Rocker Hottie Of The Week - Binki Shapiro (of Little Joy)

photo by deneyterrio

Things have been a little hectic on the home front, but I didn't want anyone to think we'd forgotten about our Rocker Hotties out there. This week (a little late I know) we honor vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Binki Shapiro of Little Joy as our Rocker Hottie of the Week. More pics, etc. under the fold.



Sad to say that I had tickets and missed the Little Joy show in NY 6/23 (I needed the rest). I'd been jamming on the smooth beachy tunes of Little Joy since the release of their self titled debut last fall. I hear it was a good show. Read about it at The Village Voice, check out some more Binki pics below, and have a listen to the voice behind it all. Good stuff.






My Little Joy - Unattainable (Live on KCRW 12/19/08)

Check the full KCRW set at Rollo Grady.

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Little Joy @ Double Door, Chicago 6/15/09

I'm going to see these guys at the bowery next week, but this past Monday night Little Joy played at the Double Door in Chicago and KZ was nice enough to pass along a little recap and a couple pics from her night at the show. Thanks for sending KZ! Anybody else have a chance to see the show in CHI?



"Katy T and I went to Little Joy Monday night at the Double Door. They had an opening band...the Ragtones. Not bad. Little Joy came on around 930. Rodrigo Amarante, lead singer, opened up the set solo on stage. He played a Brazilian song with the acoustic guitar. It was amazing. His voice is amazing. He was then joined by Binki Shapiro and the rest of the band. They played most of their songs from the album. They talked and joked ALOT with the audience. Rodriogo explained, "We talk alot because we don't have many songs." We appreciated the honesty. Binki sang a few songs solo. That girl needs to be RHOTW. Her voice, as Katy described, is hauntingly beautiful. Overall GREAT time."



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