How is Neko Case so amazingly awesome? I suppose her power as a head-turning artist lives in the simple combination of kindly cuteness and of course, her stunning voice. Although Kathryn Calder, who sings when Neko can’t make it, certainly does a fine job, it’s really something excellent to see a New Pornographers show with [...]

Just because something turns out to be not quite what you’d expected, does this mean it’s no good? Of course the answer is “certainly not,” but often in these cases one’s surprise can come with a slight tinge of disappointment, if not for the overall result, for what you had hoped to be getting into. [...]

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 [...]