Gigs
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. [...]
REGINA SPEKTOR
It’s just what happens when you take a phenomenal musician out of small Brooklyn venues and stick her center stage at Radio City Music Hall. Her vocals manage to fill up every inch of the theater, reaching out to her sold-out crowd– as well as her star-struck fans gazing down from the third mezzanine [...]
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