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May 1, 2013These are the best jazz shows in NYC this month.
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March 18, 2013Here are the10 best concerts to check out around the city this week, in no particular order.
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March 6, 2013Blogs
February 19, 2013If you want to see what alternative R&B will look like in 2013—if the term itself, which already looks sort of old fart-y, still exists—you should check out Los Angeles-based musicians Inc. and Kelela at (le) poisson rouge tonight for "A No World Takeover." The songs on Inc.'s full-lengt ... More >>
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January 30, 2013Voice Choices
January 2, 2013Start the new year with some new Bhangra
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December 27, 2012We're gettin' an early jump on the weekend because you've probably already checked out anyway. So here are the 10 best concerts around the city this weekend, in no particular order.
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May 29, 2012Rorschach w/Converge, Indecision, Xaddax
(le) Poisson Rouge
Saturday, May 26
Better than: Anything you would rightly expect of a hardcore show at (le) Poisson Rouge
Cleared of tables and chairs, (le) Poisson Rouge restores some of its character as a basement, ideal staging for a hardcore show even ... More >>
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April 20, 2012Lambchop w/ Yo La Tengo
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, April 19
Better than: A slow, sensuous makeout session, punctuated by the occasional slow, sensuous yawn, which ideally is taken more as a sign of relaxation than boredom, but whatever, stop reading so much into it.
Well here unfolded a lovely ... More >>
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April 11, 2012Unsound Festival returns to New York
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October 14, 2011Crystal Ark w/Light Asylum, GHE20 G0TH1K DJs
(le) poisson rouge
Thursday, October 13
Better than: Any dance party that doesn't come with hired vogue-queens.
"People don't dance no more," quipped a fellow patron at last night's Crystal Ark show at Le Poisson Rouge. Those that overheard laugh ... More >>
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September 22, 2011Olivia Tremor Control w/the Music Tapes
(le) poisson rouge
Wednesday, September 21
Better than: Poring over photos from May 1997 on Flickr.
In the '90s—that increasingly storied decade that everyone under 30 is probably sick of hearing about the way I was tired of listening to yarns ... More >>
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July 7, 2011This just in: Athens pop outfit the Olivia Tremor Control, members of the sprawling Elephant 6 collective and experts at blending the outlandishly pop with the brain-twistingly not, will tour this fall on a jaunt that includes a September 21 stop at Le Poisson Rouge. Ticket info is on the way ... More >>
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June 27, 2011Brian Chase (l) and Alan Licht (r) perform at Kenny's Castaways on June 23.
Second Annual Undead Jazzfest
Kenny's Castaways, Sullivan Hall, (le) poisson rouge, The Bell House, Littlefield, CrossFit Gym, Homage Skateboard Training Facility
Thursday, June 23 through Saturday, June 25
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May 27, 2011Memorial Day weekend is upon us! While that usually means barbecuing and rooftop happy hours, we've got a whole list of dance endeavors on the agenda this weekend too. (What better way to work off those tacos, burgers, and margaritas?)
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March 23, 2011Agalloch put 'em up. All photos by Daniel D. SnyderAgalloch, Aerial Ruin, Daniel Menche, Worm Ouroboros
Tuesday, March 22
Le Poisson Rouge
Better Than: Drinking that bottle of questionably old red wine you found.
If you ever get stuck trying to figure out what metal to play for your non-m ... More >>
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February 23, 2011Not trying hard because he doesn't have to. CRED.Jamie xx
Le Poisson Rouge
Tuesday, February 22
Better Than: Spending my night surrounded by twenty-somethings making out to "Islands."
Here's who we expected to show up for last night's Jamie xx show at Le Poisson Rouge: black-shrouded scenes ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
'Twas a week of profound excitement undercut by crushing disappointment, all swirling around the same event: LCD Soundsystem at Madison Square Garden. It was announced. People got excited. A Wednesday-morning presale line wrapped around the Lower East Side. But a lot people got shut out. Then came ... More >>
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February 2, 2011This week in the Voice, Steven Thrasher examines the methods of the Success Charter Network and its polarizing CEO Eva Moskowitz. The Bronx Success Academy features "a half-time psychologist, a speech therapist, a music instructor, and even a chess teacher." Would you believe that it's workin ... More >>
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February 2, 2011We wouldn't want the accordion player to injure himselfPerhaps you were unaware that famed James Brown trombonist cohort Fred Wesley has recently been dallying in a "klezmer funk" band called Abraham Inc.; your unfamiliarity will last a little longer, alas, as their scheduled gig at Le Poisso ... More >>
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February 1, 2011"I was there . . . at Le Poisson Rouge . . . in 2011." The utopian dance club Paradise Garage, ruled by legendary DJ Larry Levan with a velvet fist from 1977 to 1987, is perhaps the mother of all Aw Dude You Missed It NYC nightlife spots, its reputation among dance-music fiends undiminished a ... More >>
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January 26, 2011Big Sam’s trombone compels you
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January 19, 2011Tonight, we suggest you take it easy: You've got a long week ahead of you. Head to Pianos for what's quickly become a Wednesday night go-to for after-work revelers and people who just want to kick back at the upstairs lounge's Player's Club. Don't be fooled, though: The selection of raps prov ... More >>
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January 6, 2011Vernon Reid, up to somethingWithout a guide, Winter Jazzfest can make you pretty crazy. On Friday and Saturday night, five venues -- Le Poisson Rouge, Zinc Bar, Kenny's Castaways, Sullivan Hall, and the Bitter End -- will feature a total of 68 short sets (new performers take the stage every h ... More >>
