Brooklyn Bowl had a bizarre vibe Friday night as I entered the venue with ease…too much ease.  There was no line at all; it most certainly did not feel like the weekend.  Even the lobby led me to believe the place was empty until I rounded the corner and saw the overwhelmingly packed bar.  Groups [...]

Dark Star Orchestra at Brooklyn Bowl – Monday, May 13th, 2013 For decades the adage went, “There is nothing like a Grateful Dead Concert.” Today, with the magical jam act long defunct, there is nothing that comes closer to that euphoric and unique experience than a Dark Star Orchestra concert. The energy, the emulation and [...]

Cheers to Bottle Rock Napa Valley, a new music, food and wine festival in Northern California, for a solid first year. While San Francisco hosts big events like Outside Lands and Treasure Island music festivals annually, it’s an exciting debut for the wine country, an area that already has a lot going for it. There [...]

Electron, the jam supergroup formed by Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits back in 2000, played their first shows in nearly four years this past week.  With shows at Soundstage in Baltimore, SOB’s in NYC, and The Note in West Chester, PA, rumors swirled around (which started right from the mouth of Brownstein himself) that [...]

Every once in a while, Live For Live Music likes to check up on what’s going in on Sin City in our new feature, ‘What Happens In Vegas’. Last week, we spent nearly 24 hours inside the confines of Marquee Las Vegas, waking up and heading straight to the pool, returning to the room for [...]

Santos Party House may be one of the most appropriately named venues in the world. Other than the fact that its not technically a house, the space is built to house the perfect party, and that’s exactly what Electric Beach brings to the table every Saturday night. This week, Israeli producer Maor Levi made his [...]

The show opened with Sophistafunk, an independent three-man-band from Syracuse, New York. They pumped up the early arrivals with their unique mix of funk, hip-hop, and Moog.  The combination of keyboard, percussion, and MC spitting lively rap-verses prepared entering fans for the funk frenzy that was soon to come. Stage 48 just opened early February [...]

It first started to feel like Spring last week and for those souls chained to cubicles inside office buildings the pull to get out and move was irresistible.  Their weekend couldn’t wait until Friday, so on last Thursday the Highline Ballroom played host to the music hungry masses by bringing Buku, ill.esha, and Phutureprimitive to [...]

On Saturday night in New York City, STS9 with opener Elliot Lipp, sold out and the legendary Roseland Ballroom on 4/20. STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) is considered one of the original livetronica bands, with a sound that is greatly influenced by hip-hop, jazz, funk, and electronic music. Elliot Lipp did a fantastic job getting everyone ready for [...]

Get ready for New York City’s next huge club night. Webster Hall debuted it’s new Saturday party, Brite Nites, earlier this month, but the doors really burst open upon the arrival of A-Trak, one of the greatest DJs and producers in the world today. Webster Hall was packed literally from wall to wall with dance [...]