Passion Pit Represents for the Massholes at Bowery Ballroom
The last time we saw a Boston band play must’ve been ten years ago.
Posted 06/22/09 in Vulture
Last NIght's Gig
Phoenix Dazzles, Claims ‘It’-Band Status in Front of Thousands at Terminal 5
Call us cheesy if you must, but Friday's show could only be described as a "moment."
Posted 06/11/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Indie-Rock Show of the Year? The Decemberists and the Diamond Twins
It culminated with the most remarkable karaoke this side of the Japanese islands.
Posted 05/27/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Those Dancing Days: A Swedish Girl Group That’s Ready for Their Close-up
If we were running either MTV or the CW, we'd drop everything and start figuring out how to turn these girls into Stateside stars.
Posted 05/22/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Last Night’s Bruce Springsteen Show: Yep, Awesome
“Is this New Jersey? Then we can’t go home until we've played this one!”
Posted 04/15/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Neko Case, a Wild and Crazy Gal
Last night it almost seemed like Case was angling for a shock-jock gig.
Posted 04/13/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
The Unannounced Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show You Missed
Karen O appeared in an outsize sort of kimono, stroking the mike like Tina Turner, before stripping down to a tiny dress.
Posted 03/18/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Live, Peter Bjorn and John Do It Pre-Recession Style
Like when it was normal to be served a free, exotic cocktail from a bar carved out of ice.
Posted 03/12/09 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
R.E.M. Tribute Concert at Carnegie: A Reckoning
Song-by-song ratings of performances by everyone from the Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson to Darius Rucker, a.k.a. Hootie.
Posted 11/21/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Crush-Worthy Sondre Lerche Charms, Offers Polaroid Portraits at Show
Sylvie Lewis came onstage for some duets, but sensing the fandom in the room, she opted at times to simply remain silent.
Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
AC/DC Savage Madison Square Garden With Panting Rock Fury
Guitarist Young spent five minutes standing alone on top of a platform built over the drum set, hammering away with such speed and volume that his playing was essentially incomprehensible to mortal ears.
Posted 11/04/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Keren Ann Sings Softly in a Language You Don’t Understand
The chanteuse broke from her role as jazz-folk ingénue only once, to rib the crowd.
Posted 10/30/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Jazzman McCoy Tyner Recalls Times With Coltrane, Hits the Keys
By age 18, Tyner was touring coast to coast in John Coltrane's station wagon.
See David Banner Swing From the Rafters at Big Rap Show
Banner hung from the rails of the balcony, looming 40 feet above the crowd, but thankfully did not attempt to reenact the finale of Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" video.
Posted 10/27/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Vivian Girls and Woods Make for Nice CMJ Surprise
It was the type of indie-rock grab bag where headliners Vivian Girls have, relatively speaking, something like star power.
Posted 10/27/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
Jay Reatard Forcibly Removes Fans From — and Forcibly Invites Them to — Stage
Jay Reatard betrayed no hint of CMJ fatigue, giving his typical tornado of a performance.
Posted 10/24/08 in Vulture
Last Night's Gig
The Dears, CMJ’s Most Stoic Band But for the Butt Wiggle
A George Michael–esque ass wiggle was the closest thing to banter that the Dears front man Murray Lightburn indulged in at last night's show.
Slideshow: The Ladies and Men of Lights and Ex Reverie, True CMJ Highlights
The bands actually represented a vital indie subcurrent rather than whatever it is magazines are telling us to listen to.
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