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Slick Rick celebrated his 53rd birthday at Brooklyn Bowl with Redman & more (pics)
Groundbreaking MC Slick Rick played his eighth annual birthday show (in celebration of his 53rd birthday) at NYC’s Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday (1/20), and brought out many surprise guests including Redman…
Electric Miles played the music of Miles Davis at Iridium (pics, review)
The excellent band consisted of Randy Brecker on electric trumpet, Greg Osby on electric sax, Paul Bollenbach, Steve Cardenas and Shane Theriot all on electric guitars, Lonnie Plaxico on electric bass and Steve Smith on drums.
Revolting Cocks played 'Big Sexy Land' at Gramercy Theatre w/ Front Line Assembly (pics, setlist)
Revolting Cocks, the industrial supergroup featuring Chris Connelly, Luc Van Acker, Paul Barker and Richard 23, just finished bulldozing their way across North America, playing their debut album Big Sexy Land in full. The tour hit NYC on Saturday (11/18) at Gramercy Theatre with Canadian compatriots Front Line Assembly as the undercard.
Metronomy played Brooklyn Steel with Gordi (pics, review)
UK band Metronomy kicked off a very short U.S. tour on Monday night at NYC’s Brooklyn Steel. The band didn’t tour very much for last year’s Summer 08 album (didn’t cross the pond at all) so this was the first chance we’ve had to hear those songs live…
The Mountain Goats & Mothers @ White Eagle Hall (pics / setlist)
The Mountain Goats‘ Goths tour hit Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall on Friday (11/10). They played about half the new album
Ministry and Death Grips played NYC again (Terminal 5 pics & setlists)
Having played Brooklyn Steel the night before the intense double bill of Ministry and Death Grips hit Terminal 5 on Tuesday (10/17)…
William Parker brought "Criminals in the White House" to LPR (review, pics, setlist)
The legendary bassist, composer and multiple band leader William Parker, a major force in free jazz, brought a politically charged concept performance to NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge…
Husker Du @ NYC’s Peppermint Lounge, 1985 (never-seen photos)
Like everybody else, we were very sad to learn of Grant Hart’s passing today and has had us thinking about his days in Hüsker Dü. It had BV contributor Greg Cristman thinking about Husker Du too and he shared with us never-before published photos Husker Du playing NYC’s Peppermint Lounge on May 8, 1985…
Roky Erickson played an all-13th Floor Elevators set at Rough Trade (pics, setlist)
Roky and Death Valley Girls play Rough Trade again tonight, and Jersey City on Friday before this weekend’s Meltasia Fest.