It's a new year, we're glad to be here ... hopefully your hangover has subsided by now. I've seen some memorable NYE shows in NYC in recent years -- the Strokes/GBV, DB-T, CYHSY, Dirty Projectors -- but I don't remember any as fun as this Jacket show sounds (well, maybe the Strokes). Celebrating at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, Jim J...

As 2008 comes to a close, downtown NYC institution the Knitting Factory is shutting the doors of its current location at 74 Leonard Street. Next year, the Knit will move to a brand new spot smack dab in the potentially more demographically-friendly climes of Brooklyn. To bid the fondest farewell they can muster, the dudes of Akron/Family have cu...

HEALTH had no intention of hitting the road this fall; in fact, they were all set to start work on their follow-up to last year's self-titled affair right about now. Then Trent Reznor came a-calling, and now the band won't get around to that recording until they return from a month-long tour that has them spending a little time with Nine Inch Na...

Not like live television debut, I mean like they had never before played as a band in public until last night, when they did so before a nationally televised audience. No pressure, guys. And yes that came pretty fast, but they had Bookeaters to plug, and chances are Rossen made a fan of Conan's music booker last time he was on. Dan and Fred perf...