Category: I Was There

I WAS THERE: Empire of the Sun Make Us Feel Gay Again

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

The Artist and Their Latest Release: Empire of the Sun, Walking On a Dream (Astralwerks, 2008)

The Show: w/ The Juan MacLean (DJ set) @ Terminal 5, 8.9.10

The Set In a Few Sentences: We met Luke Steele once—a long time ago, back when he started playing psychedelic folk tunes as the Sleepy Jackson. And, well, let’s just say he’s a special kind of crazy. The kind you can’t fake, the kind that makes you look over your shoulder—repeatedly, right in the middle of an interview—and say with a shudder, “Did you hear that?”

Actually, no, Luke, we didn’t. But we’re pretty sure you did.

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I WAS THERE: Arcade Fire Conquer Madison Square Garden, Including That 50-Something Dude In the Khaki Pants

Photos by Hobo

Words by Arye Dworken

The 50-something man sitting next to me on the subway was dressed in khaki dress pants with a polo shirt tucked in. He was wiping sweat from his balding scalp with a brown paisley hand towel while talking to his wife about indie rock.

“The first two albums were really championed by Pitchfork,” he said to her, referring to Arcade Fire, the band we’d just seen at Madison Square Garden. “And I think that’s what made them so popular.”

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I WAS THERE: Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof Try To Top Interpol By Literally Covering Joy Division’s Classic ‘Unknown Pleasures’ LP

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Jamie Stewart practices his Overstock.com face

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

The Artists & Their Latest Releases: Deerhoof/Xiu Xiu, Offend Maggie/Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars, 2008/2010)

The Show: JellyNYC Pool Party @ Williamsburg Waterfront, 7.11.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I Was There: Brian Jonestown Massacre Welcomes Back Matt Hollywood at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

Words and Photos by Aaron Richter

The Band and Its Latest Release: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? (A, 2010)

The Show: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 6.5.10

The Set in a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: PiL Put Sex Pistols Fans In Their Place With an Endless Set of Post-Punk Classics At Music Hall of Williamsburg

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

The Artist & Their Latest Release: Public Image Ltd., That What Is Not (Virgin, 1992)

The Show: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 5.19.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: Massive Attack Teach Terminal 5 About Howard Zinn, Torture Tactics & the Downfall of Civilization

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

The Artist & Their Latest Release: Massive Attack, Heligoland (Virgin, 2010)

The Show: Terminal 5, 5.12.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: And the Hottest Ticket of the Year Is … Ariel Pink?

An old shot of Ariel Pink trying to be Iggy Pop

[Photo by JΔMESON]

Words by Andrew Parks

The Artist & Their Latest Release: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Round and Round 7-inch (4AD, 2010)

The Show: Mercury Lounge, 5.4.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: Municipal Waste Remind Us of Keg Stands and Denim Vests With Back Patches At Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

The Artist & Their Latest Release: Municipal Waste, Massive Aggressive (Earache, 2009)

The Show: Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 4.23.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: The Whitest Boy Alive? Clearly You Haven’t Met Us, Erlend Øye!

Erlend Øye waves goodbye at Modular's Nevereverland show in Sydney

Words and Photo by Andrew Parks

The Artist & Their Latest Release: The Whitest Boy Alive, Rules (Bubbles, 2009)

The Show: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 4.21.10

The Set In a Few Sentences:

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I WAS THERE: LCD Soundsystem Try Not To Lose Their Edge With the Kids At Music Hall of Williamsburg

Words and Photos by Andrew Parks

In case you didn’t know, Thursday night marked the longest gap between LCD Soundsystem shows since James Murphy was spinning Can and Chic at APT until 5 a.m. And while the DFA don made sure to remind us of this fact at least 10 times, he didn’t have to. After all, LCD’s loose/loopy set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg was clearly a warm-up gig for bigger and not-quite-better places (playing opposite Jay-Z at Coachella, headlining two nights at Terminal 5). From a giddy “Yr City’s a Sucker” to the final slurred lines of “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” the overwhelming sense that we were witnessing a drunken dress rehearsal is exactly why the show worked so well; exactly why the Internet seekers and art-school Brooklynites in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered ’80s couldn’t…stop…dancing for a change. 

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