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LOUIS ANDRIESSEN’S LA COMMEDIA
By Helen Cronin
Apparently the balalaika can only be found in hell, and the viola just doesn’t exist in the afterlife. Or at least that’s what Louis Andriessen seems to think. Thursday April 15th was the New York premiere at Carnegie Hall of the concert version of his opera La Commedia, which was based on portions [...]
ULTRA VIOLET LIVE 2010
By Helen Cronin
You have to have been studying abroad on a different planet if you haven’t seen (or at least heard about) the video from 2005’s UltraViolet Live that shows a nascent Lady Gaga (alias Stefani Germanotta) performing. At 2010’s version of the all-school talent show, you could almost hear the question, “Who’s next?” 20 [...]
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
By Cody Thomas
Music elitism may very well be a disease running rampant through the metal community. Many metalheads refuse to acknowledge the value of pop music. While this is a huge mistake, it is undeniable that the underground nature of metal presents some excellent advantages. When The Black Dahlia Murder performed at [...]
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT
By Liz Ocasio-Russe
Country music is not what is usually heard drifting through the streets of New York. On February 27, though, that is exactly what crowds were jamming out to at the Terminal 5 venue on 610 W 56th St.
The sold out Texas Independence Day Concert featured country greats Eli Young Band and Pat [...]
I’M WITH THE BAND…KIND OF: THE JOYS OF CULT BANDS
By Anthony Benigno
A couple of weeks ago I saw the Dropkick Murphys in New Jersey. It was my fifth time seeing them in three years, and despite a revamped setlist and an increasingly impressive set design, the experience remained basically the same: everyone in the place knew the words to every single song the boys [...]
MUSE: THE HEIGHT OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, FRIDAY MARCH 5TH
By Chris Ramirez
If Muse had not earned the title of “one of the best live performers” before, they earned it on Friday March 5, where the bands show at Madison Square Garden was nothing short of awe striking, spontaneous, and visually bedazzling.
The Resistance Tour, which supports Muse’s most recent album, [...]
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 [...]
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