We helped run the two stages at Galapagos during this past weekend’s After The Jump Fest. Between coordinating bands’ arrivals, line-checks, and starts/ends of sets, we managed to snap pictures of some of the artists as they played. Here are a few of those, with more available on Flickr:
Bell:

Phil And The Osophers:

The Swimmers:

Bridges And Powerlines:

Senryu:

Cursillistas:

For [...]

Boy Genius is a band we’ve seen live a few times now. Between those shows and their EP, Eureka, which we’ve been enjoying, we’d say their sound is most reminiscent of the excellent New Zealand band The Bats or Yo La Tengo’s first album, Ride The Tiger. They have a new full-length album out now [...]

Playing a little bit of catch-up. Here are some photos of Zero Spanish playing at the April Hot Rocks Party at The Delancey, with more available on Flickr:

We also posted about Zero Spanish when they played at Pianos in January.

We helped to organize a pre-release party for Renminbi back in March when their album, The Phoenix, was first being made available on a very limited basis. It ended up being an excellent show and the album has been in pretty heavy rotation for us the last few months since we first received it. The [...]

Kristie Redfield is a talented woman. This we already knew, having seen her perform with two great bands in recent years. But reminders are always welcome, as was her performance this past Saturday in Jackson Heights featuring George and Jessica Flanagan of El Jezel, as well as Alex Lipsitt on drums. Here are some photos, [...]

The Unsacred Hearts don’t play many shows these days — something we hear may thankfully change come the fall. But when they do, they put everything into it, which is why we’ve long found them to be among the most entertaining bands in the city. Their show on Friday night at The Delancey was a [...]

The Secret Life Of Sofia may be the most consistently impressive band playing in New York right now. Their last few shows have featured newly added members Chris Brazee and Fraser McCulloch, formerly of the much-missed Mistakes. And if you’re familiar with the Mistakes, you can probably imagine the little extra bounce these guys have [...]

Imagine one of those slightly bubblegummy singer-songwriter types you might come across at a college open mic night — the ones with the lyrics that make you cringe unless you’ve been through the same semi-fratboy years they went through. Locket is pretty much the exact opposite of that — almost as if they stood [...]

Abigail Warchild played at Southpaw last Friday. We’ve seen them live a few times now, but this was the first time  we’ve seen them as a four-piece (until recently, there were five members). Their sound was just as big as before and filled the large stage and room of the venue with ease as they [...]

The Naked Hearts played at the most recent Hot Rocks Party this past weekend at The Delancey. They’re a band we’ve seen a number of times now over the last few months since their debut. And each time has been a treat. For a band that started out with such promise and confidence, it’s impressive [...]