When the celestial bodies align, you can see a band called Frankie Cosmos…at a venue called The Space. Only during the rarest of alignments can you see bands called cool dad and All Dogs at the same time. Dads. Dogs. Space. Manic Productions is watching my dreams. Local two-piece cool dad opened the night. They drew from their eponymous album, […]
Surfer Blood may have just played The Space in Hamden, CT a year and a half ago, but following the May 2015 release of their third full length 1000 Palms, the Floridian outfit thought it would be a good time to return, sporting a slightly new lineup. Part of the lineup change was due to the […]
I had the opportunity last week to go see Alvvays at The Space. Of course I went! American Wrestlers opened the show, drawing from songs off their awesome 2014 self-released and self-titled debut, which has since seen a re-release on Fat Possum Records. American Wrestlers, fronted by Gary McClure (who wrote, performed and recorded the album himself on an […]
An all new album from Lower Dens is slated for a March 31st release. If you made it to The Space on Sunday night, you got an early listen to how a lot of their new material sounds live. Accompanying them on tour was the experimental project of Sydney Spann. She operates under the moniker […]
If you live in Connecticut and crave some of the awesome live acts that frequent New York City, next week will be your savior. A cluster of very strong independent artists hit up the New Haven area over the course of the next eight days. Sunday, 3/22- Lower Dens @ The Space– If you’ve heard their charming […]
A sold out crowd at The Space in Hamden, CT is always a special affair. It consists of a hoard of people, all ages, muscling their way toward’s the stage in the basement venue. People standing on benches, getting a wider view from the stairs, and sneaking to the side of the stage are just […]
I fell in love with Days of Abandon back in May this year. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart‘s third full length LP marked a radical departure, ditching their fuzzy angst of old, for new sweetly somber elements. The band experienced changes in lineup over the years, hence the change in sound, and here they are […]
Indie pop outfit The Pains of Being Pure at Heart has evolved quite a bit over the last five years and since the last time they came to Connecticut to play. They’ll be bringing their updated sound back to the “203” for an intimate show at The Space on Tuesday, November 18. They’re even cool […]