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Review: Bon Iver @ Prospect Park
I confess that due to recent apartment hunting, moving, and wedding activities, I have completely been slacking off in the concert department. When I finally do end up at a concert after a break, I am always reminded of why I like live music and how it just makes everything better. This was definitely the [...]
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Tags: bon iver, celebrate brooklyn, prospect park
Last Thursday, The Cave Singers performed a foot-stomping, hand-clapping set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. I had seen The Cave Singers almost exactly two years ago and liked them when I saw them, but then they sort of fell off my radar. But, luckily for me, the band played a mix of songs–many from [...]
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Tags: britunes, lia ices, the cave singers
Last week’s performance by Bob Schneider at City Winery was advertised as a solo show, which to me meant that these musicians in his backing band would not be there. But little did I know that a Bob Schneider “solo show” is not man-and-guitar. Nor is it just man-and-piano. Let me tell you who was [...]
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Tags: bob schneider, city winery
Tiny Apartment Concert 12-11-10
There has been a great deal written about creative and resourceful people who, when faced with very little space, have made the most of their living situations in NYC. A closet becomes an office, a foot stool is also a storage cube, the coffee table can be raised to become a desk, and a bike [...]
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Tags: spritit family reunion, the defibulators, tiny apartment concert
The New Pornographers stopped in NYC earlier this week before heading to England for a few shows. I missed the opener—Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, but The New Pornographers put on a solid 2-hour show. I don’t have their most recent album Together, but having listened to their older albums quite a lot, it was [...]
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Tags: terminal 5, the new pornographers
Last night Mumford & Sons played the first of two sold out shows at Terminal 5 in NYC. The band is wrapping up a year-long tour and clearly they’ve been having a good time together. Though they mentioned they are ready to take a break (and do laundry and sleep in their own beds), they [...]
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Tags: cadillac sky, mumford & sons, mumford and sons, mumford and sons review, mumford and sons terminal 5, terminal 5
The 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival this past weekend was a wonderful flashback to summer. It was three days of music, food, and 85-degree weather in Texas. I had to keep reminding myself it was October. I was really impressed with the festival, it ran very smoothly and the people there were great. I’d [...]
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Tags: acl, austin city limits, band of horses, m ward, monsters of folk, muse, the strokes
Here is my not-so-live blog of my concert experience… 8/29: I hear that Augustines (or musicians formerly known as members of Pela) will be playing in Boston at The Middle East on 9/22. Check calendar. It’s a Wednesday. Think, can I change my work schedule to get to the show? No. Wonder why none of [...]
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Tags: augustines, bowery ballroom, pela, the boxer rebellion
Besides Daniel @ Eels Lounge
Last night I was on the exclusive guest list of about 20 people who who were invited to assemble in Greenpoint to hear the music of Atlanta-based Besides Daniel. Doors opened at 8, the music was to start at 9. There was an opening band (Tim Walker), professional video cameras and a merch table. This [...]
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Tags: besides daniel, tim walker
I knew Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings were popular, but I had no idea they would bring out such a huge crowd to the Prospect Park bandshell Saturday night. They mentioned that there were around 20,000 people there, but I’m guessing there were actually more than that. When we arrived at 6 p.m. (when the [...]
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Tags: celebrate brooklyn, prospect park, sharon jones and the dap kings
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