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December 7, 2011
RIDING HIGH
The National play the second of six shows
Voice Choices
November 2, 2011
Crosby, Stills and Nash
The National play the second of six shows
Music
September 7, 2011
Fall Arts: Music Picks
The National play the second of six shows
Voice Choices
August 17, 2011
Crosby, Stills and Nash
The National play the second of six shows
Blogs
August 1, 2011
"Weird Al" Yankovic To Class Up The Beacon Theater In October
What better way to cap off MTV's 30th anniversary than with an announcement about master pop parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose AL TV blocks encouraged me to stare wall-eyed at various TVs owned by my family members for very long blocks of time, and also to believe in flying hamsters. He's playing ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2011
Live: Adele Dispenses Her Own Brand Of Comfort At The Beacon Theatre
Adele Beacon Theatre Thursday, May 19 Better than: Staying with that tosser. It is a special kind of emotional suicide to venture to the Upper West Side, under threat of impending thunderstorm, to hear a tortured British soulstress mourn the loss of a lover who sounds suspiciously like your last, ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Michael Bolton & Kenny G Just Might Have Brought '90s Nostalgia Full Circle
Many people around your corner of the Internet will be giggling about the seeming waiting-room singularity epitomized by the just-announced Beacon Theatre show pairing Michael Bolton with Kenny G--set to take place on June 19; tickets go on sale next Monday morning and start at $45--but let it be ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011
Giveaway: Two Tickets To See Adele Friday Night At The P.C. Richard & Son Theater
Bazooka-voiced Brit soul singer Adele's second album, 21, is out later this month (NPR is streaming the whole thing right now), and to celebrate, she's doing a free NYC show Friday night at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater, invite-only, courtesy your friends at iheartradio.com. That link puts y ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2011
PJ Harvey Is Playing Terminal 5 In April
Good news for all you Foursquare enthusiasts who can't get enough of Terminal 5: On April 20th the cavernous Midtown spot will host none other than PJ Harvey, supporting her new record Let England Shake and possessed of a terrifying intensity perfect for making large places feel uncomfortably ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Presenting Your 2011 Billboard #1s: Taylor Swift...Cake...the Decemberists?
We defy you not to laugh, really.This morning, music industry executives awoke with a sigh of relief: the third full sales week of 2011 did not end with historic Soundscan lows. After Taylor Swift set a historical nadir by selling 52,000 copies of three-month-old record during one of the slow ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Week In Review: You Know We Were Kidding About That Best Year Ever Thing, Right?
A thing that happened. Photo by Phil Freeman.In the week we debated whether 2010 was the best year for music ever (you guys know that was a joke, right?), we pitted Chris Brown against Katy Perry, Titus Andronicus against LCD Soundsystem, Taylor Swift against M.I.A., and house music against h ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
Week In Review: Stop Looking At My Moms
In the week we continued counting down the worst songs of 2010, noting atrocities from Susan Boyle, Liz Phair, Christina Aguilera, Jackyl, and NeverShoutNever, and Die Antwoord, we also began our overall year in review, listing the 10 biggest music stories of 2010, our 10 favorite concerts, t ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
Ray Davies' Beacon Theatre Show Wednesday Night Is Canceled
Bad news for all you Kinks-obsessive pre-Thanksgiving revelers in the house: Ray Davies has canceled his remaining U.S. tour dates, effectively immediately, given that he was "ordered by his doctors not to fly or travel until his medical condition has stabilized to their satisfaction." That's ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2010
Week In Review: The Love and the Wizardry
We are all Jay-Z's children,. Photo by Jori Klein.In the week we told you why you can't hate Kanye West and love My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy at the same time, we made similarly bold claims about Girl Talk--ten worst moments on that record, right here--and the Beatles, who along with a c ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Live: The Hold Steady Try Their Best To Burn Down The Beacon Theatre
Craig Finn, taking the whole Twins thing in stride. Pics by Rob Trucks, more below.The Hold Steady Beacon Theatre Thursday, October 7 Better than: Cirque de Soleil's Banana Shpeel or whatever usually goes on here. I'm sure some of those Allman Brothers shows get pretty rowdy, but I still ca ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2010
The Hold Steady Are Playing At the Apple Store In A Few Hours
"Can I get some service on this iPhone, please?" Photo by Rob Trucks.Local bar-rock heroes and Minnesota Twins fans (sorry about that) the Hold Steady have been playing great shows in New York for so long, and with such regularity, that you occasionally start to take them for granted. Until, ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2010
Week in Review: Report Gang Activity
Have seen you seen this man?In the week we wondered if it was still possible to sell out in 2010 (short answer: no), we also found ourselves introduced to the horrific new term "rape gaze," about which the less that's now said, the better. Cleanse your palate with the six best things you can ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 15, 2010
