In a small and cozy dimly light red room at Rockwood Music Hall, Scott Matthew graced the audience with his presence and talent. The crowd quietly listened to the Australian born New Yorker play his new album, Gallantry’s Favorite Son, at his record release party. The drums and bass were pushed far back as we listened to Matthew gently strum his ukulele. There’s nothing more classic than watching a passionate musician only with his guitar, if there only was a [...]
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Getting funky with The Asteroid’s Galaxy Tour
The Asteroid’s Galaxy Tour (once again) rocked their performance in NYC and played at the Irving Plaza. It wasn’t too long ago where they played at the Bowery Ballroom. There were several similarities within the shows: the size of the venue, the wooden floors were shaking from the uncontrollable movements of the crowd, Mette was stunning as always, and their standout jazzy tones captured the audience’s heart. The one major difference was that they just released their new album, Out [...]
The Boom Booms live in Victoria
This previous Saturday I was lucky enough to sit down with the fellas from the boom booms followed by their concert at Sugar Nightclub in Victoria. Prior to the interview and concert I was excited as The Boom Booms are an up and coming band who seem to be perpetually expanding in song choices and career moves. Their success grew further recently as they were awarded the high up in the Peak’s “Top 20 BC Bands of 2011″. The boys [...]
Caveman at Bowery Ballroom
After seeing Caveman perform at the Bowery Ballroom, I now understand why it was a sold out show. To put it simply – it was amazing. All of Caveman’s unique features were enhanced during their set. If you are like me and have listened to Coco Beware for the past five months on loop, seeing Caveman made me Decide how Thankful I was to have such a Great Life. Ok, I’ll stop having fun with song titles and try to [...]
The Devil Wears Prada: A Night in Photos
The last time I saw The Devil Wears Prada (TDWP), I was a scrawny 16 year-old in the middle of a mosh at Warped Tour. A whole album cycle ago, the Christian metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio was at what I thought would be the apex of their career. Luckily for them, the success of the band’s latest album “Dead Throne,” has kept their fanbase growing, and the band evolving. The Devil Wears Prada – Jeremy DePoyster So fast forward [...]
Musical Adventures from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
I generally give positives reviews, because (thus far) the shows I’ve attended have been good. Therefore, I find it difficult to express myself when a show was truly amazing. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance at the Bowery Ballroom was flat-out incredible. Although there were some heavily rehearsed dialogue parts between the songs, the overall performance was profusely high-energetic. Although some parts did seem staged, you could sense his sincerity towards his fans and his passion for music pervaded throughout his [...]
They Might Be Giants Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Video
They Might Be Giants Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Video John Flansburgh aka DJ Flansy Curates Playlist For Guggenheim “Art After Dark” Event, Dec 9 International Tour Continues in the US This Winter “After 30 years, They Might Be Giants retain the virtues that have endeared them to everyone from indie-favoring hipsters to the preschool set… ” – USA Today *** “They Might Be Giants is a band that simply loves making music, something that still excites them after almost 30 [...]
The Darcys – The House Built Around Your Voice review
Toronto based sexy shoe gaze four piece release their sweltering and gracefully textured second album The House Built around your voice. This follows their debut titled Endless Water which was released in 2007. Both albums are stylized, fresh, yet completely independent from one another. These are each qualities to be applauded with a young band that carry the weight of ancient men. The title track on The House Built around Your Voice is the only other example of music that [...]
Das Racist is da best
All I can say about Das Racist (actually, I could talk for days about them) is they are dope. What I mean by dope is that they are the wittiest, swaggerlicious, intelligent, entertaining and raddest cats in NYC. The group played in their stomping grounds at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, this being their last show of their U.S. tour before they head overseas. It’s always enjoyable seeing artists who are playing in their home town because there’s always a [...]
Tender Mercies – Tender Mercies review
An album that’s been 20 years in the making, Tender Mercies’ debut has finally come to fruition. Consisting of Counting Crows members Jim Bogios and Dan Vickrey, along with Patrick Winningham and Kurt Stevenson, the Tender Mercies have released an alt/country album that is rich in both substance and style. Actually formed before his time with the Crows, Tender Mercies took a backseat after guitarist Dan Vickrey was recruited to play alongside Duritz and co., and even though the seeds [...]
