
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Eric Burdon @ Highline Ballroom, 5/15/2013 The band came out, and warmed the room up. the audience had a good mix of people, some old, some middle aged, and some young. Everyone seemed pretty excited, and the energy by this point was strong. Finally, he came out, and the band kicked into "When I Was Young". Among the highlights were "Spill the Wine", which really sounded very funky and had a lot of life [...]

Pioneering the indie dance movement, German electro-duo, Digitalism has a sound that crosses the boundaries of today's breaking electro, rock and indie music. With two great albums and a reserve's worth of stellar remixes, Digitalism invade New York City this coming Tuesday night, May 14th for a performance at The Highline Ballroom. We've got one pair of tickets to the show for give away to one lucky reader. For your chance to win the tickets, simply drop us an email here and say that you'd like to be entered in the Digitalism ticket giveaway. We'll be picking our [...]

If you've been a long time reader of Hidden Track, you know how much we love The Band's concert film The Last Waltz. We're excited to see that a number of musicians will come together at NYC's Highline Ballroom on June 2nd to recreate The Band's 1976 finale. Among the musicians participating are The Rev Tor Band, Jeff Mattson of Dark Star Orchestra, Illuminati Orchestra front man Joel Gallant and keyboardist Pete Levin. Here's the full list of participating musicians which will be added [...]
Don't get me wrong; I LOVE deep house, tech house, and techno. But disco is where it all started! This dance music craze wouldn't be here without it! With that being said our friends at FIXED NYC and LET'S PLAY HOUSE are bring a team of disco champions to rock you all night. The headliners Tiger & Woods , who own Editainment Records , are an Italian duo who bang out really awesome disco edits. They are very mysterious so any chance to see them should be taken! Others on the bill include, The [...]

A$AP Rocky at Public Assembly in February ( more by Dylan Johnson ) As mentioned , Jay-Z's Made In America festival is returning to Philly from August 31 - September 1 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway with a lineup of Beyonce, Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, Black Hippy (aka Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul , and Jay Rock ), Miguel, Solange, Phoenix, Drake, A$AP Rocky, The Gaslight Anthem, AlunaGeorge, Public Enemy , and more. [...]

The wild crew of the boys on The Black Magic Mystical Wonder Tour did NYC a favor and relieved us of our case of the Monday’s last week. Thanks to Codes , Style Of Eye , Brillz , and of course Kill The Noise and 12th Planet , our last Monday was better than most peoples’ Saturdays. Despite drawing a young crowd, Highline Ballroom raged with the intensity of veteran ravers. First to take the stage was Codes . He played almost all trap, but did a great [...]

This Friday, Highline will be swarmed with Verbotenite's, yet again, that all share the same common interest of losing their mind to some powerful grooves. Per usual, the line-up reminds us why New York's nightlife is really untouchable. Headlining the night is the all too familiar tech-house mogul, Joris Voorn, and without his usual partner-in-crime - so we get him all to ourselves! As if that wasn't enough, This and That label head, Davide Squillace, will also be joining in on the fun. Two DJs that have been known to really dominate the dance floor and take the reigns on [...]

Last night ESKMO performed an incredible set at the Highline Ballroom in New York, NY for the second night of his Language / Terra tour. NY-Native, Harrison Waxzenberg AKA Horizon Wireless got things moving early, with an hour long set blending minimal tech house with trip hop in what he's dubbed "Houseadelica." He'll be performing at this summer's The Big Up festival, which is returning to upstate New York after a year hiatus. [...]
Back in the Big Apple for the first time since the inaugural Sensation America, Rejected label head Joris Voorn stops by the Highline Ballroom on Friday, April 12 th , along with Italian Davide Squillace and LA-based Trent Cantrelle , for a night of sexy and captivating tech house beats. Those of you who have had the luxury of witnessing this Dutch maestro behind the decks know the endless library of enchanting tracks he effortlessly mixes into one another, and after co-hosting the [...]

A$AP Rocky at Public Assembly ( more by Dylan Johnson ) As mentioned , A$AP Rocky , whose new album, Long. Live, A$AP , has been holding up pretty well this year, is on tour with Rihanna now and that tour will come to the NYC-area for shows at Prudential Center on April 28 and Barclays Center on May 4 and 5 . But if you'd like to see Rocky do a headlining set a [...]

