Overheard on the way out of Roseland last night: “That show reminded me of that time I was in a car crash and I almost died…” OK, so, not your typical Jonas Brothers show. In fact it was the long wished-for re-union of My Bloody Valentine, British godfathers of the shoegazer genre who both defined [...]
Review by Noah Mallin Standing at the t-shirt booth and checking out the road wares at the Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks show at the Bowery ballroom in New York last night, a swaying gentleman in a blazer and t-shirt breaks away from an intense negotiation with the fellow behind the table to swivel his [...]
Neko Case New Pornographers turned out Webster Hall like it was some kind of newbie actress and they were the gang bang. In fact they were a gang bang with enough people on stage to play an Arcade Fire show and nearly as many instruments — flute, violin, horns, two keyboards. But the key ingredients [...]
Stars — Amy Millan, call me! Canada’s biggest export these days seems to be the kind of bands Sasha Frere-Jones loves to hate — sincere indie rock that looks to postpunk for inspiration and wouldn’t know a funk beat if it bit them on the ass. So it is with Stars, who were in New [...]
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