Phosphorescent & Dawes on Pier 54

  Phosphorescent played their trippy, rootsy rock underneath the sunset out on Pier 54 last night, part of the Riverrocks free concert series. Lead singer/songwriter Matthew Houck, with his curly hair and beard, looked […]

The Pool Parties – Vol. 5

  When I posted my Summertime roundup last week, one notable omission were the Pool Parties, which at that point had not yet been announced for 2010. Well, I'm happy to

West Side Circle

   Drum circle along the West Side Highway, near 14th St. 7/7/10. (More pics below.)

Old Time in the Backyard

  For the second year in a row, I was fortunate enough to have some of Brooklyn's finest old time musicians come play my annual 4th of July Backyard BBQ,

Gone to Governors

  I missed P.S.1's Warm Up today because I was setting up for my annual 4th of July backyard BBQ (email me for details!) but when I heard there was

Summertime

  Summer in NYC is always my favorite time of year, when you can catch some absolutely killer music of all stripes, much of it for free. Makes you wonder

# BOAC

  There's something irrepressibly dorky about attending new music festivals in 2010. Louder and less polite than classical concerts, yet more cerebral than rock shows, they encourage a casual fastidiousness,

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