NIKI & THE DOVE / THE FOX / GLASSLANDS

NIKI & THE DOVE perform THE FOX at Glasslands in Brooklyn on June 14th 2012 A flower child at a Donovan show in 68 peppered with a club kid dolled up for a long night at the Limelight – this was my first impression of Niki and the Dove, as the frontwoman emerged from backstage. It seemed... Read More

LITTLE SCREAM / THE LAMB / THE ROCK SHOP

LITTLE SCREAM performs THE LAMB live at The Rock Shop in Brooklyn on December 2nd 2011 Little Scream’s 2011 release, The Golden Record, is nothing short of outstanding. But live…she is sublime. “The Lamb” performed here, breathes a different color into a track that is otherwise ghostly and... Read More

LAURA MARLING / NIGHT AFTER NIGHT / McKITTRICK HOTEL

LAURA MARLING performs NIGHT AFTER NIGHT at McKITTRICK HOTEL in New York City December 11th 2011 Laura Marling is the calm and the storm. Her presence and her music are terribly beautiful. Haunting and honest, tragic yet magical, nostalgic, timeless. An old soul through and through, Marling enraptured... Read More

REVEREND VINCE ANDERSON / GET OUT OF MY WAY / UNION POOL

REVEREND VINCE ANDERSON & HIS LOVE CHOIR perform “GET OUT OF MY WAY” at Union Pool in Brooklyn November 7th 2011 The revival is alive and unlike the church you may remember from childhood. One trip to see The Reverend Vince Anderson at Union Pool on a Monday night and you’ll understand... Read More

JACUZZI BOYS / COOL VAPORS + GLAZIN / DEATH BY AUDIO

JACUZZI BOYS perform “COOL VAPORS” & “GLAZIN” for the Hardly Art CMJ showcase at Death by Audio in Brooklyn October 21st 2011 The fire-code breaking capacity crowd at Williamburg’s Death By Audio exploded into a limb-thrashing, toe-smashing, beer spraying frenzy,... Read More

CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO / PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO performs at Public Assembly in Brooklyn for the Damn Zun iBomba party April 29th 2011 More than just a DJ, breakthrough Argentinian producer Chancha Via Circuito embraces a native sound and tradition that has sparked a new movement in South American dance music, reimamgining... Read More

ZAKEE / DOPE GIRL / PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

ZAKEE performs “DOPE GIRL” Live at Public Assembly in Brooklyn for the Damn Zun iBomba Party April 29th 2011 Here is a bonus video from the ZAKEE show we filmed our first season. His album, Assimilations, is now available on iTunes. For the latest on ZAKEE, keep up with him on twitter: @iamzakee  Read More

ANR / THE ENDLESS FIELD OF MERCURY / PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

  ANR performs “THE ENDLESS FIELD OF MERCURY” at Public Assembly in Brooklyn April 6th 2011   There are very few musical qualities that I am a sucker for: 1. men who sing really well in falsetto, and 2. lead singer drummers. I was totally slain by Awesome New Republic the first time I... Read More

YC THE CYNIC / THE HARDER IT IS / SOUTHPAW

  YC THE CYNIC performs “THE HARDER IT IS” for the “Fall FWD” mixtape release party at Southpaw in Brooklyn on March 1st 2011   YC the Cynic’s impeccable breath control and vocal clarity give his live show an intimate feeling, inviting the crowd into his world…a world they leave... Read More

MY GOLD MASK / YOUR COO KA CHOO / PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

  MY GOLD MASK performs “YOUR COO KA CHOO” at Public Assembly in Brooklyn April 6th 2011   My Gold Mask is Chicago based Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armondo. Yes, Rochelle’s soaring vocals have been said to echo the likes of early Karen O, Blondie, or Pat Benatar- but it’s My Gold Mask’s... Read More