gig coverage
The Monster Ball at Radio City Music Hall: Lady Gaga Shows Her Teeth
Two years ago I attended an Anti-Valentines Day themed party with my cousin at the now defunct Le Royale. Toward the end of the night, in walked a blonde wearing sunglasses, heels, a huge white fur coat…and not much else. We snickered “Who the hell does she think she is?” and continued checking out the [...]
Shakira's Secret NYC Show
Yesterday we attended the secret Shakira show in NYC that we wrote about earlier this week. Hopefully some of you were lucky enough to be in attendance, if not the footage can be seen at iheartradio soon! Fans came far and wide for the 5 song show that included She-Wolf, Loba (She-Wolf in Spanish), Hops [...]
TLC vs. Sleigh Bells: CMJ, The Hype and Beyond
Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss have managed to cause quite a bit of noise on the internet, having gone from amateurly recorded obscurity to booking sought after gigs and rolling with the likes of M.I.A. and Spike Jonze. Sleigh Bells: What is the method to their mayhem? Who are they? What kind of music is [...]
A Night at the Museum with Amanda Blank
Friday night marked our fourth time seeing Amanda Blank this year and definitely the most polished yet! We had quite the busy Friday night, stopping by Terminal 5 to see Gossip, MEN and Apache Beat deliver a spectacular show before heading up to the Museum of Natural History for One Step Beyond. The crowd put [...]
Gossip Heard Loud and Clear at Terminal 5
Although The Gossip released their fourth album Music For Men earlier this year, it wasn’t until the band’s third album Standing in the Way of Control (2006) that Washington State’s Gossip really got the world talking. Standing spawned some of my favorite songs of that year including Fire with Fire, Listen Up!, Your Mangled Heart, [...]
Mew Amuses The Music Hall of Williamsburg!
My first time seeing Mew live was in 2006 when they supported Bloc Party at McCarren Park Pool (R.I.P.). It was a fantastic set that thankfully put the unique Danish band permanently on my radar. Mew’s 5th album, No More Stories (released on Tuesday in the US) pushes the band into new “art rock” terrain [...]
Friendly Fires at Music Hall of Williamsburg + Le Poisson Rouge
Honestly, Friendly Fires’ gig at Le Poisson Rouge last Wednesday is one that I’d like to wipe clean from my memory. There was no air conditioning, the crowd was terrible (see Concertgoer Wall of Shame), the set times were delayed hours, all of which took it’s toll on the band. With this said I will [...]
Black Lips + HEALTH at East River State Park, Brooklyn
Almost a year to the date, the Black Lips destroyed McCarren Park Pool for one of the final shows before The Pool Parties were relocated to the East River State Park. Jess and I finally made it out to the Pool Parties’ new picturesque location at the Williamsburg waterfront yesterday for the packed bill consisting [...]
The Teenagers Live at the Seaport + DJ Set at Studio B!
As you all know I’m quite fond of the French trio The Teenagers and have been writing about them for quite sometime (and interviewed them at CMJ.) They’re just 3 French dudes onstage with a whole lot of personality and love to have a great time, who could hate on that? I was really excited [...]
A Little Alt-Country in Brooklyn: Will Hoge at Bell House
TLC friend and contributor, Alexis Colvard, caught alt-country rocker, Will Hoge at Brooklyn’s lovely Bell House last week. Read her review and download some tracks below: Being a native Georgia girl, I’ve long been a fan of Will Hoge’s down-home, gritty, Nashville-infused Southern rock. His concerts never fail to impress, from his growling, passionate vocals [...]