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January 5, 2011Voice Choices
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November 18, 2010Profound gratitude is due to SOTC guru Christopher R. Weingarten for pointing us to soul-rap hybrid Aloe Blacc's outstanding Velvet Underground nod, transforming "Femme Fatale" into a gently swinging space-r&b lament that underscores this dude's growing deification amid the Stones Throw set. ... More >>
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October 13, 2010He's back (second from left) to rattle you anew. Pic by Tony Cenicola."I'm not out there to build an audience," no-wave guitar-symphony deity Glenn Branca told us earlier this year. "I'm 61 years old, for fuck's sake. But still . . . to the day I die . . . I am gonna be writing music." He was ... More >>
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September 22, 2010Hopefully he'll bring some of his toys. Pic by John Rogers."Is this a sound being made by a human being, a musical instrument, the weather, a mountain? Am I somebody singing fully out or very intimately? Why am I doing this, at this precise moment?" Thus did local jazz/classical/avant-garde s ... More >>
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June 8, 2010We jazz June, we thrive soon
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May 25, 2010via Stereogum"I'm-a whoop yo' ass at bowling, Alan Palomo."Tonight, alt.celebrities defend the Eastern wilderness in Stereogum's inaugural bowling tournament, a/k/a the 'Gum Bowl, at Brooklyn Bowl. So after Marnie Stern beats the shit out of Neon Indian, a free (with RSVP) concert shall comme ... More >>
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May 19, 2010via PitchforkThe Barwick-meisterTonight, Julianna Barwick mimics the cries of weeping dolphins and angels with Bieber Fever at Le Poisson Rouge, her latest vocal-loop monastery. For the show's after-party, venture out to Monster Island Basement, where she's spinning her first DJ set alongside ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Tonight, The Deli's "Best of NYC" festival kicks off with Beach Fossils, the sensitive, disaffectedly distorted surf bums with a mobile drummer. At the Abrons Art Center, the Joshua Light Show splashes lava-lamp gurgling, polka-dotted hallucinogen projections atop Woods, a lo-fi folk act whose psy ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Returning tonight to the Abrons Arts Center is the Joshua Light Show, a/k/a the guy who, during the '60s and '70s, popularized gloopy, Technicolor, acid-brewed concert projections and, oh yeah, worked with Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Who, and other sweet dudes. Yes in My Backyard-pick itsnotyouit ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Having learned about Pusha T's badass grandma (not to mention that Rambo-themed pizza joint) yesterday, you can better appreciate NYC tour guides/coke rap extraordinaires Clipse tonight at Highline Ballroom. For obvious moral support, Ninjasonik will also be there, "squeezing into tight pants and ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Tonight, Cold Cave beckon you to stop by Le Poisson Rouge and enter "The Laurels of Erotomania." Essentially, it's a place of hustling drum-machine loops, bubbling pops of synth chords, and a deep come-hither voice. Over at Death by Audio, you can relinquish your body to the jagged, rhino-chargin ... More >>
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April 20, 2010No band-name nonsense from Roman CandleSeems like you strike out thrice today with sold-out shows (the Thermals, the Whitest Boy Alive, and the Specials), but considering the good vibes of 4/20, it shouldn't matter. First, take a deep breath, because finally, here's an appropriate, sensical b ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Despite claims that any old fool can slip into his own psyche-soothing "Sisterworld," Liars have sold out the Bowery Ballroom. No "Sisterworld" for you, and just when we thought they were becoming increasingly believable, too. Fortunately, the ubiquitous Das Racist are bringing their taco-pushing, ... More >>
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March 18, 2010Tonight, Joanna Newsom spares you her baby/grandma coos -- her first New York outing in support of her new triple album, Have One on Me, is sold out at Town Hall, as is the Scissor Sisters show at Bowery Ballroom. So with the two biggest concerts of the night beyond reach, and with all those ... More >>
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February 17, 2010Wallflowers unite at Union Hall, as Hurricane Bells, Steve Schiltz's one-man project (that's your man above), paint meditative tunes with watercolor sounds that gently dissolve into each other. But if you're already gearing up for weekend-party madness, head over to Glasslands Gallery, where ... More >>
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February 10, 2010Harper SmithWednesday night is polarizing. First you've got a free show at the Bowery Electric with the Postelles (that's them to the left), an Albert Hammond Jr.-produced retro-rock pack. Then there's the significantly less Motown-ish yet equally vintage lo-fi rock of Harlem at the Mercury L ... More >>
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January 5, 2010The coziest clubs in town present an invigorating fest
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November 4, 2009
Still the jam, right
It seems ludicrous that Evanescence has not yet appeared on a Twilight soundtrack, but there's two sequels to go, and Amy Lee's grandiosely maudlin goth-pop monolith seems to be revving up again after several lifetimes' worth of intra-band calamity. They're at the Grand Ballro ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
A video of Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells doing "Crown on the Ground" at Le Poisson Rouge about a month ago, via this guy. Every single dynamic change in this song is great. Guitarist Derek Miller used to play in Poison the Well, a band that did very different (but, paradoxically, similar!) juxtapositi ... More >>
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April 1, 2009Hang out with John Wesley Harding and his talented pals
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June 17, 2008So much jazz, so little time
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