Notices by neddyo (neddyo@shakedown.social)

Tonight: well, MMJ crushed it again. Maybe the best complete show of the weekend. Another A+ sit-in from Ms Rykman taboot. Tears for Fears in the encore? Sweet!

Would be great to see a three-nighter at the Paramount become a tradition.

#nycfreaks #livemusic #brooklyn #mymorningjacket #mmj

Out-of-body-experience set from Arun Ramamurthy Trio. Perhaps the best set of music I've ever seen (performed in the 1:45-2:45am slot).#livemusic #ragaslivefest #ragaslive

After a short break and a CitiBike to Red Hook, I'm in for the long haul at the best kept non-secret in NYC livemusic'n. Ragas Live. Started at 7 and will go 24 hours. More thoughts later from Pioneer Works.

I mean, can you really say you've livemusic'd in NYC if you haven't struggled to stay awake at 4:30 in the morning with a couple hundred half-asleep weirdos while some dude is in the midst of a 30-minute raga on an instrument you've never heard of?

Massive protest in Manhattan today. Can't wait to hear how many there were. Felt Manhattan-sized. Great scene! Ready to do it again.

#nokings #nyc #8647

Tonight: the Air Moon Safari show might be the livemusic platonic ideal. A perfect brain/body balance, amazing visuals that are an exact fit for the band aesthetic and sound, the right undercurrent of nostalgia as they play a no-skips album that is 25+ years old but feels incredibly relevant, and then a second set of hits. Definitely one of the best shows I've seen this year. And literally a block from my apartment at the pretty sweet Brooklyn Paramount. Happy Friday to me!

#livemusic #air

Just got interviewed for a piece on a livemusic topic supposed to run next monthish in a major publication. My 20+ minutes of entertaining and deep insights will likely be reduced to something you'll have to squint to see, but I will humblebragly post if/when it is published.

And for the freelancers out there, I am available as an expert witness on all things livemusic. I love to expound!

#livemusic

Yo NYC/BK folk: next Freaks Day Out is tomorrow (Sunday!). Monster bill with the Elkhorn Trio and Cordero/Kerlin Group (w/ Jessica Pavone, Jeffrey Tobias, and Ryan Sawyer). IYKYK.

Spread the word, come hang if you're free...

#nycfreaks #livemusic #brooklyn #redhook #freaksdayout

@anon_opin what about Bad Company by the band Bad Company off the album Bad Company?

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2025.26

Steven R Smith: Triecade

Smith leads a one-man guitar/bass/keys/drums quartet through some rather spectacular instrumental pieces. Each gives a different vibe, but there's a common sonic thread running through them all. Genres and styles come and go (occasionally feeling like the composed-on-the-fly middle of an inspired jamband excursion) but it's all a go go go. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.36

Motorpsycho: s/t

I'm generally of the opinion that if your album is longer than 45 minutes, it might be too long. I'll make an exception to this one which is 80 mins of rocking from the veteran Norway band. There's a track on here that's over 20 & one that's barely 3 & along the way they hyphenate "rock" every which way from psych- to kraut- to good old classic- and more, so much more. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.35

Mandrake Handshake: Earth-Sized Worlds

This is a great companion to yesterday's rec, another band out of the UK doing a lot of things and doing them very well. Debut full length from this large-format band is an attention-deficit dance through genres: psychjazz, krautrock, surfgroove and whatever other hybrid combination you can think of. Lots to sink your teeth into or bop along to. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.37

Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold

Jazz trumpeter Ahmed always feels like a breath of fresh ideas. On her latest she mixes progressive Britjazz with the folklore of her native Bahrain, adding vocals for the first time. It's magical and mystical, an elevated, spiritual sound that's dreamlike without losing her characteristic groove. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #jazz #yazzahmed #trumpet

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2025.42

Zement: Passagen

After the first 15 seconds of this one, you think you have kind of an idea of what this German duo got, an updated motorik sound. Sure, there's that, but there's so much more. Each zig is countered by an equally compelling zag, afrobeat turns to krautrock, jazz freakout to psychedelic electrofunk. It's brilliantly constructed and easy to love. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.41

Dylan Golden Aycock: No New Summers

OK guitarist with his most recent take on the American primitive genre. There's plenty of gorgeous acoustic pickin' pulled from larger improvisations, but also some interesting more experimental pieces mixed in. Aycock expands beyond the guitar & traditional methods to create some unique meditations & explorations. All tied together nicely. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #guitar

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2025.44

Amir Bresler: Tide and Time

This is like the piano jazz version of magical realism. Lovely progressive piano/bass/drum subtly becomes something more, grander, more... magical. The Israeli drummer working with pianist Nitai Hershkovits & producer Rejoicer create coherent compositions out of spontaneous studio experimenting. This is exactly what I want all my jazz to sound like. Dreamy. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery #jazz

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2025.43

Wrong Way Up: Totally Right

The opening track is called "Hang On to Your Kool" and whatever "kool" is, this release is positively oozing with it. This synth duo is from Australia, but the sound is purely African, and it's funky as all heck. It's impossible not to enjoy this. I mean, you're welcome to try, but it'll probably only make you feel kooler. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.45

Don Leisure: Tyrchu Sain

Don Leisure is a producer from Cardiff with a rather wide-reaching folk-to-hip-hop scope. Indeed, his latest is an "...and the kitchen sink" approach, but he seamlessly flows together 20 tracks with plenty of sweet beats, delicious hooks, and some Welsh whimsy along the way. With a little help from some friends. Cool stuff. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.2

MOMO.: Gira

At every moment of this album, it sounds like two things at once. It's Brazilian party music overlapped with ambient then it's psych rock nested inside funkjazz and so on. The result is Russian-doll rhythms and delightful left turns... and a whole lotta fun. Betcha dig it! Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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2025.3

Body Meπa: Prayer in Dub

Pupil-dilating instrumental jams from a quartet of NYC under-radar you-should-knows. Like Greg Fox, whose drumming on this record is an amusement park ride of thrills. Two guitars, bass, and drums and lots of heavy-leaning improv, plays like one straight shape-shifting studio mess-around. Enjoy!

#newmusic #MusicDiscovery

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