Afroskull http://www.afroskull.com Drop-dead funk Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:36:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Last minute gig alert – Friday, Feb. 3 at Brooklyn Bowl http://www.afroskull.com/2012/02/last-minute-gig-alert-friday-feb-3-at-brooklyn-bowl/ http://www.afroskull.com/2012/02/last-minute-gig-alert-friday-feb-3-at-brooklyn-bowl/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:36:26 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=394 Join us for a super-secret-surprise show this Friday night! We will be making our debut at Brooklyn Bowl, opening for the amazing Soul Rebels brass band from New Orleans. The ‘Skull rocks the Bowl at 8pm. Click here for tickets.

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2012/02/last-minute-gig-alert-friday-feb-3-at-brooklyn-bowl/feed/ 0 re-return of Afroskull http://www.afroskull.com/2011/10/re-return-of-afroskull/ http://www.afroskull.com/2011/10/re-return-of-afroskull/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:21:57 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=385 We’re back! (Did we even go somewhere?) A little older, a bit wiser and one louder. That’s right, Afroskull returns! Jason is out of traction (we have rebuilt him…we have the technology) and he’s got a funky itch to scratch.

So pack a bag, siphon some gas and get on down to get down at the Bowery Poetry Club! Tell a friend and bring your sister, freak funk flies again!

Afroskull Live @ The Bowery Poetry Club
Saturday, November 19, 2011
10pm

Followed by: The Great Apes, 12am

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2011/10/re-return-of-afroskull/feed/ 0 Skullsound Music Presents: The Outer Borough Brass Band http://www.afroskull.com/2011/05/skullsound-music-presents-the-outer-borough-brass-band/ http://www.afroskull.com/2011/05/skullsound-music-presents-the-outer-borough-brass-band/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 15:41:59 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=382 Hello everybody. Afroskull is taking a little vacation right now, but we’ll be back in a few months. Until then, please check out our new alter-ego, The Outer Borough Brass Band, playing some of the traditional New Orleans brass band repertoire. The OBBB is led by Afroskull’s Joe Scatassa (on sousaphone!), along with a rotating cast of characters that includes Afroskull’s Justin Flynn, Jeff Pierce, Jason Isaac, Matt Iselin and Seth Moutal. It’s a great new band – if you’re in New York City, check ‘em out!

More info here: http://www.outerborobrass.com/

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2011/05/skullsound-music-presents-the-outer-borough-brass-band/feed/ 0 Afroskull & BuzzUniverse – 3/18 at the Bowery Poetry Club http://www.afroskull.com/2011/03/afroskull-buzzuniverse-318-at-the-bowery-poetry-club/ http://www.afroskull.com/2011/03/afroskull-buzzuniverse-318-at-the-bowery-poetry-club/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:56:47 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=375 Our next show at the Bowery Poetry Club is coming up quickly, and it will be a bit different. Our drummer Jason is out of commission with a broken arm, but we are pleased to welcome special guest drummer Dylan Fusillo (known for his work with Antibalas and many others) who will keep things nice and funky. Afroskull hits at 10pm, followed by two sets from our good friends BuzzUniverse!

Afroskull & BuzzUniverse, live at the Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, NYC
Friday, March 18th 2011
10pm

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And by the way, happy Mardi Gras! Come on down and celebrate Mardi Gras in NYC with a new ‘Skull side project, the Outer Borough Brass Band! Including Afroskull’s Joe Scatassa (Sousaphone), Scott Bourgeois, Jeff Pierce, and Matt Iselin along with drummer Dave Berger. This inaugural show will feature an all Mardi Gras brass band set. Get there early for Mad Larry (feat. former members of the Bogmen) The party starts at 7:30pm.

The Outer Borough Brass Band
live at the Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston Street, NYC
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
9:30pm

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2011/03/afroskull-buzzuniverse-318-at-the-bowery-poetry-club/feed/ 0 We’re back! First show of 2011 http://www.afroskull.com/2011/01/were-back-first-show-of-2011/ http://www.afroskull.com/2011/01/were-back-first-show-of-2011/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:42:17 +0000 admin http://www.afroskull.com/?p=362 Happy New Year, fine friends of the funk. The holidays are behind us, our resolutions are in tatters…and our hiatus is over! That’s right, we’ll be kicking it up as we pick it up right where we left off at the Bitter End. So strap on your boogie boots, mind the slush puddles, and chase away those deep and dark mid-winter blues at our first gig of 2011. See ya there!

