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The South Street Seaport is officially my favorite place to enjoy a free rock concert event. You’ve got the joy of being outdoors at evenin’ time, the magnificent downtown skyline that lights up as the event progresses, and the view of the sea with its gently rocking sailboats and the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance. [...]

The sun hung non-menacingly in the sky as a cool breeze delighted those who had arrived early at the McCarren Park Pool for this awesome three band lineup. Not a frown or cynical scowl was to be found as the achingly perfect weather welcomed in a throng of thousands for one of the last summer [...]

Heavens to Betsy, a lot of bands played this last weekend. I had me some times and took me some pictures, so please see below for a delightful jaunt through Musical Funville. The Black Lips epitomized nerdy rock Saturday at the Siren Festival, and though sweatily, we enjoyed them. Then we waited patiently until We [...]

I didn’t know quite how to go about making sure I was granted entrance into this free concert — I anticipated its well-deserved popularity, and was concerned by the idea of not making it in since I happen to be among the realm of the employed who have to stay stiffly in the office till [...]

Alas, I did not make it early enough to catch Land of Talk, but fortunately my friend and I arrived — water bottle of vodka in tow (it looks like harmless water!) — just in time for those delightful chaps Grizzly Bear. I wasn’t sure quite how these noisy boys and their intricate layers would come across [...]

It was a fine summer’s day, clear and sunny, quite a change from the grey and rainy crappiness of the 4th of July.  Chris had been obsessed with seeing this Boredoms concert for months, but it wasn’t until the day of that I opted to attend, as I had been planning on seeing the Built [...]

The McCarren Park Pool was the perfect venue for the double-whammy, both-bands-are-awesome lineup that this show had goin’ on. While certainly there are plenty of people out there who are fans of both Built to Spill and Cat Power, this enormous former public pool provided the chill vibe and spacious comfort-zone atmosphere in which adorers [...]

After an insane scramble to get a coveted pair of tickets for this free event, involving the temporary meltdown of the River to River server, the lucky ones and I headed to Battery Park on this fine Wednesday off of work only to find that they were letting anyone in anyway.  This included a surly [...]

Back for a second year of celebrating Brooklyn, Prospect Park style, Manu Chao and his band Radio Bemba Sound System drew a diverse bunch of rockers ready to sweat themselves silly in order to shake it to his beats. My land was it uncomfortably hot this evening! People utilized the services of their skimpiest clothing [...]

Unfortunately, I missed the opening band (Low) this time around due to having traveled back that very day from sunny Florida. A delay in Atlanta caused me to not only arrive groggy and sober, but not in quite enough time to catch the folks lucky enough to snag a spot opening for the beloved Wilco.  [...]