Author name: Peter Matthews

Feast of Music covers live music in NYC, and occasionally other places. Launched in 2007, it aspires to give equal voice to all kinds of music: everything from an indie show in a Williamsburg dive, to an orchestra concert in Carnegie Hall. As Duke Ellington once said: "There are only two kinds of music: good music...and the other kind."

Tranzac

After hanging out with my new friend Nick for the better part of the evening, we ended up at the Australian/New Zealand social club Tranzac around 11:30 last night to find these two Quebecois

Dixie Sunday

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I pass by The Rex on Queen St. – Toronto's best-known jazz venue – and the dixieland sounds of the Excelsior Jazz Band entice me

Green Means Go

Guelph's five-piece Green Go didn't go on till after 1am, but they still had no trouble getting the crowd up and dancing with their fierce, techno-fueled rock, like a mix of

Make It Two

Shellshag, another Brooklyn band (a duo), play a mix of covers and originals, using nothing but guitar and half of a drum kit. They're like a cross between White Stripes

Brooklyn North

"This is our second show outside the country, ever" says Jonathan Edelstein, lead singer of Fiasco: a speedball/thrash three-piece who hail from someplace called Park Slope. Other band members include drummer Julian Bennett

Sneaky Dees

Walking into the upstairs den of this celebrated Toronto institution, I'm greeted by Jordan of DD/MM/YYYY, who's working door and whom I got to know when they were in Brooklyn

Out With a Bang

Closing at the Mod Club tonight are headliners Five Blank Pages, who are celebrating the release of their new EP, "Young Glow." Paradoxically, it's also the band's final show. Ever.

College St. Crawl

  Day two at the Over the Top Festival starts early (6:30!) at the Mod Club: a dance club on the west end of College St. that hosts rock shows prior to

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