2012: A Year In Pictures, October and December
Johnny Hallyday, Beacon Theater, Oct. 7, 2012 Blake Mills, Terminal 5, New York, NY, Oct. 16, 2012 Fiona Apple, Terminal 5, New York, NY, 0ct. 16, 2012 Fiona Apple, Terminal 5, Oct. 16, 2012 Beast Patrol, The Studio at Webster Hall, October 19, 2012 Alex Greenwald and Z Berg, JJAMZ, … Read more
Postcards from the Pit: Father John Misty / La Sera / Jeffertitti’s Nile, Bowery Ballroom, 10/24/12
My post-show summary of Jeffertitti’s Nile was that they were loud and swirly, but pretty, and on reflection I think that sums them up pretty well. Their songs were almost entirely instrumental, and, were, well, psychadelic kaledeiscopes of notes. And yes, that is Father John Misty you see perched behind their drums; he was sitting … Read more
Y’all Need to Listen To This: Father John Misty, Fear Fun
Fear Fun, by Father John Misty (aka J. Tillman) is: the soundtrack for an adventure. Not the twee hipster kind either; to paraphrase NTSIB-friend Cam Rogers, this is music for the bad ideas that will end in bruises. Or possibly with In-and-Out fries, consumed slowly while perched on the hood of a van, watching the … Read more
Video: Valentine’s Day Grab Bag
Because we’ve all got that one, you know the one I mean: it never works but you always want to think it will. And they always know exactly when to call. Sometimes it goes so, so well, for a while: Other times, you end up going all the way down the rabbit hole: … Read more