The Kin Headline Highline Ballroom on November 21st

One of my favorite NYC bands, The Kin, just finished their tour with Josh Kelley and Pat McGee and are headlining a show at Highline Ballroom on November 21st.

It is great to see the band's popularity soar as they are great guys who put on a phenominal live show. The band is playing with Wakey Wakey and Dan Torres. Tickets are only $12 in advance and $15 day of show.



The band was supposed to be playing a live set at Vintage Vinyl record store in Fords, NJ on November 20th. I am wondering if this show is now off as The Kin are no longer listed on the Vintage Vinyl site and Sebastian Bach is now doing an autograph signing at Vintage Vinyl the same night.

Links:
The Kin's Website
The Kin's MySpace Page

The Kin Headline the Sixth Annual September Concert on September 11th

I can't think of a band more perfectly suited than The Kin to headline the September Concert.

The September Concert is a worldwide event first organized in 2002.






In its sixth year, the event will take place on the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy with free concerts happening simultaneously all over the world, spanning 55 US cities and over 50 cities around the world.

Haruko Smith, concert organizer and founder of the September Concert Foundation had the following to say about The Kin -- "The first time I saw them on a morning show on FOX, I was about to run out of my apartment. Instead I sat down, mesmerized and deeply touched by their music.I am so excited to be able to welcome The Kin to headline The September Concert at Union Square on September 11th, because I cannot wait to share their music with more people on this day. I think the beauty, the depth, and the dignity of their music will be so appreciated by anyone fortunate enough to be there."

I watched the band's performance on FOX as well and also found it very moving (link). I wish I could be at this show but working in central Jersey eliminates any possibility.

The show is in Union Square (14th Street & Broadway) and is free. The Kin will be playing from 12:45 - 1:30PM and there is a citywide sing-along of "I Believe in Music" at 2pm.

Links:
The Kin's Main Website
The Kin's MySpace page

The Kin @ The Delancey, July 18, 2007

The Kin headlined Barons Beer's AusFest show last Wednesday at The Delancey.


The band was coming off a sold-out show at Joe's Pub and, as always, sounded great. It really says something for The Kin's musicianship that they could hold the audience AFTER the free beer ran out.

Isaac made a comment about the large number of palettes of beer were drunk that night. (I am not sure how much beer is on a palettes but there seemed to be dozens of cases that were consumed).

Isaac opened the show playing the didgeridoo
Thorry/The Kin
Thorry Singing Through His Guitar/The Kin
Isaac & Thorry/The Kin
The Kin are playing this Saturday night at the Gramercy Theatre with Lez Zeppelin (the all-female Zeppelin cover band). This show is Lez Zeppelin's CD release party and their new CD was recorded with Zeppelin engineer Eddie Kramer.

This should be a fun show. As both The Kin and Lez Zeppelin have individually sold out the Bowery Ballroom this year, there is a good chance that this show will sell out. Don't wait to get tickets!

The Gramercy Theatre is at 127 E. 23rd Street(between Lexington and Park Ave. South). The show starts at 9PM and tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show.

Links:
The Kin's MySpace Page
Lez Zeppelin's MySpace Page

Second Dan @ The Delancey, July 18, 2007

Second Dan was the second band to play at the Barons Beer sponsored AusFest and I really enjoyed their sound. The band's bio describes their music as "combining the pop sensibilities of Foo Fighters and Janes Addiction with the passion and world-view of U2 and countrymen Midnight Oil" and this is a pretty accurate description. The band is currently finishing their debut CD, "Bring Down Goliath", which is due to be released later this year and their are a couple tracks from this release streaming on the band's MySpace page (link below).


The band has a show this Friday (July 27) at Crash Mansion and are scheduled to take the stage at 10PM.


Links:
Second Dan's MySpace page

Tamarama @ The Delancey, NYC, July 18, 2007

Barons Beer hosted AusFest this past Wednesday to celebrate the launch of their new craft beers. Aside for free beer and meat pies, three great Aussie bands played.

Tamarama opened the show and played a very enjoyable mellow set. I hadn't seen the band before but was reading that they just released a new EP, Wonderland City, earlier this year. Tamarama is playing the Gramercy on August 1st with Ryan Cabrara and Pianos on September 12th.



Links:
Tamarama's MySpace page

The Kin Headline Joe's Pub on Thursday, July 12th

I have been a big fan of The Kin since seeing them live at Bowery Ballroom earlier this year. I would expect the band to be fabulous in such an intimate venue. Tickets are only $15 are the show starts at 9:30PM.


I have written at length about the band so I won't rehash any old ground (links to older posts are below). I just ran across links to an in-depth intereview the band did with Joe's Pub (link) and the band performing Great Divide live on Fearless TV (link).

