Concert Review: The Regrettes Leave NO REGRETS At Mercury Lounge

  Imagine being sixteen years old and confident? Yeah, those two things do not seem to be associated with each other. When we look back…

Concert Review: Powers Give Me Power To HAVE FUN At Webster Hall

Powers is not kidding about its name. The duo LIT UP Webster Hall with an energy that matched the ever changing colors of their name…

Concert Review: James Hersey Shows The Fun of Love At Webster Hall

It’s a good thing that right after you perform I feel like buying you a beer. Playing the New York circuit is like doing a…

Concert Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Hit Bowery Ballroom

I cannot say much about Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s (RBCF) performance, and THAT IS A GREAT THING! Sometimes, the best thing you can be is…

Concert Review: Tennis Turns Bowery Ballroom Into Studio 54

Tennis might be my new favorite band. Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore have created 70’s synth-pop that makes you dream like your life is a…

Concert Review: Arthur Moon Is Rising At National Sawdust

Playing songs from her upcoming EP, Our Head, Arthur Moon brought an eclectic, anamorphic presence to the National Sawdust stage that electrified, despite its brevity.…

Concert Review: Milky Chance Makes The Crowd Blossom At LPR NYC

Milky Chance played their newest album, Blossom, at Le Poisson Rouge to a beyond packed crowd. Heads were counted and crowned by their newest songs…

Concert Review: Jens Lekman Show Life Will See You At Bowery Ballroom

Every life is divided between how ordinary an extraordinary it is, and Jens Lekman performs and writes music for that essential fact. This lovely human…

Concert Review: Suzanne Vega Converts Cafe Carlyle Into Tom’s Diner

Suzanne Vega played the Café Carlyle to the pleasure of a few, lucky New Yorkers able to see the Harlem songstress play her classic folk-pop.…

Album Review: Conor Oberst Goes From Ruminations To Salutations

The most beautiful thing about music is that it makes you dream. Conor Oberst’s Salutations feels like his dreamiest album yet. While the folk singer…

Concert Review: Valerie June In On “Tennessee Time” At Town Hall

Valerie June played Town Hall and basically rocked the world of New Yorkers seeking a little “Tennessee Time”. As she explained if “I want to…

Concert Review: Red Baraat Are A Living Festival At BRIC HOUSE

Some reviews are hardest because they are simple. Fun is fun. No afterthought! No explanation! It is just something you give into. When Red Baraat…

Concert Review: Breanna Barbara Shows The Vulnerability Needed For Psych-Rock

It’s official; women rock! I’m actually thinking of starting a festival just for female rockers after seeing Breanna Barbara at Knitting Factory. When I first…

Concert Review: Cameron Avery Breaks And Mends Hearts At Baby’s All Right

Is it weird to say that an artist is swoon-worthy? I often stay away from those kinds of terms out of fear/respect that an artist…

Concert Review: The Staves Are Mystifying At Music Hall of Williamsburg

  The Staves’ concert rocked my world. Similar to The New Tarot, they dreudge up a mystical “Rhiannon” sister witches vibe that is intoxicating to…