The Black Angels at 4Knots Music Festival (07/16/11) Photo: Chris Becker Jr. Spotify presents Late Nights @ Mercury Lounge: The Black Angels Mon, July 18, 2011 Doors: 11:30 pm Mercury Lounge New York, NY FREE This event is 21 and over First Come First Served based on capacity. Line forms at 11pm. More photos of…
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Black Angels Releasing Roky Erickson DVD + MHOW Pics
Black Angels at MHOW (11/04/10) Photo: Chris Becker The Black Angels are releasing an exclusive Record Store Day DVD this Friday featuring the songs of Roky Erickson. There will be a special sneak preview of the DVD today at 3PM ET on their Facebook page. It’s no secret that Austin psych-rockers The Black Angels were…
Ra Ra Riot Premiere “Making of The Orchard” Doc on Hulu.com
Ra Ra Riot at MHOW (09/23/10) Photo: Chris Becker Last month Ra Ra Riot kicked off their tour for their new record The Orchard with a combined four sold out shows at The Bowery Ballroom and The Music Hall of Williamsburg. While they’re hard at work supporting the new album, the short film which chronicled…
Maps & Atlases, New Tour Dates, New Video and Knitting Factory Pics
Maps and Atlases at The Knitting Factory (08/13/10) Photo: Chris Becker Perch Patchwork by Maps & Atlases sat on my shelf for a little while before I got around to listening to it, but once I finally picked it up, I just couldn’t put it down. The band played the Knitting Factory last month to…
Metric Played Celebrate Brooklyn w/ Holly Miranda and Joan As Police Woman
Metric at Celebrate Brooklyn! (08/05/10) Photo: Chris Becker …The Toronto-born quartet delivered an expansive set comprising some of their most aggressive tracks (“Monster Hospital,” “Satellite Mind,” “Dead Disco”), and Haines belted them all out while bunny-hopping and high-kicking her way across the strobe-lit stage—a specter of unrelenting shamanistic fervor in heels. There were some missteps,…
Jimmy Cliff Played SummerStage, Playing Gathering of the Vibes Sunday
Jimmy Cliff at SummerStage (07/11/10) Photo: Chris Becker Jimmy Cliff was truly amazing. This was my first reggae concert, and it was a great place to start. Cliff is one of reggae’s superstars, a founder of roots reggae and star of an awesome film called The Harder They Come, which has an even more awesome…