Liz Cooper Plays to the Beat of Her Own Piano
Liz Cooper’s new album “New Day” reflects the highs and lows of living in NYC and reveals a new sound.
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The Incident Report: Zwei Null Zwei and Shudder To Think at Mercury Lounge
Shudder To Think and Zwei Null Zwei have not aged a day and still sound as fresh as ever,
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The Incident: Gigs You’ve Never Heard Of
Beche, Sweetbreads, and Zoe Firn go for a swim at Union Pool.
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Summer Sounds Celebrates Community and Soul
With their new outdoor series, Summer Sounds, midtown’s Manhattan West aims to make music a part of everyday life.
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Why Go Low When You Can Go High?
Why has pop music moved away from lower male voices? They can be heard as more mature, seductive, and thus potentially dangerous.
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When the Piano Man Picks Up a Guitar
Billy Joel is a pop stylist before anything else, but his jazzy sensibilities make his songs sound slightly different than the rest.
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Billy Corgan’s Wall of Sound
On “Siamese Dream,” Billy Corgan creates a fullness of sound and texture that wallops the listener with a tidal wave of fuzzed-out arena rock
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Stupid Pop Star Tricks: Pat Boone’s “In a Metal Mood…”
Pat Boone’s metal album was head-scratching but harmless fun. That doesn’t make it any less strange.
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Albums You Might Not Know: Robbie Robertson’s “Contact From the Underworld of Redboy”
In 1998, Robbie Robertson explored his Indigenous roots with an ambitious and rewarding album.
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A Year After Going Electric, Bob Dylan’s Transformation Was Still Making Waves
The Timothée Chalamet Bob Dylan biopic doesn’t tell the whole story. The “Judas” jeers happened in Manchester in 1966.
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