Amanda Hatfield
Mr. Twin Sister wrapped up tour w/ Moon King at Bowery Ballroom (pics), playing Ridgewood's Out in the Streets fest
Mr. Twin Sister wrapped up their tour with Toronto’s Moon King on Friday (7/25) with a homecoming show at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. It was a full house and songs like “In the House of Yes,” “Rude Boy,” and “Out of the Dark” had the crowd dancing…
Porches lose Greta Kline as member, played huge Prospect Park show, added to Exploding In Sound at Baby's (pics & tix)
Porches played what was probably their biggest show to date in Prospect Park on Saturday night. Lines for the show, which was headlined by North Carolina electropop duo Sylvan Esso, were wrapped around Prospect Park in multiple directions before doors, and that meant a capacity crowd for an opening band…
Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz & Torres played Terminal 5 (pics, video, setlist)
On Tuesday, Courtney Barnett, Sadie of Speedy Ortiz and Torres headed to the LES for an art show (pictures), and last night (7/22) those three acts played a huge sold-out NYC show at T…
Mitski, Elvis Depressedly & Eskimeaux played 2 NYC shows (pics from Palisades w/ Normal Person)
Towards the very start of her set, Mitski addressed the crowd, thanking them for their support and encouraging the historically marginalized communities to be proud of their roots and “take up as much space as you can”, with a disarming sincerity that’s seen far too infrequently…
pics: Jacco Gardner, Meatbodies & Dinner @ Baby's All Right
Dutch retro psych-pop wunderkind Jacco Gardner wrapped up his current North American tour in NYC on Sunday night (7/12) at Baby’s All Right…
The New Pornographers and Thao & the Get Down Stay Down played a packed Prospect Park (pics, setlist)
The New Pornographers played a free Celebrate Brooklyn! show at Prospect Park Bandshell on Saturday (7/11). The last time they did this was in 2005, part of a Canada Day celebration…
Rainer Maria continued their reunion with two NYC shows (pics from Saint Vitus)
The Rainer Maria reunion marched on with two more shows in the band’s hometown of NYC over the weekend: Saint Vitus on Friday (7/10) and Shea Stadium on Saturday (7/…
River Rocks began (pics), BUT rain cancelled Waxahatchee's set and ruined Speedy Ortiz's guitar pedals
photos by Amanda Hatfield Speedy Ortiz / Weyes Blood
Dick Diver played Baby's All Right with Lightning Bug (pics)
Australia’s Dick Diver played Baby’s All Right on Tuesday night (7/7), one of the first dates of their U.S. tour supporting their terrific new album, Melbourne, Florida…
Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers, Ab-Soul, A$AP Ferg & more celebrated Steez Day in Central Park (pics)
But the night kept getting more hyped and the crowd’s energy was building along with it. The Underachievers took the stage as the sun officially set, running through a slew of songs from their debut mixtape Indiegoism and their latest solo project, Cellar Door, including “Sun Through Rain” and “Amorphus…
