Beet Box Radio: March 2016

It is time for Beet Box Radio to go out with a bang. After several years of covering music from the local, national, and international communities, Neat Beet will be entering a state of indefinite hiatus. We’ve gone to tons of live shows, photographed countless artists, and produced a significant number of Beet Box Radio […]

Prince Rama Record Release @ Baby’s All Right, 3/4/2016

Prince Rama, two sisters with a sizable catalogue chronicling their exploration of “The Now Age”, debuted their latest release this past Friday, titled XTREME NOW. Joining their sold-out celebration were PC Worship and NYMPH. It’s their second stop on their supporting 2016 tour, which ends on, yes, 4/20, back in Brooklyn. NYMPH’s rhythmic drone enveloped the […]

Ra Ra Riot @ Webster Hall, 3/4/16

Ra Ra Riot recently roared back to recognition with their fourth album, Need Your Light[Barsuk]. The group’s sophisticated, yet bubbly take on pop music has been a stalwart favorite here among us at Neat Beet. Their appeal soars quite wide, as the band successfully sold out Webster Hall on their tour supporting this new record. Not only […]

Radiation City & Deep Sea Diver at Rough Trade, 3/3/15

Radiation City, out of Portland, are a dream pop band I’ve held in high esteem for a long time. I’ve loved the sound they cultivate, which sometimes give off an anachronistic vibe in their records, which is exhibited well in previous singles, “Zombies” or “Find It of Use“. Their third album just came out, Synesthetica […]

Kurt Vile and the Violators @ College Street Music Hall, 2/17/16

On February 17th, a Wednesday night, I attended my first show at College Street Music Hall – Kurt Vile and the Violators. College Street replaces the Palace Performing Arts Center, which went unused from 2002 until its renovation by Premier Concerts in 2015. The new Music Hall has already hosted bands like Modest Mouse and Wilco, and is poised to continue […]

99 Sublime, Zetetics @ Palisades, 2/22/16

I ventured into Brooklyn recently to catch a night of underground hip hop. SUNY Purchase based arts collective 99 Sublime, visited some of Brooklyn’s niche venues over the week to ply their tunes. I caught them on the first of three nights, at Palisades off Myrtle-Broadway on the JMZ line. 99 Sublime’s performance was more like a series […]

A Late Set From The Soft Moon @ Baby’s All Right, 2/18/16

The moon was well overhead by the time I entered Baby’s All Right for The Soft Moon’s post-midnight performance. Despite the late hour, I would bide my time even further covetously guarding a front and center spot as the venue swelled to bursting in anticipation for the third and final show of The Soft Moon’s visit to NYC […]

Eleanor Friedberger @ Bowery Ballroom, 2/18/16

New York guitar pop fixture Eleanor Friedberger has been busy recently. Maybe you know her as half of The Fiery Furnaces from the aughts, but she is more known recently for her solo career, which just added its third album, New View, now on Frenchkiss Records. It continues her style of sophisticated, catchy music. Correlating with this release is a national […]