Menomena Moms (Barsuk Records) Concept albums are a tricky business, too often coming across as confining or cheesy. A listener would have […]

Mike Oldfield Two Sides – The Very Best of Mike Oldfield (Mercury Records) If you do not know Mike Oldfield’s work, you […]

Friday November 23 Location: Union Square, NYC Music: Q-Tip Show time: 8 PM Venue: The Fillmore at Irving Plaza Food: Momofuku Drink: […]

ck one will turn 20 in two years and since its inception, there have been many incarnations of the iconic, unisex fragrance. […]

Bat For Lashes The Haunted Man (The Echo Label) Bat For Lashes’ latest album, The Haunted Man, is a noticeable step forward. As […]

Location: Midtown East, NYC Art: Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 Show time: See website for schedule; Through November 29 […]

James Yorkston I Was A Cat From A Book (Domino Recording Co.) The first noticeable thing about Yorkston’s seventh album is that […]

Location: Midtown West, NYC Theater: Chaplin Show time: See website for schedule Venue: Ethel Barrymore Theater Food: Eatery Drink: Valhalla Miscellaneous: Central […]

[Photo credit: Erik Von Gutenberg] A week after Hurricane Sandy and just days after Athena, the EXXXOTICA convention still managed to rock […]

DJ Dainjazone has learned that it pays to be ready at the drop of a “beat.” When LMFAO’s DJ Air took a […]