Salvatore Bono

Weather-wise New York City has been looking like its much wiser, older brother -- London, the last few weeks. On one of the rarely occasional perfect spring days, English band Morning Parade performed on the rooftop of EMI. The Essex band, who released their self-titled debut album earlier this year...

As you walked into Music Hall of Williamsburg, the anticipation was so intense, Moses could not even part it like he did the Red Sea. It was the first show that New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem were doing since they finished recording their latest record, Handwritten, which is scheduled for a...

Adam "MCA" Yauch touched more lives than he may have ever known. In his 47 years on this planet, he and his two friends, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz, a.k.a. the Beastie Boys, did more to shape the world's musical landscape than they could have ever been given credit for.

Two reunions happened earlier this year that no one in the punk and hardcore community thought they would ever see. First was El Paso, Texas post-hardcore hero's At The Drive-In coming off an 11-year hiatus, then suddenly Swedish band Refused announced the end of their 14-year silence. Much like another...

The last time Pulp performed in New York City was 14 years ago. Despite so much having changed around the city that never sleeps and in the world, after nearly two decades away from the Big Apple, Pulp showed they never lost their touch....

In the SXSW hangover, it feels like nearly every band makes their way to either Los Angeles or New York City immediately after the festival, and both cities have an abundance of bands -- more than usual. Just as hard as it is to stick out at a massive showcase...

As we look into the New Year, we look forward to see what new sights and sounds 2012 will bring us. Here is a list of 15 musical acts that are sure to make a name for themselves in the year the Mayans believed the world would end.

1. Lana...

It's official -- DJs are the new rockstars. For the first time ever, electronic music headlined and sold-out Madison Square Garden, a feat that has never been accomplished by some of the pioneers of the genre, people like Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Daft Punk and others.

December may very well be a saddest time to be a music fan. You start the month off mourning the murder of John Lennon and close it out mourning the death of Joe Strummer. Gentlemen like this only come around once in a generation and their words, music and causes...

It felt like a scene from a horror movie. As I walked down these narrow stairs into the basement of Mercury Lounge, I felt like I was walking into a fallout shelter or a bunker and ready for something to pop out and attack at any moment. As I walked...

"I love to see good performances. I want to put on the best show every time. I owe it to the audience every night," Sounds singer Maja Ivarsson told me earlier this fall in an interview.

After seeing Maja perform last night with the Sounds at a...

In the summer of 2009, backstage before headlining V-Festival in France, Oasis broke up. In a bitter fight between the band's two brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Noel left the band and quit. Though this had happened before, this time he meant it. The brothers have not spoken to each...

Brooklyn, the epicenter of everything cool in the Modern Age. Face it, there is no escaping that idea. North Brooklyn has been gentrified by people from all around the country settling in and making a home and name for themselves either through art or business. Brooklyn is booming.

Two...

On the opening night to the fashion world's biggest week, Fashion Night Out turns the streets of New York City into runways, the neighborhoods into the most trendy block parties and the stores into music venues. With celebs like Helen Mirren, Dwayne Wade, Justin Bieber, the Kardashians, Beth Ditto, Anna...

How does one review someone like Paul McCartney? Someone who did more at the age of 28 than most have ever done in a lifetime? How does someone actually attempt to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and begin a review on a person who has shaped the...

After a thirteen-year hiatus, three shows done in 2010 including a headlining slot at Lollapalooza 2010, Soundgarden kicked off their first official tour earlier this week and the fourteen year long wait for most fans is finally over. The band made their way back to the New York metro area...

Between May 28 and June 13, 1981, The Clash, in their only American appearance that year invaded New York City and changed the way concerts were sold and promoted forever. Right in the center of Broadway at Bond's Casino on 45th and Broadway was the place to be. While punk...

New York City was invaded with residents of Wasilla, Alaska last week. As Donald Trump ate pizza with a fork with the Palin's in Times Square, the real treasure of Wasilla, Portugal. The Man, invaded the Lower East Side (and probably ate real pizza too) and wowed a sold-out audience...

North Wales recently has been in the news due to the Royal Wedding, as Prince William and Princess Catherine will now call that home until William is king. Yet, while the rest of the world worries about what Catherine will wear grocery...

When you love what you do and have such a passion for it, you never work a day in your life. For folk artist, Holcombe Waller, performing and making music is his passion and what keeps him going. Waller, an artist who is a stage actor, writer as well as...