Lateness
Around 1am this morning, after three openers and soundchecks, things finally got interesting at the Market Hotel. Montreal’s AIDS Wolf played a speedball set of noisecore, fronted by the banshee-like […]
The Stupid
Part 2 of my evening brings me out to the Mrytle Ave stop on the M train, somewhere in the no man’s land between Bushwick and Bed-Stuy. The venue is
The Sacred
Part one of my Friday evening is at St. Thomas Church hearing the Kings College Choir of Cambridge, England. Kings, whom I heard sing evensong five years ago in their
Metropolis Ensemble
The Metropolis Ensemble, an upstart New York-based chamber orchestra that emphasizes the work of living composers as well as new interpretations of the familiar, played an ambitious concert last night
Voiceover
It would not be a reach to say that the breakout instrument of 2008 is the young male voice. Singers such as Beirut’s Zach Condon and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon
Things I Love About Williamsburg
That you can get good Brooklyn Beer at any bar for $3 before 8p. That there are galleries next to thrift stores next to record label offices. That you can
Her Bach
A couple of weeks ago, posters started to appear around Park Slope advertising a concert of Bach’s "Goldberg" Variations, performed by American pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Dinnerstein, 34, lives in the
Across the Pond
Anyone taking a peek ahead in the Concert Calendar may have noticed some events coming up at the end of May at various churches, opera houses and concert halls on
MATA Recap
This week, the MATA Festival of New Music returned to the Brooklyn Lyceum for the second year in a row, featuring a wide range of music by young composers for