As 2019 comes to a close, the team at Live For Live Music has been looking back on all of the memorable musical moments fans were lucky enough to experience this year. For the first installment in our 2019 year-end Staff Picks series, we’re taking a look at the “Breakout Artists of 2019″—those talented acts who took huge leaps forward this year.
Goose
Goose was, without a doubt, the fastest-growing band in the jam scene in 2019—and rightfully so. The hard-working, CT-based quartet spent nearly the entire year on tour sharing bills with a mix of their contemporaries ranging from Cycles to TAUK to Pigeons Playing Ping Pong to SunSquabi and wowing audiences at festivals like The Peach.
By the time fall arrived, the hype was off and running—Goose tour has been the hottest ticket in the game ever since. Take their track record in the notoriously tricky New York City market, for instance. Just days before their sold-out Halloween show at the 250-capacity Mercury Lounge, the band announced their debut performance at the 575-cap Bowery Ballroom set for January 24th. Tickets to Goose at the Bowery sold out in less than 10 minutes, prompting the band to schedule an additional NYC date at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg for the following night, January 25th. Tickets to that show similarly sold out in short order. The explosion in demand got so large, in fact, that the band made the move (one could say, out of necessity) to officially partner with face value ticket resale platform Cash or Trade to keep tickets in the hands of fans rather than scalpers hoping to cash in on the Goose boom.
