I arrived at ABC No Rio on a recent Saturday, sixteen years after my first matinee for a record release party celebrating the local lady band Claire’s Diary. It was the first time it really sunk in how far things had come.
February 26, 2013 Boroughing, Multi/Media, Music Reviews, Shows, Video
MOVEMENT is a brand new monthly party at Loreley in Williamsburg. Veteran DJs Ayesha Adamo and Cecil Grey are on the decks all night on third Wednesdays. Here’s a soundcloud of his inaugural set.
May 9, 2012 Audio, Bars, Boroughing, Classic, Music Reviews, Night/Life
The business savvy songstress, returned to her fans after four years of silence, came at her audience with a powerful message and they were ready to listen. On the eve of May Day, also the release of her second album Master of My Make-Believe (Downtown/Atlantic), her songs ring true as dark pop with a worldly punk twist, burrowing deep into our souls and forcing modicums of truth into the ether that sorely need recognition.
May 5, 2012 Audio, Boroughing, Classic, Multi/Media, Music Reviews, Photo
The Buke & Gass duo, featuring Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez, highlights precisely what’s frustrating about small scene independent sound these days from New York to Portland – they always leave us wanting more.
December 22, 2010 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Music Profiles, Music Reviews
While traces of the dark, wandering weirdo vibe of Amen Dunes’ Murder Dull Mind remain intact, the blown-out “rock” moments of the former are largely absent, replaced by brooding, skeletal folk insinuations.
July 26, 2010 Classic, Music Reviews
The L Magazine’s second annual Northside Festival concluded Sunday with four days of music and ambition to spare.
June 30, 2010 Music Reviews
Black Gold, a new record, coffee and antique shop opened in Carroll Gardens over Memorial Day weekend. The shop caters to those obsessed with all things analog in our modern world, a respite from the modern glassy mac shops to which we’ve grown accustomed.
June 21, 2010 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Music Reviews
Brooklyn The Borough debuts a new weekly column with a nod to local trio Knight School and the great state of Indiana.
May 17, 2010 Boroughing, Brooklyn Beats, Music Reviews
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