Monday, May 7 2012
Jazz & Heritage Festival: 27 - 29 April 2012 - New Orleans
Thanks to bravura performances from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dr. John and Janelle Monae, the first weekend of the 2012 Jazz & Heritage Festival showcased the best of music’s past, present and future.
Bamboozle: The Alternative to Alternative Festivals (18 - 20 May)
With a relocation back to Asbury Park and a chance to see bands along the shoreline of New Jersey, there's no reason not to completely ignore my advice and go find someone, or something, completely new at Bamboozle.
Friday, May 4 2012
Newport Beach Film Festival 2012: The California You Don’t Know
What you don't know about California is the focus of two movies screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival this week, Day at the Pool and Behind the Orange Curtain.
Punch Brothers: 17 April 2012 - Lexington, KY
Never mind what the group appears to be, as their style transcends the limits of instrumental preferences.
Thursday, May 3 2012
Refused + Death Grips: 12 April 2012 – Pomona, CA
Refused built tension while the audience anxiously awaited this reunion -- that many did not expect to ever experience.
Tribeca Film Festival 2012: ‘Freaky Deaky’ Premiere + Tribeca Talks
If you don't take Freaky Deaky too seriously, you'll probably enjoy it.
Wednesday, May 2 2012
Tribeca Film Festival 2012: ‘Nancy, Please’
Nancy, Please holds up a grotesque and distorted fun house mirror to procrastinators, who refuse to buckle down and take responsibility, but instead focus blame on forces beyond their control.
Clark ‘Iradelphic’ Launch Party: 7 April 2012 - London
Unfortunately, as is often the case with album launches, Clark decided not to showcase the album musically.
Tuesday, May 1 2012
The Dø: 6 April 2012 - La Maroquinerie, Paris
In spite of whatever assumptions their images will conjure, their talent is undeniable.
Monday, April 30 2012
Green Festival: 22 April 2012 - New York
The first Green Festival exhibition in New York, an exhibition of sustainable and green businesses, panel discussions with social activists, and vegan or vegetarian food options.
Friday, April 27 2012
Dr. John: Insides Out at BAM - Brooklyn, NY
For three consecutive weekends, Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack and a dazzling array of collaborators brought the glorious music of New Orleans to Brooklyn
A Conversation with Rachel Maddow: 21 April 2012 - Milwaukee
The MSNBC political commentator drew thousands to Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater Saturday, April 21.
Thursday, April 26 2012
‘Regrets’: Manhattan Theatre Club - Off-Broadway
Charman and his well-cast actors know how to craft tension and dramatic suspense.
Wednesday, April 25 2012
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: 19 April 2012 - Broomfield, CO
Tom Petty took a moment to acknowledge Levon Helm as "one of the greatest people on this Earth".
Tuesday, April 24 2012
Tribeca Film Fest 2012: ‘Let Fury Have the Hour’ and “Russian Winter’
Both Let Fury Have the Hour and The Russian Winter focus on individuals in relation to communities, how art allows their work together.
More Than a Feeling - It’s “Romance”: Wild Flag Play Webster Hall
The sum of Wild Flag is in the strength of its parts.
Monday, April 23 2012
San Francisco International Film Fest 2012: ‘The Anabasis…’ and ‘Bitter Seeds’
The search for place, for identity and meaning, produces experiences that become memories, framed by what you know and can't know, what you reject and what you embrace.
The Mother Hips: 24 March 2012 - San Diego
The band has been on a major resurgence over the past five years, presenting an admirable lesson to all rock 'n' rollers to never say die.
Friday, April 20 2012
Kraftwerk at the Museum of Modern Art on 10 April 2012
Nearly 40 years ago, Kraftwerk must have seemed as though they’d beamed in from another dimension, a window into a clean, emotionless yet oddly sexy future. And they still sound like that today.
