www.facebook.com/chrisjconnollymusic
https://soundcloud.com/chris-j-connolly
10pm- Mindtroll
Genre: Post-Punk, Art-Punk
For fans of: B-52s, Le Tigre, Hunx
MINDTROLL is an art-punk trio featuring bass, accordion, drums, lots of strange lyrics and really good costumes. They crept up from the Gowanus Canal in early 2010 and have since spent their time honing their inscrutable sound, which is not unlike the angriest children's choir. In 2013, they released a sprawling collection of home recordings called “And That’s Just Some Of the Good Ones” where the song topics range from shopping at Williams-Sonoma to a battle between a Mega-Shark and a Crocsaurous. In 2016, they will release their next album “So Many Boyfriends”, which touches on more mature topics like how magic is real and not wanting to go to your friends’ wedding.
"It's like a magic trick - as a band" - Kathleen Hanna
"Brilliant, withering critiques of whatever is going on around them at any given moment, set to lo-fi, no wave-y, vaguely dance-y music" - Joel Tannenbaum (PunkNews.org)
http://mindtroll.terribleinformation.org/
http://mindtroll.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nGfJ73GaCw
11pm-Mike O'Malley and the Beastie Band
Genre: Screamer-Songwriter.
For fans of: Tom Waits, Glen Hansard, The Decemberists, Fiona Apple
Mike O'Malley carries a lot of anger around. He endeavors to funnel said extra energy into a rollicking, kinetic set of folk songs for drinking, howling, and stomping to. He would specifically love to howl with you.
SATURDAY 6/4
4pm - The BIG BAD - Screening and Fundraiser for inappropriate films!
In January, the big blizzard stopped a lot of folks from coming, so let's try this again!
Join us for a screening of THE BIG BAD, the first feature film from THE MOOSE HEAD OVER THE MANTEL producers Bryan Enk and Jessi Gotta of inappropriate films. And this is also the three-year anniversary of its release date!
Frankie Ducane traverses seedy bars, filthy basements, remote hideaways and deep, dark forests as she searches for Fenton Bailey, the man who destroyed her family. Her mission of revenge uncovers a hidden world of monstrous danger and unspeakable terror, one filled with strange denizens who don't take kindly to strangers ... and from which she might not ever escape.
Watch the Trailer!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_m-3F22YQ
This time around will be pay-what-you-can ($15 suggested donation). (If you were a ticket holder through our Seed & Spark campaign or made it to the blizzard showing, you of course get in for free.)
8pm- Hamin Reed
Genre: Acoustic
For fans of: Elliott Smith, Tool
Hamin Reed [hay min reid] conveys love & hate, dark & light, everything between & everything outside, and what it means to the human psyche. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1984, he has been performing regularly solo or with different musicians from all over the world. Currently based in New York City.
"An acoustic artist who challenges the notions of wood, strings, and sentiment . . . Just as much a slap in the face of your "folky" values as it is an embrace of humanity song, craft, and experiment." - Jason Medina (Producer/Promoter, Transient Authority)
"Jeff Andrade's musical project Hamin Reed goes unparalleled in its diversity of sound and talent. His voice is warm and heartbreaking on ballads and he can rock harder than any hardcore musician I've seen. The lyrics are thought provoking and emotionally moving to whimsically entertaining. Hamin Reed crosses a plethora of genres with a facility that does not make their performances seem disjointed. It is to say that whilst traversing through a variety of styles, there exists a continuity that is never lacking. Hamin Reed is an act that defines what more acts in current state should be, talented, creative and entertaining." - Daniel Ouellette (Performance Artist, Daniel Ouellette and the Shobijin)
"Get inside the head and heart of one of the most evoking songwriters I have ever encountered. Genius insight to the world and who we are in it. I've been everywhere from Bluebird Cafe in Nashville to The Bitter End in NYC listening to hundreds of songwriters and none have been quite as prodigious as Jeff. He has inspired and ignited me as both a listener and a producer-songwriter. He has been an exquisite new addition to my ipod as well as an amazing addition to my life as a friend. Check him out. You will not regret it." - Nicole Berkowitz (Producer-songwriter, The Willow Tree)
haminreed.com
9pm- Luddy Mussy
Genre: Throwback Rock
For fans of: Allman Brothers, Little Feat, Dead, Radiohead
Flowery bliss-rock with a bluesy/twangy/throwback feel mixed with some modern disco stuff.
"An engagingly versatile pop group with girl/boy vocals and a lead guitarist who can soar...clearly one of the best young bands in Boston" - Steve Morse, Boston Globe
"Luddy Mussy is bound to make you smile" - Sound of Boston music blog
https://luddymussy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7dJCLjEX0
10pm- Smith & 9th Ward
Genre: New Orleans Blues/Funk/Jazz
For fans of: New Orleans Jazz, Blues, Funk and Brass Band music
SMITH & 9th WARD is a combo in the New Orleans, funky and soulful tradition. We channel the likes of Dr. John, James Booker, Allen Toussaint and Professor Longhair to bring you New Orleans grooves with a Brooklyn attitude. We consist of members of the OUTER BOROUGH BRASS BAND and we love playing funky NOLA tunes, traditional jazz standards and low-down blues. SMITH & 9th WARD: New Orleans grooves with a Brooklyn attitude.
