TOOL HYPNOTIZE NJ: ‘BE A LITTLE SELFISH & ENJOY THIS NIGHT’
It’s always fun to be around Tool’s cerebral and studious fan base, some of whom get even more talkative while they’re slamming pre-show beers…
Live music review
WET LEG TOOK OFF TO THE STARS AT MECURY LOUNGE
A new band called Wet Leg all the way from the Isle of Wight in England is blowing up right now, and I was…
4 HOURS OF PURE ROCK & 1 NEW SONG: REIGNWOLF’S NJ/NY RUN
There’s never just one story unfolding. Sea.Hear.Now festival was a tidal wave of headliners and highlights, but it also marked the start of something…
IDLES SPUR EXUBERANT DANCING AT NYC’S T5
It’s incredibly fun to dance in a long-awaited fit of joy with fellow IDLES fans. The A.F. Gang has always cultivated loving mosher camaraderie…
MY MORNING JACKET & BRITTANY HOWARD STUN IN NEW YORK RUN
Have you ever tried to visualize how energy travels from the band to each individual fan in the live setting? Can you picture how…
SUN RA ARKESTRA WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD AT SUMMERSTAGE
The stage was set for a truly out of this world show, as famed avant-garde Jazz greats Sun Ra Arkestra played a truly spaced-out…
HNRY FLWR AND RODES ROLLINS PLAY MAGICAL SETS AT MERCURY LOUNGE
It was your typical hot sweaty July evening – scantily clad party goers flooded the lower east side ready to welcome in the second…
PRIMUS’ UNUSED LIVE ENERGY BUBBLES OVER IN DEFT STREAM SET
Just a few notes in, you could sense all this pent-up energy finding life in the trio’s nimble motions. Primus have toured almost every…
SILVERSUN PICKUPS ROCK A SCREAMING BROOKLYN STEEL
Outside was windy, misty speed-walking weather. Inside was a heat wave of shared suspense for Silversun Pickups, who would soon finish their two-night run…
TEMPLES’ MYSTIC ROCK GROOVES FILL WEBSTER HALL
When everyone in the room is feeling it, that energy seems to feed right back into the performance they’re witnessing. That symbiosis was in…