Links:
The Kin's Main Website (link)
Joe's Pub (link)
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Pictures and Review from June 28th show at Luna Lounge (link)
Pictures and Review from April 28th show at Bowery Ballroom show (link)

The Kin @ Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NYC June 27, 2007

The Kin continue to put on a fabulous live show. At last Wednesday's show at Luna Lounge, the band played as a three-piece (Isaac, Thorry and Shakerleg). Both the band and the crowd seemed very relaxed which made for a nice set. I only caught the end of the act before The Kin (and didn't catch their name) as I stepped out to find some dinner. For the few songs that I did see, the crowd chatter seemed as loud as the band. This wasn't the case for The Kin. The band played a 50 minute set and held the crowd's attention from start to finish.

Even though the band played as a three piece, the music didn't seem to lose any of its richness. The band seemed to have a lot of fun during the set and check out the picture below of Thorry on drums.


The band's next show is at Gramercy Theatre on July 28 2007 and the band will be opening for Lez Zeppelin (who has Helen Destroy [x-Lunachicks] on drums).

Links:
The Kin's Main Website (link)
The Kin's MySpace page (link)

Thorry

Isaac

Shakerleg

The Kin Are Playing Luna Lounge in Brooklyn on June 27th

The Kin are one of my favorite local bands and they are headlining a show at the new Luna Lounge on June 27th. The band is a great live act and they played a stellar show when they headlined at the Bowery Ballroom back in April.

The Luna Lounge should be a great venue to see The Kin play as the sight lines and sound are great. The Kin are scheduled to play at 9:30PM but I would recommend getting to the club early to check out the opening acts. I'm a fan of Brian Grosz who is going on at 7:30PM and this show is his CD release party.

Links:
The Kin's Main Website (link)
The Kin's MySpace page (link)

The Kin Play Free Show at Ralph Lauren Polo Store on May 25th

The Kin played to a sold-out Bowery Ballroom a month ago and are now back in town for two shows. The first show is a 3:00PM set at Ralph Lauren's Polo Rugby Store. (99 University Pl, New York, New York 10001)

All I can say is -- get there early!

The show at Ralph Lauren starts a mini-tour of the Mid-Atlantic. The band is back in the area for a show at Luna Lounge in Williamsburg on June 27th.

Links:
The Kin Main Website (link)
The Kin MySpace page (link)

The Kin - Rise and Fall CD Giveaway

I have 3 advance copies of the forthcoming CD from The Kin to give away. Just click on the Contest Entry link and send us your full name and mailing address. One entry per person please.

All entries must be received no later than May 18, 2007. Winners will be notified via E-Mail.

For more info on The Kin, check out these links:

The Kin's Main Website

The Kin on MySpace

The Kin @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC April 28, 2007

The Kin held the crowd riveted at their sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom last Saturday night. The band is releasing their first CD Rise and Fall on Aletheia Records later this summer but the crowd seemed to know the words to all of the band's songs. This looks like a band that is going to break out.








Here is what the band posted to their MySpace page after the Bowery Ballroom show:

Bowery Show

Monday after the bowery show - wanted to thank everyone who came and made it such a fun show to play for - its all you!

Thanks to Pat Madden who painted a painting for every song on the new album - we raised over a thousand for savedarfur.org on the night with the sale of paintings.

Thanks to Ken Rockwood for getting up on stage with the accordian on 'Great Divide'.
Thanks to the Voyces for being on the bill with us.
Thanks to all the bowery staff for dealing with the hordes

Thanks to all the people for dealing with the line around the block

Check out the live version of 'photographs' up on myspace....

xxik

Links:
The Kin's MySpace Page (link)
The Kin's Main Website (link)

The Voyces @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC April 28th

I only caught the last couple songs by The Voyces but they were quite enjoyable. They had sort of a mellow roots-rock/Neil Young thing going on.



The band's new EP Kissing Like It's Love will be released on May 8th and there is a listening party on May 9th at Hi-Fi in the East Village. Here are the details on the listening party.

Hi-Fi
The "Kissing Like It's Love" Listening Party - 9:00pm
169 Avenue A
New York NY 10009
212- 420 - 8392
Come and celebrate the release of "Kissing Like It's Love" with the band. Have a few drinks while we listen to the new album over and over again. $3.00 Beers until midnight; 21 & over; RSVP here: thevoyces@aol.com

Links:
The Voyces MySpace page (link)
The Voyces Main Site (link)

The Kin - Exclusive Interview and Pictures from Pre-Show Party

There was a pre-show artshow at Pure Project Art Space before The Kin's show at the Bowery Ballroom last Saturday night. The pre-show featured a showcase of paintings by artist Patrick Madden who painted these works while listening to The Kin's music.

I took a few pictures at the pre-show and had a chance to interview The Kin backstage at the Bowery Ballroom.









Note to Self: Bring a video camera next time to film interviews -- the built-in video capabilities of my Fuji aren't that great.