Posted in Live, Music, Photography, Photos, Reviews on 09. May, 2010
Sometimes when you’re feeling down and discontent, as tempting as it may be to reach for your old, familiar, dirgey/sad singer-songwriter tunes, the best thing to do is listen to some upbeat, anthemic, life affirming Swedish pop, and dance it out. Work is one of my favorite albums of 2010 thus far for that very [...]
Posted in Live, Music, Photography, Photos, Reviews on 11. Apr, 2010
This is what happens at a Florence show: you dance until you’re sweaty and your legs turn to jelly and then you dance some more. You fall in love with the woman on stage with the flaming red hair and huge voice. The songs she sings abound with simple yet primal imagery: hearts and lungs [...]
Posted in Live, Music, Photography, Photos, Reviews on 14. Mar, 2010
The National is a band well suited to a cold, damp, rainy walk through Gowanus with the wind blowing your umbrella inside out, past deserted eerily lit warehouses, to The Bell House, warm and cozy and one of my favorite places to see live music in the city. Oh, and did I happen to mention, [...]
Posted in Live, Music, Photography, Photos, Reviews on 01. Mar, 2010
On Saturday night I found myself at a little dance party at The Studio at Webster Hall. I generally hate dance parties, and yet I was having a great time. What the hell is going on? Basically, what you need to know is that Hesta Prynn is rather fantastic. Tons of infectious energy, extremely fun [...]
Ra Ra Riot and The Antlers played the final show in this year’s Sounds Like Brooklyn mini-festival, sharing a stage at the gorgeous Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene. I was extremely excited just to see and hear two bands I love so much play in such a [...]
