What is it with bands from Brooklyn? Isn’t there anywhere else in the country with a music scene? Sometimes it seems as if there isn’t. Thanks to popular acts like TV On the Radio and MGMT among many others, Brooklyn has solidified itself as a hotbed of great music. One gets the feeling that by merely walking around the streets you’re likely to discover the next big thing. Maybe it will be a band like up-and-comers Bear In Heaven who recently played at Brillobox or maybe it will be Wednesday night’s headliner at the same venue Bear Hands, another young band hoping to follow in the footsteps of their neighbors.

In typical fashion, the show started off with a local band, on this occasion it was Ready Room who played to an almost empty room. They put on a solid show despite having just kicked put their long-time bassist and singer and playing with a substitute bassist. The new lead singer, Sean, didn’t seem entirely comfortable with his expanded role but managed just fine even while switching from guitar to keyboard mid-song. Bill, the other guitarist, did quite a bit of switching on his own between foot pedals and effect settings, which shows that these guys are pretty good musicians who will get by just fine without their former member.