Here’s a quick review and some audio clips from last night’s show at The Syrup Room, presented by BrooklynVegan and Todd P.
The Ballet started the night of with an iPod driven set of “sissy pop”. This song sounds like an early Stars demo fronted by a younger and happier David Gedge. Seriously, the […]

[photo by “short person” and beirut song-name detective kathryn]
(more great shots on her flickr page).
The Grates show Tuesday night at Mercury Lounge was amazing. I got home and spent the entire night editing audio from the show, although sound alone will never properly convey this band’s live show. They are simply the most […]

There are many great shows going on Wednesday, but very few of them are attempting to save lives. Gil Mantera’s Party Dream… maybe. But the Control Arms Concert produced by Amnesty International, Oxfam and IANSA is a great show for a noble cause. If you know you can’t go, at least take […]

My requisite mid-year list will be posted soon, but I’ll give you a sneak preview and let you know that this album will definitely be on there. Never Was There A Town is the sort of record that yields a new favorite song each time you listen to it. Slowlands has been compared […]

Beirut played to a packed, sweltering house at SoundFix this past Saturday. It was so hot… (how hot was it?) - it was so hot that after the first song, band leader Zach Condon proceeded to pour an entire glass of water over his head, dousing his ukulele in the process. After drying […]

But… it is Saturday.
Yes, and Saturday Looks Good To Me are playing at 5pm today at the East River (why the heck does this word have an “h”) Amphitheater.
Saturday Looks Good To Me - When You Got To New York (live at NorthSix).mp3
Right now I’m watching the Czechs play Ghana (goal in the first […]

A couple different people have mentioned The Boy Least Likely To cover of George Michael’s “Faith”.
People have also been commenting on the unusually large amount of banter at Tuesday’s show, which gave the whole set an unexpected Storytellers feel.
Here’s a good example of both:
The Boy Least Likely To - Faith (live at the Knitting Factory).mp3
I […]

UPDATE: I was asked by the nice folks at Mute if I would not share these recordings. Hopefully the band will be back in the states to support the release of their album later this year and I highly suggest that you plan to see them.
songs: ten. time: forty. lowest: seven. […]

I haven’t kept up with my online music readings for the last week which means I’m completely out of “the loop”. Plus I have massive amounts of homework for my intensive summer courses. In addition, I’m trying to catch up with a few albums I’ve been meaning to give a listen to, including […]

Nada Surf played a Jack Daniels sponsored party in Sayreville, New Jersey this past Tuesday night along with stellastar*. Nada played for almost two hours, drawing from all four of their albums to deliver 22 songs.
They opened with the forgotten hit “Popular”, whose um… popular video made them ahem… semi-famous back in the mid […]