Indie Rock
Modern Hut At 285 Kent, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 Reviewed
I am hard pressed to do anything but deeply admire an 8 song set where I loved everything. 8 songs and I was almost in pain I was so disappointed when it was over. I worry about over selling Modern Hut but I place Joe on a continuum of great young songwriters
Has Conor Oberst Peaked?
For a run of ten years through the heart of his youth from the ages of 15 to 25 (1995 – 2005), the kid was the poet laurate of indie and held in awe by just about everybody including me… and then…
Conor Oberst At Carnegie Hall, Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 Reviewed
The 90 minute set might have been special to him, it was Carnegie Hall and the acoustics were tremendous, the sound the best I’ve ever heard and his rasping voice a thing of beauty, but he didn’t act that way at all. .
Ted Leo At the Town Hall, Saturday, October 27th, 2012 Reviewed
I am not a Leo fan but I am guessing it is just one of those things, you can’t like every good singer songwriter, sometimes their cap annoys you or the name -six letters in two words, oh please, rubs you wrong. Or something about their melodies never hits your sweet spot.
Grizzly Bear At Radio City Music Hall, Monday, September 27th, 2012, Reviewed
It sounded great, but except for the light show, it was all a little boring. Like listening to classical music, opera is fun, classical, all people do is stand around and play and essentially that’s all the Brooklyn based experimental indie rock band does.
Wild Flag At The El Rey Theater Thursday April 19th 2012
there is no real frontwoman as Carrie shared the stage with Mary Timony, battling her legs apart with roaring guitars, affronting her, in the middle of the stage several times during the show, in front of Janet Weiss’ tireless and powerful drumming
Of Montreal At Webster Hall, Friday, March 30th, 2012
an elegant solution to question of money and design. It was a beautiful thing, with close circuit screens on the walls and at the edge of the stage, gorgeous light shows, and by some wizardry sleight of hand, more depth than the Black Keys got out of MSG.
Conor Oberst Exclusive: Leaves Bright Eyes, Signs 5 Album 360 Deal With Universal Music
“There are many things I can do with money. I can support causes I believe in, I can go to the Doctor for a physical… I CAN LIVE the life I deserve. I am not a money head, I have never chased the almighty dollar. I hate money, but money is the final arbitrator of taste, much more than you…”
RADIOHEAD U.S. TOUR 2012
Now nothing more than a low rung Indie band far below caliber of those in the genre that followed behind them. I wouldn’t go so far as to call them grandfathers of the scene, but they had their short lived space and basically ruined it for themselves. Its hard to be a down to Earth Indie band when your front man is an egocentrical..egocentric. Yeah that bad.
The Lemonheads at the El Rey Theater, Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Reviewed
at least the title track and a few other tunes sounded quite familiar
'Night Sun', VUM's new album
fascinating and way too intriguing to leave
Hot as Sun: The Satellite- Monday October 24th, 2011 reviewed
that woman has some pipes!
Shadow Shadow Shade: The Satellite- Monday October 24th, 2011 reviewed
blown away by the experience.
Youngblood: The Satellite- Monday October 24th, 2011 Reviewed
filled up the stage with fun, feel-good dance-party tunes which, I would not be surprised, could well be the next radio hits.
More On Amy Klein Leaving Titus Andronicus
a busy lady
Someone Still Love's You Boris Yeltzen's "The Clod And The Pebble" Reviewed
For completists everywhere
Moses Campbell at the Echo on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
a beautiful mess of a chaotic noise
the Eels at the El Rey theater on Friday, August 12, 2011
everything looked grand and stylish, the beards and the suits of course
Seasons at the Roxy on Thursday August 11th
I did venture to the west to see a band from the east side,…
Family of the Year at the Roxy on Thursday, August 11, 2011
catchy and joyous melodies big on male-female vocal harmonies
a new song by the Shins
A new song from the Shins? I’m always craving for one! James Mercer and his new fresh group of musicians decided to play one at Domino Room in Bend, Oregon on August 9th. After covering David Bowie's ‘Ashes to Ashes’ at their comeback show earlier this week, they did this little gem, ‘a slow song’,…
Elliott Smith and Samuel Beckett
‘Everyone is gone/Home to oblivion’
Kill Rock Stars 20th Anniversary Compiliation… Free
Totally free, 20 Songs
Incan Abraham at Universal Citywalk's 5 Towers stage on Friday, July 15, 2011
hazy ambient music than pop, but it could be a lot of things.
Wife at Vacation Vinyl on Friday, July 8, 2011
a hypnotic kind of thing
Three Indie Compiliations Free On Amazon
Internet killed the video star???
Bright Eyes, New Found Love
captivating in every aspect
Son Of the Sun At Arlene's Grocery, Friday, June 17th, 2011
they were getting the crowd riled up
Jenny O. at Make Music Pasadena on Saturday June 18th, 2011
getting better and better
Drew Barrymore Directing A Video For Best Coast
the two women seem made for each other
The Elected's "Jailbird" Reviewed
Ambigious, also illegal,
Times New Viking at the Satellite on Sunday June 12th, 2011
no clean poppy noise
Wet and Reckless at the Satellite on Sunday, June 12th, 2011
not singing but shouting
Tim Kasher Of Cursive Playing Solo Set At Mercury Lounge… A Must See
tix on sale Friday at noon
Cult's "Abducted" Reviewed
a mysterious duo from New York
Paulie Pesh at the Satellite on Monday May 30th, 2011
Are they offensive?
Starfucker "Bury Us Alive"
Are there any humans in this band or is it a dude who whispers and his Mac
Morning Teleportation "Expanding Anyway"
I started with the intent of bashing these guys as Indie flip flop beard wearers.
Modern Hut And Melissa And Paul At Maxwells, Saturday May 28th, 2011
Powerful, moving, unhappy but ultimately cathartic songs
Americans In France "Crawling" Reviewed
to the point, society-deriding discontent.
"Better Than The Beatles": Meet The Shaggs
Their’s is a music that defies description
Americans In France New Album "Crawling" An Early Take
AIF replaced Punk New York with No New York, Richard Hell with James Black, Exene with Yoko Ono: it is a giant leap forward but inscrutable, obstreperous, different.
Modern Hut
but if you just can’t wait the band is playing Maxwells, Saturday May 28th
Ceci Bastida at Amoeba Sunday, May 8th, 2011
much better than anything I have heard from M.I.A.,… especially without the hype
Don Giovanni Records Latest Find Laura Stevenson
I am pretty amazed by this folkie indie chick
The Get Up Kids, Another Amazing Session
I absolutely love The Get Up Kids, and they ain’t kids
Jenny Hoyston and Kaia Wilson at Origami Vinyl: Sunday May 1, 2011
The store was filled with … women of course, but there were a few exceptions.
Wavves To Record With Fucked Up And Best Coast
There is a new EP in the work, which will come out this summer, and featuring a track with Fucked Up and Best Coast.
Arcade Fire Is Toxic
gather up your flip flops and clove cigarrettes, horn rims and messenger bags have a seat here on the floor…
Stone Darling at the Echoplex on Thursday April 7th, 2011
Phil-Spector-shoegazing melodies