Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This weeks song comes all the way from Astoria, Queens courtesy of Pingüinos. It’s a fresh recording of an old song, enjoy!!!

Yo dawg, I heard you like Sooze. Mopeds, Meats, Magic The Gathering. Get to know the co-creator of the B3 Basement series and the front-man of the new up and coming band “The Great Between”! His mother calls him Stephen but he also responds to Sooze. Let the name calling begin! 
If you want to be a part of the few, the proud and the brave go join the Marines. If you want a fun interaction with the B3 community sign up to do the 3 2 1 by emailing rnolan1983 …

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This week we have a very special Valentine’s Day themed song courtesy of Bernie Frogmouth (of Swamp Baby) with a song ha calls “My Woman’s Love”. Check it out!

The NYS Writers Institute Visiting Writers series is an outstanding program for students, writers, readers, or anyone who likes interesting stories.  Each year there is a separate lineup of all sorts of literary types for the fall and spring.  There are poets, journalists, novelists, and even filmmakers of varying levels of fame and importance.  They all come to share wisdom with the general public at the University at Albany.
This spring’s lineup boasts a few big names in literature and one rock star in the world of physics.  Here are a few …

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This week’s track is by an outfit known as Lumberjacks, dig on their hit jam ‘Moonlight Satori’.

Last night Barons in the Attic unvelied their new video for “Julia”, the first single from their forthcoming album “Turn It Off & Take Out the Battery”. The video was shot by Mike Matthews (mikematthewsart.com). The “Turn It Off…” release show is scheduled for March 2nd at Valentine’s, be sure to mark your calendars!

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This week our track comes straight from Afghanistan by a man known only as Nursing Home Discoveries. Or you might know him as Kamran. Either way, check out his song “You’ll Sing”.

Happy Thursday everyone! Happy Groundhog Day as well. Maybe you’ll be like Bill Murray and you’ll get to keep reliving this day over and over so you can see the post everyday! Wouldn’t that be a trip?
Anyway, we convinced the ever-talented Katie Hammon to come down to hang out between episodes of Friday Night Lights; the new series being abused in the household. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more flavor.

B3 Basement Three – Beargrass from David Mark on Vimeo.
You can find more Bear Grass here.

We’re taking a break this week. Fear not, we’ll be back soon! In the meantime, enjoy this excellent (and practically unreleased) album from one of my favorite bands – Sentai.

For those of you who haven’t heard of it, the RPM (Record Per Month) challenge is basically a test to see if one can write, record, and produce an album in just a little ole month. Specifically, the month of February.
A few of our bands/acts have tried this in the past, so to get your creative juices going, why don’t you check them out again.
Also, for the month of February, while you’re hard at work on your RPM-album, you can get a free download of We are Jeneric’s first (of …