Mos Def, Talib Kweli Reunite as Black Star for Shows, New Album
It's been six long years since Talib Kweli divulged that he and Mos Def were going to release a new album under their collaborative moniker Black Star. After so much time, fans of the group have begun to lose patience and question the sincerity of the 2005 claim, but pieces of new material have surfaced since 2010, and as of Saturday definitive news has arrived. read more
Found in: Music, NewsHurricane Irene Forces Cancellation of Numerous New York City Shows
With Hurricane Irene looming ever larger on the horizon, people in New York are starting to take the threat seriously: The subways have been shut down and residents are packing up and exiting the city to take shelter somewhere safer. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsTV On The Radio Plays Surprise Show in New York
News began circulating yesterday that Brooklyn's experimental soul outfit TV on the Radio were to perform a surprise outdoor concert near the intersection of Lafayette Street and Great Jones Street in Manhattan. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsWatch Will Sheff Play a New Okkervil River Song
Last week, Okkervil River vocalist Will Sheff played a solo show at New York City’s Living Room, a set that included an acoustic version of a brand new Okkervil River song, “Lay of the Last Survivor.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHelp Phosphorescent Recover its Stolen Gear
The band whose latest effort, Here’s to Taking it Easy, made three Paste staffers’ Best Music of 2010 top 10 lists had its van stolen after a show at Pier 54 in New York City last night. According to an update from Phosphorescent’s label, Dead Oceans, frontman Matthew Houck’s custom 1955 Gibson ES-125 guitar in addition to his vintage amplifiers, vintage pedal steel and all of the band’s merchandise were in the van. All in all, Phosphorescent’s losses come to about $40,000.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMark Knopfler and Pieta Brown Photos - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre - 5/6/10
Photos by Sean Edgar... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsTim Burton to Showcase Art at MoMA
While everyone twiddles their thumbs waiting for Alice in Wonderland March debut, Tim Burton plans to showcase his craft for macabre imagery through a different medium this month. On Nov. 22, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will show 700 pieces of Burton’s bizarre art, an accumulation of paintings and Polaroid prints from throughout his prolific career.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDocumenting the Dylanologist: The Ballad of AJ Weberman Streaming Until Tomorrow
Bob Dylan fans may tend towards the passionate, but none come close to the level of superfan AJ Weberman, self-proclaimed Dylanologist and devoted Dylan stalker/trash-digger. Now, James Bluemel and Oliver Ralfe's 2006 documentary, The Ballad of AJ Weberman, is streaming on DailyMotion.com until tomorrow, offering a fascinating peek into the life of a man who has made the pursuit of Bob Dylan his life's work. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsStill Your Man: Leonard Cohen Takes Back Manhattan
Click here for more photos from Leonard Cohen's performance.--On his first U.S. stage in 15 years, Leonard Cohen smiled in a gangster suit. He removed his fedora and bowed deeply—to the 2,800 fans who paid premium to pack into Manhattan's gilded Beacon Theatre, then to the admiring musicians around him who answered by launching into "Dance Me to the End of Love." Cohen fell to a crouch. At 74, was he finally too feeble to perform standing? Or was his body channeling the song's supplication—"lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove"? ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VLeonard Cohen - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre - 2/19/09
Click here for a written account of Leonard Cohen's show.--Photos taken by Ricky Chapman at the Beacon Theatre... read more
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