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I haven't had much occasion to visit Carnegie Hall for non-classical events, but Wednesday night was a notable exception. Mandolin master (and former Nickel Creek frontman) Chris Thile and bassist

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,

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

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

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

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

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 –

Oh boy, I think it's time to go home. (Pictured: Jay Reatard at Bowery Ballroom, around 1:40 am.)

Back at Bowery Ballroom to see Longwave: a local, Spoon-ish, straight-ahead rock outfit. No beats, no bleeps, nothing but lead, rhythm, bass, drums, vocals. Extremely tight. And they soar. And I