The Music Slut faves are back with a brand new clip to Don’t Make Me Wait‘s irresistibly catchy track, ‘All Over Again’. Check out our exclusive Q&A with the band here.

MP3: Locksley – All Over Again

Ha! I love it. All Locksley/Hanson dates below.

Sep 12 Turning Stone. Verona, New York
Sep 13 House of Blues. Atlantic City, NJ
Sep 15 Sonar. Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 16 9:30 Club. Washington DC
Sep 18 Newport Hall. Columbus, Ohio
Sep 19 House of Blues. Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 21 North Fork Theatre. Westbury, NY
Sep 22 The Chance. Poughkeepsie, NY
Sep 24 Webster Theatre. Hartford, CT
Sep 26 Electric Factory. Philadelphia, PA
Sep 27 Carnegie Library Hall. Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 29-30 House of Blues. Chicago, Illinois
Oct 2 House of Blues. Dallas, Texas
Oct 3 Cain’s Ballroom. Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oct 5 Beaumont Club. Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 6 The Pageant. St. Louis, Missouri
Oct 8 Bijou Theatre. Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 10 Toad’s. Richmond, Virginia
Oct 11 Amos’ Southend. Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 12 Coyotes. Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 16 Roxy Theatre. Atlanta, Georgia

MP3: Locksley – Why Not Me?

Matt over at Earfarm has just completed his Q+A session with longtime Music Slut faves and After The Jump day-stagers (3pm), Locksley. Check out the full interview here. Snippets + MP3 below.

Do you remember the first record that inspired you to want to make music of your own?

Kai: I would probably have to say Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins – I remember pouring over that album learning the songs, which in turn inspired me to write some absolutely terrible music.

Aaron: Help by the Beatles

Sam: Beach Boys – Surfin’ Safari. I would listen and dance/run around to that album constantly when I was 6. I wrote a song called “Surf” on a Yamaha Clavinova. The song consisted of me pattering middle C and like G above and rambling “Surf, Surfin’, Surf, Surf!”, I am not sure I even knew what surfing was then.

Do you remember the first song of yours that got the band excited about Locksley’s potential?

Locksley: We were all excited from the very beginning but I think the specific song that was a turning point was “Safely from the City”. It showed our range and summed up how we felt as a band in New York.

Do you remember the first show in NYC?

Locksley: The first time we played in New York was at CBGB’s Gallery (Locksley backstage at CBGB above). Oh my god that was hilarious. We have a video of it somewhere. We were not very good, and I think we played “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem” by DMX. Hahaha!

MP3: Locksley – Don’t Make Me Wait

What’s a boy to do? While I contemplate whom to vote for, take a look at the current standings (as of 3:15pm) for each of this month’s nominees:

The Sharp Things – 28%
Die Romanik – 27%
Virgo Loves Cancer – 19%
The Teenage Prayers – 14%
Other Passengers – 7%
Mudville – 4%
White Rabbits – 1%
Locksley – 1%

Vote for your favorite here!

MP3s: White Rabbits – The Plot + Die Romantik – Tik Tok + Locksley – Why Not Me?

What’s a boy to do? While I contemplate whom to vote for, take a look at the current standings (as of 3:15pm) for each of this month’s nominees:

The Sharp Things – 28%
Die Romanik – 27%
Virgo Loves Cancer – 19%
The Teenage Prayers – 14%
Other Passengers – 7%
Mudville – 4%
White Rabbits – 1%
Locksley – 1%

Vote for your favorite here!

MP3s: White Rabbits – The Plot + Die Romantik – Tik Tok + Locksley – Why Not Me?

What’s a boy to do? While I contemplate whom to vote for, take a look at the current standings (as of 3:15pm) for each of this month’s nominees:

The Sharp Things – 28%
Die Romanik – 27%
Virgo Loves Cancer – 19%
The Teenage Prayers – 14%
Other Passengers – 7%
Mudville – 4%
White Rabbits – 1%
Locksley – 1%

Vote for your favorite here!

MP3s: White Rabbits – The Plot + Die Romantik – Tik Tok + Locksley – Why Not Me?

Sorry for the lack of JK posts but in everything I suppose, there are ebbs and flows. These past couple of months have been all about the flow but come June 7th, my life is about to hit a great deal of ebb once unemployment hits…again.

Enjoy a little of my long weekend down time and take a look at a few choice concerts I’ve seen these past few months but never had a chance to post about. Happy Memorial Day!

Matt and I were really excited for this show. One of our all time favourite New York acts were playing alongside a band I had wanted to see for quite a while. I arrived to the venue slightly ahead of schedule and called Matt from outside.

“Hi, I’m here. Where are you?”

“A few blocks away getting a slice. Is it crazy there?”

::insert crickets chirping::

“Sorry, I’ll be there soon.”

A free show in Brooklyn on a Thursday night sponsored by amNEWYORK and not a soul around but me, the bored looking bartender and the boys from Locksley reading a newspaper? Shocking people, shocking.

Well anyway, Locksley were great as always; one of those bands whom you hope you aren’t screaming into the wind about.

