Yesterday was a beautiful day at McCarren Park Pool for one of JellyNYC’s Pool Parties. Matt & Kim were awesome and enthusiastic as always, bringing out Rude Mechanical Orchestra to play with them on their last few songs, ending with “Yea Yeah.”
The Breeders finally came on around 5:30 p.m. and were great as well. They […]
England-based electropop band Ladytron lit up (literally) Terminal 5 last night. Openers Datarock got the good vibe started with their high energy and matching track suits. But Ladytron took over handily from there. Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo’s vocals were entrancing as usual and the beats were highly conducive to dancing. The audience was psyched […]
The Bowery Ballroom hosed two great singer/songwriters last night. Deer Tick opened, who are supposed to be great but I missed them. Did anyone catch them?
A.A. Bondy played next, to a pretty sparse crowd actually. His voice is beautiful and he is clearly very skilled on the guitar and harmonica but all I could think […]
Mirah & Spectratone International at Castle Clinton 2008
Photo Permission: Lindsay Herman
It was a beautiful day outside yesterday, perfect for the inaugural River to River concert at Castle Clinton in Battery Park. Mirah and Spectratone International started things off quite nicely. Mirah is an accomplished singer songwriter and her newer stuff almost has her sounding […]
Two stellar bands played the ornate Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Friday night: Brooklyn locals Yeasayer and Philly’s extravagant Man Man.
Yeasayer are a tight, pulsating band that easily got the crowd pumped up. They played excellent songs like “2080″ and “Sunrise.”
Man Man came out in full mustachioed force to rock the room. Playing songs from new […]
Friday night the Beacon Theater was a funkalicious place. The Budos Band, with its fifteen-or-so members started off the night right with their soulful grooves. Then, the Dap Kings took the stage and introduced Sharon Jones, who was dressed for the occasion in a sparkly, flirty dress. Her amazing voice ruled the stage, even […]
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