Disorganized thoughts about music and science and film and philosophy and literature and…
Artist: The Walkmen
Venue: Webster Hall, NYC, NY
Date: May 24, 2006
My last show for a while started off rather disappointingly. The opener was Mazarin (explicitly stated as being “of Philadelphia” — who knows where the one is from, or why neither has changed their name). In any case, their sound was a little too ordinary (with […]
Artist: Pretty Girls Make Graves
Venue: Irving Plaza, NYC, NY
Date: May 13, 2006
It’s always exciting when I manage to convince friends to go to shows with me, although I must admit I feel more than a little pressure as well — my reputation as a recommender of “good music” is at stake everytime we go together.
With […]
Artists: Edan, Prefuse 73
Venue: South Paw, Brooklyn, NY
Date: May 7, 2006
In hip-hop, you have an MC and you have a DJ. The MC raps and the DJ spins the records. There is no concept of ‘live music’ because the DJ is usually not mixing anything more complex than a jazzy hook and a danceable drum […]
Artists: The Books, Todd Reynolds
Venue: North Six, NYC, NY
Date: May 5, 2006
Essentially a repeat of their earlier performance, this show offered only 2 highlights compared to last time: the opener Todd Reynolds (Bang-On-A-Can member, violinist, and ‘technology-driven-composer’) was interesting to hear live (much more so than his recorded work) and he performed with the Books […]
Artist: Dave Douglas Quintet
Venue: The Village Vanguard, NYC, NY
Date: May 3, 2006
Going with a new friend of mine from Columbia’s EE department (who’s doing research in digital music analysis), this was my first jazz show in the city, at one of the most famous venues ever. Going on his recommendation of the saxophonist in the […]
Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Venue: Roseland Ballroom, NYC, NY
Date: May 2, 2006
After what seems like forever, I finally got to see my very dear Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and they put on as good of a show as had been promised to me by my sister (who saw them, along with about a bazillion other bands, at […]