Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Animal Collective @ Irving Plaza (2.23.2016)

Animal Collective released their eleventh studio album, Painting With, on February 19th. This release marks the very first time that the band recorded and released an album before touring the songs beforehand. Nevertheless, the new songs received their live debut in Philadelphia on the same day as the album's release. After playing a few shows in New England, Animal Collective made their way to New York City for two consecutive shows at Irving Plaza.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Panda Bear @ The Bowery Ballroom (October 2015 - ALL THREE SHOWS!)

This past year has not seen a shortage of anything Panda Bear. The official releases of the Mr. Noah EP, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper LP, and Crosswords EP have kept fans of Noah Lennox satisfied in between Animal Collective records.  Panda has also toured quite extensively in support of the PBVSGR set, visiting New York on three separate occasions prior to this month's run of shows at the Bowery Ballroom.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks @ Webster Hall (10.4.2014)

Earlier this month Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks headlined the final night of the Downtown Festival at Webster Hall. The Downtown Festival made its way to New York City from October 2-4. Each night, the festival utilized all three rooms of Webster Hall. On the 4th, Slasher Flicks was joined by Atlas Sound, Tobacco, Mas Ysa, Vacationer, and Computer Magic.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Panda Bear @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (9.22.2014)

Panda Bear began his fall tour earlier this month following a month-long stretch of European shows this summer. He returned to Brooklyn this week in support of his upcoming release, Panda Bear vs. The Grim Reaper. Though no definitive release date for the album has been announced, Panda Bear released a mixtape on his website (featuring snippets of possible Grim Reaper songs) and continues to perform new material live. Panda Bear also played the following night at Irving Plaza in Manhattan.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Panda Bear @ Warsaw (5.18.2014)

Panda Bear played the Warsaw in Brooklyn as part of his tour previewing music from his upcoming album, the tentatively titled Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper. The show featured a bevy of unreleased tracks, visuals created by frequent Animal Collective collaborator Danny Perez, and some nifty lasers.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks @ The Bowery Ballroom (4.21.2014)

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks played the Bowery Ballroom as part of their current tour supporting their debut release Enter The Slasher House. The band, which consists of Avey Tare (Dave Portner) of Animal Collective, Angel Deradoorian (formerly of The Dirty Projectors) and Jeremy Hyman (formerly of Ponytail) took the stage after a mesmerizing set by guitar looping aficionado Dustin Wong.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Deerhunter @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg (9.17.2013)


Deerhunter released Monomania this past May on 4AD. Following 2010's polished Halcyon Digest, Monomania marks a return to a more aggressive, garage punk style for the band. Since the album's release, Deerhunter curated their own weekend at ATP UK, where they performed their albums Cryptocrams, Microcastle, and Halcyon Digest in full. They also began touring around the U.S. and booked a run of three shows in New York between Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg and Manhattan's Webster Hall. They played their first show to a sold out crowd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.