4/4 Free Spring Fling Showcase: Hank & Cupcakes, Dad Brother, The Big Drops @ The Lamp Post, Jersey City

Next week we have a doozy of a show for you. We are excited to present a Spring Fling showcase with ever sexy couple Hank & Cupcakes who wil make you dance and sweat with their infectious drum and bass pop. This free show happens at The Lamp Post, 382 2nd street in Jersey City, NJ on Thursday April 4th. Also, performing are rock 'n' rollers Dad Brother and The Big Drops. Come out and party with us as we celebrate warmer weather and fun times. We'll have records for sale and free stickers!


Hank & Cupcakes - fun, funky dance pop from Brooklyn http://hankandcupcakes.com/

Dad Brother - duo rock 'n' roll from Montclair http://dadbrother.bandcamp.com/

The Big Drops - psychedelic, sunshine, beatlesque pop http://thebigdrops.bandcamp.com/

21+
FREE
10pm Start

Video: Hank & Cupcakes- She's Lost Control (Joy Division cover)

Hank & Cupcakes have released a video for thier cover of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control." It was directed and produced by Casey Randerson and shot in New Paltz, NY.

Hank & Cupcakes to play Benefit for Beyond Race Magazine in NYC on 6/1

Hank & Cupcakes is playing a benefit show to save Beyond Race Magazine, who is suffering financial trouble and in danger of no longer being a print publication. The event is at Mercury Lounge on June 1 with Danny Ross. Tickets are only $10. Show starts at 7pm. 21+. Tickets available here.Come out, dance away, rock out, and help save the magazine.

Read our interview with Hank & Cupcakes here.

Interview: Hank and Cupcakes

Hank & Cupcakes @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Interview & Photos by Star Child

Hank and Cupcakes is a drum and bass dance pop duo from Brooklyn, NY, originally from Tel Aviv, Israel.  They have a new EP they're showcasing at a CD release show this Wednesday night at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge. The EP features four songs including the wildly catchy "Pleasure Town" and "Aint' No Love," the Joy Division cover "She's Lost Control," ballad "Roses" plus a music video. This duo has its own sound that is undeniably poppy, with a live performance that is mesmerizing. Sagit ,better know as Cupcakes, serves as both drummer and singer, where she plays standing up, even dancing around during her performance; while bassist Ariel or Hank plucks those sweet, jammy bass lines that make you dance. Though just a two-piece, Hank and Cupcakes sound is full. Read about how the band formed, their folk influences, recent tour, upcoming show, and much more.

SBM: Tell me about how the band started.

Cupcakes: We started around two years ago as a band. We were doing other musical projects together for quite a long time, 8 years but we just felt like we wanted to start something new and Ariel/ Hank suggested one day to go into the studio to see what comes out and we did that. So we started rehearsing pretty intensively and that's pretty much how it started.

SBM: Where did you start?

Hank: We started in Tel Aviv. When we started working on this band we already had iit n mind to come to New York. We had plans and it just a matter of time before we come here.

Hank and Cupcakes ("Pleasure Town" Music Video, Free NYC Show + EP Release May 12)

The delightful NYC dance duo, Hank and Cupcakes have released their first music video for the song "Pleasure Town" (see above). It was directed and shot by Matt Bockelman at Coney Island. They also have two upcoming shows. One is a free show at The Studio at Webster Hall on April 21 with Saadi, Arms and Legs, and Unsolved Mysteries. The second is their EP Release Party at (Le) Poisson Rogue on May 12. The show is only $6. Tickets are available here.

The band recently wrapped up gigs in London and Israel. They'll be back in the Big Apple to bring you a sexy, high energy, bass and drum  live performance that will make you dance. Get into it!

Hank & Cupcakes - 2 free NYC shows on Friday

Hank & Cupcakes is a 2-piece from Brooklyn, NY with a danceable sound that is pleasant, catchy, funky, and even soulful. Hank is on bass and Cupcakes is on drums and vocals. The only other band I've heard whose drummer is the main vocalist/front person is 2 Cents, so this is pretty neat. For an unsigned band this duo have kept active in the NY music scene, playing shows nearly weekly.

This weekend they play three shows in NYC. On Friday, Feb. 26 they will perform a free show at Best Buy, Union Square from 5-6pm, then Crash Mansion for New York Underbelly's 5th Anniversary Party at 11pm. The Crash party is free, too, but RSVP is required here. Finally, on Saturday, Feb. 27 the band is at Music Hall of Williamsburg. This show is night of short film and music also with Emanuel and the Fear. Tickets are only $7 for those 18+. More info is available here. In March they have some local dates, followed by shows in London and Tel Aviv. Tour dates below.