Black Angels Releasing Roky Erickson DVD + MHOW Pics

Black Angels at MHOW (11/04/10) Photo: Chris Becker The Black Angels are releasing an exclusive Record Store Day DVD this Friday featuring the songs of Roky Erickson. There will be a special sneak preview of the DVD today at 3PM ET on their Facebook page. It’s no secret that Austin psych-rockers The Black Angels were…

Ra Ra Riot Premiere “Making of The Orchard” Doc on Hulu.com

Ra Ra Riot at MHOW (09/23/10) Photo: Chris Becker Last month Ra Ra Riot kicked off their tour for their new record The Orchard with a combined four sold out shows at The Bowery Ballroom and The Music Hall of Williamsburg. While they’re hard at work supporting the new album, the short film which chronicled…

Metric Played Celebrate Brooklyn w/ Holly Miranda and Joan As Police Woman

Metric at Celebrate Brooklyn! (08/05/10) Photo: Chris Becker …The Toronto-born quartet delivered an expansive set comprising some of their most aggressive tracks (“Monster Hospital,” “Satellite Mind,” “Dead Disco”), and Haines belted them all out while bunny-hopping and high-kicking her way across the strobe-lit stage—a specter of unrelenting shamanistic fervor in heels. There were some missteps,…

Jimmy Cliff Played SummerStage, Playing Gathering of the Vibes Sunday

Jimmy Cliff at SummerStage (07/11/10) Photo: Chris Becker Jimmy Cliff was truly amazing. This was my first reggae concert, and it was a great place to start. Cliff is one of reggae’s superstars, a founder of roots reggae and star of an awesome film called The Harder They Come, which has an even more awesome…