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I originally planned to go check out Sonny Rollins at Summerstage last night, but ended up at Barbes instead to meet up with friends and check out some jazz of a totally different

When Deerhunter's Bradford Cox sang "Strange Lights" to close their set on this gorgeous, sunny afternoon at McCarren Pool, the clouds suddenly shifted just enough to light up the stage. Things like that seem

McCarren Pool, 7/27/08Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburgh, PA) MGMT (Brooklyn, NY) More pics here.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY, 7/25/08 More pics after the jump.

I got back to the city around 4p this afternoon, just enough time to catch the McCarren Pool party, with Pittsburgh psychadelicists Black Moth Super Rainbow and Brooklyn’s own MGMT.

"I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing (than rock.) The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more

As if I hadn't yet had enough, my friend Elena and I made our way over to a packed Music Hall of Williamsburg after the Pool on Sunday for the

 McCarren Pool, 7/20/08 Fuck Buttons (Bristol, UK) Liars (Brooklyn, NY) More pics here.

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