SCREAMING FEMALES MAKE THEIR NAME A REALITY IN 2-NIGHT RUN
White Eagle Hall was packed for two nights with perceptibly cool folks; the creative and kind types who don’t seem as prevalent in the…
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NY SLEEP DRIFTERS SLIP ON THE DRIP WITH KING GIZZARD
It takes a lot of albums and special variants to build such endlessly snaking lines. No merch frenzy in recollection compares to the poster…
ROGER WATERS ADVOCATES WITH AUDIOVISUAL BRILLIANCE AT UBS
There was a jury duty variety of fans outside of New York’s UBS Arena for Roger Waters. While laundry-battered Pink Floyd shirts amalgamated the…
BILLY JOEL HONORED IN 80TH CONSECUTIVE MSG SHOW
From the pedicabs blasting “Uptown Girl” to the downtown girl handing out free joints, every block around MSG was in Friday-night party mode for…
NY GETS HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM RINGO & HIS ALL STARR BAND
Going out to see a Beatle is a bit unfathomable until he’s standing right in front of you. But things started getting real before…
ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS HARMONIZE WARMLY IN QUEENS
If it were possible to disrupt time and space with a flourish of the hands – to sweep the air with poised fingertips and…
BLACK PISTOL FIRE & WELLES MELT FACES AT MHOW
When you’re psyched to see Welles and he suddenly walks outside, it’s a good sign for the night. His unassuming cool presence allowed him…
BUDDY GUY GETS ‘SO FUNKY YOU CAN SMELL IT’ WITH COLIN JAMES IN NJ
When it’s not a loving fist punching the sky, it’s that pointer finger flying downward in an arc. You know those gestures that come…
IDLES CONCOCT HEALING & HEAVY ROCK FOR 4TH LP ‘CRAWLER’
CRAWLER – IDLES’ fourth album in four years and their longest to date (due out tomorrow, November 12th) – has a cover that matches…
THE HAPPY FITS ON UNIQUE CELLO TRICKS & BIG FEST SET
It’s rare to meet a band and learn they’re doing extraordinary things with an instrument, but The Happy Fits are redefining what’s possible with…