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Live – The Kills @ Webster Hall | NYC
You know how people always say that a party doesn’t get good until the police show up? Well, during The Kills show at NYC’s historic Webster Hall, the fire department showed up… for a real fire emergency read more »
Live – Coachella Day Three
Ah, day three. That’s when the “festival feet” blues start to kick in. You know, that’s when the reality of all of the constant standing and dancing and walking starts to kick in, and your feet start to swell up and pulse read more »
Live – Coachella Day One
Here it is, the infamous Coachella wrap up report….Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s been almost a week to the day since Coachella started. I get it… you folks out there in Tripwireland want the up-to-the-second recap deets on how amazing it was to see (insert your favorite read more »
Live – Coachella Day Two
Refreshed and ready to go, the posse loaded up the horses and hit the festival grounds right as UK DJ/remixer Erol Alkan took the stage. As Alkan dropped a blistering set of hot-off-the-presses dance tracks on the crowd, it dawned on me that the re-emergence of the rave read more »
Live – The Chemical Brothers @ McCarren Pool | NYC
I’m not ashamed to say that I was really psyched for the Chemical Brothers to touch down this past Saturday in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park pool. I mean, first of all, it was a quick ten-minute walk away from my house (and yet, I drove over…oops); second, Ladytron was slated as the opening act (and I had never been able to catch them live in New York); and best of all, I was finally seeing the Chemical Brothers perform live read more »
Live – Underworld @ Summerstage | NYC
Recently, I’ve come to realize that presenting a top-notch live electronic music show is a tricky thing, indeed. I mean, it’s absolutely crucial for an artist to traverse that weird balance between presenting some sort of “traditional,” bringing-it-to-the-stage showmanship and letting the twitchy beats speak for themselves. And to be even more blunt, let’s ask the obvious question: does the crowd really want to be staring at some knob-twiddling DJ for a couple of hours? read more »
Live – Placebo @ Roseland | NYC
Ok, so let’s get the full disclosure out of the way, shall we? I’m apparently… old. Not old enough to be pondering AARP Magazine subscriptions, mind you, but old enough to have gone to the record store (remember that?) and purchased Placebo’s classic sophomore album, Without You I’m Nothing. Basically, that album (and Placebo’s glam ‘n’ gloom sound) holds a sacred place in my heart read more »
