Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
NYC alt-rockers Sunflower Bean returned to their Brooklyn home ground for a big headlining show at Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to celebrate their new album Mortal Primetime which they self-produced featuring mixing by Caesar Edmunds of The Killers & Wet Leg fame. The trio has been a staple of the Big Apple DIY scene for …
Continue reading "Sunflower Bean had an epic homecoming at Warsaw – May 22, 2025"
How old are the members of Sunflower Bean? "TwentyTwo in Blue" came out pretty recently, right? The pandemic and subsequent lockdown have caused us to lose two years so, yes, they're TWENTY SIX now!! After being somewhat radio silent since the "King of the Dudes" EP was released in January 2019, we finally have a …
Continue reading "Sunflower Bean previews new album at Club Cafe – Mar 6, 2022"
If you thought that going to watch a band play in a shoe store would be a pretty chill event, you'd be wrong. Sunflower Bean concerts are typically wild events with lead vocalist/bassist Julia Cumming exhorting the crowd into a frenzy. It turns out this Thursday evening was no different. The show started off innocently …
Continue reading "Sunflower Bean brings a mosh pit to Dr Martens – Oct 17, 2019"
You know that feeling when the local band you've been following starts to make it and you're torn because, on the one hand, you want them to succeed and hit it big but, on the other hand, you want to continue to see them in cozy venues? Well, I have that feeling with both these …
Continue reading "Sunflower Bean and Sleigh Bells rock Brooklyn Steel – Feb 13, 2018"
You know how you watch a TV show and the kids in the show seem to grow up so much between one season and the next? Yeah yeah, I know it's definitely been that way since I last posted but that's also exactly how it feels every time I see Sunflower Bean. And it's not …