Posts Tagged ‘LMB NYC’
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Jan. 16-22)
This week in NYC live music, we've got some interesting shows for the NY Guitar Festival, a two-night stand by Umphrey's McGee, the 12th annual Freaks Ball kicks off this weekend with two shows at Brooklyn Bowl, and lots of standout indie rockers hit the stage. Here are the... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS / SETLIST: Brothers Past @ Brooklyn Bowl, 1/13/12
Last night, I caught a killer Brothers Past show at Brooklyn Bowl. Unlike the last time the band played the Bowl during an epic 2010 snowstorm, BP had a huge turnout for this one. The band really stepped up their game last night, delivering a solid two-set dance throwdown for... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Jan. 9-15)
This week in NYC shows is another mellow one compared to the normal onslaught of great concerts, but there are definitely some interesting happenings, including the New York Guitar Festival, Girls and Real Estate at Terminal 5, and Brother Past's triumphant return to Brooklyn Bowl. For all the guitar and... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Jan. 2-8)
Happy 2012 live music freaks! Hope you all had a killer 2011 and finished it off with a bang and some good shows! Last week was obviously a busy week for live music fans in the New York metro area, so naturally, the concert calendar slows down a bit this week... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Dec. 26-31) – Holiday Run & NYE Edition
Happy holidays, dudes and dudettes! Hope you got everything you wished for and downed copious amounts of egg nog. Now, on to more important stuff than family gatherings and gift exchanges....live music! Naturally, there are ton of great shows going on this week in NYC as we lead up... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Dec. 19-25) Pre-Holiday Edition
After a stellar week New York-area shows, things quiet down a bit for this week's concert calendar as we head into the holidays. There are still some decent shows going on this week, but because of the slimmer selection, I thought I'd add a few extra videos to help give... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Dec. 5 – Dec 11)
The NYC live music scene picks up again with a bunch of great shows happening this week, including the Black Keys, the Barr Brothers, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings along with plenty of other highlights. Check it out: As we covered last week, the Black Keys are now set for... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 28 – Dec. 4)
This week in NYC the live music scene calms down a bit, with much slimmer pickings than the last few weeks. But there's still some good stuff to sink your teeth into, including a few more two- and three-night runs (playing off of last week's theme). Check it: John Scofield... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 21-27)
This is a week to give thanks. Thanks to family, friends, good health, good food, and.....multi-night runs in NYC! Yep, for some reason, this week in NYC shows seems to be the week of two- and three-night stands including Allen Toussaint, the Cure, moe., M83 and Robert Randolph & the... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 14-20)
The NYC concert calendar chills out a bit this week. But there's still plenty of action, including a jam-packed weekend of shows that's going to set up some tough decisions. Here's the week's highlight reel... Wednesday night, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones make their NYC return -- w/ original member Howard... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS / REVIEW: Steve Kimock & Friends @ Brooklyn Bowl, 11/5/11
On Saturday night I caught another fantastic show by Steve Kimock & Friends in NYC. I last saw Steve & co. this spring doing a residency at Sullivan Hall with a rotating cast of interesting musicians. And although the lineup and vibe of Saturday's show was quite a bit... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 7-13)
This week in NYC shows kicks off with a few repeats from last week's list that are sticking around town: Blind Pilot @ Music Hall and the Drums @ the Bowery. We've also got some bigger shows of note this week, including the big hip-hop double bill of Jay-Z &... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 31 – Nov 6
We just got hit with the first snowfall of the season here in NYC. Even though the weather's starting to chill out, the live shows are keeping up the heat. Check out my preview of the week's shows with some videos of my top picks, including Ween, Battles, and Steve... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 24-30
Although last week there were a ton of shows going on due to CMJ, I think I'm actually more impressed with this week's selection. Amon Tobin's doing his ISAM live show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple for three nights (Tues-Thurs). On Tuesday, the Field will bring their hypnotic loop-based... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 17-23
This week in NYC shows is a crazy one, with the CMJ Music Marathon officially taking over a good chunk of NYC's clubs and venues. CMJ is a bit like NYC's version of SXSW with industry panels, showcase events, day parties, and all manner of nighttime parties and multi-band extravaganzas.... more
Pitchfork Expands Festival Plans to New York City with Forms
It looks like Pitchfork is continuing to expand their festival business. After recently rolling out the Pitchfork Music Festival's European counterpart in Paris, they've just announced plans for a "full-on four-day multi-media festival" in New York City. The festival is called Forms and is scheduled for February 1-4, 2012. According to... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 10 – 16
This week in NYC shows, there's some great jazz, including Pat Metheny (Tues @ The Blue Note), Wynton Marsalis (Fri & Sat @ Lincoln Center), and Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman (Sun @ Bailey Hall). Other than some classic jazz, there's a nice mix of funk, folk, rock, and a... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Sept 26 – Oct 2
This week in NYC Live Music is an interesting one, with a couple notable heavy-hitters and a few solid small-club shows... After their Saturday night slot as the musical guest on SNL, Radiohead decided to stick around town for two, now-sold-out shows at the Roseland Ballroom; definitely a tough ticket due... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Sept 19-25
As fall comes into full swing this week, we're getting a really nice mix of interesting shows in NYC with some especially noteworthy bands in the indie rock and folk realms. Starting with the more eccentric artists, there's tUnE-YaRds @ Le Poisson Rouge (tonight), Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Music Hall... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Sept 13 – 19
This is another one of those week's of live music in NYC that requires some serious skills with scheduling and logistics. There are a ton of great shows and there's just not enough time, energy, and cash flow to take them all in. Since I'm still out of pocket, and... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Sept 6 – Sept 12
I'm out of pocket this week and man...it looks like I picked a bad week to head out of town. There are a bunch of interesting shows going on this week with plenty of options for dancing, rocking, and jammin'. For the full-on jammy goodness, Umphrey's McGee is doing... more
DMB Caravan Festival Rescheduled for Sept 16-18
As we reported last weekend, the DMB Caravan festival at NYC's Governors Island got cut short because of Hurricane Irene. But in one hell of a logistical move, the festival organizers have rescheduled the event for Sept 16-18 at a new spot on NYC's Randall's Island. Dave Matthews Band will... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Aug 30 – Sept 5
Although Hurricane Irene ended up being rather wimpy -- considering all of the preparations and dire warnings -- it certainly screwed up a lot of NYC concerts and festivals this past weekend. Brooklyn Bowl had to postpone BP's Saturday show, so I was denied what would have certainly been a... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Aug 22 – 28
8/26 update: Most shows on Saturday and Sunday canceled due to Hurricane Irene This week in NYC live music, we've got a few solid clubs shows going on, plus two very different NY-area festivals. As I mentioned last week, Deerhunter's hitting Webster Hall for a few nights and comes highly recommended... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Aug 16 – 22, 2011
This week's NYC Concert Calendar seems a tad quieter than last week's....which makes it seemingly a perfect week to highlight a bunch of smaller, intimate shows that are going on in town. In last week's post I already flagged Music for Money, specifically for fans of Battles and Tortoise. Those... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar
NYC's live music scene continues to bang on through the heat & humidity with an interesting mix of shows this week. We've got some well-known, genre-crossing singer-songwriters like Bon Iver and Bob Dylan...you may have heard of him. If you're more into dreamy synth-based rock that harkens back to 80s,... more
