NEWS

OLD NEWS IS ALL 'CAUSE OF YET ANOTHER COMPUTER CRASH AND THE LABOR REQUIRED FOR THIS THIS NEW ISSUE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE...

02/14

Tom Waits yearbook on Ebay!

Tom Waits’ 1966 yearbook on sale on Ebay
J Dilla R.I.P
Charles Wolf R.I.P.
Prince hides the purple ticket
Bon Scott statue in home town?
Mac Minister on America’s Most Wanted
iTunes gets some competitors
Bill Graham archives online!
Merle Haggard fought over by two towns
Sergio Mendes plays hip-hop
Beastie Boys to screen film at SXSW

02/09/06
Sly Stone
is back!
Willie Nelson’s
new bean gas
Velvet Underground
– first DVD

French Court
OK’s P2P

02/06/06
Busta Rhymes
security guard shot

Take Action! brings punx to capitol
M-1 of Dead Prez denounces Black History Month

02/03/06
Lou Reed – new photo book and exhibit
Paul Wall sells customized tooth ornaments
New Poll: music buyers dissatisfied

 

 

 
EDITOR'S NOTE
Happy New Year and welcome to the second issue of New York Night Train webzine. Everything that could have gone wrong has succeeded in doing so in the time since Issue I. But while we're a bit late, this train is still rolling. This issue is contains the second installment of Kid Congo Powers' oral history. Read more about Issue #2.


 

 

 

 
   
 

February, 2006: KATRINA AND BEYOND
THE NEW ORLEANS NINTH WARD UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE
Katrina, its aftermath, and what it means for one of America's most distinctive and under-rated underground music communities. First-person accounts from New Orleans' Ninth Ward musicians, biographical materials, samples of their music, photos, a guide to underground music events during Mardi Gras, a list of charities to help out less fortunate members ot the community, MC Trachiotomy's World Famous Eggs Poggi recipe, and web links to initiate your journey into the Ninth Ward's musical underground.

 
   
 

November 2005 : KID CONGO POWERS Pt 1
The first half of our feature devoted to the life, career, and music of guitar legend Kid Congo Powers. Covering the period from 1960 to 1986, Issue One includes Kids discussions of growing up along with the early LA punk scene and later playing with The Cramps, The Gun Club, Tex Perkins, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and The Fur Bible. Also inside are scans of pages from the scrapbook Kid kept during his first year in The Cramps (1980 - 1981), a 1984 Creem magazine article, photos, and a look at Kid's recorded body of work from this period.

 

 

SOUNDS

MP3s
   
  SPOTLIGHT DISCOGRAPHY  
 

A look at Kid Congo Powers' discography from 1986 to 2006. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' classic Tender Prey is this issue's Spotlight pick. We also take a look at works by The Gun Club, Die Haut, Congo Norell, Knoxville Girls, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, and more..

  NEW RELEASE REVIEWS  
 
Gris Gris: For the Season
Vietnam's Ivan Sunshine looks at an outstanding contemporary psychedelic album.
Black Lips: Let It Bloom
NYNT feels the Flower Punk power...
Black Time: Black Out
And while we're on the subject of In the Red's "Black" bands ...
Mike Ladd : Father Divine
The divine hip-hop album of 2005.
  REISSUE AND COMPILATION REVIEWS
 
Richard Hell: Spurts
Grand Mal's Bill Whitten takes a look at the difinitive Richard Hell compilation.
Various Artists: No New York
Revisiting one of the best and most important compilations in existance
Find more NYNT reissue and complilation reviews...
 
LIVE

MARDI GRAS
UNDERGROUND MUSIC EVENTS

(02/23 - 02/28)
Ninth Ward Marching Band, Quintron, Peaches, MC Trachiotomy el Tonios, Viva l'American Death Ray, Warlocks, Japanther, Harlan T. Bobo, Morning 40 Federation, Sweet Tea, Interlopers, Twilight, and more

***

If you can't make it to New Orleans, spend Saturday night in Brooklyn because

GRAND MAL
is back at it again and headlining NORTHSIX on
Saturday, Feb 25

***

KID CONGO POWERS
DOUBLE RECORD RELEASE

 

 

 
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ABOUT NYNT
New York Night Train is an online underground music fanzine covering the entire sonic spectrum - but specializing in profiles of legendary figures. The basis of the zine is the oral history section - in which you will find the artists telling their stories in both text and audio formats. Read more about NYNT.

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