Lola Johnson (Fisty) at Cobra Club (photo by Kate Hoos) On a recent Sunday night, a group of musicians came together at Bushwick’s Cobra Club to raise money for The Center for Human Rights in Iran in response to the current feminist ...
Cloud Nothings at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) Attack on Memory, the 2012 album by Cloud Nothings, is one of those albums I can’t help but listen to front to back each and every time; it is not casual listening or ...
Disq at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Madison, Wisconsin’s Disq made their way to Baby’s All Right last week in support of their sophomore album, Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet (Saddle Creek). And while I’m sur...
Death From Above 1979 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) The long running Canadian dance/noise punk duo Death From Above 1979 hit Brooklyn recently for the penultimate night of their North American Is 4 Lovers tour. This al...
Weeping Icon at Alphaville (photo by Kevin McGann) The first time I saw the extraordinary noise punk band Weeping Icon was at the Bushwick venue Alphaville in 2017, and I was instantly mesmerized. Their music, then and now, comes at you wit...
Oceanator at The Broadway (photo by Ray Rusinak) By their own account, Elise Okusami and Oceantor have been on the road for seven separate tours this calendar year. That’s a LOT of touring. Sharing the stage with such diverse acts as Pe...
Rozzi at Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann) LA based singer/songwriter/producer Rozzi treated her NYC fans to an intimate live show last week to celebrate the release of Berry (Deluxe) which combines the songs from her previous EPs, Be...
NoSo at Mercury Lounge (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya) Baek Hwong aka NoSo played their first New York City show as a headliner, and their largest show to date as the headliner, on Tuesday night 10/15 at the Mercury Lounge. They were backed by ...
Dead Stars at Main Drag (photo by Ray Rusinak) The old adage that “absence makes the heart grow fonder” couldn’t be more true than in the case of Brooklyn’s very own fuzz punk power popsters, Dead Stars. It’s been well over two an...
The Murlocs at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kevin McGann) I guess blowing minds in NYC a few weeks back with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard wasn’t enough for Ambrose Kenny-Smith, so he decided to come back to Brooklyn this pa...
Teke::Teke at Public Records (photo by Emilio Herce) On Friday, November 11th, Teke::Teke, the Montreal based Japanese band, performed their inaugural NYC show at Brooklyn’s Public Records, a relatively new mid-sized Gowanus venue. The ve...
Silversun Pickups at Webster Hall (photo by Kevin McGann) This weekend, NYC was treated to the sounds of Silversun Pickups as they hit Webster Hall to promote their 6th album, Physical Thrills (New Machine Recordings). It was my first time ...
Babehoven at Union Pool (photo by Juliette Boulay) Babehoven and adjacent folk artists graced the stage at Union Pool Saturday to celebrate the release of the band’s newest LP, Light Moving Time. The album is a sweet opera of the heart, ...
Tunnel at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week saw the return of local/FTA faves, Dog Date, after a 3-month hiatus along with Bottled Up and Tunnel for a pre-Halloween bash at Baby’s All Right. It was great to catch u...
The Paranoyds at Market Hotel (photo by Kate Hoos) LA garage punks The Paranoyds recently dropped their stellar new album, Talk Talk Talk (Third Man), and hit NYC for their first show in over two years, kicking off Halloweekend. They too...
Petrol Girls at The Moon (photo by Kate Hoos) Petrol Girls are one of the most crucial political post hardcore bands currently going. Their latest album, Baby, was released this past June and is unflinchingly feminist, sharply critical of t...
Pile at Market Hotel (photo by Juliette Boulay) Pile recently played a pair of shows in Brooklyn as part of the 10 year anniversary tour for their 2012 album, Dripping, first making a stop at Alphaville on Thursday 8/27 before hitting the ...
Native Sun at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Last Tuesday night saw the 2nd time in two weeks I’ve been able to catch NY’s Native Sun. And like every show of theirs I’ve attended, they never disappoint. This one was sp...
Chat Pile at Saint Vitus (photo by Juliette Boulay) Last week’s show at Saint Vitus was absolutely insane. Bands Chat Pile, Scarcity, and Psychic Graveyard all tore down the house with the kind of ground-shaking energy that makes th...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at Forest Hills Stadium (photo by Kevin McGann) In their relatively short history, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have built a huge following and a rabid fan base that will follow them from city to c...
Narrow Head at TV Eye (photo by Juliette Boulay) A powerful lineup of heavy bands hit the stage at TV Eye last Friday to deliver a gritty, nostalgic sound to a sold out house. All three bands, Narrow Head, Temple of Angels, and Bleed, broug...
