The Temper Trap, straight from Melbourne, Australia made an appearance at a few venues during CMJ 2009 in New York City. I was able to see them play at the Highline Ballroom, opening up for Clipse (I know, kinda strange). They put on a sick live show, have awesome dancy music, and are good dudes. [...]
How do you plan to kick-off your Halloween weekend? Sure, you could head to Cornerstone and wade through an overcrowded collection of co-eds on your way to the bar; but that sounds just like every other weekend in College Park. Instead of trading elbow shots with a beefy bro, head to Sonar nightclub in downtown [...]
Last Sunday, I took a day trip to Baltimore, where I was planning on attending this year’s Comic-Con. On any regular occasion there would be no reason for me to attend Comic-Con, as I am not a comic book fan. But this year, however, Claudio Sanchez was doing a signing. I have been [...]
On Tuesday night the parking lot outside Merriweather Post Pavilion was expectantly converted into a hippie convention. There were the aging members of the love generation who chased swigs of straight bourbon-whiskey with drags from their Marlboros and temporarily satisfied their anticipation for the show with stories from the glory-days. All the while the new-age [...]
I saw my favorite band, Copeland a few nights ago at the Recher Theater in Towson, MD. Joining them on this tour were Barcelona, and headliners – Relient K. I had the opportunity to do a bit of photography-action during it. Check the pictures out here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanyagelman
Falls Church, Virginia is not by any stretch of the imagination, a hot-bed of musical talent. Northern Virginia for that matter has never been thought of as a region with a burgeoning scene. But here, in good ol’ NoVa, sandwiched between a center for spiritual enlightenment and a sandwich joint, lays the State Theatre. “The [...]
Last night I went to see Blink 182 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, and it completely blew my mind.
During one of the first few shows of the Paramore headlining tour (9/29/09 at the Fox Theatre in Pomona, CA), lead singer, Hayley Williams of pop-punk band Paramore lost her voice. Instead of trecking it out, what did she do? She walked off stage and left the 2000+ capacity venue to sing lead on one [...]
New song from MGMT. This was in Memphis a few weeks ago. I saw them this past weekend at All Points West in Jersey City and they were pretty damn good. They played all their hits, plus a few new songs, including “Congratulations.” They seem to be going in a new direction with their new [...]
This weekend the 5th annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival will take place in our nation’s capital. The event starts Friday and will feature numerous jazz performances from various artists. Should be a good one. NBCWashington.com has a preview of the festival: http://www.nbcwashington.com/around_town/the_scene/Brunch-and-Bossa-at-Cashions.html.
