TOUR SECRETS FROM YOUNG RISING SONS
Andy, Dylan, Julian, and Steve are piled on a small cluster of leather chairs, polishing off whiskeys in a dimly-lit corridor above Brooklyn Bowl. With its singular round window and the rumble of…
Olivia Isenhart
SMASHING PROPS WITH SHINOBI NINJA: WE’RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HANDS-ON
It’s harder than you’d expect to breathe through a spray-painted Fawkesian mask, especially when its previous owner had been smoking through it. But that’s…
DIARRHEA PLANET ROCK THE SH*T OUT OF MHOW
His guitar is two inches from your face and he’s playing it with his tongue. There’s a knot of bodies beating up against your back. Your skin, still soaked from…
THE MYSTERIOUS PPL MVR TAKE OVER HIGHLINE BALLROOM
Sometimes, you go to a show and watch a band. Sometimes, you get your face painted mid-song by a 7-foot sasquatch. Guess which experience we…
KATY PERRY, STING AND MORE SUPPORT THE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION AT CARNEGIE HALL
For three and a half minutes last night, over two thousand people closed their eyes and sat in total silence in Carnegie Hall. They were practicing Transcendental Meditation, the…
CMJ WHISKEY SESSION: SMOKE SEASON “BEES”
A lot of artists have taken on blue-eyed soul, but Smoke Season have earned full rights to blue-haired soul. In this final CMJ Whiskey…
THE DARKNESS SHRED IN STYLE AT IRVING PLAZA
If you could merge the nightclub from The Matrix with the costumes of Labyrinth, you’d pretty much have the atmosphere of The Darkness’ show. Just…
THE DEAR HUNTER FIRES UP IRVING PLAZA
It’s not officially autumn until someone tries to light a jack-o-lantern during an indoor concert. On behalf of Pancakes & Whiskey, welcome to autumn….
CMJ WHISKEY SESSION: BALTHAZAR “NIGHTCLUB”
There’s something striking about watching Balthazar perform a song like “Nightclub” in the daytime. It’s also a song that has been secretly begging for an acoustic version since the…
THE KIDS FLIP FOR MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK + THE WONDER YEARS
“I’ve got my flannel, l’ve got my vans. I can be somebody!” proclaimed someone in the crowd, summing up the mood to a T. Though there…