Ringo & The Roundheads @ Irving Plaza Glyn Emmerson July 13, 2005 Concerts What’s my name? The former Beatle called out to the crowd at Irving Plaza followed by a resounding R-I-N-G-O, and “Do you feel better now?” With a wink and a nod the band laced into “I’m The Greatest “from his ...
Clutch: Robot Hive/Exodus JJ Koczan June 29, 2005 Albums Really, this could be a three-word review. For anyone who has ever heard them, or experienced their live show, all I’d really have to say here is “Dude, it’s Clutch,” and it would justify their being Disc Of Th...
Anthrax @ Starland Ballroom Liz Ciavarella June 29, 2005 Concerts Reunions can be a tricky proposition. There’s the nostalgic thrill of seeing your favorite band rage and pillage through their back catalog like they did when you were 13...however, with every reunion comes the...
Rolling Stones @ Juilliard School Of Music Glyn Emmerson June 1, 2005 Concerts The Rolling Stones cockteased the crowd with three songs at Manhattan’s Juilliard School of Music behind the pompous halls at Lincoln Center in a lunchtime press conference to announce their upcoming tour. This...
MC Chris: Eating’s Not Cheating Patrick Slevin May 25, 2005 Albums A work of pure pleasure, MC Chris’ Eating’s Not Cheating is equal parts white-boy rap send-up and geeky chic over Nintendo-style beats. It reeks of flavor-of-the-month hype, but there’s a difference between MC ...
Isis: Oceanic: Remixes/Reinterpretations Patrick Slevin May 18, 2005 Albums Isis have seemingly created a genre all to themselves—lush instrumental soundscapes punctuated by bellowing vocals. But, to try and rigidly define their textural sound by any amalgam or arrangement of letters a...
Gabby La La @ Joe’s Pub JJ Koczan May 18, 2005 Concerts A Monday night in the swirling urban banality of NYC, the air cool but not cold easing its way through the end of April, and I, marching into a packed Joe’s Pub, wondering what happened to all the smoke in this...
Team Sleep: Team Sleep Patrick Slevin May 11, 2005 Albums Deftones singer Chino Moreno’s long delayed side project with a colorful cast of acquaintances, Team Sleep’s peaceful and soothing self-titled debut on Maverick gives off the same vibe as a Sade record as Moren...
Green Day @ Taj Mahal Russ Cohen May 11, 2005 Concerts Green Day is one of the most successful Punk Rock bands of all-time and this concert shows that after 16 years they still have it. They are 100 percent pure adrenaline yet they continually thanked the crowd for...
Duran Duran @ Borgata Hotel Russ Cohen April 28, 2005 Concerts Duran Duran was a wildly popular British band of the ’80s that made danceable rock tunes that were very memorable. In the MTV era their videos were always on the cutting edge and the band was always interested ...
