It was a night of retrospectively paying tribute to a genre that conjures up the music of the 70s. Two bands that wave the banner for revival rock hit the stage at the O2 – Gentleman’s Pistols with its hairy, metal laced heavy rock and The Answer with equally hairy, Irish brogue, evangelical stuff. This
There was an obvious theme in Wednesday night’s lineup: youth. Not only was it in each band’s names, but also in their music and stage presence. Young Magic boggled the minds of the sold out Echo with their experimental brand of electro-pop. Led by the mysteriously low-profile multi-instrumentalist, Isaac Emmanuel, the Australia-via-New-York outfit turned the
Talkdemonic (Lisa Molinaro and Kevin O’Connor – shown above) is somewhat of a recent discovery for me, and after just hearing their music first, I was surprised to find out that all that music is made by only two people. Last night at Bowery Ballroom, I got to see how they did it. The use
Alex Maas of The Black Angels Last night was Halloween for many people, and for others, just the start of Halloween weekend. NYC was also surprised with an unseasonal amount of snow and icy rain, but a little bit of bad weather never kept the undead and ghoulish from walking the streets and heading to
I’m a huge believer that the crowd is a main factor in live shows, however on certain special nights in certain venues bands can help bring you into their bubble where the sound is the only thing encompassing you. That is exactly what happened this past Thursday during Yawn‘s set at The Empty Bottle in
When I told my girlfriend that I was taking her to a techno show at Chicago’s Empty Bottle, she was more than a little hesitant. After all, the Empty Bottle is largely known for its punk, garage, and metal shows, and techno is somewhat of a dirty and misused word these days. We were there
It was a twangy, rocking good time on Saturday night at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland Oregon for a night with Fruit Bats and The Parson Red Heads. The Parson Red Heads took the stage first, the back wall of the staged covered in a cool blue light, the foreground draped in red. Singer/Songwriter
Last night, I was woken up from a nap by the most eerie sensation. It felt like waves of energy were flowing through my body. Even after moving from North Dakota to San Francisco, I had never felt a feeling even similar to this one. I definitely didn’t like the feeling of an earthquake as
In an indie music scene replete with guitar-strumming, apathetic lead singers, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce is bringing back the frontman. He led the Brooklyn boys through a near-90-minute set Tuesday night that left the audience panting and drenched in sweat, and not just because of the Echoplex’s poor ventilation. The show, put on by tastemakers
We all know Spencer Krug as the eccentric vocalist/keyboardist of Montreal’s indie rock outfit Wolf Parade, and a lot of us know him as the crooning frontman of the art rock solo-project-turned-quintet Sunset Rubdown, but how many people know him under his newest solo moniker Moonface? The answer: not many, or at least, not many