Favorite Friday with Neil Nathan: Brendan Benson and Pizza

You might need to live in NYC to ultimately indulge in Neil Nathan's list of Favorite Fridays. But we're pretty sure you can fix yourself up something almost as good.

"NYC is like a giant carnival. Sometimes, I get on one too many rides," says Nathan. "And so it came to pass...and Dionysus proudly beamed as he looked down from Mt. Olympus. 'But wait!' said the young Jewish rock singer, 'I must complain about something to truly achieve total aural and gastronomic pleasure. The right song is necessary as well! Perhaps one of these myriad restaurants that pop up daily in this town should add the right artist or song to a recommended food and drink combo. Now that would be splendid!"

Neil Nathan's Top Five Food & Drink Combos (and the right tunes to go along)



1. Combo: Shake Shack double cheeseburger and a Goosehead IPA at Citi Field
Musical accompaniment: "Revival," Soulsavers

2. Combo: Guacamole and a Patron Margarita at Rosa Mexicano
Musical accompaniment: "Spanish Bee," The Brian Jonestown Massacre

3. Combo: Ricotella chocolate desert pizza and Pinot Grigio at San Marzano
Musical accompaniment: "Feel Like Taking You Home," Brendan Benson

4. Combo: Argentine sausage-baked eggs and a Bloody Mary at Cafe Ronda
Musical accompaniment: "Good Morning Captain," The Black Crowes

5. Combo: Guinness burger with Guinness cheese and a Boddingtons Pub Ale
Musical accompaniment: "There's a Light," Reno Bo


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Photo by Nicole Szalewski. Each Friday, hence the name Favorite Friday - one GLG band/artist will send us a list and comments about their "favorites" of the week. It could be a list of albums they are listening to in the van, books they are reading, guilty pleasure TV, and so on. We hope these various "favorites" will give you unique glimpse into the lives of our bands. Click Here to Read More..

Favorite Friday with Naked Hearts: Kings and Queen(s) of Convenience

Brooklyn, fuzz duo Naked Hearts filled us in on a list of albums they have been jazzed about lately. From brand new CDs from Susu to old classics on vinyl like Carole King, they have been listening to grand group of albums. Naked Hearts continue their summer tour joined by two other bands consisting of male/female duos: She Keeps Bees and This Frontier Needs Heroes. That's three women and three men in just three bands. Wicked. Six people in three bands......we have mad mathematical skills here. We sure love our boy/girl bands at GLG.

Naked Hearts' Favorite Albums of the Week



Neil Young, On the Beach
Kings Of Convenience, Declaration of Dependence
Richard and Mimi Farina, Reflections in a Crystal Wind
SUSU, R and R and R
Patti Smith, Horses
The Soft Pack, The Soft Pack
Snoop Dogg, Malice in Wonderland
Carole King, Tapestry
Arto Lindsay, Salt
St.Vincent, Actor

Naked Hearts Tour Dates
Sunday, July 18, Eye Level Art, Charleston, SC
Monday, July 19, Sentient Bean, Savannah, GA
Thursday, July 22, Government Street Grocery, Ocean Springs, MS
Friday, July 23, Magic City Wholesale, Birmingham, AL
Saturday, July 24, JJ's Bohemia, Chattanooga, TN
Sunday, July 25, The Basement - Nashville, Nashville, TN
Tuesday, July 27, Broadway's - 113 Broadway Street Asheville, NC

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Each Friday, hence the name Favorite Friday - one GLG band/artist will send us a list and comments about their "favorites" of the week. It could be a list of albums they are listening to in the van, books they are reading, guilty pleasure TV, and so on. We hope these various "favorites" will give you unique glimpse into the lives of our bands.
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Favorite Friday with No Second Troy

No Second Troy's
Favorite Albums of the Week

With the May release of No Second Troy's album Colors, positive reviews keep rolling in. Skope Magazine read into the title of the album, writing, "‘Colors’ is a great title for the experience, as the encouraged mood seems to be of vibrance and faith. Campus Circle is into the vibe as well. They might be the first ones to refer to NST as "indie-electro pop." We're cool with that.

No Second Troy front man Jeff Wharen (clearly the one "sipping" water in the pic) checked in with us and sent us a list of five albums that he's been listening to a lot lately. "I'm loving all these albums for different reasons," he said. "If it makes me feel good, inspires songwriting or the lyrics stir up emotion I'm digging it. I'm always listening to The Beatles in some way. It's like keeping a picture of your grandparents up on the wall they keep me grounded and remind where we came from."

