LVL UP & CLOUD NOTHINGS BRING THE CHILL TO WEBSTER HALL
Usually when I go to Webster Hall, I’m expecting a performance of grandeur – something that involves the lead jumping into a crowd of…
Merissa Blitz
ARTHUR MOON & IRIS LUNE PUT ROUGH TRADE INTO A TRANCE
The first snow of the season is always magical and this Sunday’s first snow in the city did not disappoint. While the outside world…
INTERVIEW WITH YAEL NAIM AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM
“I learned in life that there’s a beginning, middle and an end,” Yael Naim says on stage as she explains her newfound fear of…
PORTUGAL. THE MAN GO CRAZY AT THE BOWERY BALLROOM
New York City was lucky enough to be one of the stops on Portugal. the Man’s intimate venue tour. Fans that spanned the entirety…
SWITCHFOOT & RELIENT K REMIND PLAYSTATION THEATER OF THEIR GREATNESS
When I heard that the “Looking for America” tour with Relient K and Switchfoot was coming through New York City to the PlayStation Theater,…
PREOCCUPATIONS GET ROWDY AT WARSAW
I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of, what I coined, a “hipster mosh pit” until Friday night at Warsaw. Girls in crop tops with…
GLASS ANIMALS HYPNOTIZE A SOLD-OUT T5
Walking into Terminal 5 Wednesday night, I was greeted by a hallway coated in a thick, pink fog, lined with giant leafy plants and…
HAILEY KNOX CONTINUES TO IMPRESS AT THE STANDARD EAST VILLAGE
Mondays in New York City are dreadful after weekends full of debauchery except for when you get to go to a concert in the…
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘FOOL’ BY PINK MEXICO
Pink Mexico is a three-piece band full of grungy-looking dudes who care a lot about their music. The band is fronted by Robert Preston…
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA IGNORES THE RAIN AT SUMMERSTAGE
Saturday night at SummerStage was a rainy mess. Puddles were dispersed throughout the field and the crowd was littered with umbrellas and ponchos. But…