Defiance, Ohio, Nana Grizol, Toby Foster, Your Heart Breaks Tour

For those of you who didn't score tickets to Plan-It-X Fest in Bloomington, you have the chance to catch a few of the heartfelt folk-punk bands playing on the east coast. Theo Hilton's two bands Defiance, Ohio and Nana Grizol and My Heart Breaks and Toby Foster will delight you with their folk sounds in 6 cities. They'll be in Brooklyn on June 21. Tickets are $10. All the shows are all ages. Dates courtesy of Defiance, Ohio.

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Album Review: The State Lottery uplift on 'When The Night Comes'

The State Lottery- When the Night Comes
Brooklyn and Buffalo, NY / Seattle, WA / Detroit, Michigan
Released June 2010
Salinas Records

For fans of: Fake Problems, The Gaslight Anthem, Defiance, Ohio, Nana Grizol

By Star Child

When The Night Comes is the kind of album you smile to--and cry to--and sing to. Not because it's particularly sad,  but because it's so good and uplifting. It conjures that sort of emotion in just 9 songs. These guys know how to deliver good wholesome folk-punk tunes that stand on their own. The addition of trumpet adds compelling musical flavor to the songs. "Coming Alive" is just about what the name suggests. "Stories" is a bold one. "When the Night Comes" is another great number. "Everyone knows that everyone dies, that it's all the same in the end," goes the song. The album closes with "Spring, 2008, Detroit," an 8-minute song that hits you hard. Overall, these songs are fast, slow, sharp, poppy, boppy, and passionate. The melodies are great, the lyrics are honest--it's what I've been looking for to get me through rough days, and rough nights, to keep looking up to good days, and keeping in good spirits. Download it. Own it. This is the summer release you want to have.

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Mat Burke (from Nashville) to play NYC show 6/3

Mat Burke, a Nashville based folk-punk artist (originally from Philadelphia), is headed to NYC for a gig at Kenny's Castaways this Thursday, June 3. He performs at 9pm sharp. Mat will play with his band that evening and Rhythm Dogs opens at 8pm. 21+.

Spirited in the vein of Frank Turner and Andrew Jackson Jihad, Burke captures the acoustic folk-punk sound nicely. His debut album, Kill or Be Killed, features 9 politically charged, uplifting, punk songs. "Yes, we can," the words of President Obama, starts the album's title track. The harmonica and acoustic is fast, in good folk-punk form. "Dawn of a New Revolution, " a 6-minute song has Burke singing about life. "These years go so quick, but these hours pass like days...it's the dawn of a revolution, are you scared?" Another notable song is "Scars, Punk, and Drunks," which tells how punk rock saved him. His influences include Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Jack White. Sounds good to me! So get ready to sing along with Burke this Thursday.

Kenny's is located on 157 Bleecker Street, NYC 10012 between Sullivan & Thompson Street.