Ryan Muir

Jarvis Cocker @ MHOW, Brooklyn, NYC - pics & setlist

Seeing Jarvis Cocker makes you realize that almost all other bands are chumps. This is how it’s done. This is a show. This is charisma. This is It…

Crystal Stilts - Southpaw pics & 2008 tour dates

At Glasslands on Saturday (July 19, 2008), there’s a pretty killer bill featuring The Crystal Stilts, San Francisco’s The Girls. I caught the Crystal Stilts at the Charleston last week, and they just get better (and further from the JAMC comparisons) every time…

Ratatat @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, NYC - pics

The dangerous duo that is Ratatat came on 3 hours after doors opened, and were joined by a third, a keyboardist, who was rocking a serious ‘fro and flared jeans, which I hadn’t seen in a minute…

Dungen @ (le) poisson rouge, NYC - pics

Ever since a friend of mine played me the Dungen tune “Panda”, the band pretty much immediately skyrocketed to the top of my list of bands whose records I will buy as soon as they shuffle off the presses and whose live shows I will catch when I can…

The Magnetic Fields - 2008 Tour Dates, presale, live pics

Magnetic Fields announced some dates that are now on presale. One of the shows is at Loews in Jersey City. All dates and more pics Ryan took at Noise Pop, below…

Bon Jovi played Central Park, we took some pictures

A sea of 60,000 fans eagerly greeted, cheered and sang along with superstar band Bon Jovi as the group hosted a free concert in New York’s Central Park Saturday night that could be seen — and heard — several blocks away…

The Breeders & The Whip @ McCarren Pool, NYC - pics

Gothamist: Are you guys excited about the upcoming show at the McCarren Pool? Kelley Deal: The Breeders seem like a natural fit for the Pool Parties…

Matt & Kim @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NY - pics

Sunday (July 13, 2008). Matt & Kim. Before The Breeders. Free…

the 2008 Polaris Prize shortlist, pics of Basia Bulat

The shortlist for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize was announced last week.a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected critics and experts…

The Vaselines @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY - pics

The Stranger: Why the decision to replace the original rhythm section with members of Belle and Sebastian? Eugene Kelly: We thought it was going to be a one-off gig in Seattle, but it’s sort of expanded…
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