Photo Highlights of Robot Death Kites, Grand Mariner, The Uncommonly Good, Jewel Eye at The Brighton Bar, 9/24/14

Robot Death Kites

New Year's Eve

The Brighton Bar rang in 5775 with a 5-band bill of Teenage Halloween, Jewel Eye, The Uncommonly Good, Grand Mariner, and Robot Death Kites. I got there a little late; so I, unfortunately, missed the set by Teenage Halloween. There's another chance to catch Luke, though, this weekend on the beach in Asbury.

I did see the rest of the bands. Jewel Eye delivered some heavy rock. The Uncommonly Good brought some crazy, youthful energy to their hardcore set. They had the crowd going nuts while one of their relatives recorded the entire proceeding to video. Grand Mariner combined surf, pop, and punk into a mix that recalled early Wavves. Robot Death Kites almost defied description, employing masks, dresses, and props in a way that had a couple of people at the Brighton mentioning the legendary Shock Mommies.

Here are a few pics. You can see the rest if you click on the "Galleries" tab.

Show Preview: Robot Death Kites, Grand Mariner, The Uncommonly Good, Jewel Eye, Teenage Halloween at Brighton Bar, TONIGHT, 9/24

Happy New Year

When I first started doing the weekly listings around here, I figured that it would be a nice, useful, informative post that I could put together and queue up weeks ahead of time. Well, anyone who knows me can tell you that I was kidding myself on the "weeks ahead of time" part. Today, though, I decided to get out a little in front of things. As I scanned this week's happenings, I remembered that I wanted to point out tonight's Brighton Bar show. As luck (or, maybe, careful planning) would have it, there's no school tomorrow because of Rosh Hashanah; so you can head out to celebrate the new year with some fine, fine music.

It's a diverse bill headed by Brooklyn noise rockers and general Yuppie Nightmare, Robot Death Kites. Howell surf punk / pop trio Grand Mariner join fellow New Jerseyites The Uncommonly Good (Shrewsbury hardcore), Jewel Eye (rock), and Teenage Halloween (latest project of the industrious and always busy Luke Henderiks) to round out the bill. It's the latest in the monthly Greggy's Den series of all ages shows, and it promises to be an excellent way to ring in 5775.











Doors for tonight's all ages show open at 7pm. It's 10 bucks.

L'shanah Tovah.