"When I heard my name called as the winner, tears of joy ran down my face," Tucker says of the win.The Bronx-born drummer prefers jazz fusion and has played with his church in Brooklyn for five years. He's been playing since his father put sticks in ...
John Legend and Common's "Glory" from Selma The Academy Awards and all the A-list celebrities, red-carpet fanfare, and fabulous after-parties that come with them are exciting, but let's be real. Some of the most memorable moments of the Oscars tel...
Behemoth Who is Nergal? Polish celebrity Satanist and household name in his home country, where he's been a judge on the Polish version of The Voice: yes. Inscrutable frontman of death metal band Behemoth: yes. Cancer survivor at 37 years old: ye...
Thirdstory Thirdstory joke about being the unofficial Taylor Swift cover band, but they say the goal for their music is to maintain soul and an authentic approach. The group, made up of Richard Saunders, Elliott Skinner, and Ben Lusher, was behind...
Helmet's Page Hamilton at the Bowery Ballroom Even two decades after its release, no band has ever managed to put out a record quite like Betty, the third studio album by New York alt-metal aficionados Helmet. A combination of factors makes the LP...
Sharon Van Etten sells out Greenpoint's Warsaw. Back when she was bellowing songs from 2010's epic and sipping wine out of a coffee mug, someone called out a request from Sharon Van Etten's nimble acoustic-driven first album during one of her sets...
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See SNL's Sasheer Zamata this week at LPR This week in Cheap Laughs, we have ice cream cakes, neighborhood shakes, personal screenplays, and a gloriously wild remake of Jurassic Park. Here's our rundown of the best in independently produced New Yo...
Helmet Page Hamilton is sitting beside the ocean in Malibu, the glow of the waves reflecting off his glasses. The founding member of NYC's legendary heavy alt-rock act Helmet has lived on the California coastline the last twelve years in something...
Terry Waldo on the keys at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola On a frigid Presidents' Day eve, New Yorkers young and old turned out at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for a night of early jazz and ragtime. Leading that evening's program, entitled "From Ragtime to Jazz...
Swearin' For more shows throughout the week, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.Tuesday, 2/17 Andrew Drury's Content Provider Roulette Brooklyn 8 p.m., $15-$20 Sometimes ruckus carries the day. It certainly juices the a...
Eula release Wool Sucking on March 3 via Famous Swords. From her passionate performances to her Famous Swords production collective, Eula frontwoman Alyse Lamb has been renewing our faith in New York's art-punk scene for several years now. A tight...
Miley Cyrus performs Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" for Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special. A party four decades in the making, the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special embraced what the show's been about from the s...
"That was great -- and I don't even like that song!" So proclaimed a thirtyish dude last night as Paul McCartney -- Sir Paul, Macca, the Cute One, the One Who Once Was the Dead One But Now Blessedly Is One of the Two Still Alive -- treated a crowd of...
These 40 musical moments spanning the history of Saturday Night Live are not necessarily the most pristine, the most technically sound, or even the most enjoyable; they're not a collection of perfect presentations and radio-ready tracks. The chaos th...
Two Gallants For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily. Friday, 2/13 The Hold Steady Bowery Ballroom 9 p.m., $40 Basketball and rock fans will collide at the second annual Alt Star party,...
Christina Aguilera is set to open the 2015 NBA All-Star Game with a New York-themed performance alongside the Rockettes on February 15. Like any other widely watched television event, the NBA All-Star Game has become far more than just an excuse f...
Kanye West (center) with Big Sean (left) and Pusha T (right) on February 12 during the first Roc City Classic Update: See our full gallery: Kanye West Fans Brave the Cold for His Outdoor NYC Concert The show lasted about an hour, wrapping up a li...
It's been obvious since 2010, when he rhymed "kosher" with "Ebert and Roeper," that Drake is a cinephile. Indeed, Nothing Was the Same positively bristles with movie references, from Memento to Martin Scorsese -- perhaps inspired by his time on Deg...
Sturgill Simpson sounds better at death's door than most artists do in fine fettle. "Full disclosure," the singer said, taking the stage clad in a plaid shirt and wielding his acoustic guitar: "We're all sick as shit, but we're going to give you our ...
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