After 13 years, Sunny Day Real Estate made a grand comeback to New York City at Brooklyn Steel for two nights. The Seattle, Washington-based band consists of lead singer Jeremy Enigk, guitarist Dan Hoerner, drummer William Goldsmith, live bassist Chris Jordan, as well as guitarist and backing vocalist Jason Narducy who also plays for Superchunk. […]
“Shall we keep dancing?” The question every audience wants to hear—it means the show will go on; that the night isn’t over quite yet. English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna asked the crowd these words before continuing his encore for four more songs, and the question was unsurprisingly met with enthusiastic cheers that reverberated throughout the venue. […]
The smooth, funky bass line and the giddy up of the guitar welcome you onto the dance floor like old friends you haven’t seen in awhile. There are conjoined shouts of a crowd and one amplified voice above them all singing “’Cause this is thriller, thriller night and no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.” The beast was Waiting On Mongo (WOM), a local jam band, and it struck at Langosta Lounge, a boardwalk bar in Asbury Park, on Friday, Oct. 23. WOM plays the same venue again the night before Thanksgiving on Nov. 25.
