blackout

The 2003 blackout happened on August 14 at 4:10 PM and knocked out power for millions of people across much of the Northeast, including New York City, for more than 24 hours. Ted Leo & Pharmacists remained electrified for their Seaport Music Festival show, however....

Jennifer Lopez also rescheduled her Madison Square Garden show, which was evacuated during the blackout and ended early.

A massive power outage hit Manhattan on Saturday night (7/13), cancelling subway service, most Broadway shows (iincluding Dave Chappelle's), and more.

In town for for the Fourth and looking for something to do? NYC always has options.

'70s hard-rock innovators Bang reunited back in 2014 and they're still going strong. They've got a few dates scheduled for this year, including Roadburn and Maryland Doom Fest...

Emo revivalists Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) and Dikembe are playing Shea Stadium on July 5. Tickets are on sale now.

Plenty of great metal, hardcore, and other heavy NYC shows are getting announced all the time. We don't get a chance to write about all of them, so here's a roundup of some of the recently-announced stuff coming up: '70s proto-metal band Bang, who played their first-ever NYC show in 2014 and opened for Pentagram here later that year, will return to NYC again on May 10 at The Shop (234 Starr St in Bus...

This year's edition of Brooklyn's annual Brain-Cave Festival happens April 25 and 26 at Baby's All Right with an eclectic lineup both days, and visuals both days...

Brooklyn doom/sludge Blackout (which features onetime Cheeseburger guitarist Christian Gordy) play around their hometown a lot -- perhaps you've caught them here with Eyehategod, Acid King, Naam, or oth...

Dorthia Cottrell, frontwoman for Richmond doomers Windhand, is a week away from releasing her debut self-titled solo album (due 3/3 via Forcefield), and she's now put out another of its songs, a cover of Gram Parsons' "A Song For ...