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If Strangers With Candy's Jerri Blank was an art-school rapper played by Camryn Manheim's little sister, she might be something like Leslie Hall. As the "phat girl" frontwoman of schlock-pop f... Continue reading "Leslie and the Ly's at the Mercury Lounge" >

Tomorrow marks the release of These Are Powers' highly recommended five-song EP World Class Peoples/Candyman, so the trio had a release party this past Saturday with Blondes and MNDR. TAP we... Continue reading "Photos: These Are Powers EP Release Party with Blondes, MNDR at Coco 66" >

Last night was another installment of Test Patterns, the showcase of our pals over at Impose throw every month. This round featured drum tribe Aa, YIMBY faves Liturgy, and the solo work of Pa... Continue reading "Impose Test Patterns Party With Aa, Liturgy, and Dan Friel" >

Bad--if underreported--news, ladies: Andrew W.K. is wifed up. Has been for some time. His paramour, musician/personal trainer to the stars Cherie Lily, threw a party at AWK's Santos Party House ... Continue reading "Photos: Andrew W.K.'s Wife, Cherie Lily, Threw a Bonkers Party at Santos Last Night, Starring Choreographer-to-the-Stars Jonte " >

The dependably stylish Ebony Bones stopped by the Mercury Lounge last night and tore things down, fronting an eight-piece band dressed in every shred of neon, bead, and animal print known to man... Continue reading "Photos: Ebony Bones Dressed Like a Champion at Mercury Lounge Last Night" >

Those of us blessed with a long weekend had plenty to do with it. Like see Julian Casablancas at Terminal 5, take in Vampire Weekend's "emotionally grueling" marathon at the United Palace Thea... Continue reading "Photos: Yummy Fur at the Market Hotel, The Beets at St. James Church, Underscore Quarterly Release Party at the Silent Barn" >

Here are a few photos Rebecca Smeyne took of Jay Reatard live in 2007 and 2008. Whatever you do, don't look at this. Or this. Absolutely awful. ... Continue reading "Remembering Jay Reatard in Photos" >

Yes, bleary-eyed, Resolution-abiding, returned-to-work masses, this is what your weekday life is really like. But before we all slip back into the morass of parasitic assholes and mindless tas... Continue reading "New Year's Eve Party Crawl Photos: Cake Shop, Home Sweet Home, Shea Stadium" >

We're closing up shop early today, and getting a head start on the New Year by doing snow angels outside for a while. Last minute guidance on your own New Year's Eve plans can be found here and h... Continue reading "Say Goodbye to 2009: Looking Back at the Year in Concerts" >

Brief recap, from yesterday: Under 100, the city's newest and potentially only Manhattan-based DIY showspace, just happens to be located in the basement of one Damon Dash, former Jay-Z partner an... Continue reading "Photos of the Dame Dash DIY Hideout Under 100" >

All you need to know about this past Thursday's bonkers GZA/Blowfly double-bill in a Princeton cafeteria is right here in these photos. Blowfly, flipping you off. Blowfly, grabbing his junk. Blo... Continue reading "Photos: Blowfly and GZA at Princeton" >

The next time someone does that thing where they yawn and ask in an incredulous voice whether ABC No Rio bothers to still host Saturday hardcore matinees, by all means, punch them in the face. Gr... Continue reading "Photos: Saturday Afternoon at ABC No Rio With Moderat Likvidation and Detonate" >

Fucked Up's New York shows always seem to coincide with historic American days: Inauguration Day 2008, the only time in recorded history when Ezra Koenig publicly covered the Descendents, and n... Continue reading "Photos: Fucked Up at the Masonic Temple, with Andrew WK on Keyboards" >

At long last, Rebecca Smeyne's final tour through the wilds of CMJ, featuring the Screaming Females, Glasser, Harlem, Boogie Boarder, Jeff the Brotherhood, Dinowalrus, Sisters, something ominousl... Continue reading "The Final Farewell: CMJ Saturday in Photos" >

Elsewhere: Endless recaps, involuntary rants, street fashion. Right here: SOTC photographer Rebecca Smeyne, putting in work. Her first installment, featuring Small Black, Woods, El Perro Del Mar,... Continue reading "CMJ In Photos, So Far" >

Let's be frank. The bonkers CMJ shows of years past--say, like, the Knife--aren't happening this year. The biggest excitement right now is, what, the XX? (Who're great, but don't misunderstand... Continue reading "CMJ Photos: Clipse at the Highline Ballroom" >

One day you're a normal person, the next you're speaking in acronyms and set-times, discoursing knowledgably about the difference between Surfer Blood and Surf City. So yeah, CMJ is very much upo... Continue reading "CMJ Day One in Photos" >

Last week, No Age played four New York shows in four entirely different settings: West Village club (le) poisson rouge, MoMA's Spike Jonze Retrospective, the New Museum for director Jean-Jacqu... Continue reading "Photos: No Age Above the Auto Parts Store" >

These Are Powers played Issue Project Room on Friday, October 9, to help raise money for the non-profit's future space at 110 Livingston Street, which is also the same space where the Brooklyn t... Continue reading "Photos: These Are Powers at the Issue Project Room" >

Hardly a week since blowing out a slightly larger hall, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played hometown heroes at a much smaller one in Williamsburg. The confetti-to-cellphone-photogra pher ratio was much be... Continue reading "Photos: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Music Hall of Williamsburg" >