See also: Five Intentionally Funny Music VideoThanks for talking, Kurt. Are you feeling comfortable? I'm super comfortable. I'm in a hot bath, I have a bunch of fur rugs all around me, the fire's crackling. I'm very comfortable. Swirl that brandy. ...
SXSW 2013 was a deeply weird moment for Baauer. He was still an exciting New York producer with a number of highly-bloggable hits, but "Harlem Shake" was becoming an international moment.All of a sudden the guy responsible for the biggest cross-cultu...
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Hi Fan, My husband, two cousins and a friend have been practicing in my basement for about two years (Wee for me!!! lol) They have played quite a few open mics with good response. A few local bands have invited them to be openers and the bar that th...
When violinist Sarah Neufeld agreed to work with composer Nils Frahm in Berlin this past winter, she knew they would record music together in extreme places; she just didn't know how extreme. "I didn't realize it would turn into these guerrilla missi...
For more shows throughout the week, check our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.Monday, 8/19: Grupo Chonta Barbes 9:30pm, $10 Colombia boasts one of the world's deeper marimba traditions in the currulao music of its southern Pacific ...
How hard can Brooklyn laugh at itself? We'll find out this week, when the first ever Brooklyn Comedy Festival takes over the borough's most unintentionally ridiculous neighborhood: Williamsburg! It's where everyone dresses like a trendy clown, so it'...
"I certainly didn't love every band that played CBGB, but I did love to encourage them to do their own thing, to challenge the establishment," asserted late CBGB founder Hilly Kristal. "I've always felt the stronger you are about yourself and your o...
Dee, Isaiah, and Solomon wouldn't be able to step foot into Saint Vitus--or many of the other venues they play in--if it weren't for their talent. At just 20, 18, and 16 respectively, the trio of St. Joseph, MO brothers have utilized their extraordin...
to go, here's a guide to the best of this year's Uproar acts. See also: Life Advice From Alice in Chains Middle Class Rut Listening to Middle Class Rut live feel a bit like having an enormous train hurtling towards you--an enormous train that ...
For more shows throughout the weekend, check our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.Friday, 8/16: Laura Jane Grace Bowery Ballroom 9pm, $15 As the trans lead singer of the folk-punk outfit Against Me!, Grace has brought to light both ...
"If you were in Seattle, you would have known 15 years ago what Jeff Angell was capable of," begins Duff McKagan. "You would have seen him in Post Stardom Depression and gone, 'Fuck, he's killer.' You would have thought to yourself, 'He should be the...
See also: Meet Music's Next Superstar: Shia LaBeouf The Cover Up. Having long ago abandoned any sense of shame, Walter White needs to cover up his grave misdeed from the Season 4 finale (more on that later). Jesse is unable to find the cigarette w...
QN5 Founder Tonedeff This Friday marks the end of an era as longstanding New York independent hip-hop label QN5 will host their final Megashow. The almost-annual event has become a travel destination for indie-rap fans worldwide, and this Friday's...
"She's gonna find her way back home," sings Holly and Jess, the lead singers of the Brooklyn-bred band Lucius, in perfect unison on the aptly titled song "Wildewoman." It's the titular song off their upcoming full-length album and it arrived early in...
Killer Mike Runs the Jewels at Webster Hall Better Than: That time Killer Mike rapped about Scooby Doo with Matthew Lillard The final night of Killer Mike and El-P's Run the Jewels tour finished up last nightt in the city 3/4 of its featured ac...
Better Than: Watching rappers perform at ground level. Hip-hop doesn't usually do small, intimate "living room performances," but maybe that's because rappers haven't found the right living room. Last night, Travi$ Scott and A$AP Ferg took over pro...
By Darryl Smyers Formed in Austin nearly a decade ago, The Sword is one of the heaviest bands to emerge from that scene. Full of monstrous guitar riffs and typically bombastic sci-fi themes, the four Sword albums are intense, thought-provoking and f...
Schrader has his fingers in a lot of pies--he's got a talk show, does some comedy, and runs a restaurant called Pasta The Gathering--but arguably, the world would be a better place if he dedicated his life to filling it with deadpan, echo-saturated n...
For five magical days in August, Cave in Rock, Illinois hosted one of our favorite events, The Gathering of the Juggalos. Our photographer, Nate "Igor" Smith, took thousands of pictures at the Gathering, but some of the folks he captured stood out mo...
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