Email Author Mikael Wood

2012 Stories by Mikael Wood

• SWEET NOISE

  published February 1, 2012

  Casual fans of Sonic Youth might be surprised to find a member of this longtime New York noise-rock institution taking part in Lincoln... More >>

• REMIX MASTERS

  published February 1, 2012

  The Internet cool-hunters at Neon Gold have moved their real-world club night Popshop from Tammany Hall to Santos’ Party House, and this... More >>

• HOUSEWARMING

  published January 25, 2012

  Just last week, the avant-garde arts space ISSUE Project Room threw a concert to mark the end of its stay at the Old American Can Factory. Thing... More >>

• Rise Against

  published January 25, 2012

  These rabble-rousing Chicago punks summon loads of energy but rarely seem to have any fun doing it. Headlining a bill in California last year with... More >>

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

  published January 25, 2012

  "Everybody wanna sound like Bone,” these Cleveland rappers bragged on 2010’s Uni5: The World’s Enemy, and given the rise... More >>

• Javier Colon

  published January 25, 2012

  On the recently released Come Through for You the ultra-agreeable Voice winner sings tunes co-written by James Blunt, Kris Allen,... More >>

• BRANCHING OUT

  published January 18, 2012

  Demonstrating that hippies can multitask, too, the adventurous psych-folk futurists of Akron/Family have started a new record label, Family Tree,... More >>

• Cass McCombs

  published January 18, 2012

  An even more enigmatic presence than his indie-folk homie Will Oldham, McCombs put out two separate albums last year: April’s Wit’s... More >>

• Lenny Kravitz

  published January 18, 2012

  The retro-rock veteran failed to stir much interest in last year’s Black and White America, which is too bad: With its elaborate funk... More >>

• Smith Westerns

  published January 18, 2012

  Last time I saw these Windy City glam-pop revivalists, they were sighing their way through an early-evening opening set at L.A.’s... More >>

• Califone

  published January 11, 2012

  Performing as part of the New York Guitar Festival, these Windy City avant-roots experimentalists are set to unveil a newly composed score for... More >>

• Aaron Carter

  published January 11, 2012

  He’s currently starring off-Broadway in The Fantasticks, but tonight the one-time teen-pop sensation hits the Gramercy in advance of... More >>

• 'Where's the Band?'

  published January 11, 2012

  Providing yet more evidence of Dashboard Confessional’s continuing influence, this package tour presents the frontmen of several emo bands... More >>

• 'The Public Forum: Sondheim / Kusher'

  published January 4, 2012

  Following up on the public conversation they began in 2010, Broadway giants Stephen Sondheim and Tony Kushner reconvene at NYU’s Skirball... More >>