Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Ayo / Time Out review
The shoes made it through only one number during a showcase by Ayo (pronounced “EYE-yoh”) at the Highline Ballroom on Sunday night. “I was trying to impress you,” she told her big, stylish audience as she doffed her footwear. “That’s what high heels are for.” The young Nigerian-German singer-songwriter—whose name means “joy” in Yoruba—seemed genuinely impressed by the number of people who turned up to hear her perform songs from her latest album, Gravity at Last. The disc doesn’t come out in the U.S. until July. Yet this crowd knew its tracks already, and even chanted lines from “Girls,” an as-yet-unrecorded song, back at her. (more at timeoutny.com)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Momus
poster by catsaregrey.comThis May, musician/writer/performance artist Momus is performing four three-hour long surveys of his entire musical career. One of these “Momuthon’s” will take place at New York’s Highline Ballroom on May 26th. The Momuthon is made up of three sets, one each for the ’80s, ’90s and 2000’s.
tickets available here.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tom Morello Brings Street Sweepers To Roots' NYC Jam Session
As a warm-up for their opening slot on the impending Jane’s Addiction/Nine Inch Nails tour — which kicks off Friday in Florida (Rolling Stone will have a full report) — Morello’s new band, Street Sweeper Social Club, played a surprise gig opening for the Roots last night at New York’s Highline Ballroom, engaging a sold-out crowd that was there more to dance than to mosh. Morello and crew — featuring frontman Boots Riley of Oakland hip-hop act the Coup — took the stage in matching black coats with red trim and shades and kicked into the staccato, guitar-heavy “Fight! Smash! Win!,” complete with some shredding from Morello without his trademark effects array. (more at rollingstone.com)
Rage Against the Machine founding member Tom Morello and Boots Riley of the Oakland hip hop outfit the Coup kicked out the jams with their latest project, the Street Sweeper Social Club, in an after-hours set last night (May 5) during the Roots' weekly party at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. (more at billboard.com)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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