Also playing the ill fated gig were Undisputed Heavyweights, a band I had been meaning to see for a while.

I suppose I had a predisposition to like Undisputed Heavyweights. On a warm spring day, driving around with the windows open while singing to Sinatra for me, is near perfection. 60′s style lounge music is just my thing and the Casey Shea led Undisputed bring the lounge lizard back to life with an updated flair. Their smart, poppy music, that makes you smile as your hips uncontrollably swing back and forth, is punctuated perfectly by Shea’s cheeky audience banter.

Upcoming UH tour dates:

Jun. 22nd Joe’s Pub (All Ages), 425 Lafayette Street (btw E. 4th & Astor Place), New York, 9pm w/ I. Michaelson, All Ages.

Jul. 26th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Wakey!Wakey!,

Aug. 24th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Seth Kallen

MP3s: ‘Roll Your Windows Down‘ and ‘Money‘

Sorry for the lack of JK posts but in everything I suppose, there are ebbs and flows. These past couple of months have been all about the flow but come June 7th, my life is about to hit a great deal of ebb once unemployment hits…again.

Enjoy a little of my long weekend down time and take a look at a few choice concerts I’ve seen these past few months but never had a chance to post about. Happy Memorial Day!

Matt and I were really excited for this show. One of our all time favourite New York acts were playing alongside a band I had wanted to see for quite a while. I arrived to the venue slightly ahead of schedule and called Matt from outside.

“Hi, I’m here. Where are you?”

“A few blocks away getting a slice. Is it crazy there?”

::insert crickets chirping::

“Sorry, I’ll be there soon.”

A free show in Brooklyn on a Thursday night sponsored by amNEWYORK and not a soul around but me, the bored looking bartender and the boys from Locksley reading a newspaper? Shocking people, shocking.

Well anyway, Locksley were great as always; one of those bands whom you hope you aren’t screaming into the wind about.

Also playing the ill fated gig were Undisputed Heavyweights, a band I had been meaning to see for a while.

I suppose I had a predisposition to like Undisputed Heavyweights. On a warm spring day, driving around with the windows open while singing to Sinatra for me, is near perfection. 60′s style lounge music is just my thing and the Casey Shea led Undisputed bring the lounge lizard back to life with an updated flair. Their smart, poppy music, that makes you smile as your hips uncontrollably swing back and forth, is punctuated perfectly by Shea’s cheeky audience banter.

Upcoming UH tour dates:

Jun. 22nd Joe’s Pub (All Ages), 425 Lafayette Street (btw E. 4th & Astor Place), New York, 9pm w/ I. Michaelson, All Ages.

Jul. 26th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Wakey!Wakey!,

Aug. 24th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Seth Kallen

MP3s: ‘Roll Your Windows Down‘ and ‘Money‘

Sorry for the lack of JK posts but in everything I suppose, there are ebbs and flows. These past couple of months have been all about the flow but come June 7th, my life is about to hit a great deal of ebb once unemployment hits…again.

Enjoy a little of my long weekend down time and take a look at a few choice concerts I’ve seen these past few months but never had a chance to post about. Happy Memorial Day!

Matt and I were really excited for this show. One of our all time favourite New York acts were playing alongside a band I had wanted to see for quite a while. I arrived to the venue slightly ahead of schedule and called Matt from outside.

“Hi, I’m here. Where are you?”

“A few blocks away getting a slice. Is it crazy there?”

::insert crickets chirping::

“Sorry, I’ll be there soon.”

A free show in Brooklyn on a Thursday night sponsored by amNEWYORK and not a soul around but me, the bored looking bartender and the boys from Locksley reading a newspaper? Shocking people, shocking.

Well anyway, Locksley were great as always; one of those bands whom you hope you aren’t screaming into the wind about.

Also playing the ill fated gig were Undisputed Heavyweights, a band I had been meaning to see for a while.

I suppose I had a predisposition to like Undisputed Heavyweights. On a warm spring day, driving around with the windows open while singing to Sinatra for me, is near perfection. 60′s style lounge music is just my thing and the Casey Shea led Undisputed bring the lounge lizard back to life with an updated flair. Their smart, poppy music, that makes you smile as your hips uncontrollably swing back and forth, is punctuated perfectly by Shea’s cheeky audience banter.

Upcoming UH tour dates:

Jun. 22nd Joe’s Pub (All Ages), 425 Lafayette Street (btw E. 4th & Astor Place), New York, 9pm w/ I. Michaelson, All Ages.

Jul. 26th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Wakey!Wakey!,

Aug. 24th Joe’s Pub 9pm w/ Seth Kallen

MP3s: ‘Roll Your Windows Down‘ and ‘Money‘

And it’s free!

Kudos to AmNY (New York’s finest cost ridden newspaper) and their first night of complimentary music.

The event will take place on Thursday, April 26th at Southpaw and will feature Locksley (8pm), Cavalier King (9pm), Undisputed Heavyweights (10pm) and The Attorneys (11pm). Nice job, AmNY. See you there.

Non NYers, check out AmNY’s official site here.

MP3: Locksley – Don’t Make Me Wait