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Creating enrapturing soundscapes that penetrate the brain just so, an ambient noise band have a hard task ahead of them in playing a giant music hall filled with thousands of chattering Saturday–nighters. Rising to the challenge, Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo of Brooklyn’s Growing casually entered the stage and delivered their set with precision as [...]

A Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill lineup may well have appeared on countless “dream bill” lists compiled by music nerds of all kinds, making last night’s 90’s throwback just, wow. Fresh from having done so for the ATP festival, BTS were there to perform their orgasmic 1997 album Perfect From Now On, whose [...]

Homesickness ran high at last night’s Calexico show as it quickly became clear that I was not the only member of the audience from Tucson. Hoots and hollers of T-town pride sprang from all corners as the band played a particularly enthusiastic set, due in part perhaps to their just having come from a show [...]

Brooklyn’s Big Bang TV are an engaging bunch not simply thanks to the usual attention-grabbers, say, tunes that get the head bobbing or a set of musicians clearly delighted to be playing. This gang certainly succeeds in those tasks, but the real kicker is the refreshing uniqueness in their utilization of disparate musical elements to [...]

The Music Hall of Williamsburg was at capacity last night, filled with fans eager to sway thoughtfully through this bill of sweet, quiet folk. Amidst hoots of recognition, North Carolina’s Bowerbirds began with Hymns For A Dark Horse opening track “Hooves,” perfectly setting the tone for their lovely set. Phil Moore’s luscious voice floated through [...]

In what seemed a bit of an odd coupling, teen band Ponytail got the crowd grinding with their frenzied yelping and insane energy before the main event, Chicago’s Joan of Arc. Or perhaps the varied bill makes perfect sense, since throughout their surprisingly long career JOA have defied categorization and continually changed and updated their [...]

Large in size but with each member expertly holding their own, North Carolina’s Annuals played many new numbers from their forthcoming album, a follow-up to the excellent Be He Me. At times main guy Adam Baker sings with the smoothness of a lullaby, but where this band really shines is when the songs explode into [...]

Summertime music festivals have long been synonymous with severe discomfort, due to thousands of sweaty bodies pressed close, overflowing portable bathrooms with sticky floors, and the furious beating of the sun’s remorseless rays. Why don’t they hold events such as these during those lovely times when the seasons are transitioning? But I’m not here to [...]

The explosion in popularity of blogs and their opinion shaping power has a significant role in the darling success story of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, the accidental wonders from Smalltown, USA. As I reached the Music Hall of Williamsburg to find a teenage boy begging the Doorman to grant him entrance, because “Look, [...]

As my pal and I rounded the corner towards the Bowery Ballroom, legally purchased tickets in hand, we were approached by several hopeful buyers eager to catch this season’s hot new band. In the midst of these potential transactions, I caught sight of Fleet Foxes’ drummer lingering outside the stage door, casually taking in the [...]