Chris Quartly has gone rogue, so I’m covering for the next couple of weeks. Let’s get weird…
Top 5 shows of the weekend
Good news, New York is now a blue state (Republicans have held the state senate almost without a break for fifty years). Also good news, it’s the weekend. Bonus good news, the following shows:
Top five shows of the weekend
5) Mineral, Into It. Over It. At Bowery Ballroom The whole 90s reunion thing has proven to be a pretty successful booking template over the course of the past 16 months or so, with the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Slint, and American Football all selling out multi-night stints in and around the tri-state. […]
This One Goes To Eleven: Weekly metal roundup
While the rest of the world slogs through post-holiday depression and mourns beside the final embers of summer, metal nerds the universe over have joined in celebration of one of the biggest release days of the year, knowing damn well that as long we can still wear black after Labor Day, everything will be just […]
Video: Fucked Up perform "Magic Word" at 285 Kent on its last nite
Fucked Up, Title Fight and Hop Along played House of Vans
The first installment of this year’s free summer shows at House of Vans last night had Fucked Up headline an emotionally charged rock bill that also included Title Fight and Hop Along. Much like in previous years, all bands played to a packed house. By the time Title Fight took to the stage, the room turned […]
House Of Vans Line-Up 2013 – Toro Y Moi, The Melvins, Fucked Up & More
Check back here to RSVP. June 27 – Fucked Up, Title Fight & Hop Along July 11 – Toro y Moi, Shlohmo & Jonwayne July 18 – !!!, Jacques Renault Plus Special Guests Announced in Mid June July 31 – The Melvins, Baroness & Honky August 15 – Kid Dynamite, Joyce Manor, Red Hare, Swearin’ August 29 – Les Savy Fav, […]
The Most Blogged About Shows This Week
The holidays are over, and so is the live-music dead zone that is the week between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s always nice to start these most-blogged-about-shows posts with something free, so it’s my pleasure to present to you “Live From Tribeca,” tomorrow night at the Tribeca Grand, with sets by Dive and DJs The Horrors and Ilirjana. […]
The Most Blogged About Shows of the Week
Planning out your next 7 days of music will be tough: From Madison Square Garden to 285 Kent in Williamsburg, it might be tricky–and expensive–to see all of the most buzzed shows. Before we get to that, however, a brief point regarding a show we saw last week: !!!/Friends at 285 Kent on Sunday night may have […]
Fucked Up playing David Comes to Life in its entirety
Usually to have the pleasure of seeing a band play a classic album live, you need to wait years after the album is released and it’s had some time to marinate in the collective conscious. Fucked Up don’t want to wait that long. Nor should they! This year’s David Comes to Life is big enough, […]