Tonight will be the final South Street Seaport show and a good one at that. New York’s own math rock band, Battles, will be headlining. Their debut album released this past spring, blew me away. I imagine the live show will do no less, especially considering the depth of their musicianship, including ex-Helmet […]
American Gladiators is back! NBC announced the return of the late-80s, early 90s show. In fact, you can try out to be a gladiator this month. I loved watching this as a kid, but fear that the modern version won’t have the same cheese that made it so good. I mean, where […]
I’ve been working on my fingerpicking skills lately (real basic Travis stuff), but classical and flamenco are at a whole other level. I’ve was always been impressed with Rodrigo Y Gabriela’s ability to implement these styles with perfection and flavor. Orginally playing thrash metal, they’ve grown into a fast, rhythmic acoustic duo with classical […]
I finally have a moment to rave about how much I’ve been listening to Art in Manila’s debut album Set the Woods on Fire. Lead by Orenda Fink from Omaha’s (Bright Eye’s powerhouse crew) now disbanded Azure Ray, she kind of reminds me of Aimee Mann with her vocal delivery and balladry. […]
We were amazed with the visuals from Daft Punk’s show earlier this month in Coney Island. Now we can see how all of that was accomplished…in the pyramid, of course! This month’s issue of Mixmag lets us look inside the pyramid and gives us a brief description from Thomas Bangalter…
I briefly mentioned Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) on here before. Regular viewers of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim may already be familiar with Ellison, he makes the segue music in between programs on the channel. I was turned onto the California producer earlier this summer and I checked out his excellent experimental electro […]
With Labor Day just around the corner, it’s hard to believe that summer is already coming to an end. It went by with a blink of an eye – almost too fast. People will soon begin to say goodbye to their summer beach and lake-houses and return home; the last of the outdoor […]
Tomorrow will mark 2 years since Katrina made landfall in New Orleans and devastated the city costing the lives of over 1,500 people. The tragedy has left an indelible mark in our minds of death, crime, heartache, and poor government response for what is now known as the Lost City of New Orleans. […]
The first track (“Trust Your Child”) on Numero Group’s new compilation Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul takes on one of the most prevalent teenage gripes, the apparent lack of freedom. The song makes me think of my teenage late nights out, sneaking out and sneaking back in, sometimes successfully, most of the […]
Visually gorgeous yet completely fucked-up, we’re all about this new video from Baltimore-based Animal Collective, ever since we learned that CU-friend and actor/singer/songwriter — Sarah Nischwitz — is featured throughout.
Nice grille, girl. Gotta give it up for the redheads before they all go extinct.
Animal Collective’s new album — Strawberry Jam — drops September 10th, […]
Apparently these people call themselves manualists…but let’s face it…they’re just awesome fart-sound-makers. I can’t help but giggle at this Iron Maiden rendition of The Trooper. Be patient and wait for the guitar solo, those soprano farts are amazing.
Don’t forget that our fellow NYC music bloggers are putting on the fantastic After The Jump Fest this Saturday at Studio B for a great cause. Get ready, the party starts tonight and goes through Sunday. Buy tix now for Saturday night’s show here. All proceeds from the festival will help fund […]
The beginning of the video for Telepathe’s (pronounced “telepathy”) “I Can’t Stand It” could see the lens of a camera moving across a gloomy and heavily fogged landscape only able to see a few feet into the distance. The song hovers like a morning fog with delicate layered female harmonies over a faint squall […]
Today was one of those days when I woke up and didn’t want to get out of bed. Actually, everyday is like that, but today I had zero motivation. After repeated snooze button clicking, I dragged my ass out of bed and braved the rain like the rest of you.
Instead of “indulging in […]
Monthly Archives: August 2007