Word: nyc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mountain Goats emerge onstage, clad in jeans and button-down shirts, worlds away from the NYC rock-chic that is keeping a hold on the current indie audience. Bassist Peter Hughes seems to understand that this is Darnielle’s gig: his bass complements Darnielle’s ferocious guitar strumming without ever overpowering...
...section faithfully since age nine, but it was only recently that my Wedding Mockery became a blood sport. Perhaps some background is necessary here. I’m from Yonkers, New York, which one eloquent Urban Dictionary contributor correctly defined as a “shithole north of NYC.” Sometimes referred to as the “sixth borough” or the “backyard of the Bronx,” the city suffers from a severe inferiority complex. I think where I live is pretty nice, but I realize the place...
...hook from 2000’s, “Mr. Your On Fire Mr.,” off the debut, which recently made this television appearance. That exercise in poor syntax was recently covered by the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, another band in the growing crowd of NYC art-punks, whose flamboyant lead singer Karen O dates the flamboyant lead singer of The Liars, Angus Andrew—perhaps the Gwen and Gavin for a hipper generation? The Liars have a relentless experimentation that is their claim to uniqueness in this current crop, and in the material they...
...vital part of those means is the album’s flawless production, courtesy of the DFA. Quite simply, the increasingly popular NYC duo give Echoes what Paul Oakenfold gave the Happy Mondays on Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches and what the Dust Brothers gave the Beastie Boys on Paul’s Boutique. The DFA’s production brings the Rapture’s early sound, evocative of Joy Division and the Cure, to its logical fulfillment—bridging the band’s penchant for the 80s with the means and trends of 21st century rock...
...This NYC instrumental bass-drum-organ trio delivers tunes just complex enough to be interesting and just simple enough to be good. 9:00 PM. $9; 18+. Middle East (Upstairs), 472 Mass...