Recent Articles in Live Reviews
The Library is on Fire at Mercury Lounge, 08.24.10
The Library Is On Fire was in top form for Tuesday’s performance at Mercury Lounge. The Brooklyn indie rock trio is always intense onstage, and this time was no exception as they blazed through an impressive and impeccably tight set with a remarkable display of confidence and energy.
!!! and Lee Fields at Jelly Pool Party, 8.15.10
On a gloomy Sunday in Brooklyn, they came out to dance, and they came in droves, despite the depressing weather and 40% chance of precipitation. They were told that if they danced really hard in the rain, it would feel good.
Soars at Glasslands, Brooklyn, 8.13.10
There are few reasons to show up anywhere on time: doctor appointments, appearances before a judge, alternate side parking of your car and funerals.
The reasons to show up early are even more scarce: a hot date or a good opening band.
Last night, Friday the 13th, I had both a hot date and a chance to see Soars play live an early set at Glasslands.
Cut Copy, Memory Tapes at Jelly Pool Party, 8.08.10
Australia’s Cut Copy may have just rolled bleary-eyed off of the plane from Lollapalooza and over to the Brooklyn waterfront for Sunday’s Jelly Pool Party, but you never would have known it since they could barely contain their energy on stage.
Lollapalooza 2010 Day Three: Frightened Rabbit, Yeasayer, The National, Arcade Fire
Chalk it up to a heart-on-sleeve pre-determined route, dragging my feet to as much angst as possible between Frightened Rabbit, the National and Arcade Fire, but Lollapalooza’s final day was ready to tug on some sentimental strings from the get-go…
Lollapalooza 2010 Day Two: The XX, Grizzly Bear, Cut Copy, Empire of the Sun, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
The Lollapalooza juggernaut continued to impress in Day Two, as previously reported capacity and space increases gave stages room to build a little character.
Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza and Other Highlights: The Big Pink, Dirty Projectors, Mumford and Sons
It’s Friday August 6th, the big kick off for Chicago’s much-anticipated Lollapalooza weekend. Musicians and their followers have been at it since 11:15 am, but it’s now 3 o’clock and the Grant Park grounds have already become flattened with beaten paths, muddy patches, and empty cans, the remnants of B.o.B and The Walkmen crowd.
Lollapalooza 2010 Day One: The Strokes, Black Keys and Cymbals Eat Guitars
The corporate music jewel of Chicago’s Grant Park launched large this Friday, August 6th, flooded by 20,000 more hearts to push capacity from last year’s 75,000 to 95,000 (minus fence jumpers), making the decision to head to The Strokes or Lady Gaga that much more of a clusterfuck.
Arcade Fire and Spoon at Madison Square Garden, 08.04.10
The ultra-ambitious and utterly magnificent Arcade Fire took it to church and set the rafters alight for the first date of their two-night stand at New York City’s venerable Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Just three albums into their – dare I say, worshipped – career, and the Garden is the only room left in town for this multi-instrumentalist Montreal collective to play.
Black Lips and K-Holes Play Rocks Off Cruise, NYC, 8.02.10
Fan worship is a serious art no matter if it’s a rabid swarm of soccer hooligans or rockers, but when it’s a PBR-fueled crowd experiencing the garage kickin’ Black Lips on a rollicking, Rocks Off boat cruise, watch out.
