Better Lovers // Live @ Warsaw // 11.17.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Kyle Ostrander - November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Article & Photos by: Kyle Ostrander Brooklyn, NY – This past weekend, metal band Better Lovers delivered a beautifully thrashing performance that pulsated New York City’s iconic venue Warsaw from floor to ceiling. Fresh off the release of their spectacular debut album, Highly Irresponsible, the room was capped with anticipation from
GWAR // Live @ Irving Plaza // 10.31.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - November 4, 2018 Article and photos by Steven Principato NYC - Returning once again for what we all hope will come to be an annual Halloween tradition in drenching Irving Plaza in blood and gore, GWAR once again would fail to disappoint. Along with familiar openers such as American Sharks and Miss May I,
Sofi Tukker // Live @ The NorVa // 10.21.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Wendy Podmenik Woodell - October 26, 2018 Article and photos by: Wendy Podmenik Darugar New York club music arrived in Norfolk, and had the audience grooving on the dance floor all night. The evening opened with the enthusiastic jams of DJ LP Giobbi, who personally made sure the music kept flowing without pause the entire show, seamless and upbeat.
Melvins // LIVE @ Warsaw // 5.11.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY -- Rapidly selling out one of Brooklyn's largest halls, Warsaw - as they do every time they are in town, The Melvins stood ready to fulfill their annual obligation to the rapidly growing parade of devout disciples wrapping around the block. Currently on
Electric Wizard // Live @ PlayStation Theater // 5.4.18 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 9, 2018 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato New York, NY -- Wrapping up a brief tour in the states that began last week at Austin’s Levitation fest, Electric Wizard with special guests, Cough, brought crushing doom upon the spacious halls of Time Square’s premiere venue, The PlayStation Theater. Infrequently touring the Americas, Electric Wizard
Acid King // Live @ Saint Vitus // 10.28.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - November 7, 2017 Article and Photos by Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY - Revered as a pioneering force in contemporary Doom/Stoner metal, San Francisco’s Acid King took the stage of the packed and sparsely illuminated halls of Greenpoint’s well-traveled den of magnificent malevolence known as Saint Vitus. The band was formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist
Tower // Live @ Saint Vitus // 10.13.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Article and Photos by Steven Principato Brooklyn, NY - Just a typical night at Greenpoint’s most well-known hidden den of debauchery, local hellraising act, Tower made themselves at home as they prepared to destroy the familiar stage of Saint Vitus once again. Proudly setting fire to the popular local venue for
KMFDM // Live @ Irving Plaza // 10.7.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Article and photos by: Steven Principato NYC - It’s been said there is no other band in existence that drops their own name in songs more than KMFDM. Notorious for controversial politically-influenced lyrics and cynically ominous, uniform eastern-bloc inspired cover art, KMFDM is one of the Industrial scene’s most notable and
The Obsessed // Live @ Saint Vitus // 5.18.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 22, 2017 Article and Photos by: Steven Principato Just another typical night at Brooklyn’s own sanctuary for all that is deemed unholy, the depraved denizens of Saint Vitus were once again treated to a spectacular yet eclectic triple-threat performance that easily rivaled the massive rock star guitar god performing just across the river,
Horisont // LIVE @ Webster Hall // 5.1.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Steven Principato - May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Article and photos by Steven Principato Hidden deep beneath the grand stage of Webster Hall lies the atmospheric Marlin room, and below THAT we find the hidden speakeasy-like lair named the “studio”, which is obviously where the real music happens. This subterranean den of rock & roll decadence, despite the