2.24 A wknd w/ Night Spins

The band on coconut doughnuts, a "bananas" mushroom stand and this weekend's WINTER MADNESS finals at Our Wicked Lady

Feb 24, 2023

ARRRRRE YOU READAAAAYYYYYY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE?!

Forget Team Edward or Jacob, Aniston or Jolie. The most relevant rivalry (that also, uh, isn’t from ~2003) is that between newfound nemeses — for one evening, at least — Uncle Skunk and Night Spins, who are taking each other on TONIGHT in the semi-finals of WINTER MADNESS, Our Wicked Lady’s annual battle of the bands!

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER, FOLKS (according to this ~lively~ comments section, each band has got some pretty passionate fans), then show up six hours early to tailgate on the sidewalk, paint your face and/or body and then enter the arena to cheer them on as they fight to the (mostly metaphorical) death.

Then, please remember: Everyone’s a winner, okay?

Listen, as we mentioned, we’re not in the business of playing favorites (we were talkin’ weekends with Uncle Skunk just last month!), but having caught Night Spins for the first time last weekend (wow), we have gotta say that the Southern-born / Brooklyn-based purveyors of “garage pop laced with city grit, dark humor, and rock 'n' roll attitude” put on a prettttay sick show, and tonight’s showdown—rounded out with The Dracu-las vs. Pons—is def destined to be one for the ages.

THAT SAID… if you prefer to party in a less competitive setting, with all of the sick tunes and none of the scorecards, never fear. You can also catch Night Spins on Friday, March 17 for St. Paddy’s Day at Arlene’s Grocery, where they will be sharing the stage with Papi Shiitake, Kissed by an Animal and Ray McGale, who will be performing one of his famous POWER HOUR sets, in which he throws down 60 seconds of 60 covers in 60 minutes.

That’s what we call SHAMROCK N ROLL, BABY! (We are so sorry.) Grab your tickets here.

Alright! Enough intro, more itinerary. Plz read on for a sweet lil set o’ plans from Night Spins, who—beyond the band brawl—have offered you recs for dogs, donuts, yoga, burlesque brunch, mushrooms and more—

Then get out there and have a good weekend. Shouldn’t be too hard…

[BUT FIRST: PRESS PLAY]

FRIDAY

1. Wonderville:

- Have an after-work arcade fest. Fave game “Nothing Good can Come From This” or “Killer Queen”- Ace's favorite game.

2 .Pregame at Blinkys Bar:

- Backyard, have a smoke if you want*

- Say hello to their resident skeleton whom we refer to as “Scully”

- Good cocktails, Aurore Spicy Marg (fav)

3. Win Sun dinner date:

- Share a big pile of minced pork over rice

Night Spins at OWL:

- Jazzy Renae Comfort Food

- DJ Marialina

- Rooftop venue with retractable roof

SATURDAY

1. Dough Doughnuts Grubhub & cartoons:

- The coconut doughnut is the bomb!

Skytown:

- Head to their brunch and get their seasonal stew or bangin wings

3. Finals of OWL winter madness!:

- Two amazing bands will be battling it out for some wicked prizes

4. Blinkys after the show:

- DJ Celsius

- This is our Cheers bar if you haven’t gathered already

SUNDAY

Modo Yoga $30/drop in. On a budget? Baby Cobra Yoga (donation based):

- Recommend class with Val if you can get a spot (Modo) they got showers and calming rejuvenating vibe

2. Duane Park Brunch @ 2:30:

- Burlesque with live music and amazing food… they're usually booked two weeks out but call to see if there's room at the bar.

3.. Union Square Market:

- The mushroom stand at the northwest corner is bananas

4. Maria Hernandez Park:

- Skate

- Check out Vinyl Fantasy nearby

- Watch cute dogs poop

- Have a picnic

Itinerary above written + submitted by Night Spins. Follow the band at @nightspins , buy music on Bandcamp and add the songs to your Spotify playlists!

Feature image (provided by the band): Kevin Condon

MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS

HUGE THANK YOU to Arlo Indigo + Stephen of The Big Easy + Junebug + Ofer of O. Wake for playing and everyone who came out to support and donate at the most recent STRONG LITTLE SONGS show on Tuesday. With $215 in donations and $100 in bdbk matching, we raised $315 for Razom for Ukraine! Still riding the high and feeling the love from everyone’s art and the energy. Mark your cals for the next one, April 11th at BdBK hq 🥰
Was the ultimate experience being an extra in the new music video for “Heaven’s Gate” from A Very Special Episode, which dropped YESTERDAY! (Shoutout to Gillian Visco of Shadow Monster for being the coolest… and a def most patient… choreographer.) Check it out now and don’t miss the release party TONIGHT with Leathered, Shadow Monster and Debbie Dopamine at Purgatory. Grab your tix here.

RELEASE RADAR

New(ish) stuff from local (+ occasionally, once-local) artists we love, listed in no order whatsoever:

“Honey” // AVATAREDEN

“In..Waves” // Sam and the Sea

“Sober Karaoke” // Extra Special

Wise Blood // Blue Yonder

“stay so long” // Sandile

More Than A Goodbye // Carol

IT’S HAPPENIN’

Here’s a look at the events we’ve got coming up. Mark your calendars and come hang!

3.3-5 KARMA BRIGADE (our Iceland pals!) mini NYC tour:

3.3 @ EWEL w/ Di Ivories, The Thing - RSVP here
3.4 @ Our Wicked Lady w/ Couch Prints, Atlas Engine, Wetsuit, Sandile - tix here
3.5 @ Arlene’s Grocery w/ Ilithios, Jelly Kelly, Color Tongue - tix here

3.10 BDBK x NEW COLOSSUS FEST w/ My Son The Doctor, NEVVA, J. Pastel (all NYC) + Big Sea (Italy), Yo Diablo (Spain), Astronomies (Norway) @ Arlene’s Grocery - entry included in festival pass and tix for sale here