March 9th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
It was a regular thursday evening at Penn Station, I jumped in the Long Island Railroad heading to Hempsted. I sat down, exhausted from my rush through Manhattan to catch the train on time. I looked around, curious, as it was my first time heading to Long Island for something that didn’t involve white sand [...]
November 3rd, 2008 by Noahm | No Comments
New York, November 1 - It’s certainly not coincidence if the following summary of my CMJ Festival happens to be posted the very same day that New York’s Marathon was ran. It’s been one week now that the madness is over. 1 Week is precisely the time you need to recover from one of the most [...]
October 31st, 2008 by Noahm | 6 Comments
New York, October 17 - It was around 3:30 PM when I got out of the subway. The gleam of sunlight blinded my face. The corner of Prince Street and Broadway was busy. As it always is. I grabbed my iPhone and started walking toward Station A, SoHo’s famous Apple store, where I had arranged a [...]
October 28th, 2008 by Noahm | No Comments
New York, October 27 - My ears were still ringing after Underoath yesterday’s show when I got to Bowery Ballroom. Thank GOD - see the parallel with Underoath here ? - I was welcomed by beautiful riffs and the most unexpected cutest voice ever: Lydia were already playing their best tunes.
The lighting was terrible as [...]
October 27th, 2008 by Noahm | 4 Comments
New York, October 26 - Christian metal band Underoath originally from Florida invested the City tonight, and when I say invest, I mean it. Literally. And they know how to do it too. Accompanied by no more than 3 supporting bands and their massive Fan Base, they conquered Terminal 5 in a breath. I don’t recall the venue sounding that [...]
October 16th, 2008 by Noahm | No Comments
New York, October 10 -The big 4-0 ! New York Magazine was celebrating its 40th birthday tonight and it was a very New Yorkish Party that was expected at Hammerstein Ballroom, in the heart of the City. Two of the most popular Brooklyn-based bands, Grizzly Bear - who opened for Radiohead during their summer tour [...]
October 9th, 2008 by admin | 1 Comment
New York October 6 - They always say New York is filled with cabs - you know, the famous yellow ones - but what about a Cab filling out the most legendary venue of the City ? Radio City Music Hall was sold out tonight and it was Death Cab For Cutie that was in town. [...]
October 7th, 2008 by admin | 7 Comments
New York - October 6
Tegan & Sara, the Indie-Rock band composed of Canadian song-writers and identical twins - Whose names are Tegan & Sara just in case you didn’t pick it up yet - filled up Terminal 5 for the second night in a row. They put up an impressive musical display (and a less impressive lighting [...]
September 28th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
New York - September 20.
“I bet the only time Giuliani had sex was when he was 12, and it must have been with his priest” or “Giuliani, I’ll see you in the Mother Fucking Circle of Hell” - Stars co-leading singer, Torquil Campbell certainly isn’t the type of person to hide his opinions. In fact, he would more of the type to sing them loud. Stars, the Canadian Indie Pop band