Boston, MA-based psychedelic jam band The Jauntee and NYC local livetronica favorites Digital Frontier are teaming up for a special Valentine’s Day Musical Feast of LOVE at American Beauty in New York, NY, on Tuesday, February 14th. Tickets for the show are currently on sale and can be purchased here.The Jauntee has been making the rounds of the Northeast music scene, playing over one hundred shows a year at venue’s such as Nectar’s, Paradise Rock Club, and The Spot Underground, along with a number festivals such as Catskill Chill, Disc Jam, Strange Creek, and more. Their unique blend of psychedelic rock, jazz, funk, and an ability to explore new territories from an improvisational-based standpoint, has garnered The Jauntee a rabid, and very loyal fanbase. Certainly a name to look out for in 2017.Digital Frontier, better known as DigiFront by their local NYC contingent, recently played their first show in several years at the Bowery Ballroom with Horizon Wireless. A mainstay of the scene in the mid-2000’s, the group of Luke Stocker (bass), Jesse Stocker (flute/synth), Matt Smilkstein (keys/synth), and Sol “Monty” Montoya (drums) decided it was time to get back together and once again make the ambient, futuristic, and harmoniously jazz-influenced beats that DigiFront has always been known for.Check out some recent footage of both bands in honor of this love filled occasion!The Jauntee – When the Love Is – 12/5/2015Digital Frontier “Smilkstein’s Day Off” (from The Basement Sessions 10/30/16)– SHOW INFO –Artist/s: The Jauntee & Digital Frontier Valentine’s Day Musical Feast of LOVEVenue: American Beauty – 251 W. 30th Street – New York, NY 10001Date: Tuesday – February 14th, 2017Time: Doors 7pm / Show 8pmTickets: $12adv / $15dos (purchase tickets here)Enter To Win Tickets:
When AEG Presents and the owners of Brooklyn, NY’s Barclays Center (Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment) purchased Manhattan nightlife staple Webster Hall earlier this year, they announced plans to spend roughly $10 million sometime in the near future renovating the multi-floor venue’s Grand Ballroom, Studio room, and Marlin Room in hopes of bringing them up to contemporary standards and adding a few more customer features. Now, the East Village venue has announced that its final night before it closes down for an extended period of time upgrades. The venue has planned a series of “Final Shows,” which include gigs with Rag N’ Bone Man, Good Charlotte, and more scheduled to perform and “goodbye nights” for its regular weekly party nights. The last listed performance in the Grand Ballroom is singer-songwriter Michelle Branch on August 8th, while the following night’s Marateck record release show in The Studio is the final overall performance on the Webster docket.AEG Presents And Barclays Center Owners To Purchase NYC’s Webster HallWhen it reopens, the venue’s booking will be handled by Bowery Presents, which was also acquired by AEG last year. According to Timeout New York, “Webster Hall has had many different forms since the first theater was built on the site in 1886. In the 1980s, it operated as storied club the Ritz, and since the ’90s has been run by the Ballinger family. As one of the biggest independent venues in city, Webster Hall has always had a kind of grimy charm. It’s unclear how much of that will change with the new iteration, but you may want to say your goodbyes.”Gerard McNamee Jr., the general manager of the venue’s weekly Saturday club night, GOTHAM, comment on the venue’s indefinite closing in a post on his Facebook page:While we’ll miss the appropriately labeled “grimy charm” of Webster Hall in its current form, we can’t wait to see what upgrades the venue’s new owners make![h/t – Timeout New York]