BEHIND THE SMALL-STAGE MAGIC OF DUCHESS SAYS: ‘I HEAR ONE NOTE & SOMETHING SWITCHES INSTANTLY’
The last time we’d seen her, she was tugging us by hand onto the narrow stage at Baby’s All Right. The first time we’d…
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INTERVIEW: LANGHORNE SLIM ON THE JOYS OF BEING LOST AT LAST
“I feel like I forget the processes of the past, for good and for bad.” The sands of time can be unforgiving. Although for…
BENJAMIN JAFFE OPENS UP AT UNION POOL
“I won’t fade to the background, no I won’t back down cause that’s what I am, a dominator,” Ben Jaffe croons as he performs…
BARNS COURTNEY & THE FIRE THAT FUELED THE ATTRACTIONS OF YOUTH
For most, the unremarkable possessions that cover the rooms we pass through everyday feel mundane and lifeless. Although for someone like Barns Courtney, all…
FRANKIE POULLAIN ON WHAT FUELS THE DARKNESS: ‘WE SEE THE PAST AS AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND’
The Darkness are one of those intoxicating rock bands that constantly make you wonder what it’s like to be up there on stage, shredding…
CATCHING UP WITH DREAMERS: ‘WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO RIDE THE WAVE’
“We were just in Texas in the middle of nowhere, at a gas station in the middle of the night, in the desert driving…
WILD BELLE VS. HATE: ‘LOVE IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR SURVIVAL’
The magnetic stage presence of Wild Belle, the psych-pop-ska-reggae-funk-rock-jazz band powered by brother and sister duo Elliot and Natalie Bergman, was a big draw…
TEI SHI OPENS UP AT MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
The stage was dark with only a tiny amount of light spilling onto the drummer from the laptop as it played a collage of…
FANTASTIC NEGRITO ON THE POWER OF MUSIC: “IT’S REALLY THE ERA OF ARTISTS”
Buried in the dark riffs and blues licks that shaped Fantastic Negrito’s searing set on Sunday at The Meadows, one would expect to find…
ARKELLS ON RECENT SHOWS & NEW MUSIC: ‘WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT EXCITES US FIRST’
You wouldn’t expect Arkells, the Juno Award-winning Ontario alt-rockers who have been building up a fanbase since ‘06, to be playing the earliest festival…