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Recently Reviewed Often, people throw around the phrase “everything old is new again” without acknowledging the fact that what is being served up is just that — old, musty and borderline hackneyed. That could not have been further from the case Thursday night in Gotham, at a double-bill of ...
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”We Belong Together” may have been the climactic moment of Mariah Carey’s Gibson Amphitheater show Tuesday (the first of two sold-out nights), and “you and I” something of a lyrical refrain, but the 90-minute performance ran according to Carey’s clock.
She fluttered her eyes and bragged about making it to ...
Recently Reviewed Come gather ’round the campfire, the Magnetic Fields herald in their latest understated and folky presentation of 20 years of songs, as we sing of wolf boys, unrequited love, tea parties at the dollhouse and songs that sound like suicide notes. It’s a night of gentle-gentle music, much of ...
Joe Jonas and Jake Gyllenhaal make cameos in Vampire Weekend’s new music video for “Giving Up the Gun.” This is one combination we did not see coming.
Not a Jonas Brothers fan? Also in the video are Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Lil Jon.
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig tells Spinner:
“I was pretty ...
Justin Bieber ft Ludacris-Baby Official Music Video. Lyrics
Ohh wooaah Ohh wooaah Ohh wooaah
You know you love me, I know you care
Just shout whenever, And I’ll be there
You are my love, You are my heart And we will never ever-ever be apart
Are we an item? Girl quit playing
”We’re just friends”
What are ...
(Allen Room; 550 seats; $65 top) 40th anniversaries are no longer a rarity in popular music, but they are usually accompanied by some degree of acrimony — manifested in public sniping, separate buses and the like. But as they commemorate that milestone, the Manhattan Transfer have not aired a ...
Live Events (BAM Howard Gilman Opera House; 2,109 seats; $150 top.) Presented by Jared Geller, David J Foster, Sean Lennon and David Newgarden. Band: Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Keigo Oyamada, Shimmy Hirotaka Shimizu, Haruomi Hasomo, Yuko Araki, Michael Leonhart, Erik Friedlander.Special Guests: Eric Clapton, Bette Midler, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Paul ...
Recently Reviewed (Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2,265 seats, $38-$99) Herb Alpert’s inner jazzman has always been integrated within something more significant: a haunting, personal trumpet signature riding atop a melange of American and/or Latin components. Yet lately, his jazz roots have finally emerged into full view with a new CD, “Anything Goes” ...
(Special – CBS, Sun. Jan. 31, 8 p.m.) The Grammys have become a near-ideal made-for-TV car — a musical show with very, very few actual awards, the better to squeeze as many performances as possible into its 3 hours. For all that, the late Michael Jackson remained this year’s centerpiece, featured ...
Well, they may not sound quite as good as they did when they first played a couple decades ago, but The Who put on a fairly pleasing halftime show of Sunday’s Super Bow 44 in Miami.
While people may only be familiar with The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” on CBS’ ...