Photo by Mark Baldi The first full length from 19-year-old Dylan Baldi from Cleveland, OH under the name Cloud Nothings is what helped me wake up for a few weeks straight. The scratchy fuzzy lo-fi power pop full of messy layers and catchy melodies temporarily replaced caffeine for me. It’s a nice throwback to simple
As far as venues like basements go, Goodbye Blue Monday is like someone’s lived-in basement that over time accumulated countless random thrift store knick knacks. A wall on one side of the stage is painted to look like it’s made of subwoofers, and merry-go-round ponies straddle a rail on the other side. I got there
I found out about Young Prisms after seeing that they were on tour with The Radio Dept, and figured that the opening band for one of my favorite bands has to be worth checking out. Young Prisms are from San Francisco, CA, and they sound like a shoegaze version of Sonic Youth. Alright, I’m there.
Joan of Arc is one of the only bands that I will go out to catch live in this terrible weather New York is having right now. I managed to make it to Mercury Lounge, in the Lower East Side of the city, without falling on my face despite the ice-covered sidewalks and drizzling freezing
Yes, New York is covered in snow right now, but this Saturday night will sound like summer when Beach Fossils playGlasslands in Brooklyn. A Place to Bury Strangers, Caveman, Guards, ARMS, and Dreamers of the Ghetto round out the lineup, all starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. This show is brought to you by I Guess
Joan of Arc has kind of been one of those bands that people either love or don’t really understand, and even people who love them may not completely understand. This is a band with a long history of varied and often complex sounding music, having released over a dozen albums, a couple EPs and a
When it starts to get super cold in New York is when it’s the perfect time to go to a concert and shake that chill off. Pianos is great for that, since it’s big enough to move but small enough to feel cozy. It became apparent the most of the people came to see Slowdance,
There are so many aspects of Grandchildren that it’s almost too hard to keep track, but much can be learned from them if you pay close enough attention. I sat down with four of the members – Roman Salcic, Aleks Martray, Adam Katz, and Tristan Palazzolo – in the upstairs lounge of Pianos, and these
Tuesday night was just another night at the Bowery Ballroom, where some of the best music happens in NYC. I have yet to see anything less than a packed room there. First up was Fergus & Geronimo, already one of BestNewBands.com’s top 10 picks for the SXSW Festival 2011. These guys sound like they are
After Hooray for Earth played their third residency show at Pianos, I got to chat with frontman and main songwriter Noel Heroux right outside the venue next to their van. Noel had the appearance of just getting out of bed, with messy hair and a shirt from high school that his friends had written in