New York Summer Antifolk Festival 2016
It’s August again, and this can mean only one thing – it’s time for the New York Summer Antifolk festival. The festival starts on the 9th August at the Sidewalk Cafe, the spiritual home of the New York Antifolk scene.
The festival features the usual mix of well established artists, old favourites and new acts, many of whom I haven’t heard before.
Old favourites include the likes of Debbie Dalton, Cannonball Statman, Ben Krieger, Peter Dizozza, John Burger and Jim Flynn. Jeff Lewis returns to headline a night that also features a guilty pleasure amongst us Antifolk types, watching Antifolkers cover other Antifolkers.
I’d love to catch Midnite Cowboy, a new vehicle for Mike Rechner of the excellent Prewar Yardsale. Worth checking out if you can make it.
There are quite a few acts I’ve not seen before on my trips across the pond. I would try and catch Codename: Cricketman, Current Ex and David Warpaint from what I’ve heard online. I’d also like to see Lucky Witch & the Righteous Ghost just on the strength of their name alone.
Pinc Lounds would also be on my list if I could get over to New York. Visually, he’s a mix between Vince Noir and Grayson Perry, which itself would be a joy to behold. He’s trickier to pin down on the music front, but sounds really good on bandcamp (see links below).
Anyway, here’s the full details
Venue:
Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
phone – 212-473-7373
Cost:
Free. Yes, it’s free! You may have to buy a couple of drinks, America has some strange ‘two drinks’ cover type system which means they expect you to actually buy a couple of drinks if you come and watch music for free.
Instead, you get to donate to the various acts as they pass around some kind of monetary vessel.
Line up:
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
6:00 pm – Night One: Summer Antifolk Festival 2016
6:30 pm – JJ Hayes: Antifolkiversary Event
8:30 pm – Ari (aka I Am Lion) – singer-songwriter
9:00 pm – Love Underwater – female-fronted harp & fiddle folk-punk
9:40 pm – Debe Dalton – folk / antifolk
10:20 pm – Current Ex – indie / alt duo
11:00 pm – A Million Things – alternative / indie / antifolk
11:40 pm – Brook Pridemore – folk punk
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Two
6:15 pm – A Conclave of Baer
7:30 pm – Leah Tash – alt / folk
8:00 pm – Joseph Eid – LA-based Americana artist
8:40 pm – Mimi Oz – pop / folk-pop singer-songwriter
9:20 pm – Ben Pagano – psychedelic / funk / soul
10:00 pm – Ben Krieger – power-pop / antifolk
10:30 pm – Make Room for Daddy – featuring Peter Dizozza!
11:00 pm – Matthew Allan
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Three AH Presents: OLD SCHOOL.
Artists TBC
Friday, August 12th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Four
6:30 pm – Codename: Cricketman – punk / emotron / synthpop
7:00 pm -Grey Area (formerly Teen Chan) – an Avant-garde Screamo duo reminiscent of Metric
7:30 pm – Jon Berger – poetry / antifolk
8:15 pm – Jamie Kilstein – political jam / punk
9:00 pm – Unusual Squirrel
9:45 pm – RAYNBEAU – NYC’s premier RAVEWAVE edm band –
10:30 pm – Will Wood – indie / experimental / rock caberet – http://www.willwoodandthetapeworms.com/
11:00 pm – Horra – Sidewalk super group – – with Miss Represent and Loose Lid
11:30 pm – Cannonball Statman – alternative / punk / antifolk
11:59 pm – Midnite Cowboy – new project from Mike Rechner of Prewar Yardsale
Saturday, August 13th, 2016
7:30 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Five
8:00 pm – LJ Murphy & The Accomplices – rock & roll / soul blues (residency show!)
8:40 pm – Mac McCarty & Kidd Twist – americana / rock
9:20 pm – Alex P – country / roots
10:00 pm – Frank Olson & the Olson Twins – folk / rock / indie
10:40 pm – Jim Flynn Birthday Show
11:20 pm – Max Miller – alternative
12:00 am – Robot Princess – garage / rock
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
7:30 pm – Summer 2016 Antifolk Festival: Night Six
8:00 pm – Pear Claw – Russian bard music – Mike Shoykhet & Karen Claman
8:45 pm – Barry Bliss – antifolk / acoustic / folk
9:30 pm – Jagged Leaves – folk
10:15 pm – Lewis Mason – indie / alt pop
Monday, August 15th, 2016
7:00 pm – Antifolk Festival Open Mic Special. Hosted by Somer. Sign up at 7:30.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Seven
6:30 pm – The Italian Psychedelic Poet7:00 pm – I <3 U: Antifolkers Covering Antifolk – featuring performances by:
Oliver Baer
Cannonball Statman
Current Ex – covering Dashan Coram
Beau Alessi
10:00 pm – Jeffrey Lewis – antifolk
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Eight
6:30 pm – Domino
7:00 pm – Killer ‘Killy’ Dwyer – art rock / electro
7:30 pm – Maggie Nuttall – storyteller
8:00 pm – Larkin Grimm – folk / rock / free jazz multi-instrumentalist
8:30 pm – Sidhartha G. Omniverse
9:00 pm – MNR PLSR – electro-pop
9:40 pm – True Dreams
Thursday, August 18th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Nine
6:30 pm – Daniel Saftler – poetry / antifolk
7:00 pm – Lucky Witch & the Righteous Ghost
7:30 pm – Jo Kroger – rock / folk pop –
8:00 pm – Lessons in Philosophy with Blair Anthony Frowner
8:15 pm – David Warpaint – post-punk folk
8:45 pm – Bill Chambers – comedy / storytelling
9:15 pm – Henry Black – folk
9:45 pm – Nick Balls – comedian
10:15 pm – Joe Yoga – rock / acoustic singer-songwriter
10:45 pm – Charles Mansfield – urban folk / rock
11:15 pm – Dirty Pete
Friday, August 19th, 2016
6:00 pm – Summer Antifolk Festival 2016: Night Ten
6:30 pm – Christian Brion
7:00 pm – Dan Laitman – comedian
7:30 pm – BK Presents – antifolkers performing the poetry of our spiritual leader, Bernard King.
8:00 pm – Speaker / Barron – shared sets from two of the scene’s finest, Brian Speaker and Sam Barron
9:20 pm – Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show – punk-rock circus
10:00 pm – Pinc Louds – pop / soul / doowap
11:20 pm – Lorraine Leckie and Her Demons (Residency) – rock / blues
11:59 pm – Mischief Night – rock / folk duo
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