VIOLENT FEMMES: A NIGHT OF ENERGETIC AMERICAN MUSIC
vf20131114-2 vf20131114-3 By Nikki M. Mascali Photos by Pati Bobeck NEW YORK – M...
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DON’T “WEIGHT” TO HEAR BATTLEME’S LATEST
By Nikki M. Mascali It was only a matter of time before the ’90s became cool again. But who are we kidding? We all know the ’90s -- and pretty much everything from that grungy, flannel-lined decade...
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A LOVELIFE WORTH DANCING FOR
By Nikki M. Mascali When one door closes, another opens, the old saying goes, and when one band calls it quits, more often than not, another emerges. Such was the case when the U.K.-based indie rock...
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MMJ LEADS THE CHARGE AT CBGB FESTIVAL
By Nikki M. Mascali Photos by Kyle Roarty NEW YORK -- When CBGB OMFUG opened in 1973, it was intended to be a home for country, bluegrass, blues and “Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers.” Thou...
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LIPS LIGHT UP TERMINAL 5
By Nikki M. Mascali NEW YORK -- To sit in a seat and see the Flaming Lips as I did in May at the Wellmont Theatre in New Jersey was enough to blow my mind with the sensory overload that is a Flaming ...
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MGMT’s EXPERIMENTS YIELD MIXED RESULTS
By Nikki M. Mascali When a band tries to find its footing following the seminal song or songs that made people take notice, songs like, oh, let’s just say “Kids” and “Electric Feel,” it can go one o...
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TY SEGALL AWAKES EMOTIONS ON ‘SLEEPER’
Hopefully, writing “Sleeper” gave Segall the emotional release one so desperately needs after dealing with the passing of a loved one – and the family bullshit that sometimes goes hand in hand with th...
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ADAM ANT INFESTATION IN NEW YORK
By Nikki M. Mascali Photo by Tom Roarty NEW YORK – An ant infestation broke out at New York’s Irving Plaza this weekend: Big ants, old ants, young ants, scantily clad ants, and even men-dressed-as-...
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PRIMA DONNA GLAMS IT UP
By Nikki M. Mascali Don’t let the name fool you. Los Angeles-based band Prima Donna is a merry band of poppy punk rockers whose songs ooze the infectious sound and raw sexuality not often seen since...
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FLAMING LIPS IN MONTCLAIR, N.J.
By Nikki M. Mascali MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The Wellmont Theatre could possibly be the best backdrop for a night of Flaming Lips music. The cavernous venue, which opened in 1922, has crumbling plaster ami...
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