1MM: Jay Reatard @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 7.15.08
Photos by Andrew Parks No offense against the Black Lips–they are our current cover story, after all–but Jay Reatard just stole self-titled‘s blackened heart and became our favorite gutter rock artist since, well, the Black Lips. Not because the bassist in the photo above looks like a younger King Buzzo, either. To be honest, we […]
1MM: Dungen @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7.15.08
Photos by Andrew Parks Two photo sets in one night? Indeed; and expect even more in the coming month as self-titled steps up our summer music coverage. (Speaking of, contact us if you’d like to contribute live shots from anywhere in the country … or world for that matter.) Anyhow, the following harshly-lit photos are […]
I WAS THERE: Broken Social Scene @ Mercury Lounge, 7.17.08
Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew of BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE [Photo by Jonny Leather] By Arye Dworken No, there was no Feist cameo. While Broken Social Scene played a not-so-surprise show last night at the Mercury Lounge with just the core members in attendance, she never hit the stage for an impromptu “Lover’s Spit.” (And she […]
1MM: DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Present “The Hard Sell” @ McCarren Pool, 7.17.08
Photos by Andrew Parks Aside from being a spectacular display of 7-inch fetishism and diamond-sharp mixing skills, last night’s special DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist set offered a defiant answer to one simple question: Now that we’re officially in the age of iPod DJs and Serato setups, is the scratch and spin art of turntablism dead? If […]
1MM: Liars @ McCarren Park Pool
Angus Andrew of LIARS Photos by Andrew Parks Wow. Just wow. As odd as it was to witness Liars‘ doomsday punk approach in broad daylight at JellyNYC’s weekly “Pool Parties” series, self-titled couldn’t help but hold a smile throughout the group’s noisy, gnarly set. For one thing, Angus Andrew is still indie rock’s finest frontman–a […]
1MM: Islands/Stephen Malkmus/Ra Ra Riot @ The Siren Festival, 7.19.08
Nick Thornburn of ISLANDS and DESPOT of the Def Jux crew While 100-degree temperatures kept self-titled in the shade for much of this summer’s Siren Festival, we did manage to grab the following shots over at the main stage …
THE S/T INTERVIEW: Colin Newman of Wire
[Photo by Adam Scott] By A.D. Amorosi With each release since Pink Flag‘s 1977 pressing, Wire has created a series of challenges that few bands of its stature and age–despite all those pesky breaks/breakups–would bother to maintain. Distanced yet direct, frontman Colin Newman, bassist Graham Lewis, drummer Robert Grey and guitarist Bruce Gilbert brought texture […]
PHOTOS/REVIEW: Native Korean Rock (Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs) @ Union Pool, 7.21.08
Words/Photos by Andrew Parks Some requests once Karen O opened her premiere solo performance up to suggestions: “‘Art Star!'” “‘Rich!'” “‘Maps!'” To which the playful Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman responded, “This isn’t a fucking Yeah Yeah Yeahs show! This is something different!” Indeed it was–’it’ being the 11:30 p.m. engagement of Karen O’s one-night-only “Native […]
LAST NIGHT: Morgan Geist of Metro Area
[Photo by Jimmy Edgar] Morgan Geist of Metro Area played Santos Party House on Thursday night. Here are some of the singles he dropped in the boogie-disco duo’s set …