What a treat! Before we all migrate to Miami for the WMC madness, Verboten kicks us off with two mammoth NYC debuts. Headliner of the night and Diynamic label head, Solomun, will be bringing us a little bit of his Neon Nights flavor to Highline ballroom. As the days pass, Solomun becomes a bigger name - headlining his own night in Ibiza including being Pacha's superstar DJ on sunday's. As if that wasn't enough,Michael Dodman otherwise known as Huxley will be gracing us with some tunes as well! A night guaranteed with a beat that will keep you grooving. It's [...]
Tweet Follow @acidjacknyc New Haven-based funkmeisters Kung Fu co-headlined a mammoth show last week at the Highline Ballroom with up-and-coming jam band heroes Dopapod , with a set that proved the classic can be made new again. With both feet planted firmly in 70s funk-jazz fusion, Kung Fu's high-energy, virtuosic set made us wonder how this music ever went out of style in the first place. Though still new on the scene as a band (their debut CD came out in [...]

photos by Greg Cristman Bosnian Rainbows @ Highline Ballroom, 2/19/2013 Bosnian Rainbows , the group featuring onetime At the Drive-In/Mars Volta member Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes, brought their current tour to NYC on Tuesday (2/19) for a show at Highline Ballroom with openers Marriages . Did you go to this show? If so, what did you think? While we're still waiting for Bosnian Rainbows to drop their new album [...]

Last weekend the Verboten party brand packed out New York’s Highline Ballroom for the return of Dirtybird co-head Justin Martin alongside Desolat queen Tini . Martin played fittingly to his peak-hour time slot and showcased everything from techno to tech house and even some trap. Tini closed out the evening with her signature deep techno sound that went on into the early hours of the morning. Read on for the full break down of the night. [...]

Nashville's Cherub are bringing their risqué electro-pop to NYC when they light up the Highline Ballroom tomorrow, February 7th. We've got a pair of tickets to give away for the show. What do you have to do to win? Cherub's single "Doses & Misosas" is a fine exercise in falsetto. We want to know what your favorite song to sing in that extra high voice is. The one you can only sing in the car or shower. Leave your answer in the comments below. Those of you who don't win can grab tickets for Cherub's Highline [...]
Icons of Funk @ Highline Ballroom, Feb. 5th Photos : Michael Jurick How's this for a band? Leo Nocentelli of The Meters on guitar, Galactic's Stanton Moore on drums, Fred Wesley of the JB horns on trombone, bass legend Bill Dickens (Pat Metheny, Janet Jackson) and keyboardist Mark Rechler of Circus Mind. Dubbed "Icons of Funk," those musical allstars performed together last night at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. [All Photos by Michael Jurick [...]
TONIGHT! We will be raging at Highline Ballroom, for the NYC stop on G-Eazy's Must Be Nice tour. On the tour Skizzy Mars is a special guest, and for tonight's show Ground Up will be performing as well. This show will be dope, three awesome artists at a dope venue. Be there! Be sure to [...]

This is happening... BILAL "A Love Surreal" CD Release Produced By Jill Newman Productions Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Highline Ballroom 431 W.16 Street, NYC (212) 414-5994 Showtime @ 9:00 [...]

photos by Ryan Muir Jessie Ware @ Highline Ballroom, 1/16/2012 Jessie Ware is currently touring the US . She stopped in NYC last night (1/16) for her first of two shows here, the MTV '2013 Artists to Watch' show at Highline Ballroom with Zedd, Twenty One Pilots , and Glassnote-signed Robert DeLong . Accompanied only by an acoustic guitarist, Jessie only played four songs much to the disappointment of those there [...]

It’s Sunday. You’re piecing your the last two nights together and preparing for the week ahead. It seems like it’s going to be forever until the weekend but we’ve got help to break up the monotony. On Wednesday January 16th one of 2012’s hottest names Zedd will be appearing at the Highline Ballroom on Manhattan’s west side, just off the famed railway turned park. Fresh off a Letterman appearance , Rukes seeming to follow his every move at Stereosonic , his numerous production credits (with artists like the Biebs) and an amazing debut album Clarity [...]