Thick at Saint Vitus (photo by Kate Hoos) Thick has had a busy year and since they just happen to be one of the hardest working bands out there, it hardly seems as through they’ve broken a sweat. They released a stellar new record, Ha...
Slift at Elsewhere (photo by Kevin McGann) I discovered the French band Slift during the pandemic, and they quickly became essential listening for me. Lush but heavy, undulating and grinding, Slift takes me to places of the mind I haven’t...
Gift at The Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann) This past weekend, NYC’s GIFT celebrated their debut album, Momentary Presence (Dedstrange), with an album release show at Brooklyn’s Sultan Room. And just like the last time I saw them, ...
High Waisted at EWEL (photo by Kate Hoos) All hail the mighty DIY space! No matter where I go to see shows, no matter how big the room, my favorite and most loved type of venue to see a show in will also be a DIY space, end of story. And as...
Toebow performing at Lincoln Center (photo by Kevin McGann) This past Friday, the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center launched their Festival of Firsts which is a planned annual showcase for Lincoln Center debuts. A chance for the Cen...
Toadies at Irving Plaza (photo by Edwina Hay) Commemorating the 25th anniversary of their 1994 album, Rubberneck, Toadies toured their home state of Texas in December 2021 and traveled to other states this month. Joining them on this tour a...
KMFDM at Irving Plaza (photo by Edwina Hay) In January 2020, KMFDM announced they were heading on tour in the U.S. with Ministry and Front Line Assembly. My husband and I planned on attending their performance in Philadelphia scheduled to t...
L7 at Irving Plaza (photo by Kate Hoos) 1992 was a big year for rock music—and for era defining moments and albums. It was the year Rage Against The Machine’s debut album came out. It was the year Dirty was released. It was the ye...
Otoboke Beaver at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) The whipsmart Japanese quartet Otoboke Beaver recently hit the hellfire shores of the US on their first full scale North American tour, bringing their intense and frenetic ...
caroline at (le) poisson rouge (photo by Kevin McGann) I have covered a lot of shows so far in 2022 and last Wednesday’s performance from caroline at (le) poisson rouge was among the best I’ve seen. And yet I struggle to put into words ...
Los Bitchos at SWX (photo by Kate Hoos) I always like a nice surprise, I mean who doesn’t? I recently got a pretty sweet surprise in discovering that a pre-planned trip to the UK for a wedding magically lined up with a show Los Bitchos wa...
Girl Scout Handbook at Chickfactor 30 (photo by Taryn Alper) The day of the Chickfactor 30 show New York City finally saw the sun after way too many days— this would happen for a fanzine party! The long walk from the subway to Hudson Rive...
Control Top at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos) Right before shit royally hit the fan in March of 2020, I saw Control Top and Weeping Icon play at Union Pool (with Privacy Issues. See my coverage for BrooklynVegan) who were just kicking off a to...
The Gaslight Anthem at Pier 17 (photo by Ray Rusinak) Back in March of this year, New Jersey punk rock and rollers The Gaslight Anthem kind of blew up the internet (well at least the small segment of the internet that follows them) with new...
Bonobo at Avant Gardner (photo by Kevin McGann) Back around 2017 I came across Bonobo’s 2014 album, The North Borders Tour – Live, and I was instantly hooked. The mix of traditional instruments with electronics, dance beats and vocals ...
Beak> at (le)poisson rouge (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week the Bristol, UK-based experimental electronic trio known as BEAK> invaded NYC’s (le) Poisson Rouge. They’re currently on a tour that brought band members Geoff Barrow (d...
Amyl and The Sniffers at Terminal 5 (photo by Kate Hoos) Amyl and The Sniffers have been on a relentless tour during most of 2022, crisscrossing their home country of Australia as well as Europe and making two different trips to North Ameri...
Pussy Riot at (le) poisson rouge (photo by Juliette Boulay) A decade removed from their initial burst onto the world stage after being wrongfully imprisoned for an anti Vladimir Putin performance, artpunk provocateurs and political activist...
New Order at Barclays Center (photo by Edwina Hay) Pet Shop Boys and New Order began their co-headline tour called “The Unity Tour” in North America on Saturday, September 17th in Toronto, Canada. Their tour was originally scheduled to ...
Living Hour at Trans-Pecos (photo by Juliette Boulay) Last week, bands Living Hour, Sour Widows, and Kolezanka played a show at Trans-Pecos. With Living Hour being here all the way from Winnipeg, I knew I couldn’t miss this show – espec...
