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Fujiya & Miyagi
Le Poisson Rouge
February 17, 2009
Should I be
dancing? This was the question I kept
asking myself throughout Fujiya &
Miyagi's entire set at Le Poisson Rouge
last night...(more)
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The Von Bondies
Mercury Lounge
February 16, 2009
‘No one
takes you seriously when you’re
24’… The Von Bondies provide
teenage angst-fuelled punk rock--for
adults...(more)
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Alaska In Winter
Monkeytown / Williamsburg
February 3, 2009
While
Williamsburg’s Monkeytown may have
a name that connotes wild partying and
off-the-wall shenanigans, the reality
was anything but for Alaska in Winter’s
February 3rd show...(more)
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G'DAY USA: Australia
Week 2009
Australia Plays Broadway
January 20, 2009
Carnegie Hall
Shrimp
on the barbie, kangaroos and koalas, and
maybe Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman come
to mind when reflecting on the land down
under...(more)
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Bear Hands
Webster Hall Studio
January 9, 2009
Bear Hands are
Connecticut-bred, Brooklyn transplants,
who proved that they have a lot more
going on than the average indie-rock
band ‘hipsters’ who have
recently emerged from New York City’s
coolest borough...(more)
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Deer Tick
and Talk Normal
The Knitting Factory
New Year's Eve 2008
Hey,
2008. Don’t let the door hit ya
where the Good Lord split ya! I don’t
think many of us will miss the last year...(more) |
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Terror
Pigeon Dance Revolt
Lit Lounge
December 18,2008
I’m still not
sure if what I witnessed was genius.
It may just be that these people have
spent way too much time together and
this is the result. Maybe they were
all thrown out of a musical theater
program together...(more) |
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Aaron Beaumont
The Living Room
December 11, 2008
Aaron
Beaumont is the perfect gentleman. Greeting
the small crowd at the Living Room with
appreciation for their staying out so
late on a weeknight - one that also happened
to include torrential rain ...(more)
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Mucc
Irving Plaza
December 7, 2008
On December 7, 2009,
Mucc put on a fantastic performance
replete with ghostly face paint and
huge guitar arrangements, rocking out
a set easily as dexterous as the elderly
rockers of Iron Maiden...(more) |
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Girls Rock & Girls
Rule
Ace of Clubs
December 6, 2008
On
December 6th the Girls Rock & Girls
Rule (GRGR) celebrated its 7th annual
show with great success...(more)
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So So Glos' Album
Review
Tourism Terrorism
The So So
Glos are in the business of legend-building;
their relatively brief yarn is defined
by shambolic, guerilla-like performances
and mythic instances of intra-band violence...(more)
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Luke Temple Album
Review
"Here We Go Magic"
At first glance, Luke
Temple's new record "Here We Go
Magic" seemed likely to be a pleasant
enough stroll down the well-trod path
of agreeable guitar pop. You know the
drill, right?...(more)
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TAB the Band and Some
Other Band
Webster Hall's Studio
December 6th, 2008
The
following review is taken verbatim from
my Moleskin pocket tablet. Hemingway
used a Moleskin...(more) |
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A-Bones/Vivian Girls/King
Khan
& BBQ Show
Bowery Ballroom
November 30, 2008
The
show opened with reunited Norton Records
band A-Bones, a pretty straightforward
rockabilly garage act- with the twist
that the keyboardist is Yo La Tengo front
man Ira Kaplan and the Vocalist is Yo
La Tengo bassist Mike Lewis...(more)
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Voodoo Music Experience
October 24-26, 2008
New Orleans, LA
City Park
A
ritual is defined as an established or
prescribed procedure for a religious or
other rite. The three-day annual affair
of music and culture in New Orleans City
Park...(more) |