“Leyton-Brown’s physical stance at the keyboard comes closer to Joe Strummer than Dr. John, but she’s got skills that would make Mac Rebenack grin that trademark grin. Allison injected some old school stride into “Don’t Think Twice,” and her vocals on Crescent City classics like “Big Chief” and “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” were right on point. But it’s the little differences she brings that make her a not-so-secret weapon, like the Fender Rhodes sound she brought to the funky Scatassa original “BQEeze,” or the sizzling Clavinet vibe she conjured up toward the end of the second set that was straight out of Billy Preston’s “Outa Space.” Maybe the traditionalists might freak, but it’s a Brooklyn thing! They wouldn’t understand!” – J Hunter “Nippertown”
“After the bass drummer unexpectedly decided to lead a secondline into the bar room, which freaked out most of the people there, they came back in and kicked things up another notch. By this point, those of us who were dancing stopped caring about what the room full of lazy people thought, and we got up and got down in front of the band on a rousing finale.” – a fan
http://smithand9thward.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ams4STP1-0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofQyQW1EDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdEeWfHkbM#action=share
SUNDAY 6/5
4pm-Moving Pictures: Love is in the air
Wait, did we have the shortest spring and go straight into summer? I got confused. Or maybe we just had that week of summer and we're back into spring? (This is what happens when you write things in advance!) Whatever the case, we're doing the love thing today! We start with The Princess Bride, where the guy gets the girl, and we finish up with Pretty in Pink, where the girl gets the guy (how often does that happen in movies?)
9pm - Nerdeoke! Hosted by Joe Rude of the Kings of Karaoke!
MONDAY 6/6
8:30pm-Wax: Stories on Vinyl
Featured Performers and YOU! We always have slots for folks who are burning to tell us all about their song-related stories of love/heartbreak/childhood dreams/jaws-of-life and then spin those very songs on vinyl. Slots are 9 minutes each. Come on down.
TUESDAY 6/7
8pm- Leslie Helpert
Genre: Avant-Americana
For fans of: Silence, Debussy, Lucinda Williams, Built To Spill and Meditation.
Rocking the guitar for over 25 years, this lady is a veteran of underground performance. Leslie Helpert’s narrative poetic shit drops from the imagery-rich, meticulous creation of her verbose pen and reaches the stage through highly developed vocal technique. She’s never been comfortable with her human name, but hasn’t ever had the kitsch sensibility to effectively change it. Influenced more by life-seeking homeostasis than by one artist or another, her pieces -- which some call songs -- are sonic paintings; she articulates her personal global lexicon. Peter Kronreif, the strong, handsome Austrian has been wrangled in like a horse to play with her.
“Leslie Helpert perfectly embodies my idea of an artist. She is beautifully quirky, speaks in a language of images, and is keen to all that makes life potent... Helpert explores the rich timbre of her voice, embodying at once punk music and the sounds of a distant time.” - Lux Illuminates
www.music.lesliehelpert.com
9pm- Three Pints Shy
Genre: Irish Rock
For fans of: Black 47, The Pogues, U2
https://www.facebook.com/Three-Pints-Shy-28211954151/
https://www.facebook.com/events/765288333577182/
10pm- TBD
11pm- Lion and Spaniel
Genre: Folk
For fans of: Crosby Stills and Nash, Paul McCartney,
Folky-pop songs for all kinds of lovers.
https://soundcloud.com/lionandspaniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI_omAwoolg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcsFPGdyRg
WEDNESDAY 6/8
8pm- Sara Ontaneda
Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
For fans of: Corinne Bailey Rae, Alela Diane, Natalia Lafourcade, Ximena Sariñana, Julieta Venegas, Karen O.
Sara Ontaneda is a singer-songwriter who blends folk, pop and South-American rhythms. She provides soft melodies over a guitar with a velvet voice that is sweet and agreeable. With bilingual lyrics about melancholia, love, heartbreak, even politics. There is a song for everyone in the room!
“A sweet voice accompanied by a guitar, that is the folk of Sara Ontaneda, the new emerging figure from Ecuador” - ClubSocial
“Sara Ontaneda combines her Ecuadorian-American heritage with jazz and pop influences to create colorful and lively original music.” - Gallery263
www.saraontanedamusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-CM6OFIUU
https://soundcloud.com/saraontaneda
9pm- Helen McCreary
Genre: Acoustic folk pop
For fans of: Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Ingrid Michaelson, Damien Rice, Sara Bareilles, Amos Lee, Brandi Carlile
Helen is a wandering minstrel archaeologist. No really, she is. Helen has been a backpacking instructor in Wyoming, an archaeologist all over the globe, and is now a singer-songwriter based in NYC. She enjoys long walks through the wilderness while looking for artifacts, making music with lovely people, and talking about herself in the third person. Her music is based on “folk roots, acoustic sonority, intricate melodic phrasing… and a vocal-centric aesthetic.” (Pandora Radio)
“… very organic, relaxing indie folk…” - Mid Tennessee Music
“Helen’s amazing voice will put you in a tranquil state of mind no matter your mood.” - indiemunity
http://helenmccreary.com/
https://soundcloud.com/helen-mccreary
https://www.facebook.com/helenmccrearymusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP3qF9852rM
10pm- The Healing
Genre: Soul, Hip Hop
For fans of: Jimi Hendrix, The Roots, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Kendrick Lamar, Gentai Kaijo
Music is The Healing. The Healing will be a jam session of sorts where artists (poets, musicians, songwriters) can come together to create freely, without worrying about confines of what music should be. The house band, the Travelers (www.thetravelers.nyc) will be welcoming musicians to create with us, onstage, in communion.
