Chillin' in between sets at Governors Ball 2014 As far as music festivals go, Governors Ball provides a nearly perfect package: Aside from the killer lineup, delicious, locally plucked eats, and blissfully navigable festival grounds, it's easy eno...
A$AP Rocky It's been a long afternoon, but A$AP Rocky has just gotten a second wind. The rapper is sitting in a swivel chair in a control room at Jungle City Studios in Chelsea. He's in the middle of a nonstop press day, giving consecutive intervi...
Di Paolo was a regular for the entire two-year run of Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn and became a staple on the Comedy Central roasts. He's also gone on to make appearances on FX's Louie. And he was a writer for two seasons of The Chris Rock Show, for ...
Mumford & Sons For more shows throughout the week, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily. Monday, 6/01 Blue Note Jazz Festival Blue Note All Month, 8 p.m., $20-$55 Some jazz fests bet the farm on stylistic focus; some let...
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Guns N' Hoses' Erin Marsz, center, gets her Bard on in a Soho Playhouse production. I'm a cold heartbreaker/Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two/And I'll leave you lyin' on the bed/I'll be out the door before ya wake... So begin the lyrics ...
Lonnie Holley Arthur Russell's music wasn't meant to be heard -- or the vast majority of it wasn't, at least. Russell, a notorious perfectionist, released only two studio albums. The rest of his sprawling canon comes from posthumous releases stitc...
Bobby Hackney, Bobbie Duncan, and Dannis Hackney of Death "Every day is a good day for Death," Bobby Hackney states firmly. And Death, 40 years after its inception, is finally having its day in the sun. "We suffered through so much rejection in th...
Elephante For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.Friday, 5/29 Billy Idol JBL Live at Pier 97 6 p.m., $52.50 Billy Idol's early admiration for the Sex Pistols, the Who, and the Beatles...
Ed Sheeran at Minneapolis's Target Center, 9/15/14 A hundred million YouTube views can't be wrong. Ed Sheeran is a vernal sensation at the vanguard of a modern British Invasion. The millions of records he sells worldwide, the cutesy nickname for h...
Luke Bryan is one of FarmBorough 2015's headliners. New York may never be country music's home, but the city is certainly growing as a comfortable destination for the genre. Icons in the making like Sturgill Simpson and Sam Hunt are selling out sm...
Super Furry Animals are the latest act to join the 4Knots 2015 lineup. Psych fiends and Britanniacs, rejoice: Super Furry Animals haven't made their way to New York City in over six years, but that's all about to change, as the Welsh rock quintet ...
Rebecca Vigil and Evan Kaufman of Your Love, Our Musical Caitlin Puckett and Calvin Cole are sitting onstage, recounting the details of their romance. The stage is set for Your Love, Our Musical at Peoples Improv Theater on a warm May night, with ...
Devo's Freedom of Choice will receive a comedic salute the week of its 35th birthday. This week in Cheap Laughs, we have sad Griffins, nostalgic whippings, mid-Nineties strokings, and the vital importance of basements. Here's our rundown of the be...
Patrick Watson After half an hour of intense chatting with Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter and film composer Patrick Watson about his band's latest record, Love Songs for Robots, a nagging question remains: Just who is the robot, here? "I di...
Billy Joel at Minneapolis's Target Center, 5/16/15 In case you haven't noticed, Billy Joel is everywhere these days. And if him taking up permanent residence at Madison Square Garden wasn't enough, the Piano Man is preparing to headline Bonnaroo i...
Electric Daisy Carnival attendees at EDC New York 2015 If you want to experience a true sense of detachment from your fellow millennials, wear a collared shirt and khakis to the Electric Daisy Carnival. I did, and for two days I waded through the ...
METZ If you want an idea of how far Toronto's METZ have come as a band, look no further than the fourth track on their eponymous sophomore album, METZ II, which dropped via Sub Pop on May 5. Entitled "Zzyzx" and clocking in at only 36 seconds, it'...
Mackenzie Scott, a/k/a Torres On the pocket of her thrift store denim jacket, Mackenzie Scott wears a collection of buttons. One reps New Jersey-based rockers Screaming Females. Another, Nashville label Spaghetti Spaghetti Records. There's an over...
Snapping A$AP Rocky in action at his A.L.L.A. listening party A$AP Rocky blessed fans with a surprise gift on May 26: The Harlem rapper has unexpectedly released his A.L.L.A. album. The sophomore effort -- its title is an acronym that stands for...
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