Tastemaker

Dan Fishback, Live and Ironic
at The Sidewalk Cafe, Ave A at 6th St.
8pm Tonite

Highly Recommended

According to fabu gossip rag Defamer: "Grown Iraqi men get misty-eyed by the mere mention of [Lionel Ritchie's] name. 'I love Lionel Richie,' they say. Iraqis who do not understand a word of English can sing an entire Lionel Richie song."

Tonite 9pm
The Deep Down
Live Show at Sin-e
Attorney at Stanton in the LES

Be there, my lovelies! Delicious Rock/Reggae/Latin grooves. Click the link above to listen to tracks on their website.

As Insiders know, Sunday is one of the best nites of the week to go out. And tis is the warm and buzzing season to grab Joy by the bottle and be Merry! Summer approaches, and now's the time to put down Sunday nite roots. This is where:

The Deep Down plays Sin-e
This Sunday, 9pm
Attorney at Stanton, in the good ole LES

Tom Stabb and Jesus Rodriguez just finished up recording their second album at Trout Studio with Bryce Goggins, and it is HOT.

Tomorrow nite, Friday, Congolese Soukous star Kanda Bongo Man makes a rare club performance at SOB's. I have seen so much great music at SOB's over the years, and danced my ASS off there so many times, need more be said? Ok, just a bit more:

According to the LeopardMan site, Soukous mixes Caribbean rumba rhythms and traditional African music.

SOB's is west of Soho on the corner of Varick aand w. Houston

Tom Leach Plays Pete's Candy Store Live Tonite! 11pm show

"It’s been too long since Tom Leach last played live, but here’s the payoff: The incredibly talented local tunesmith’s been busy writing new songs, and like all of his other ones, his latest batch, 7 Song Tape/Thank You for the Coffee, could make even Johnny Cash and Hank Williams cry. Don’t miss this show: Leach has a heart as big as the moon and a voice that could melt glass. With Jeremy Forbis and Jon Regan." -Village Voice

Pete's Candy Store is at 709 Lorimer St., Williamsburg

Violet Nine CD Release Party!
10:30 pm TONITE
at Pianos, 158 Ludlow at Stanton

Two Violet Nine tracks and will be appearing on the soundtrack for the upcoming film National Lampoon's Cattle Call. To learn more about Violet Nine, visit their website.

”Strong pop-Rock band with some attractive sonic tangents” -The Boston Globe

So I'm watching Ellen yesterday, loving the Jeff Bridges interview, and then BAM, Jamie Foxx comes out and ruins my afternoon. I don't get it, folks, I just don't get it. I was literally cringing as i listened to Foxx, it was like listening to grandparents having phone sex, I mean I found his sexuality EMBARASSING.

It reminds me of the time I hung out with this aging rock band (whose name i will not drop), and the guitarist invited us into his hotel room while he was in his underwear, and I realized I was supposed to act impressed, but all i felt was ICKY because this was not the rock icon i remembered, this was an old guy in sweaty drawers.

I've been shuddering when I hear Foxx is singing ever since I heard "Unpredictable" with unforgettably bad lyrics like "instead of dinner and a movie, why don't i have you for dinner and we'll make a movie?" Then he's talking about how his daughter is 12 and he won't ever let her grow up. Ugh.

James Moorhead and his band
8:30pm, Tuesday, April 11th
@ Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St (btwn Houston and Stanton)
FREE

Listen to tunes at:
WWW.MOORHEADMUSIC.COM and
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JAMESMOORHEAD


The band is:

Erica Von Kleist- Sax, Flute (of the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and Project E)
Randy Ingram- Keys (of vocalist Julie Hardy fame)
Dan Loomis- Bass
Rohin Khemani- Drums
Andre Canniere- Trumpet
James Moorhead - Vocals, Guitar, Keys

Don't Forget!! Free Spring Show

Tom Stabb of The Deep Down, acoustic and delicious, Sunday nite 10pm at Sin-e Bar, corner of Attorney and Stanton in the LES.