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LADY GAGA ROCKS RADIO CITY
By Abigail Devora
Lady Gaga glowed onstage, kicking off the last leg of “The Monster Ball Tour” and her final night at Radio City Music Hall on January 24.
Wearing a flesh-colored costume adorned with lights, she opened the show with the song, “Dance in the Dark”. Gaga doppelgangers, mothers and their daughters and Whoopi Goldberg were [...]
RANDY WOOLF
By Helen Cronin
As the last notes of Randall Woolf’s Motor City Requiem faded away, one couldn’t help but admire his clever, effective use of electronics with piano and string quartet. The samples from Motown songs and beats evoked the dynamics of a bustling city, and as they faded away, leaving only a mournful violin melody [...]
CHEVELLE
By Cody Thomas
The opening song of any show can usually tell you a lot about the rest of the set list. When Chevelle opened with “Sleep Apnea” at Irving Plaza this past Feb 9th, a show primarily consisting of songs off the recently released “Sci-Fi Crimes” seemed inevitable. The pattern, fortunately, did not [...]
THE PIXIES
You have to feel a little bad for Jay Reatard. Admittedly, there are worse places to be: the guy is a prolific artist, having just put out his second solo album following three earlier single releases and a compilation for Matador Records. In addition, being asked to open for a band like the Pixies must [...]
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
Death Metal. Yes, Death Metal– but I don’t know what band, and I’m pretty sure the majority of their fans had no clue either. At just past ten on Tuesday, Dec. 1 The Mountain Goats took to the stage with a metal song supporting their grand entrance, a necessary prep for frontman John [...]
OUTSIDE THE BOX
Calling all Blues lovers! If you haven’t already seen Outside the Box play a show, you’re missing out. They were great the first time I saw them, but their opening for Blues Traveler blew me away. There’s no doubt that this band is on its way to greatness.
The energy and enthusiasm of this blues-based band [...]
INTRIGUING CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
Sometimes you find the most intriguing things in the most unexpected places. Such was the case when I attended the NYU Symphony Orchestra concert on October 19th. Though I went to hear Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, Julia Wolfe’s Vermeer Room was the piece I remembered. Ms. Wolfe, a professor of composition here at NYU, was inspired by [...]
“KEPLER” ABOUT AS EXCITING AS THE DODECAHEDRON
Who would have thought that the discovery of elliptical orbits could serve as musical inspiration for composing an opera? Philip Glass, of course.
This past November, Glass’ most recent opera, “Kepler,” brought the scientific achievements of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler to life during its stint at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from the 18th to the [...]
A REFINED EVENING OF HARDCORE
“We were Sleepies, and now we’re someone else,” the guitarist of punk band Sleepies said before stepping back from his microphone and throwing on a ratty blonde hairpiece. Sleepies then launched into a version of “Celebrity Skin,” their first of three consecutive covers of ‘90s alt-rock band Hole, and as Tom’s dress fell down to [...]
BUILT TO SPILL
I stood less than five feet from Doug Martsch the whole night. And, I had room to breathe and space to bounce around in with my friends. The Built to Spill show at Webster Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 13 was by far one the most thoroughly enjoyable concert-going experiences of my whole life. [...]
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