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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
My Brightest Diamond's Album Brings Instrumentals to Foregroundnew
A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is like a Jeunet film: dark and beautiful and then strange and mysterious. Each song is a gem of it’s own.
New York Press |
Linnea Covington |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Jealous Girlfriends May be the Only Reason to Watch 'Grey's Anatomy'new
But don't hold that against them.
New York Press |
Sam Roudman |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Martin Rev and Alan Vega Continue to Do What They Wantnew
For decades, Suicide’s relevance has popped up amid many a wheel. In recent times, groups from Wolf Eyes to Glass Candy share Vega and Rev as a powerful antecedent.
New York Press |
Matthew Kantor |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: suicide
Swedish Singer El Perro del Mar Finds Inspiration From a Spanish Muttnew
Her music as El Perro Del Mar is somber enough to garner her comparisons to another solo singer named for a domesticated house pet: Cat Power's Chan Marshall.
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meat Beat Manifesto's Exploding-head Revuenew
"I like the whole Pop Art aspect of finding things which were already available and famous, already used," says Jack Dangers, leader and founder of electronic outfit Meat Beat Manifesto, about his group's approach to its tour visuals.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
American Music Club Gets Organic on 'The Golden Age'new
Mark Eitzel's morbid sensibilities are still intact for the latest American Music Club tour.
New York Press |
Matt Gewolb |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Punk Band Glos in Brooklynnew
The So So Glos may sound like The Clash, but their brand of Brooklyn punk is powerfully paradoxical.
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jay Reatard Attempts to Curb His Wunderkind Workaholismnew
Reatard is set to release six 7-inch singles with Matador this year, which will be compiled on an EP in the fall.
New York Press |
Chris Ruen |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Philly's Man Man Resists the Mental Ward with its Circus-punk Popnew
The band's two headlining concerts in New York City, in support of its new Rabbit Habits, have quickly sold out. If quantifiable success is a sign of things to come for this genre-spiting rock band from Philadelphia, it will be well earned after years of scarcity.
New York Press |
Chris Ruen |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alina Simone Recovers Russian Folk Musicnew
She's interpreting the late folk-punk icon Yanka Dyagileva's folk songs for a new generation.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aloha Embraces the World of Creature Comfortsnew
The band's radiant new EP, Light Works, conjures all the sweet contentment of home: it's a sentiment that isn't terribly surprising coming from a quartet whose name is the Hawaiian word for "love," as well as "hello" and "good-bye."
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aloha, Light Works
For Eels, There's Life After Memoirnew
Customarily, a career retrospective and personal memoir come at the tail end of an artist's career. And despite Mark Oliver Everett's claims to the contrary, the book serves as a fitting bookend to his tumultuous career.
New York Press |
Doug Black |
03-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eels
Stubble Bumsnew
When the all-male, a capella vocal group Conspiracy of Beards -- who do covers of Leonard Cohen songs exclusively -- formed five years ago, they had no intention of doing more than a single gig before going their separate ways.
New York Press |
Billy Jam |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Throw in the Towelnew
From a Laundromat to bee stings, Thao Nguyen survives what the world throws at her.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Rhodes |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Thao, We Brave Bee Stings and All