IDLES at King’s Theater (photo by Kate Hoos) When IDLES comes to town, it’s always an explosive event and it’s always a highly emotional experience for me. They are one of my favorite bands and easily one of the ones that ...
Kenny Beats at SummerStage (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya) Producer Kenny Beats returned to Central Park for a show to benefit SummerStage. He brought a varied lineup of friends for D.O.T.S. (“Don’t Overthink Shit”) live. &nb...
Middle-Aged Queers at Otto’s Shrunken Head (photo by Kevin McGann) Middle-Aged Queers hail from the Bay Area and are a band that we here at FTA just recently discovered, and also one that speaks to us on a deep level. If you didn̵...
TVOD at Trans Pecos (photo by Kate Hoos) The second annual Bands, Bikes & BBQ mini fest at Trans-Pecos happened on the first weekend in September and was a hell of a good time! Presented by local booking collectives Booked By Grandma an...
Black Country, New Road at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week Black Country, New Road made their US debut at NYC’s very own Bowery Ballroom. The show sold out so fast that they added a second performance for earlier in the ...
Debbie Dopamine at Purgatory (photo by Amanda Meth) This past Monday, September 5, four bands took the stage at Bushwick’s Purgatory for a varied night of rock music capping off Labor Day weekend. Debbie Dopamine opened the sho...
Fixtures at Mama Tried (photo by Brianna DiGioia) Brooklyn mainstays Fixtures played the outdoor show at Mama Tried this past Saturday, closing out the summer with unapologetic indie rock. Ben “Baby” Copperhead and the Horned S...
Nevva at Rippers (photo by Kate Hoos) Summer is officially winding down but that’s not a reason to skip squeezing in a little more beach time. Especially when that beach time comes with some great bands playing a stone’s throw a...
They Are Gutting a Body of Water at Purgatory (photo by Juliette Boulay) Recently I’ve been on a big shoegaze kick and adding more and more gazey goodness to my music library. To be honest it’s been a bit of a blur since I put them all ...
Lola Johnson (Fisty) at Cobra Club (photo by Kate Hoos) On a recent Sunday night, a group of musicians came together at Bushwick’s Cobra Club to raise money for The Center for Human Rights in Iran in response to the current feminist ...
Cloud Nothings at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) Attack on Memory, the 2012 album by Cloud Nothings, is one of those albums I can’t help but listen to front to back each and every time; it is not casual listening or ...
Disq at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Madison, Wisconsin’s Disq made their way to Baby’s All Right last week in support of their sophomore album, Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet (Saddle Creek). And while I’m sur...
Death From Above 1979 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) The long running Canadian dance/noise punk duo Death From Above 1979 hit Brooklyn recently for the penultimate night of their North American Is 4 Lovers tour. This al...
Weeping Icon at Alphaville (photo by Kevin McGann) The first time I saw the extraordinary noise punk band Weeping Icon was at the Bushwick venue Alphaville in 2017, and I was instantly mesmerized. Their music, then and now, comes at you wit...
Oceanator at The Broadway (photo by Ray Rusinak) By their own account, Elise Okusami and Oceantor have been on the road for seven separate tours this calendar year. That’s a LOT of touring. Sharing the stage with such diverse acts as Pe...
Rozzi at Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann) LA based singer/songwriter/producer Rozzi treated her NYC fans to an intimate live show last week to celebrate the release of Berry (Deluxe) which combines the songs from her previous EPs, Be...
NoSo at Mercury Lounge (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya) Baek Hwong aka NoSo played their first New York City show as a headliner, and their largest show to date as the headliner, on Tuesday night 10/15 at the Mercury Lounge. They were backed by ...
Dead Stars at Main Drag (photo by Ray Rusinak) The old adage that “absence makes the heart grow fonder” couldn’t be more true than in the case of Brooklyn’s very own fuzz punk power popsters, Dead Stars. It’s been well over two an...
The Murlocs at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kevin McGann) I guess blowing minds in NYC a few weeks back with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard wasn’t enough for Ambrose Kenny-Smith, so he decided to come back to Brooklyn this pa...
Teke::Teke at Public Records (photo by Emilio Herce) On Friday, November 11th, Teke::Teke, the Montreal based Japanese band, performed their inaugural NYC show at Brooklyn’s Public Records, a relatively new mid-sized Gowanus venue. The ve...
