Email Author Stacey Anderson

2010 Stories by Stacey Anderson

• BAMBOO BANGAS

  published January 26, 2010

  "Marching band" seems too tiny a term; Red Baraat have the locomotion of an army. The percussion and brass collective centers around the... More >>

• GLORIOUS NOISE

  published January 26, 2010

  A good soul man is hard to find—and harder to accept if he comes from the Dead Science, one of the more eccentric new wave experimentalists... More >>

• QUIET, LOUDLY

  published January 26, 2010

  Asobi Seksu seem to be following the Goldfrapp guide; their third album, Hush, was a gentle surprise of flickering soundscapes,... More >>

• WHITE RIOT

  published January 19, 2010

  White Rabbits are unusual in their lack of pyrotechnics—no narcissistic stage garb (of neither the trying-too-hard nor the... More >>

• AFTERNOON AT THE SYMPHONY

  published January 19, 2010

  Fresh off his much-anticipated Carnegie master class for sopranos and pianists, Met Orchestra conductor James Levine returns to his day job... More >>

• BON NUIT

  published January 19, 2010

  Justin Vernon, of the nom de psychfolk Bon Iver, once explained that he needed a minimum of 80 extra singers to perform his songs live.... More >>

• ELECTRO EXCESS

  published January 12, 2010

  Aa is happily minimalist, with handclaps and tinny synth plus occasional spacious tribal hoots that bring to mind '80s club days with flair to... More >>

• STYLE TO SPARE

  published January 12, 2010

  Brooklyn's Gang Gang Dance have taken some strange gigs in the past, but perhaps none more so than last fall's Fashion Week, when they... More >>

• MAN ON FIRE

  published January 12, 2010

  Every eccentric element of Julian Casablancas's solo debut might seem spontaneous, but we know better; the Strokes frontman has a... More >>

• HAPPY FEET

  published January 5, 2010

  It’s entirely possible that inside Passion Pit’s tour bus, a thousand smiling kittens are pecking their songs on a thousand... More >>

• WARM HEARTHS

  published January 5, 2010

  Bleecker is rarely so electric as during NYC Winter Jazzfest, an elegantly curated festival of fine experimental jazz that encompasses the... More >>

• FIRESTOPPERS

  published January 5, 2010

  Yes, that is Peter Fucking Frampton, coming live from the plush John Varvatos boutique that trods the soggy grave of CBGB’s. (Do we sound... More >>