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My Bloody Valentine Massacres Eardrums in NYCnew

The Lilys hour-long allotment was the formalist of formalities—an unnecessary, sure-to-be-disregarded warm up for an un-warm-up-able crowd of over 3,000. How could you possibly be warmed up for My Bloody Valentine?
New York Press  |  Greg Burgett  |  10-02-2008  |  Concerts

What Dehydration Can Do at Burning Mannew

Whereas other Burners built elaborate shade structures, we had a couple tents and a tarp stretched over our station wagon’s trunk.
New York Press  |  Joshua M. Bernstein  |  09-04-2008  |  Concerts

Brooklyn's Coolest Lifeguards Say Good-bye to McCarren Poolnew

The sun, alas, is about to set on yet another magical New York City music venue. For the past three summers, New York's largest (and emptiest) pool has been a host to rock bands, slip-and-sliders, dodgeballers and hula-hoopers—a veritable indie-rock wonderland.
New York Press  |  Brian Heater  |  08-25-2008  |  Concerts

Rules for Surviving All Points Westnew

After years of hauling to California, the U.K., Austin, Tex., and everyplace in between, a music festival with real teeth is finally coming to New York.
New York Press  |  Crispin Kott  |  08-07-2008  |  Concerts

Will Johnson and Centro-matic Finally Graduate to Bowery Ballroomnew

From one-man sets at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar to full-band, what-American-rock-should-sound-like engagements with Centro-matic at Mercury Lounge and Union Pool, Will Johnson has headlined at New York's smaller stages in an almost Sisyphean effort to return to the city.
New York Press  |  Greg Burgett  |  06-12-2008  |  Concerts

Lost in Texasnew

At the SXSW bash, Mishka Shubaly finds a recipe for disaster, cooks it and washes it down with some Lone Stars and homemade vodka.
New York Press  |  Mishka Shubaly  |  03-20-2008  |  Concerts

Check Out Brooklyn's Outdoor House Partiesnew

Though the carefree days of laying poolside at the beach are nearly at end, a group of DJs continue with their series of free, outdoor house music parties that attract thousands with the fiery mix of high energy, soulful house music.
New York Press  |  Derrick S. Edwards  |  09-06-2007  |  Concerts

Feist Rocks Brooklynnew

Singer Feist headlines a sold out concert at Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool.
New York Press  |  Jonny-Leather  |  08-30-2007  |  Concerts

Growing Painsnew

This was clearly the band's first tour, given the miscues, the lyric sheet and the sold-out crowd's anticipation.
New York Press  |  Nikhil Swaminathan  |  03-23-2006  |  Concerts

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