After three days and insane Fun Fun Fun Fest ‘Nites, I wholeheartedly believe that Fun Fun Fun Fest is the best music festival in Austin. The line up was unreal, featuring performances that ranged from Big Freedia’s booty bouncing set to Okkervil River’s Pitchfork-approved Continue Reading

First of all, I have to hand it to Celebrate Brooklyn for putting on such amazing shows at the Prospect Park Bandshell. With artists like Andrew Bird, The Books, Sufjan Stevens, and Ra Ra Riot you can’t go wrong, especially since most of them are free.

Last Friday, Buke and Gass, Delicate Steve, and the headliner, Ra Ra Riot took to the stage. Delicate Steve, an all instrumental act, were actually Continue Reading

Be excited because this week might just be the best week of indie concerts in New York City in recent history.  Not only is Death Cab for Cutie playing Williamsburg Waterfront, but Sufjan Stevens has two dates at Prospect Park, Lykke Li is playing Central Park, and we’re Continue Reading

It’s officially summer!!!  That means it’s time to start going to more concerts in the great outdoors.  Sure, the heat of New York City in the summer is absolutely terrible.  Don’t let that Continue Reading

Last Friday night, Celebrate Brooklyn began a summer of music and art at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell with a show from the magical and mysterious Andrew Bird.  For the most part, the evening was a huge success.  The music was great, the accommodations were great, the sound was even great.  That is, if you Continue Reading

Best Songs / Best Albums / Best EP/7″

To think that we’re condensing an entire year of our favorite albums in one post, what a novel idea.  It took a lot of time for us to go through all the albums we listened to this year, but I’m freaking Continue Reading

With two nights at Bowery Ballroom already under their belts, it was time to catch up with Ra Ra Riot at Music Hall of Williamsburg this past Thursday for their 3rd consecutive NYC show. Continue Reading

Monday, September 20th: Klaxons @ Maxwell’s (Buy)

August 24th began as a gloomy day in the New York metropolitan area, but the simple fact that the guys and gals from Ra Ra Riot were gracing Brooklyn with their presence was enough to brighten anyone’s day. Continue Reading

Boy – Ra Ra Riot “Boy” – Ra Ra Riot (Buy)

Picture yourself sitting in the vast, open fields of Onondaga County in upstate New York.  If you were looking for the perfect soundtrack for such a setting, The Orchard by Ra Ra Riot is the ideal selection. Hailing from Syracuse (located in Onondaga County, NY), the now six-piece band has created a unique sound that matured quite noticeably from their debut release, The Rhumb Line in 2008. Continue Reading