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New York City residents who happen to be live music fans have plenty to smile about, especially those Brooklynites. This past week, Brooklyn’s newest concert venue, Williamsburg Park was unveiled to the public. Their first event included the Outlaw Roadshow, a show headlined by the Counting Crows.

Call it coincidence or not, but this would be the second time I’d be seeing Counting Crows without any intention to. Now, that may have sounded harsh but what I meant by that it just occurred without any real premeditation. The first time, I was pleasantly surprised by their appearance in a John Mayer concert that my older sister pretty much forced on her siblings as a bonding experience. This time, another writer had to bail at the last minute and needed someone to review and again, I was on my merry way. The difference this time from the last was that I surely knew I was in for a good time.

On Tuesday night, the Counting Crows arrived at Brooklyn’s newest venue, Williamsburg Park in order to promote their newest album, Underwater Sunshine, and kick off the second leg of their tour. On this leg of the Outlaw Roadshow tour, they are accompanied by We Are the Augustines, Kasey Anderson and the Honkies, andt Field Report. The setlist was a great mixture of cover songs from their latest album, hits from the past, and fan favorites.

Red Hot Chili Peppers will be unveiling 18 unreleased songs from the “I’m With You” sessions. In order to keep up with today’s music industry, the songs will be released in two different formats. There will be a digital release and a set of nine separate 7-inch vinyl records containing two songs on each. The vinyl records will be released in a progression from this August to early 2013 and will feature the art of Kelsey Brookes, an artist known for his intricate and brightly colored works.