Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt September 11, 2019 Albums, Reviews The Dance of Love Tango music is sensuous. Originating in 1800s Argentina and Uruguay, and originally performed only on solo guitar, its staccato phrasing, dramatic swoops and glides, and, especially, the a...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat: Deerhoof, Kiss, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Orange Goblin Everynight Charley Crespo September 11, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Deerhoof/The DiMenna Center for Classical Music/August 18, 2019 Deerhoof began as an improvisational and experimental noise band in 1994 in San Francisco, California. Drummer Greg Saunier was an original me...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo September 4, 2019 Concerts, Reviews SYZYGYX/Mercury Lounge/August 10, 2019 Based outside of Washington, D.C., Josh Clark is a musician and audio engineer formerly known as DJ Impulse in two bands, Corrupt Souls and Sinthetix. Clark and vocali...
Mike Greenbatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt September 4, 2019 Albums, Reviews Ultra-Rare Elvis Covers Forget that bloated Las Vegas lounge singer who died on the toilet. That wasn’t Elvis. All his Elvis-ness had drained out of him by then. Still, we should not forget how incendiary, ...
Movie Premiere of “Blinded by the Light” Illuminates Asbury Park Jessica Guica August 28, 2019 Goings-On, Reviews The premiere of the film “Blinded by the Light” inspired by the life of Sarfraz Manzoor and directed by Gurinder Chadha lit up the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park on August 7th. The cast arrived on the...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo August 28, 2019 Concerts, Reviews The Stray Cats/The Rooftop at Pier 17/August 6, 2019 As pre-teens, guitarist Brian Setzer, bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom lived a few blocks from each other in the New York City suburb of ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt August 28, 2019 Albums, Reviews This Rhythm Method Works It’s As Live As It Gets on the self-released, self-produced fifth album from Seattle’s Polly O’Keary & The Rhythm Method, a hard-charging, blues-busting power trio from the grea...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — ‘Infest the Rats’ Nest’ (ATO Records) Dan Alleva August 21, 2019 Albums, Reviews On their latest album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, the Australian seven-piece King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have put forth an unabashed homage to heavy metal and thrash—undoubtedly making this fifteenth rele...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo August 21, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Elvis Costello & the Imposters/Forest Hills Stadium/July 24, 2019 Born in London, Declan MacManus was the son of a jazz trumpeter who sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra and who later performed as a solo c...
On the Scene: Montréal Jazz Fest Turns 40 Bryan Reesman August 14, 2019 Concerts, Reviews This is the third consecutive year that my girlfriend Susan Lorenz and I have journeyed up to Montréal to experience the fun and pageantry of the Montréal Jazz Fest (aka Festival International de Jazz de Montr...
