DUCHESS SAYS WRAP US IN PLASTIC & TEAR UP SHEA STADIUM
Buried in the mazelike, graffiti-drenched streets of Bushwick, Shea Stadium saw no light from the almost-full moon hanging in the sky. From the inside,…
Shayne Hanley
MEADOWS FEST DAY 2: CAGE THE ELEPHANT, METRIC, THE 1975 & MORE
It was 11:57am when the stampede started. As soon as the Meadows Festival opened its gates for Day 2, fans sprinted through breathlessly, racing…
THE MEADOWS FEST DAY 1: MIAMI HORROR, SYLVAN ESSO, SAVAGES & MORE
With its four stages spaced out on a clean piece of asphalt in Queens, NY, the inaugural Meadows Festival featured no meadows. And after…
THE GREAT BIG BACON PICNIC ROCKED OUR WORLD
The last heat of summer bakes down, giving The Great Big Bacon Picnic an appropriately heavenly glow as local chefs scoop fresh, sizzling bites…
BAND OF HORSES & WHITE DENIM ROCK IN TOTAL BLISS AT SUMMERSTAGE
It was so dusky and cool before the Band of Horses show, Central Park was something like the moon. A few steps toward the…
FAT WHITE FAMILY THROW A VIOLENT SURPRISE SHOW BEFORE LEAVING THE U.S.
Under the neon glow of God Bless Deli 2, the ironic bodega next to satan-loving metal bar Saint Vitus, a keyboard hit the sidewalk…
BACKSTAGE AT BARLCAYS CENTER WITH TIM COMMERFORD OF WAKRAT & RATM
“You have five minutes,” someone muttered abruptly. The door closed with a bang. I spun around to face a familiar set of tattoos. Five…
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM PLAY A MYSTICAL SHOW AT IRVING PLAZA
There’s a specific kind of chandelier-lit darkness that gives the appearance of floating heads, and it’s one that was flooding Irving Plaza like sticky,…
PROPHETS OF RAGE BRING POLITICALLY-CHARGED FURY TO BARCLAYS
Had the ocean beneath them been made of real water, it might have been stirred by the beads of sweat that rolled sinuously down…
DORIS CELLAR SHOWS OFF HER RANGE AT THE QUAYS PUB
In order to bring you the city’s best, sometimes we need to travel to a borough that isn’t always on our radar for live…