Get ready east coast, there’s a new sultry songstress that will be making her debut on your side of the country this week. For the first time, Emily Simonian will play shows in the music hotbeds of New York and Boston this coming Thursday and Saturday respectively. The piano vixen is fresh off a successful
When we last left our friend, the affable Brit and the most ardent Arsenal supporter since Nick Hornby, Will Knox, he was playing a gig at the Hotel Café in Hollywood before heading back to New York to begin work on his latest project. In the interim, we caught up with Knox somewhere in North
This weekend, one of my favorite artists, Robyn, is going to to grace the legendary stage of New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and you guessed it, I will be watching and dancing every step of the way. You can read my review of her last performance in New York, at Terminal 5, HERE. But
After a long layoff since 2007’s Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge, The Pierces are back with their latest EP, Love You More. Allison and Catherine Pierce continue with the songwriting excellence that made Thirteen Tales a cult classic amongst music lovers. The songs on the EP, which was just released in the U.S. after
It was a great night for music at Cake Shop, a cozy little place on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This small, dimly lit bar/café/venue presumably sells cake during the day, but on Friday night offered up one of the most exciting shows I’ve seen in a long time, hosting Emil & Friends, Ravens
For a band that claims to have an ordinary story, New York City-based Flying Points are anything but. Drummer Jonathan Julian and Guitarist Dave Bradley worked together at an ad agency when Julian asked Bradley to join his preexisting band. Their original sound, as described by Julian was “if you could somehow meld Pantera and
In the wake of their etherial set at UCLA, I got to catch up with Dominant Legs in a particularly collegiate courtyard outside of UCLA’s Kerckhoff Grand Salon. They were a curious pair to see. Ryan Lynch, the guitarist, is jockey-like in stature–short and small–but with a striking bone structure and big eyes that give
Last night, the packed crowd at The Bowery Ballroom was in for a treat. The Dig, Grouplove, and The Joy Formidable, three groups of varying notoriety but consistent musicianship, were about to step onstage. As it turned out, the tastiest treat wouldn’t be saved for last. The Dig opened the night, and they played a
If you paid attention to the recent election cycle, then there’s a good chance that you saw clips from the much-hyped New York Governor’s debate. In fact, the only memorable thing from those clips was candidate Jimmy McMillan’s epic rant about representing the Rent is Too Damn High Party. Outfitted with muttonchops, black gloves and
San Francisco isn’t known as fertile ground for an up-and-coming electronica act. Spiro Agnew is trying to change that perception. Formed as the creative brainchild of Alex Musto, the band recently released its first LP, OH What Model Citizens We Be in August. Best described as a fusion between the fuzz guitar of The