Entering Magic City Hippies’ show, I was taken aback by the buzz of the room. It was packed and people chatted like bees waiting for…
Magdalena Bay feel ripped from a stream of memes. They are the music of internet culture; creating rhythms that could laser out of cats and…
I kept on having two incessant thoughts while watching John K perform at Mercury Lounge. The first one was he is the Disney Prince of…
Going into Wale’s show I was unsurprised by how 90’s the ambiance felt: after all, he has a mixtape inspired by Seinfeld. Yet, there was…
I like people that are crazy, not insane like Ted Bundy or Trump, but fun and wild. Zig Mentality, formerly dubé , are definitely…
I remember discovering James Vickery through his Color Studios performance. I, literally, pressed play, and said, “Yup, I’m going to see him at Rough Trade.”…
“I Need Y’All MOTHERF**KERS TO RAGE TONIGHT!” yelled A$AP Ferg to his Terminal 5, home-town audience of crowd-surfing, bra-removing, mosh-pitting, drinking and cursing, “depression-inclined” personalities;…
Jessy Wilson is a goddess. Often, I ask artists if they feel they were fated for the stage and most of them say yes, even…
Designed by Okuda with the backing of Spanish retailer, Desigual, KAOS Garden felt like an acid trip as seen through the eyes of Alice in…
SHREDDERS SHREDDED! At Elsewhere, this Hip Hop group, led by Stef and Sims, would have made Run The Jewels or MF Doom and Czarface proud.…
Anarchy will never fail in attracting people because, for some, rules breed chaos and lies. In a way, they are not wrong. How many…
If Bailen had declared on the mic, “I just want to dedicate this show to our dads, Simon & Garfunkel,” I would have said, “That…
Watching Courtship at Rough Trade, I kept on thinking of the Steve Martin/ Dan Akroyd skit, of “We are two wild and crazy guys.” Of…
I always loved watching Kat Cunning perform because, like FKA Twigs, they are women of vision. Their productions never feel small, but you know they…
It was the first NY show for Sea Girls, and these guys were living it up. Of course, by their name, you might think they…