All Night Brakes Party

Tuesday night's U.K. music session continued at The Annex with after show performances by Brakes and The Young Knives. The gig was coordinated with the Live from London session at the Bowery Ballroom.

The doors for The Annex opened at midnight and at a quarter past the hour, the line on Orchard Street stretched past the garbage bags and parked cars. Brakes started playing around 12:30 a.m.; while waiting next to the door, you could hear the bass on the first two songs. The crowd was in good company as Boy Kill Boy's frontman Chris Peck and guitarist Kev Chase, who probably had drank enough beers while watching the Towers of London and The Rakes, also waited in line, despite being on the guest list. Keyboardist Pete Carr and his blonde gal pal arrived earlier and went straight from the taxi to the door.

I am not sure which songs started off the set but singer Eamon Hamilton launched into "Hi How Are You" when I entered the room. The Brighton boys followed it with "Pick Up the Phone." The crowd eventually thinned down and there was enough room for the audience to move around to "All Night Disco Party."

Drummer Alex White was supporting his countrymen by wearing a Clearlake shirt. Hamilton shared his love the city before playing "NY Pie." The audience couldn't get enough of The Brakes and they promised to return before ending the gig with "Comma Comma Comma Full Stop."

I didn't stick around for The Young Knives; hopefully, they will return to New York in the future.