Cover Bands
A pair of new discoveries last night which showed both the best and worst sides of playing someone else's music. At Barbes, Pierre de Gaillende sang the songs of French
Sunday Sounds
How's this for a way to end your week: Todd P and Sterogum's Brandon Stosuy have teamed up to put on this Haiti benefit tonight at Above the Auto
VOX 2010
With all the ups and downs that have befallen City Opera over the past couple of years, it's good to see that VOX, their annual performance lab of contemporary
Playing In Valhalla
I am fascinated by Phoenix. They hail from Paris, conquered Coachella last month, and are selling out huge houses all over the country. And, they have obvious classical leanings: the first
Indy Music
Every couple of months, my day job brings me to, of all places, Indianapolis: a nice town with not a whole lot going on most of the time. Unless
Bruar Falls 1st Birthday Party
(pictured: Beach Fossils)Fun, sweaty times at the Bruar Falls 1st Birthday party last night with Micachu and the Shapes, Beach Fossils and Moonmen on the Moon, Man. Here's to
@feastofmusic
Btw, for those who haven't already caught on, FoM has a Twitter page (@feastofmusic) where you can catch many of my at-show tweets and other random musings. You can
Feast of Music Presents: Twice as Bright, Ljova & the Kontraband, Kyklos
I'm psyched to announce the lineup for the second Feast of Music Presents at Littlefield on May 12, featuring Kyklos, Ljova and the Kontraband and Twice as Bright. Go visit the Facebook event
Calder @ MATA
L.A.'s Calder Quartet at the MATA festival, Le Poisson Rouge, 4/20/10. (Steve's Times review here.)