Silversun Pickups at Webster Hall (photo by Kevin McGann) This weekend, NYC was treated to the sounds of Silversun Pickups as they hit Webster Hall to promote their 6th album, Physical Thrills (New Machine Recordings). It was my first time ...
Babehoven at Union Pool (photo by Juliette Boulay) Babehoven and adjacent folk artists graced the stage at Union Pool Saturday to celebrate the release of the band’s newest LP, Light Moving Time. The album is a sweet opera of the heart, ...
Tunnel at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week saw the return of local/FTA faves, Dog Date, after a 3-month hiatus along with Bottled Up and Tunnel for a pre-Halloween bash at Baby’s All Right. It was great to catch u...
The Paranoyds at Market Hotel (photo by Kate Hoos) LA garage punks The Paranoyds recently dropped their stellar new album, Talk Talk Talk (Third Man), and hit NYC for their first show in over two years, kicking off Halloweekend. They too...
Petrol Girls at The Moon (photo by Kate Hoos) Petrol Girls are one of the most crucial political post hardcore bands currently going. Their latest album, Baby, was released this past June and is unflinchingly feminist, sharply critical of t...
Pile at Market Hotel (photo by Juliette Boulay) Pile recently played a pair of shows in Brooklyn as part of the 10 year anniversary tour for their 2012 album, Dripping, first making a stop at Alphaville on Thursday 8/27 before hitting the ...
Native Sun at Baby’s All Right (photo by Kevin McGann) Last Tuesday night saw the 2nd time in two weeks I’ve been able to catch NY’s Native Sun. And like every show of theirs I’ve attended, they never disappoint. This one was sp...
Chat Pile at Saint Vitus (photo by Juliette Boulay) Last week’s show at Saint Vitus was absolutely insane. Bands Chat Pile, Scarcity, and Psychic Graveyard all tore down the house with the kind of ground-shaking energy that makes th...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at Forest Hills Stadium (photo by Kevin McGann) In their relatively short history, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have built a huge following and a rabid fan base that will follow them from city to c...
Narrow Head at TV Eye (photo by Juliette Boulay) A powerful lineup of heavy bands hit the stage at TV Eye last Friday to deliver a gritty, nostalgic sound to a sold out house. All three bands, Narrow Head, Temple of Angels, and Bleed, broug...
Thick at Saint Vitus (photo by Kate Hoos) Thick has had a busy year and since they just happen to be one of the hardest working bands out there, it hardly seems as through they’ve broken a sweat. They released a stellar new record, Ha...
Slift at Elsewhere (photo by Kevin McGann) I discovered the French band Slift during the pandemic, and they quickly became essential listening for me. Lush but heavy, undulating and grinding, Slift takes me to places of the mind I haven’t...
Gift at The Sultan Room (photo by Kevin McGann) This past weekend, NYC’s GIFT celebrated their debut album, Momentary Presence (Dedstrange), with an album release show at Brooklyn’s Sultan Room. And just like the last time I saw them, ...
High Waisted at EWEL (photo by Kate Hoos) All hail the mighty DIY space! No matter where I go to see shows, no matter how big the room, my favorite and most loved type of venue to see a show in will also be a DIY space, end of story. And as...
Toebow performing at Lincoln Center (photo by Kevin McGann) This past Friday, the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center launched their Festival of Firsts which is a planned annual showcase for Lincoln Center debuts. A chance for the Cen...
Toadies at Irving Plaza (photo by Edwina Hay) Commemorating the 25th anniversary of their 1994 album, Rubberneck, Toadies toured their home state of Texas in December 2021 and traveled to other states this month. Joining them on this tour a...
KMFDM at Irving Plaza (photo by Edwina Hay) In January 2020, KMFDM announced they were heading on tour in the U.S. with Ministry and Front Line Assembly. My husband and I planned on attending their performance in Philadelphia scheduled to t...
L7 at Irving Plaza (photo by Kate Hoos) 1992 was a big year for rock music—and for era defining moments and albums. It was the year Rage Against The Machine’s debut album came out. It was the year Dirty was released. It was the ye...
Otoboke Beaver at Music Hall of Williamsburg (photo by Kate Hoos) The whipsmart Japanese quartet Otoboke Beaver recently hit the hellfire shores of the US on their first full scale North American tour, bringing their intense and frenetic ...
caroline at (le) poisson rouge (photo by Kevin McGann) I have covered a lot of shows so far in 2022 and last Wednesday’s performance from caroline at (le) poisson rouge was among the best I’ve seen. And yet I struggle to put into words ...
