It was a sleepy Saturday night. Summer had jumped out of the pool and was shivering In a towel while Fall rolled the pool cover over the blue waves. Old friends rang me up. Khruangbin was playing the Stadium again, and their third dropped out. I thought about it for a bit. I had been… Read More Khruangbin and Men I Trust, Forest Hills Stadium, September 21, 2024
In the winter of 2021, while poking through shelves of thrift shop CDs, I posed a pitch to Soda Survive about Music Survival Guide. My favorite band’s new album was underrepresented by people who make words mean things, and I was frustrated about it enough to act. “Sure,” he said, handing me an inbox full… Read More Music Survival Guide 2022 – Year in Review
I think it was WFUV’s Russ Borris who first played Ibibio Sound Machine on the radio on my way to work, and I was instantly hooked. Their fourth album, called Electricity, is an infectious mix of African percussion with electronic keys and horns for days. It’s like Afrobeat dance punk, and it’s stunning. Their latest… Read More A Saturday Night with Ibibio Sound Machine and DJ Sinkane
It’s Sunday night. The rest of New York Shiddy is curling up to watch either football, House of the Dragon, or for more creative potatoes, both at once. But underneath the scaffolding, amidst perpetually dirty streets and fresh graffiti tags, the family was gathering. The almighty Fishbone were coming to the conclusion of their small… Read More A Sunday Night with Fishbone and Action/Adventure
Where the fuck is it? I’m toiling around the streets, knowing I am vaguely close because of the shift in quality of graffiti. A guy as equally confused as I am is spying the environs on this corner of Wyckoff and Weirfeld, looking for a music venue. He spots it first. The name Trans-Pecos is… Read More A Friday Night With Claire Dickson, Dolphin Hyperspace, and CGI Jesus
Cut to a chilly Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom. The stores are closed, but whole street glistens with spray-painted names and signs. A young *somebody* in a hand-altered hoodie is having his photo and video taken by onlookers. A clown-faced goth waits for her friends in front of a tequila bar. Randoms donned in black… Read More An Evening with Ho99o9, N8NOFACE, and Hoddy, The Young Jedi
Even though New York is still coated in a late-March sheet of ice, I keep trying to find the push to yank my gravitationally-enhanced behind out of my hovel and go live inside some lights and music for a few hours. So I rolled out of my house, said goodbye to my sweet little doggo,… Read More A Friday Night with Coventry Carols, He Was a God, and Sadartha
Last Sunday night, 08/13 The Magpie Salute treated The Paramount in Huntington Long Island to a near two and a half hours of phenomenal rock and soul! Thanks to venue director Adam Ellis for taking care of us! GEM Photography was in tow and sent in some cool shots to M-S-G that I wanted to… Read More The Magpie Salute-Photos by GEM Photography
Less than a week ago I had the pleasure of seeing Lisa Loeb perform again. I’d seen her only once, and it was 20 or so years ago in NYC when I was kid. I remember being so happy after watching her play and being able to be a part of that time when she… Read More A time capsule kinda evening with Lisa Loeb
Saturday Night’s are better for a lot more than fighting, this past Saturday was a primo example. Way East on the Island of Long, in a town called Ronkonkoma, sits a music venue called Backstage Pass. This little place over the last year or so has started to prove that it truly is a killer… Read More A band called…mUg bUg
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