Photos by Brian Berson
Dan Bejar’s Destroyer returned with their typically excellent new album Have We Met earlier this year via Merge Records.
On March 7th he and his band brought their tour in support of the album to Brooklyn for a performance at Brooklyn Steel, just before the Coronavirus really took over and shut down live music as we know it. They performed a cover of Lou Reed’s “Ecstasy” and were joined for a few select songs by Eleanor Friedberger as well.
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Photos by Taryn Alper
Australia’s Shady Nasty performed at New York’s Club Lola as a part of The New Colossus Festival, days before New York City really began to slowly shut down due to the Coronavirus.
The show also featured opening sets from Drew Citron (of Beverly), Peel Dream Magazine, and Lunarette
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Photos by Qbertplaya
Punk legends Wire returned with their 17th studio album Mind Hive on January 24th. The band’s tour in support of the new album brought them to Brooklyn (where we last saw them back in 2017) for a pair of shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 & 12th. These dates were days just before concerns of Coronvirus really started to take the city by storm slowly but steadily.
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Photos by Bryan Lasky
Irish rising rock stars The Murder Capital are a band we’ve been excited to see ever since the release of their excellent debut album was released last year. We had the pleasure of chatting with drummer Diarmuid Brennan ahead of their first-ever tour here in the states.
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Article + Photos by Will Oliver
It’s been over 14 years since Silversun Pickups released their debut album Carnavas. The band has gone on to release five albums throughout their career and are still able to pack out rooms just like they did at the peak of their success.
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Photos + Article by Will Oliver
A lot has happened since I saw Of Montreal at Elsewhere on March 5th. At that time, we were still wondering what would unfold with the looming reality of the Coronavirus, although China and Italy provided enough evidence that the worst was most certainly yet to come. But ignorance is bliss, and life has to carry on, so we pushed forward with our daily lives and tried to indulge in all the live music that we could in the meantime.
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Photos by Taryn Alper
Brooklyn’s Pale Lights will release their new single “You and I” / “Say You’ll Be the One,” on April 24th via Slumberland Records.
On March 6th they headlined a four-band bill at Berlin in lower Manhattan, which featured opening performances from Special Friend, Holy Tunics, and Kevin Hairs.
Our photographer Taryn Alper was there to capture photos from all four performances, all of which can be found posted in the gallery below.
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Photos by Dan Palumbo
On leap day, electronic singer-songwriter Chelsea Culter performed a headlining set at Terminal 5 in support of her debut album How to Be Human, released earlier this year via Republic Records.
Our photographer Dan Palumbo was there to grab shots of her performance, all of which can be found posted in the gallery below.
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Photos by Dutch Doscher
We last caught Raphael Saadiq back in September when he performed an intimate performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of his 2019 album Jimmy Lee.
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Photos by Taryn Alper
On February 29th, John Maus headlined the Knockdown Center’s “Outline: Winter” event that presents a new unique lineup every season. The leap day lineup also included performances from Boy Harsher, Katie Gately, Patience, Don Slepian, Ben Lamar Gay, Rena Anakwe\ and an art exhibit from Aya Rodriguez-Izumi.
Our photographer Taryn Alper was there to capture photos from all the performances throughout the day. Find her shots posted in the gallery below.
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