The Rock Shop

The Rock Shop closing at the end of July

Brooklyn’s The Rock Shop, which opened in Gowanus in 2010, stopped hosting live music at the end of 2016, turning itself into a destination for pinball and pool, and now comes word that the club will close its doors at the end of July…

The Rock Shop stops hosting live music, reinvents itself with pinball & pool

The downstairs of The Rock Shop used to host live music but now has pool tables, pinball and foosball in its place.

Americana Pie returning to Brooklyn for four nights of bluegrass, country and roots (schedule)

Brooklyn Americana/country/bluegrass/roots festival Americana Pie will be returning for its third year. The festival takes place across three Brooklyn venues, Littlefield, The Rock Shop, and Union Hall, from October 4-7 with over 30 ba…

Austin's Tiger Waves touring, playing three NYC shows this week (dates and streams)

Austin’s Tiger Waves are in town this week for their first NYC shows: Thursday (8/9) at Pianos with Golden Animals; then Friday (8/10) at Cake Shop with Night Panther, Popular Culture and Mariner; and Saturday (8/11) at The Rock Shop with Wyatt and The Happy Problem…

Ski Lodge made a video (premiere), playing The Rock Shop

Ski Lodge are putting the finishing touches on their debut LP which will be out later this summer. In the meantime, the band have just released a video for “A Game,” the jangly opening track from Ski Lodge’s enjoyably tuneful EP from last year…