Weekend Pics – Saturday
8th Annual Village Voice Siren Fesitval, 7/19/08 Parts & Labor (Brooklyn, NY) Film School (Los Angeles, CA) The Dodos (San Francisco, CA) Times New Viking (Columbus, OH) Beach House (Baltimore, MD) Islands […]
Weekend Pics – Friday
Wordless Music Series at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7/18/08 Metropolis Ensemble (New York, NY) Deerhoof (Oakland, CA) More pics here.
Yes, You Heard Right
You wouldn’t think that two guys from Bristol, England with a couple of synths, an iMac and garbled lyrics sung through a Fisher-Price amplifier would put on the most ecstatic,
Up Close
During soundcheck for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, who close this year’s Siren Festival, my friend Pete asked me, “Why do they need to tune Malkmus’ guitar?” I assume he’s
Last Exit
This year marks the last summer of Coney Island as we know it: the boardwalk land of freaks, carnies and rides like the Wonder Wheel and “Bump Your Ass Off.”
Wordless Outdoors
A estimated crowd of 10,000 turned out at the Prospect Park Bandshell last night for the first collaboration between Celebrate Brooklyn and the Wordless Music Series. The Metropolis Ensemble lit up
Music and Cheese
In its 44th season of free Parks Concerts, the New York Phil played Bach, Beethoven and Sibelius in Prospect Park on Monday, under incoming music director Alan Gilbert. New gimmick:
Friday Night Fever
I’ve pretty much stopped plugging shows before they happen (the Concert Calendar serves that purpose), but I’ll make an exception for this Friday’s event at Celebrate Brooklyn, which marks the
Pop Fizz
Critic Greg Sandow recently posted a curious and thoughtful piece on his blog which delineates the differences between classical and pop music reviews. Whatever dimwit wrote, “Pop music criticism is