http://www.unratednyc.com Where Artists Come To Shine Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:49:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/12/notar-coming-to-snatch-your-status/ http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/12/notar-coming-to-snatch-your-status/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:24:04 +0000 Sam http://www.unratednyc.com/?p=15569 The only thing that separates predator from prey is skills, and New York based lyrical alchemist, NOTAR, has a surplus big enough to fill an aircraft hangar. ]]> http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/12/notar-coming-to-snatch-your-status/feed/ 1 http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/ http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:59:59 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14464 When Justin Currie performed at New York City’s famed Joe’s Pub in mid-June the place was packed with people of all ages expecting to hear tunes from the group he co-founded in Scotland during the mid 80’s called Del Amitri. Songs like “Kiss This Thing Goodbye,” “Just Like A Man,” and “Always The Last To Know” gained notoriety because of Currie’s ability to combine uplifting tunes and darker lyrical themes]]> http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/feed/ 2 http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/06/hank-cupcakes-rock-out-while-giving-back/ http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/06/hank-cupcakes-rock-out-while-giving-back/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:22:27 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14605 Since we're a couple, our love and musical communication gives the music a sense of urgency when we play live," Cupcakes explains. "We create something new every time we play we play and invite the audience to take part in the process," and that is exactly what happened when the ]]> http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/06/hank-cupcakes-rock-out-while-giving-back/feed/ 1 http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/ http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:34:40 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12478 Maura Kennedy, one-half of the folk-pop mavens, The Kennedys, released her first solo album on Planned Effervescence Recordings on January 19, 2010. Parade of Echoes is a thirteen-song soliloquy to the light and dark sides of pop, cast in the brilliant sheen of her carillon harmonies and bell-like lead vocals.]]> http://www.unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/feed/ 0 http://www.unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/ http://www.unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:02:27 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12099 "Sparkle Lane is a street in England where my grandmother lived," Rogers explains. "The concrete was mixed with pieces of broken glass, so when I was a kid and I'd go to my grandmother's house in the evening, the street would always look like it was sparkling. That's how life felt to me as a kid."]]> http://www.unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/feed/ 0