MIDNIGHT OIL UNLEASH THEIR POWER AT TERMINAL 5
There’s a time and place where social justice, activism, politics, and music intersect in a swirling maelstrom. I imagine that place exists in a…
Omar Kasrawi
IN THE VALLEY BELOW TOUCH THE DARKNESS AT MERCURY LOUNGE
Sometimes you get the showmanship, sometimes you get the rocker, and sometimes you get neither. Luckily when In The Valley Below took the stage…
PALE MOON GANG & KITARI STIR UP MERCURY LOUNGE
New York City, it’s forgotten more about music than you’ll ever hope to know (apologies to Dave Fricke’s old Rolling Stone bio). But if…
MASHROU’ LEILA THROWS LPR INTO A FRENZY
Over one year ago, one of the top indie-rock bands of the Middle East came to America for their first major tour, and quickly…
SHE KEEPS BEES MAKE ROCK & ROLL HONEY AT ROUGH TRADE
Years ago, when I was still a New York newbie, in the late 2009 if memory serves, I went to the Mercury Lounge for…
Q&A WITH THUNDERPUSSY “WHISKEY DOES GO WITH EVERYTHING”
A force of nature just blew through New York City, one consisting of wind, lighting, and of course, Thunderpussy. The four piece rock n…
THUNDERPUSSY PLAY AN INTIMATE AND INTENSE SET AT PICKTHORN
Thunderpussy, a band led by four young and furious rockers, could only be created deep in the bowels of the mystic blacksmith’s workshop where…
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS BRING UNRELENTING FURY TO KINGS THEATRE
There was a storm brewing in Brooklyn last Friday and Saturday. One that may not have brought a drop rain, but one that unleashed…
RIVAL SONS BRING SWAGGER TO IRVING PLAZA
Rock ‘n’ roll is not dead, at least not if Rival Sons and The London Souls had anything to say about it at Irving…
THE FAME RIOT ARE INFECTIOUS AT MERCURY LOUNGE
“Are you guys in Bon Jovi?” asked one passerby as I was taking portraits of the brightly clad brothers that make up The Fame…