Los Bitchos at SWX (photo by Kate Hoos) I always like a nice surprise, I mean who doesn’t? I recently got a pretty sweet surprise in discovering that a pre-planned trip to the UK for a wedding magically lined up with a show Los Bitchos wa...
Girl Scout Handbook at Chickfactor 30 (photo by Taryn Alper) The day of the Chickfactor 30 show New York City finally saw the sun after way too many days— this would happen for a fanzine party! The long walk from the subway to Hudson Rive...
Control Top at TV Eye (photo by Kate Hoos) Right before shit royally hit the fan in March of 2020, I saw Control Top and Weeping Icon play at Union Pool (with Privacy Issues. See my coverage for BrooklynVegan) who were just kicking off a to...
The Gaslight Anthem at Pier 17 (photo by Ray Rusinak) Back in March of this year, New Jersey punk rock and rollers The Gaslight Anthem kind of blew up the internet (well at least the small segment of the internet that follows them) with new...
Bonobo at Avant Gardner (photo by Kevin McGann) Back around 2017 I came across Bonobo’s 2014 album, The North Borders Tour – Live, and I was instantly hooked. The mix of traditional instruments with electronics, dance beats and vocals ...
Beak> at (le)poisson rouge (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week the Bristol, UK-based experimental electronic trio known as BEAK> invaded NYC’s (le) Poisson Rouge. They’re currently on a tour that brought band members Geoff Barrow (d...
Amyl and The Sniffers at Terminal 5 (photo by Kate Hoos) Amyl and The Sniffers have been on a relentless tour during most of 2022, crisscrossing their home country of Australia as well as Europe and making two different trips to North Ameri...
Pussy Riot at (le) poisson rouge (photo by Juliette Boulay) A decade removed from their initial burst onto the world stage after being wrongfully imprisoned for an anti Vladimir Putin performance, artpunk provocateurs and political activist...
New Order at Barclays Center (photo by Edwina Hay) Pet Shop Boys and New Order began their co-headline tour called “The Unity Tour” in North America on Saturday, September 17th in Toronto, Canada. Their tour was originally scheduled to ...
Living Hour at Trans-Pecos (photo by Juliette Boulay) Last week, bands Living Hour, Sour Widows, and Kolezanka played a show at Trans-Pecos. With Living Hour being here all the way from Winnipeg, I knew I couldn’t miss this show – espec...
IDLES at King’s Theater (photo by Kate Hoos) When IDLES comes to town, it’s always an explosive event and it’s always a highly emotional experience for me. They are one of my favorite bands and easily one of the ones that ...
Kenny Beats at SummerStage (photo by Ellen Qbertplaya) Producer Kenny Beats returned to Central Park for a show to benefit SummerStage. He brought a varied lineup of friends for D.O.T.S. (“Don’t Overthink Shit”) live. &nb...
Middle-Aged Queers at Otto’s Shrunken Head (photo by Kevin McGann) Middle-Aged Queers hail from the Bay Area and are a band that we here at FTA just recently discovered, and also one that speaks to us on a deep level. If you didn̵...
TVOD at Trans Pecos (photo by Kate Hoos) The second annual Bands, Bikes & BBQ mini fest at Trans-Pecos happened on the first weekend in September and was a hell of a good time! Presented by local booking collectives Booked By Grandma an...
Black Country, New Road at Bowery Ballroom (photo by Kevin McGann) Last week Black Country, New Road made their US debut at NYC’s very own Bowery Ballroom. The show sold out so fast that they added a second performance for earlier in the ...
Debbie Dopamine at Purgatory (photo by Amanda Meth) This past Monday, September 5, four bands took the stage at Bushwick’s Purgatory for a varied night of rock music capping off Labor Day weekend. Debbie Dopamine opened the sho...
Fixtures at Mama Tried (photo by Brianna DiGioia) Brooklyn mainstays Fixtures played the outdoor show at Mama Tried this past Saturday, closing out the summer with unapologetic indie rock. Ben “Baby” Copperhead and the Horned S...
Nevva at Rippers (photo by Kate Hoos) Summer is officially winding down but that’s not a reason to skip squeezing in a little more beach time. Especially when that beach time comes with some great bands playing a stone’s throw a...
They Are Gutting a Body of Water at Purgatory (photo by Juliette Boulay) Recently I’ve been on a big shoegaze kick and adding more and more gazey goodness to my music library. To be honest it’s been a bit of a blur since I put them all ...