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."

Mess of Masses

Two masses in three days is a bit much for any secular being, but I made my way down to Trinity Church last night to hear the Bach Mass in

Still Bad

I never made it back to Knitting Factory tonight., but the hip-hop party came to me in the form of Miami vets (and 1st Ammendment poster children) 2 Live Crew,

Wait, is this SXSW?

While hanging around Santos Party House tonight, I bumped into my co-worker Steve and his wife Sara. They hail from Austin, so we spent the better part of an hour swapping stories

No Terrorists Here

Hey, at least these guys don't make my ears bleed. (Iran, Santos Party House) More pics below.

Dude, My Ears Hurt

Dear Andrew WK, Your Santos Party House is a very nice-looking venue, and you've obviously spared no expense in your lights and sound. But, dude, does it really need to

Something Different

I don't usually go for rap, but it's the soon-to-close Knitting Factory, and it's festival time, so wtf? Before it gets all crazy, an old timer gets up there and

Deadly Duo

Holy mother organ: these beasts in Philly's Pattern Is Movement are stirring up a free-form ruckus in the KF Old Office. At one point, it looked like the drummer –

Saturday Night Statement

Ok, maybe its context, but I'm just going to put it out there: the progressive arm of indie rock – the one that veers into loops, distortion and beats –

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