'Celebrating Ornette Coleman'
Have seen you seen this man?In the week we wondered if it was still possible to sell out in 2010 (short answer: no), we also found ourselves introduced to the horrific new term "rape gaze," about which the less that's now said, the better. Cleanse your palate with the six best things you can ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
The Ongoing Improvement of Sonny Rollins
Chatting with the Saxophone Colossus, who still insists music can help
Music
May 4, 2010
The Hold Steady Age Gracefully
On the still raucous and (only slightly) paternal charms of Heaven Is Whenever
Blogs
February 12, 2010
The Best Thing Ever Coming to an Animal Palace Near You This Long Weekend
The Best Thing Ever are three musically inclined college friends from Boston University who reunite occasionally for novelty-themed tours. First there was the 2006 Bathroom Tour, in which the trio showed up unannounced to a predetermined set of New England toilets to lead acoustic singalongs--some ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Ray Kelly: 2009 May Be New York's Lowest Major-Crime Year Since 1963
In remarks prepared for today's graduation exercises for NYPD cadets at the Beacon Theater, Commission Ray Kelly announces that he expects 2009's final stats will show not only a decline in major crime (murder, rape, robbery etc) for the 19th straight year, but possibly New York's lowest major crime ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2009
Tonight! The Jesus Lizard, Neko Case, And Kinky Friedman
Those of you not cool enough to attend the last upstate New York All Tomorrow's Parties jam or that Vice Halloween party clusterfuck have thus probably been denied the violent, visceral, vitriolic pleasures of the Jesus Lizard reunion, and this is no way to be, going through life without David Yow ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
News Roundup: The Decemberists, Death Row Records, Neko Case, Monty Python
--The Decemberists have added a New York date to their "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The band hits Terminal 5 on September 19th. Colin Meloy and Co. will take a break from playing the epic Hazards of Love in its entirety, instead planning a "special lottery show." In an e-mail, the band said: ... More >>
Music
August 4, 2009
Suicide Threats and Midlife Crises at Steely Dan's Beacon Run
--The Decemberists have added a New York date to their "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The band hits Terminal 5 on September 19th. Colin Meloy and Co. will take a break from playing the epic Hazards of Love in its entirety, instead planning a "special lottery show." In an e-mail, the band said: ... More >>
Music
June 10, 2009
Are You There, God? It's Me, Regina Spektor
The downtown ingénue takes on bigger audiences and weightier issues
Blogs
March 27, 2009
Live: Snoopy Dancing to the Allman Brothers at the Beacon
Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theatre Thursday, March 26 I felt like this is something I should do at least once, given that many people feel like they should do this, like, hundreds of times. "There's an extra rig onstage," notes a clearly loyal gentleman in the men's bathroom, minutes before sho ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2009
Live: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel Reunite at the Beacon Theater
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
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March 17, 2008
iVoice: Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Colbie Caillat Chat
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2008
iVoice: Britney Spears and Adnan Ghalib, the IM Chat!
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2007
iVoice Team Exclusive: Andrew Bird at Beacon Theater Soundcheck
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2007
Live: PJ Harvey at the Beacon Theatre
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2007
No Context: Revenge of the Book Eaters, 08.26.07
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
NYC Life
April 26, 2005
Jazz
Paul Simon Beacon Theater February 13 Consider the slack, orgasmic vagueness that invades Paul Simons face as, down below, his right hand twitches, by reflex alone, into the first four chords of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"--a song that appears, even when being played by the man who wrot ... More >>
News
November 16, 2004
Naughty & Nice
Freaky fun that will have you feeling festive
News
September 7, 2004
Music for the Masses
Fist-raising rockers tune out the majors and band with independent record labels instead
Music
December 16, 2003
Playing The Audience
The Rev. revs up, quiets down, chats up, preaches, sings
News
August 19, 2003
Hello Dalai
Thousands Of New Yorkers Await The Dalai Lama's First Visit Here Since 1999
NYC Life
April 22, 2003
Listings
Thousands Of New Yorkers Await The Dalai Lama's First Visit Here Since 1999
NYC Life
March 4, 2003
Listings
Thousands Of New Yorkers Await The Dalai Lama's First Visit Here Since 1999
NYC Life
September 3, 2002
Opening Up
When Who's on First Is What Matters
NYC Life
August 20, 2002
Coldplay Sizzles
When Who's on First Is What Matters
Home
June 4, 2002
Supplement
When Who's on First Is What Matters
NYC Life
May 28, 2002
Jazz
When Who's on First Is What Matters
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September 4, 2001
Grrrl, Inturrupted
It’s Ladies First This Season
Music
June 5, 2001
Listings
It’s Ladies First This Season
NYC Life
May 29, 2001
Jazz
In Search of a Cool-Blue Note
Music
March 6, 2001
Music
In Search of a Cool-Blue Note
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June 8, 1999
Jazz Listings
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