Nearly two decades after the Beastie Boys played their final concert, Mike D is back on the road, this time under his own name. On Wednesday, September 9, Mike D brought his new project, Mike D 5D, to Knockdown Center in Queens for a hometown stop on his first major tour since the death of […]
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NYC-based indie pop rocker D.K Lyons released his enchanting new single “Reckless Enchantment.” Following “Merry Go Round,” “Reckless Enchantment” is the second single released from his forthcoming EP Long Overdue Lillies. The track opens with a catchy melody that instantly hooks you and sets the tone for an acoustic pop vibe. The fairy-tale romance story […]
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The Songs of Love Foundation’s 11th annual benefit concert “Dog Pound Disco” will take place September 24 at The Cutting Room. Psychedelic funk-rock fusion band Dogs in a Pile will be headlining this event, bringing together live music and community to fundraise for people of all ages facing serious illness. Dog Pound Disco is being […]
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The Electric Brew Music Festival is returning Saturday, September 12 to Walnut Bar & Grill in the Bronx for a third straight year. Put on by production brand Sirens & Kings, the festival will feature regional and local DJs merging EDM, house and perreo beats. Sirens & Kings is a collaboration between two production companies, […]
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Trey Anastasio and Billy Strings will play two shows together this November to benefit the Divided Sky Foundation. These shows will take place on Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. In Oct. 2024, Phish played three Divided Sky benefit shows at MVP Arena in Albany. These 2024 […]
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The 2026 Great New York State Fair has come to an end, and with it a spectacular concert series at both Chevy Court and Suburban Park with a top-notch headliner to cap it all off, three-time Grammy winner, Wyclef Jean. The Haitian rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer took the Suburban Park stage on Monday, September […]
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Following a decade long hiatus, Fraternal Twin return to the New York indie-rock scene with dreamy yet tumultuous new album, Halo Fell Forever, exploring feelings of loss, melancholy, and personal transformation. Tom Christie, lead singer and frontman of Fraternal Twin, is joined by Marco Spodek (drums), Mariah Houston (guitar), and Forrest Philpot (bass). Halo Fell Forever […]
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For some listeners, Allie Sandt may still be familiar as the voice behind Leah, the song that helped propel her former band Seeing Double into the spotlight after going viral on TikTok. The track opened doors for the band, bringing millions of streams, new listeners and opportunities to tour beyond their New Jersey and Upstate […]
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Peter Hook, former bassist and co-founding member of Joy Division and New Order performed 29 songs across two hefty sets on Saturday, September 5, for his first New York City performance since Brooklyn Steel in 2024. The first set featured the entire 2001 New Order album, Get Ready, followed by a set of Joy Division […]
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Yankee Doodle went to townA-riding on a pony,Stuck a feather in his capAnd called it macaroni. Macaroni Craze During the third quarter of the eighteenth century, Londoners saw the bizarre spectacle of the so-called macaroni craze. Young aristocratic men who had returned home from their educational Grand Tour through Continental Europe to Italy, displayed a […]
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