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After sending a veritable progressive metal nergasm surging through the internet last week by debuting the first new song off their upcoming record, “Telos”, BTBAM has done it AGAIN.

‘Cabin by the Sea’ arrived just in time for the middle of the summer festivities. Invite a group of buddies to a BBQ, serve up the drinks, food and press play! Or why not take a drive to a park with the windows down while Dirty J and Duddy B flow with lyrical style and percussionist Jon Olazabal, drummer Matt Ochoa, and bassist David Foral, make you rock steady to the sound of your own heartbeat?

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.

Earlier this week I had the chance to chat with SAVING ABEL guitarist, Jason Null. We talked about music, family, life, and Saving Abel’s brand spanking new studio album, ‘Bringing Down the Giant’.  The new album takes a bit of a different direction than their previous two records (‘Saving Abel’, ‘Miss America’) in the best possible way.