Bao Nguyen

It was almost two years ago that Beirut played in the venue that occupied the same space that they played last night (May 18, 2008). I don’t know what my point is…

well sorta…. I thought that The War on Drugs‘ performance at our Rock n ROFL party at Pianos earlier this month was pretty good, but I’m reserving judgement until I ACTUALLY see The War on Drugs live because, for whatever reason, they only played as a two-piece that night and I’m not even sure that the second guy is nor…

from formal to ‘party hard’… Santos’ Party house co-owner Andrew WK performed a solo piano set at the New Museum last night as part of their new monthly “Get Weird” series of live music performanc…

I’ve been hesitant to fully accept the lineup change in Brazil’s Bonde Do Role, so I didn’t make a huge effort to get to one of the two NYC shows they just played (and I didn’t personally go to Coachella), but after seeing these pictures and hearing about the shows from a few people (lots of “awesome”s), now I definitely don’t want to miss them next time I have the chance…

The Mobius Band opened for Cut Copy @ Bowery Ballroom and Studio B (and other places too actually). How were they? A few…

DOWNLOAD: Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix) (MP3) Cut Copy played two NYC shows this week. One was at Studio B with the Black Kids who they’re touring with, and one was without the Black Kids last night at Bowery Ballroom (May 14, 2008)…

When their touring dates are finished, Sara jokes that their summer will contain “beverages and bikinis,” but in truth, they will be hard at work on other projects…

Bao told me that…Lykke Li‘s affectuous pop paired with her bouncing dance moves were the highlight of the evening. El Perro Del Mar ended the Swedish Invasion night with an inspired, yet less energizing set…

DOWNLOAD: Anna Ternheim – To Be Gone (MP3) The gloomy Swede, starved for sunlight, is a cliché, she insisted. It takes resolve not to mention that the cover photograph for Ms…