Posts Tagged ‘NYC’
SETLIST / TWEETS: Neil Young and Crazy Horse @ Global Citizen Festival, Central Park NYC 9/29/12
Photo Credit: Maria Ives Neil Young and Crazy Horse took on the lofty responsibility of closing out the largest webcast in history, capping off a beautiful evening in New York City's Central Park at the Global Citizen Festival. Fans were able to tune into the festival on YouTube and Palladia.TV, the... more
SETLIST: Foo Fighters @ Global Citizen Festival, Central Park NYC 9/29/12
The Foo Fighters just kicked off their set in Central Park at the historic Global Citizen Festival (STREAM HERE), continue below for the setlist from this powerful and moving event as it rolls in from the Big Apple. Folks at home can also tune in to the Festival live on... more
SETLIST: The Black Keys @ Global Citizen Festival, Central Park NYC 9/29/12
The Black Keys, citizens of Akron, OH, played to a crowd of 60K+ and millions around the globe today as part of the Global Citizen Festival in New York City's Central Park. Continue below to see the setlist. SETLIST: THE BLACK KEYS @ Global Citizen Festival, Central Park New York... more
LIVE STREAM: 2012 Global Citizen Festival (Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Neil Young and More)
Today, Central Park in NYC is hosting the Global Citizen Festival, a milestone charity event featuring Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses, K’Naan, and 60,000 music-loving fans. The event's aim is to incite a wake up call for world leaders and champion the... more
LMB NYC: 2012 NOLAFUNK Mardi Gras Ball(s) @ Hiro Ballroom
Big Easy music fans in the Big Apple have a chance to le bon temps roule during this year’s Mardi Gras season thanks to this multi-night showcase by NYC’s purveyors of live NOLA funk. The 6th Annual NOLAFUNK.com Mardi Gras Ball(s) event will take place at New York’s Hiro Ballroom... 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
Pitchfork Postpones New NYC Event “FORMS”
Remember that new NYC multi-media music event Pitchfork announced a while back for February 2012? Well, it looks like that's a no-go. Pitchfork announced today that they'll have to postpone the event: Pitchfork, The Bowery Presents, and Killscreen are postponing FORMS, the NYC-based event series we collectively created as a... more
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: The War on Drugs @ Bowery Ballroom, 12/11/11
On Sunday night, I caught a fantastic show by the War on Drugs at Bowery Ballroom with Still Corners and Arc in Round opening. I was able to nab a few decent photos and -- thanks to Sam of Dog Gone Blog who I hung with for most of the... 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
PHOTOS: Lotus @ Terminal 5, NYC 9/24/11
Our friend Nick Irving went to the Lotus show on Saturday night at Terminal 5 and shot the hell out of it. The band returns to the road on Oct. 20th in New Haven, CT and play a month worth of shows across the country as deep fall and... 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
PHOTOS / REVIEW: Wilco @ Central Park Summerstage, NYC 9/23/11
Wilco is playing a concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion right now and it's being webcast live by NPR Music. The band played New York City on Thursday and Friday night and we had some folks at the show willing to brave the weather to bring us this review and... 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
Photos: Kanye West / Jay-Z @ MoMA Garden Party 5/10/11
A few months back Stephen Kelley (of 4TWK.com) shot the Kanye West and Jay-Z performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and at the time I wasn't fully versed on this whole Watch the Throne super-duo that was coming together. Now I'm obsessed. Check... 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
Video: Bustle In Your Hedgerow with Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl, 8/11/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOmfXHsnCMs Sadly, I couldn't make it to last night's Bustle In Your Hedgerow show @ Brooklyn Bowl, but judging by reports and a couple videos posted today, it looks like it was one for the books. Check out Questlove sitting in on drums for "The Wanton Song" (above), as well as... more
