NEW YORK, NY—Singer Brian Molko commented early on in the evening that it had been six years since he and bandmates of British group Placebo played an American stage. The evening was one of two performances this year for the band on U.S. soil and also happened to be…

BROOKLYN, NY—This coming February will mark 30 years of fervid fan status for me and my circle of musically-worldly friends and family. First appearing at the 1984 San Remo Festival held in the Riviera resort town of the same name, this incredibly talented and charismatic punk Roman kid in…

MANHATTAN, NY—Cream drummer Ginger Baker offered up his unique stew of Afrobeats to a loosely jazz configured combo that also included sax, congas and bass. The band let it flow from the swampy ethers of a Moroccan Kasbah to the steamy urban jungles of the Congo and back to…

NEW YORK, NY—Sir William Welles, noted for hosting the famed steampunk night “Chronologie” as well as the newly-expanded New Goth City website, presented—along with Venus—a dance club night at a surprisingly well-adapted Chinese bar, Saints & Sinners, aka Heavenly Bamboo on Manhattan’s Midtown East. The setup is pretty standard,…

LOWER MANHATTAN, NY—CSN&Y member Graham Nash dished out the hits and some deep album cuts at a two-set performance at City Winery, taking on a catalogue that goes back to the mid-‘60s. From his first group, The Hollies, to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and its various configurations, onto…

MANHATTAN, NY—Bigger than ever, New York Comic-Con is pretty much one big geekgasm for those who love comic books, superheroes, cosplay and anything related. And according to NYCC organizer ReedPOP, this year it broke their attendance records by a good 12 percent, with 130,000 people invading the Jacob Javits…

MANHATTAN, NY—When Pixies bassist Kim Deal announced this summer that she was quitting the group, many fans wondered if it meant the end for their alternative rock heroes.

Well, far from it.

Instead, the band announced a full tour, hired Muffs leader Kim Shattuck to handle bass duties, and…

New York hardcore band Activator released their debut, self-titled album last month almost a decade after their formation. Coming together after meeting at the popular nightclub Max Fish, the group was created by four hardcore veterans who hoped to make the music that they felt was missing from the…

The formation of Iron Bridge Band is self-described as a “rebirth of old friendships,” and the resulting production is certainly a reflection of that fact. The group’s latest release, Road Not Taken, is a far cry from their three-track EP, Unbroken, in length and sound, but not in quality,…

In the 20-plus years that they have been active, Bardo Pond have found a means of production that works, and they are sticking with it. Rather than slyly hide the influence that psychedelic substances have on their music, they choose to embrace and use it. That influence is what…