5. The National High Violet
4. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
3. Passenger Wide Eyes Blind Love
2. Spoon Transference
1. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band


No Second Troy Tour Dates

Saturday, Jun 5, Herndon Festival 2010

Downtown Herndon - 777 Lynn Street Herndon, VA
3:00 - 3:45pm at Depot Main Stage


Each Friday, hence the name Favorite Friday - one GLG band/artist will send us a list and comments about their "favorites" of the week. It could be a list of albums they are listening to in the van, books they are reading, guilty pleasure TV, and so on. We hope these various "favorites" will give you unique glimpse into the lives of our bands.
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Favorite Friday with Avi Wisnia

Avi Wisnia's
Top 5 TV Theme Songs From My Childhood

No stranger to turning others' familiar songs into something entirely his own with his unique cover songs, Avi Wisnia finds his musical influences in all facets of pop culture, even cartoons. Wisnia believes strongly in where each of his "favorites" list are numbered, and he totally saw Neil Patrick Harris at the grocery store. Wisnia explains all....and believe us, you want to read it all. This piano man is a character. He not only provided us this fresh photo but an mp3 of a rough demo to his #1 Favorite TV theme. Amazing.

"As I have been compiling a set list for my upcoming NYC CD Release show on June 3 (at Triad Theater), I've been fooling around with some of my favorite songs - and it struck me how many of the most memorable melodies stuck in my head are the ones from TV shows I watched when I was a kid."

5. Muppet Babies
"There's something about Kermit's voice, I could listen to that frog sing all day."

4. Zoobilee Zoo
"How was I not totally freaked out by all the giant horrifying people-animals? The theme song!"

3. Doogie Howser, M.D.
"Also doubles as great ice cream truck soundtrack. It reminds me of when I bumped into Neil Patrick Harris at the grocery store. I bet that song just follows him everywhere."

2. DuckTales
"I challenge you to blurt out those two words and not have someone follow with 'WOO HOO!'"

1. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
"So I was backpacking around the Highlands of Scotland in late summer and I stopped into a local pub. I was by far the only foreigner. As I waited to get in on a game of pool, the guys playing asked me where I was from. 'Philadelphia.' They knew Philadelphia. 'Born and raised they asked. I countered, 'On the playground, that's where I spent most of my days.' It didn't take long for the ENTIRE PUB to join in with the entire song, including the sideways cap/head-bob finale. That's right, you heard it here first: Will Smith brings world peace."

Honorable mention: The Smurfs
"This is the great all-time palette cleanser. If you have a song stuck in your head - the latest Gaga, let's say - just hum this tune, and you'll be fine to go about your day."


Avi Wisnia NYC Album Release Event
Triad Theater - 158 West 72nd Street New York, NY
A special concert event featuring full-band performance by Avi Wisnia, with special guests and tons of surprises.
7pm doors
Show: 7:30-9:30pm
$7 early-bird tickets available till May 4, 2010, $9 advanced tickets, $12 day-of tickets
This show is open to all ages, 21+ to drink
2 drink minimum, cash only
Reservations recommended
Meet and Greet following set

Each Friday, hence the name Favorite Friday - one GLG band/artist will send us a list and comments about their "favorites" of the week. It could be a list of albums they are listening to in the van, books they are reading, guilty pleasure TV, and so on. We hope these various "favorites" will give you unique glimpse into the lives of our bands. Click Here to Read More..

Favorite Friday with The True Jacqueline

I'm really excited to debut one of many new weekly features we will have on the GLG blog. On Fridays, hence the name Favorite Friday - one GLG band/artist will send us a list and comments about their "favorites" of the week. It could be a list of albums they are listening to in the van, books they are reading, guilty pleasure TV, and so on. We hope these various "favorites" will give you a glimpse into the other sides of our bands.

For the inaugural Favorite Friday we present:
The True Jacqueline's
Favorite Albums of the Week

"There's a lot of good new music that's come out recently. We've had some healthy discussion about the direction the new MGMT album has gone (Andrew's not a fan, Zach is). Kate is in love with Dr. Dog. We've all really dug the new New Pornographers album--all very solid stuff in their catalogue that doesn't try to reinvent their sound, but solidifies it. Zach is head over heels in love with Frightened Rabbit's new one, as well." And to make it even more fun, singer/keybordist Zach Farrell sent us this adorable shot from his recent wedding. Congrats!!

1. MGMT Congratulations
2. The Rentals Songs About Time
3. Man/Miracle The Shape of Things
4. R.E.M. Monster
5. Dr. Dog Fate
6. The Vivian Girls The Vivian Girls
7. The Magnetic Fields Charm of the Highway Strip
8. The New Pornographers Together
9. Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks
10. Trojan Mod Reggae Box set

Don't forget that The True Jacqueline's album Nice Bird comes out on June 22! Click Here to Read More..