Afroskull @ The Bitter End
Friday 1/28
147 Bleecker Street (btwn Thompson and LaGuardia)
New York City
11:30pm

Invite your friends!
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]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2011/01/were-back-first-show-of-2011/feed/ 0 2011 – The Bitter End is only the beginning http://www.afroskull.com/2010/12/2011-the-bitter-end-is-only-the-beginning/ http://www.afroskull.com/2010/12/2011-the-bitter-end-is-only-the-beginning/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:26:26 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=359 We’re taking a little break right now, but 2011 is right around the corner and the ‘Skull will be back in action before you know it. Join us at the Bitter End on January 28th for another great set of super-funk. More details coming soon.

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2010/12/2011-the-bitter-end-is-only-the-beginning/feed/ 1 the Bitter End – Friday night http://www.afroskull.com/2010/11/the-bitter-end-friday-night/ http://www.afroskull.com/2010/11/the-bitter-end-friday-night/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:26:00 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=356 We’re closing out our 2010 schedule with a bang – our first gig at The Bitter End! Join us for a great night of music at one of NYC’s legendary venues, with opening sets by The Defending Champions and more.

We’re taking a couple of months off after this show so catch us while you can!

Afroskull at the Bitter End
Friday, 11/5 @ 11:30pm
147 Bleecker Street, NYC

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2010/11/the-bitter-end-friday-night/feed/ 0 Afroskull ROCKS New Orleans – October 23rd http://www.afroskull.com/2010/10/afroskull-rocks-new-orleans-october-23rd/ http://www.afroskull.com/2010/10/afroskull-rocks-new-orleans-october-23rd/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:55:58 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/2010/10/afroskull-rocks-new-orleans-october-23rd/ THE BEAST IS BACK! The original monsterfunkers return home for the first New Orleans Afroskull appearance since 2007! Join us at the legendary Maple Leaf Bar on October 23rd for an awesome merging of the classic New York AND New Orleans Afroskull lineups. We are super psyched to welcome back Matt Barone on keyboards for the first time in seven years! Along with Funky Dollar Bill on bass, and one of our fiercest horn sections ever, this show will be huge!!!

AFROSKULL @ THE MAPLE LEAF
Saturday, October 23, 2010
with:
Joe Scatassa – guitar
Bill Richards – bass and vocals
Matt Barone – keyboards
Jason Isaac – drums
Seth Moutal – percussion
Jeff Pierce – trumpet
Michael Jenner – sax
Rick Trolsen – trombone
with special guest The Madd Wikkid and more!

In other news:

  • November marks one year since the release of To Obscurity and Beyond.  It’s been a great year filled with plenty of shows, awesome reviews, radio airplay and, best of all, new fans.  Thanks to everyone who has been a part of it!  We’ll be closing out the year with our last show of 2010, appropriately enough at the Bitter End in NYC.  Join us at 11:30pm on Friday, November 5th.
  • The latest review of To Obscurity and Beyond is a keeper.  Check it out at the ProgArchives.
  • We got a great recording of a recent show at the Bowery Poetry Club.  Stream it or download for free at the Live Music Archive.
  • Eyewitnesses are reporting that two of our songs were used in another episode of Man V. Food on the Travel Channel.  Listen carefully to hear the ‘Skull in MvF’s recently-aired Knoxville episode (among many others).
  • Don’t waste your vote this election season. Vote for Afroskull in the Jambands.com 250!
]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2010/10/afroskull-rocks-new-orleans-october-23rd/feed/ 0 FREE SHOW at Bowery Poetry Club this Saturday http://www.afroskull.com/2010/09/free-show-at-bowery-poetry-club-this-saturday/ http://www.afroskull.com/2010/09/free-show-at-bowery-poetry-club-this-saturday/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:39:04 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/?p=344 Another last minute addition to the schedule – a free Saturday night show at one of our favorite haunts, the Bowery Poetry Club. Join us for two sets of our finest funk starting at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm with DJ Cochon de Lait spinning before, after and in between sets.

And if for some crazy reason you can’t join us in person, you can watch the show online at bowerypoetrylive.com.

]]> http://www.afroskull.com/2010/09/free-show-at-bowery-poetry-club-this-saturday/feed/ 0 9/24: free late show @ Rockwood Music Hall http://www.afroskull.com/2010/08/924-free-late-show-rockwood-music-hall/ http://www.afroskull.com/2010/08/924-free-late-show-rockwood-music-hall/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:44:02 +0000 jason http://www.afroskull.com/2010/08/924-free-late-show-rockwood-music-hall/ Up next on the ‘Skull schedule: a free late-night show at Rockwood Music Hall on Friday night, September 24th. We’ll be going on around midnight following a set by Jamie Masefield’s Jazz Mandolin Project. We’re very psyched to be part of such a great bill at one of NYC’s best venues. And did we mention our set is free?

And for our New Orleans fans, don’t forget we’ve got one monster of a show coming up at the Maple Leaf on October 23rd.

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