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Photo by Judith Levitt JezebelMusic.com's Third Annual Benefit Show for Common Ground features some of the most exciting NYC bands -- Neckbeard Telecaster, Lowry, Wakey!Wakey! (pictured), Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee, Project Jenny Project Jan, Abigail Warchild, and J.A.C.K. -- promising to be the year's best night of local music, and it's all for charity!
They say that time heals all wounds, but we know better. All it takes is a really good song performed with a lethal dose of star power to rip those old scars right open. What makes Michael Grubbs (aka Wakey!Wakey!) sparkle in the ocean of confessional songwriters is his ability to translate personal tragedy into an emotional experience that the audience can share. Listening to Wakey!Wakey!'s best material, one isn't watching someone else fall apart -- they're reliving their own wounds. Like Robert Smith or Adam Duritz before him, Grubbs is gloriously overdramatic. This is a local musician with the chops, charisma, ambition and local following needed for a clear shot at stardom.
Wakey!Wakey!'s newly released full-length CD (Family Records), recorded live at Piano's and Rockwood Music Hall over the past year, Silent as a Movie, is a collection of material that has won over fans and peers. Showcasing a plethora of emotions and Grubbs' emotive piano playing, Silent is a stunning release.
Third Annual Benefit Show for Common Ground
Friday December 19th, 7:00p doors
Music Hall of Williamsburg | 66 N. 6th, Brooklyn
$15
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Songs of the Week by:
Mike Ferraro and Mike Schrieffer
Playlist including: Matt Dorrien, Bogs Visionary Orchestra, Kalpana, Bella Noir, Born at Sea, John Atzberger, Chris Kiehne, Flanagan Smith, The Art of Shooting, Buke & Gass, Accidental Seabirds, Drink Up Buttercup, Palmyra, The Spookfish, Patrick Bower, The World Without Magic, The Waylons, Dark Dark Dark, Laura Stevenson, Wakey!Wakey!, Kelli Rae Powell, The Secret Life of Sofia, Mancino, No Eye Contact, Dante Cimadamore, The Jaguar Club, The States, Drew & The Medicinal Pen, Beat Radio, Accidental Seabirds, The Antlers, Abigail Warchild, Red Beard, Kalpana, From The Museums, The Postelles, Battery one Dollar, Cassettes Won't Listen, The Morning Code, Chris Kiehne, Chris Maher, Craig Chin, Zachary James Dodds, Sarsaparilla, The Problem, Neckbeard Telecaster, The World Without Magic, Afuche, Kagero, Joe Moore, Cesar Alvarez, J.A.C.K., Project Jenny, Project Jan, Paleo, Laura Stevenson, Drew & The Medicinal Pen, Meowskers, Lionel Neykov, Doug Keith, J.A.C.K., Richard McGraw, Frank Hoier, Alaska In Winter, Diet Kong, Wynn Walent, Red Beard, Kat, These United States, Dave Doobinin, Afuche . . . |
 
Jezebel Music's Fourth Annual Williamsburg Live Songwriter
Competition 2007
Recorded at Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
Over 600 singer-songwriters submitted original material to the 4th Annual Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition (WLSC2007). 150 people made it into the "live" competition, which took place over 8 consecutive nights from November 3-10. This CD is a compilation of the 9 finalists' live performances at the Finals at Luna Lounge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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November Feature 2008
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the Feature Article by Dan D'Ippolito...
Similar to the nature of water -- soft, yet powerful -- there's something Zen about the art of songwriting. Many of the best songwriters communicate life effortlessly in a conversational, non poetic manner -- a skill most certainly easier said than sung. But as it turns out, taking it easy isn’t easy. A good stuntman knows that the best way to take a fall is to relax, but intuition might tell the average Joe Six Pack otherwise. Like Joe Stuntman, The Press knows how to not take themselves too seriously, and the result is free of pain. (Of course, as is the case with any good band, when it comes to the execution of their music and the furthering of their career, no jokes are made... for the most part.) This fact is made clear almost immediately when listening to tracks from the Press' upcoming LP, recorded at the Fort in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and due out early next year....
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