Recent Articles in Live Reviews
Tanya Horo at Arlene’s Grocery, 07.25.2010
It was quite a pleasure to catch Tanya Horo’s intimate solo performance at Arlene’s Grocery on Sunday evening. Perhaps better known as the lead singer of indie band Sherlock’s Daughter, the talented multi-instrumentalist has been working on a solo record…
HEALTH and Midnight Juggernauts at Santos Party House, 07.22.2010
Intense is the most fitting description for HEALTH, the groovy electro-noise band from Los Angeles. The incredible aural assault started the moment they took to the stage Thursday night at Santos Party House, generating a hailstorm of guitars, synths and samples spiked with wicked effects and danceable beats.
The Antlers and Dinosaur Feathers at River Rocks, NYC, 7.22.10
What breezy views we had over the Hudson River! How could you not want to spend a warm Thursday night on a charming wooden pier, surrounded by water? The incessant clouds hovering above made no impact on the weather, only adding to the nocturnal beauty of the New Jersey skyline.
Bloody Knives, Dead Leaf Echo and Me You Us Them at Silent Barn, 07.20.2010
Silent Barn is the kind of DIY venue that New York’s outer boroughs have become famous for lately. Situated in the basement of a discreet location in Ridgewood (Queens), bordering Bushwick (Brooklyn), Silent Barn has, in contrast, more of a laid-back party vibe…
Lana Mir at Arlene’s Grocery, NYC, 7.20.10
The moody, blonde, Ukraine-born Lana Mir is a singer/songwriter comfortably ensconced within her clever arrangements and respectable influences (a little Astrud Gilberto, a little Marianne Faithfull, a little French-style Keren Ann, with a touch of Manchester thrown in for good measure) making everything she has to offer as smooth as silk.
Murder City Devils and Obits Take the Big Stage, Jelly Pool Party 07.18.10
Sunday’s second Jelly NYC Pool Party of 2010 sure brought on the rowdy, despite the heat. The youthful joy and enthusiasm of seeing one’s favorite band was well displayed en masse when Seattle’s Murder City Devils took the stage.
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010, Day Three: Lightning Bolt, Major Lazer, Big Boi, Sleigh Bells and Pavement
As Pitchfork Day Three starts, I am tired, my feet are numb and my back isn’t even speaking to me. It has been a long festival and the sense that I’m gathering while traversing the festival grounds is that we are all waiting for… something. For greatness. For that elusive something that makes us stand up and say, “Yes!”
Siren Music Festival 2010 Makes ‘Em Sweat in Coney Island with Screaming Females, Harlem and Matt & Kim
Saturday on the Boardwalk, we thought it was the Fourth of July as indie-loving concertgoers, the usual rabble-rousers, and families hit up Coney Island for mango sticks and hot dance licks in the shadow of the Cyclone. The raison d’être for many, however, was the tenth annual Siren Music Festival…
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010, Day Two: Delorean, Titus Andronicus, Raekwon, Panda Bear, LCD Soundsystem
Day Two of Pitchfork 2010 started out slow and sleepy with a number of acts that caused much head and chin scratching, and the age-old question of, “What’s all the hype about?”
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010, Day One: Liars, Robyn, Broken Social Scene and Modest Mouse
By the time the gates opened mid-afternoon on Friday for the 2010 installment of the annual Pitchfork Music Festival at Chicago’s Union Park, the lines to enter were circling the block…