“The entire sound straddles the fence between rock-soul, fusion jazz, and indie rock” - Shaine Freeman, The Miews
www.thetravelers.nyc
THURSDAY 6/9
8pm- Meaghan Burke
Genre: Post-Grunge Cabaret
Fro fans of: Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Tom Lehrer, Billie Holiday
Praised for her “alarming tour-de-force intensity” (The Examiner) and “impossibly beautiful but in no way forgiving” songs (The Deli), Meaghan Burke writes haunting, festively dark songs for cello and voice, part art, part pop, with witty, macabre lyrics and killer riffs. With inspirations ranging from Nirvana to Cole Porter to Anton Webern, she tells stories of bedbugs, bedfellows, and the apocalypse, wedding her sundry influences of Brechtian cabaret, 1990s grunge, old-school blues, and avant-garde contemporary music.
"Impossibly beautiful but in no way forgiving." - The Deli NYC
"...alarming tour de force intensity..." - The Examiner
"We admit, one could dispute whether this is pop. But let’s just say, it should be." - Robert Rotifer, FM4 Radio / Popfest Curator (Austria)
"...what she’s created is too personal, too direct and unusual to claim she’s a songwriter – which sounds categorically absurd but it’s true – it’s like she’s a songwriter, imploded." - The Deli NYC
www.meaghanburkemusic.com
https://vimeo.com/119206033
https://vimeo.com/119206034
https://youtu.be/EbNyhn2OYHg
9pm- Lights from the Loft
Genre: Folk, Jazz, Contemporary
For fans of: Bill Frisell, Gillian Welch, Joni Mitchell
Lights from the Loft is a new project based out of Brooklyn NY. LFTL explores the intersection of jazz, folk, experimental and popular music. Forward thinking though rooted in melody, the music lives in between the cracks of genre.
"Zach has that rare but should be universal approach to creative music, he studies and knows the history from where it came from...As a bassist, he can create the atmosphere, in solo or ensemble for the listener to understand his consciousness; in other words he is there!" - George Manning, In The Tradition, WEAA 88.9 FM, Morgan State University Radio
https://soundcloud.com/amandabloomjazz
10pm- Tim Haufe
Genre: Indie/Folk/Acoustic
For fans of: Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Daniel Rossen, Stevie Wonder
Tim Haufe is a songwriter and musician who grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY. His music is volatile, desperate, beautiful, dynamic, and full of hope. Haufe currently lives in New York, where he is striving to establish for his music the grand reputation that it deserves.
“Tim has all the qualities one looks for in a live performance: He is in tune with the elasticity of the crowd. I could feel myself being drawn closer and closer to the music as the song went on.” - Daniel Dissinger, InStereoPress
www.timhaufe.com
timhaufe.bandcamp.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3qfi82iBb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9to2sEdoqMg
11pm- A Valley Son
Genre: Rock
For fans of: Father John Misty and Band of Horses
90s shoegaze rock with a twang.
avalleyson.com
FRIDAY 6/10
8pm- Maitri
Genre: Indie R&B
For Fans of: Erykah Badu, Bilal, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Cody Chestnut
Maitri was formed to embrace both the hardship and ecstasy of life through song.
"As a child, Hoffmann borrowed Sam Cooke’s album Live at the Harlem Square Club (1963) from his local Manitowoc library in Wisconsin and became obsessed with Cooke’s music. From Billie Holiday, Davis learned about 'musical expression of hardship and beauty in general.'” - The Greenpointers (2015)
http://maitrimusic.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DnosUq92M
9pm- Moondrunk
Genre: Indie Singer/Songwriter
For fans of: The XX, Ben Harper, First Aid Kit
Moondrunk is a New York-based folk duo that jumps from heartbreak to humor before you can finish your whiskey. Andrew Bancroft’s original lyrics and guitar licks are complemented by Ashley Flanagan’s powerful vocals. They will be joined by the talented multi-instrumentalist Yair Evnine on cello. If the mood strikes, you may be privy to an audience-inspired freestyle rap. Either way, you will hear something unique.
Bancroft has been has been featured on MTV’s TRL and in Rolling Stone and TIME.
"Even better, Ashley Perez Flanagan…delivers a sweetly touching 'Another Suitcase in Another Hall.'" –The New York Times (review of Evita)
www.andrewbancroft.com
https://www.facebook.com/moondrunk/?fref=ts
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