Recent Articles in Live Reviews
The Wombats at the Blender Gramercy Theater, NYC, June 3, 2008
The Wombats are even more “on” than usual tonight, playing a ferocious pop set which opens with their usual a cappella “Tales of Girls, Boys & Marsupials” for the raucous teen crowd (and a few of us non-teens) inside the bulging Blender Theater. A few songs in, singer/guitarist Matthew “Murph” Murphy announces the band has [...]
Adam Green at Town Hall, NYC, May 10, 2008, with Laura Marling and Tim Fite
Adam Green showed Times Square how to rock and proceeded to rule the roost at the venerable Town Hall tonight. Midway through his 90-minute set, Green says, “People say you can’t play Town Hall…,” and he’s proven them wrong. As seen from the beautiful array of fans in the house, from gaggles of [...]
Clinic at Music Hall of Williamsburg, May 8, 2008, with Violens
Few can compare to the enigmatic Clinic, a band I’ve followed since first hunting down their EPs like “Come Into Our Room” (2002) during weekends in London years back. It seems I’ve seen Clinic live more times than most bands, but their shows (and songs), which verge on strange, menacing hilarity, continue to draw [...]
The Acorn at Union Hall, Brooklyn, May 3, 2008
The Acorn just played a stint of shows in NYC, including the sweet Slope venue, Union Hall, on Saturday, May 3rd. Perhaps its the band’s woodsy name or the fact that they’re from Ottawa, Canada, (which to some New Yorkers seems less like a major city and more the unknown, majestic North), but the [...]
Camden Crawl, London UK, April 18 to 19th, 2008
On a mid-April weekend, London’s Camden Town hosted one of the city’s biggest music events for discovering new music. Red Stripe’s Camden Crawl was in effect for its seventh year, and with way too many bands to check out, fans were destined to be disappointed at not getting to catch every act they wanted [...]
Elbow at Webster Hall, NYC April 26, 2008
Elbow takes the stage with “Starlings”, the bold and heraldic song opener from their new album, complete with dueling trumpets blaring.
Early into the set, singer/guitarist Guy Garvey responds to a fan’s remark, “You never usually hear that…Elbow rocks,” but it’s true, the band indeed knows how to put on an unforgettable show and get an [...]
The Duke Spirit and The Pierces at Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 4.08.08
One couldn’t ask for a bill with more charismatic musicianship and eye candy, not only boasting London’s The Duke Spirit, but Alabama-bred and NY-based sister act The Pierces to boot.
SXSW Day 3 - Friday
After getting a proper morning Starbucks jolt from the Radisson, (fondly referred to as the rock and roll hotel since during SXSW week, you always find its lobby swarming with more musicians than sweatsuit-clad tourists), we made our way to the SPIN party. The UK’s Switches were finishing up a few raucous tunes for the [...]
SXSW Day 2 - Thursday
What better way to spend an early overcast afternoon in Austin than by eating BBQ with a bunch of Brits? The annual British BBQ at Brush Square Park was only slightly marred by clouds and a cold breeze. A last minute performance by Riz MC woke up the crowd with his hyper-smart “voice of a [...]
SXSW Day 1 - Wednesday
The first day of SXSW used to be a kind of easy breather before the rock and beer storm, but now it seems you’ve got to run from the airport as quick as you can since the Wednesday parties and showcases are already in full swing when you touch down in Austin.
We sadly missed the [...]
"if the world does come to an end i will be dancing through it…..@ a SYH show!!"
brilliant. I second that. 
great review 
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