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 [...]
A caveat before I start: I’m always hesitant to make lists of the best albums, in particular, in a given year because I never listen to as many new releases as I want/plan to. Those I do listen to take time to grow on me, be digested, and oftentimes it won’t be until months later [...]
I started off the year with the goals of going to/taking pictures at least one show a month, and finally stepping it up and getting photo passes for things instead of shooting on the sly from the crowd all the time. Check and check! In the process, I logged way too many hours on NJ [...]