After two impressive dates in NYC’s Mercury Lounge in 2011, and selling out the Bowery Ballroom just this week, it is strange to watch people take notice of The Boxer Rebellion‘s brand of international-alternative rock. After an appearance in Drew Barrymore’s romantic comedy, “Going the Distance”, The Boxer Rebellion are bringing their energy and their
Panda Bear has a lot to live up to. One part of Animal Collective, a band that now commands the respect of millions after people ‘suddenly’ began paying attention to Merriweather Post Pavillion, and one part indie darling, Noah Lennox has always hand-crafted sounds. That work, continues to inspire and impress as Tomboy, his fourth
Denmark’s very own The Raveonettes are back with a dark, melodic (for them) fifth album, merging open guitars and violent synth. Raven In The Grave is a more full, deep album than previous ones, and it abandoned some of the most famous parts of The Raveonettes until now: distortion and drums Clocking in at around
Which flavor of The Kills do you prefer? That’s what is going to determine whether or not your Blood Pressures are raised this week, and if you like the feeling. Do you like the ‘kick dirt on your shoes, bluesy attitude’ of Allison Mosshart (also, of Jack White’s The Dead Weather) and Jamie Hince, or
Today, Brooklyn’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart return with Belong, their second full-length effort. The band, who found critical success with whimsical and subtle guitar-led indie pop songs like “Higher Than Stars” and “Come Saturday” seem to have found their stride in this record, which is airy and open but maintains the whispery
Few bands can do 80′s New Wave within the last decade better than The Sounds. It’s just one of those things that is kind of known within the music industry. The Swedish band’s brand of uber-catchy rock/pop, headed by vocalist Maja Ivarsson, have made the band incredibly popular and commercially viable since 1999 when they
It was four years ago when Lee Moretti’s awesome red hair and I first crossed paths. She was a bassist for New York-based band The Upwelling, but parted ways with them, before she and I crossed paths again when she joined San Francisco alternative rock band Third Eye Blind occasionally as an additional guitar player
On Friday evening, jam band fans from across the boroughs (and state) found the Brooklyn Bowl in Willamsburg and celebrated music. More specifically, they gave their ears to the evening to a pair of very capable hosts: Florida’s The Heavy Pets and New York’s own Fever Train. The Heavy Pets, who are favorites in the
Respected in the rock scene in their own right, Walt Lafty and Nick Perri (who played together in Silvertide) know what it is to rock out. After parting ways to conquer the musical world, they reunited with drummer Shane Rozum to form Sinai. I talked to Walt about this crazy industry, the effect of the
Last week, for the first time, in New York’s Bowery Ballroom, I watched MEN in costumes dance. I watched MEN sing. I watched MEN jam. Wait, I paid to watch dudes? I kid, of course (and to the readers, I apologize, I usually try to avoid bad puns). The Brooklyn-based disco-funk dance trio, fronted by