For the first of their three-night stay at the Bowery Ballroom, The Pixies, thankfully, showed that plenty has remained the same for the beloved Massachusetts alternative deity despite a lineup shake-up and a noticeable absence. They're fresh on the ...
My War Against Sue-Drunk, Money-Owing Douchebags A total fucking godhead of bass guitar shred, Black Flag's Chuck Dukowski annihilated the four-string on massively iconic records like Damaged while penning a chunk of BF's most iconic tunes ("My Wa...
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Fans bleed for Frankie Rose. Sure, a zillion artists have that story--your small headlining tour includes a stop in the middle of nowhere, where three people come to see you play, one of whom cherishes your album like a religious text. But how many c...
Screaming Females, Marissa Paternoster (center) Well this is sure shaping up nicely: Our annual Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival, wherein 100 (!) breweries offer beer thirsty patrons an unlimited taste of their product, has just added some megawa...
Big Sean casually throws a skit in the middle of his sophomore album, Hall of Fame. It's called "Freaky" and borrows a portion of "The Sensuous Black Woman Meets the Sensuous Black Man"--an 18 minute audio Kama Sutra of sorts. Following the skit, Big...
Dear Fan, I'm in a relatively new band inMinneapolis. We're about two years old, and things have been going very well for us. We're not a buzz band by any means, butthe EP has gotten us a fair amount of attention, at least locally. We've opened fo...
What does a train-wreck sound like sung soprano? Sarah Joy Miller will show you. She stars in the opera Anna Nicole which opens at BAM on September 17 after a hugely successful run in London. Miller is giving musical voice to the waitress/stripper tu...
You signal that you are open to a battle and, before you know it, Unlimited Barzz (49 wins), has challenged you to compete. You're about to make your debut, rapping against one of the best. You should probably put on some clothes. Welcome to rapt.fm...
It began during Grammy Week. The members of Gov't Mule had convened in L.A. to see one of their own, frontman Warren Haynes, accept a Lifetime Achievement Award for his other band, the Allman Brothers. And while everyone was in town, they decided to ...
Manny Faces of Birthplace Magazine How many times have you heard "New York Hip-Hop is Back" championed by every hip-hop publication worth its weight in Rawkus slipmats? Before the hip-hop hoopla, one man saw it all coming a mile away. Manny Face...
Chaz Kangas in front of God Graffiti at the 2008 Gospel Hip-Hop Festival These days I enjoy making a living writing and teaching music, but at one point not too long ago my primary source of income was battle rapping. Yes, entering tournaments and...
For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.Monday, 9/16: Arctic Monkeys Webster Hall 8:30pm, $39.50 A four-piece rock band born out of a suburb of Sheffield, England in 2002, Arctic Monkeys...
At the witching hour on Friday, each of the four artists that performed that night at Basilica Soundscape, a two-year-old festival held at Basilica Hudson, a 19th-century factory-turned-event space, assembled at opposite ends of the room. Julianna Ba...
Fresh new shows. Grisly old shows. Shows supporting animal rescues. A show starring someone whose highest ambition is to play an American Legion Hall in New Hampshire. Yes, folks: Cheap Laughs has it all this week, proving that when it comes to weekl...
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"That's when it all happens. A song will create itself if you let it," the ultra-friendly, heavily bearded, well-baked Starks explains in his casual drawl on a recent afternoon in Austin, Texas, a few hours before showtime on their latest U.S. tour. ...
For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.Friday, 9/13: Deervana Brooklyn Bowl 9pm, $25 Even though the alt-country quintet Deer Tick has a new album, Negativity, coming out September 24, ...
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Hit-Boy sounds like a superhero name when you say it over and over again while talking with his publicists. The same conversation can also make you realize Hit-Boy is currently an "it boy" in production circles. It was his Grammy winning composition...
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