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Sat. May 4th, 3pm - 6pm: McKinley James (More info...)

McKinley James is a 17 year old rock'n'roll guitarist and singer from Rockin' Rochester. His father, Jason Smay (JD McPherson band, Los Straitjackets, Hi-Risers) helped raise McKinley in a very musical household. He started on the Hammond B3 organ at age 7, but discovered his passion for guitar at 10. His influences range from Link Wray to Freddie King to Otis Redding. The first live gig McKinley caught was a Sonics matinee show at Maxwell's. Be among the first to discover this prodigy live on the Todd-O-Phonic Todd show and later that evening at Hank's Saloon.

Sat. May 11th, 3pm - 6pm: Mystery Lights (More info...)

Originally from the small town of Salinas, California and now based in NYC, Mystery Lights live shows gradually became the stuff of legend as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery. The Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fueled hopped-up 21st Century take on 60s garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. Look for their new Wick lp Too Much Tension on May 10th and catch them at Music Hall Of Williamsburg on May 18th.

Sat. May 18th, 3pm - 6pm: Ex Hex and Tacocat (More info...)

On It’s Real, Ex Hex's second album, the trio's commitment to larger-than-life riffs and unforgettable hooks remains intact, but the garage-y, post-punk approach that defined their debut album Rips has grown in scale and ambition.On It’s Real, the group’s second album, Ex Hex’s commitment to larger-than-life riffs and unforgettable hooks remains intact, but the garage-y, post-punk approach that defined their debut album Rips has grown in scale and ambition. See Mary Timony and crew in all their live glory at Elsewhere on May 9th and hear them on Todd's show May 18th.

This Mess Is a Place, Tacocat's fourth full-length and first on Sub Pop, finds the band waking up the morning after the 2016 election and figuring out how to respond to a new reality where evil isn’t hiding under the surface at all—it’s front and center. Despite current realities being depressing enough to make anyone want to crawl under the covers and sleep for a thousand years, Tacocat are doing what they’ve always done so well: mingling brightness, energy, and hope with political critique. This Mess Is a Place is charged with a hopefulness that stands in stark contrast to music that celebrates apathy, despair, and numbness. Catch their boundless energy at Music Hall Of Williamsburg on Friday May 17th.