After a flurry of festival announcements and national news the last few weeks, things died down over the last few days. That is, except for locally. Top Stories Dance Gavin Dance & Emarosa frontman Jonny Craig is being accused of running a laptop-buying scam through his twitter, and bandmate Jon... read more
Brooklyn’s Rock Shop, and the relatively large amount fans that filled it, saw a totally crisp performance last night from Washington D.C. band U.S. Royalty. Cramped together on the small stage, the six members (two more than normal to fill out the sound while on tour) had to rock basically... read more
You don’t often see circle pits swirling in the large expanses of Terminal 5, but then again the venue doesn’t often host acts like Underoath and Thursday. Last Thursday night it did, and the crowd used as much of the space as it could to mosh, surf and thrash about... read more
This week we saw Jim & Dwight at Josh Ritter’s show, told you how Colour Revolt almost got upstaged by their openers, watched You, Me, and Everyone We Know and Hellogoodbye wrestle on stage, and listened to some of Long Island’s best. Here’s what else happened: Top Stories In case... read more
Acoustic singer/songwriter shows are always hard to choose from, especially in a city that is always so full of them – so let us help you out. If you aren’t going to the mega-lineup of Dr. Dog/The Head and the Heart/Jeffrey Lewis at Terminal 5, head down to the Lower... read more
Some artists just perform, but Josh Ritter goes above and beyond. At Terminal 5 on Saturday he mixed atmosphere, great presence, and unordinary moments into his performance, taking a cold night in Manhattan and turning it into a warm, memorable experience. The stage was adorned with roses both casually rested... read more
On rare occasions, opening bands can steal the spotlight from a headliner. Other times, they can simply be the perfectly blended warmup to the main attraction. At the Knitting Factory this past Friday, both basically happened before Colour Revolt‘s blistering headlining set. Before Brooklyn rockers Your Skull My Closet even... read more
One of the best things about going to a concert is the different musical styles that will be on display. Wednesday night at Highline Ballroom Hellogoodbye lead a potluck-style show where fans were able to sample a little bit of everything. Now Now (formerly Now Now Every Children) were the... read more
Who says you have to be around a long time before you sound great live? NGHBRS and The Republic of Wolves, two vets of our Quiet Noise Series, are some of the newest bands to Long Island’s live music scene, but it certainly didn’t show at their show at Bowery Electric last... read more
This week if you were busy reading our interview with Jarrod Gorbel, listening to our new podcast, or checking out some wild photos of Night Fevers and Pendulum, you may have missed the following: Top Stories Harmonix axed the Guitar Hero franchise, and MTV’s Multiplayer blog got some responses from... read more