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Buckle up, New York. Long Island synth rockers Shiffley are back with a new single. Drawing from the great omnisexual songwriting tradition that brought us “Electric Barbarella” and “The Sexy Data Tango,” “Sleepless Night” delivers the…

From the lush green wilderness of Gambia to a Chelsea studio, here’s a story behind a 21st century cross-continental roots song by Holy Forest. Members: Jon Fine (Guitar, Bass, Keys). Ed “Preachermann” Holley, Sparlha Sparlha Swa, Morley,…

A lot of great bands form in college. The Pixies, for example, formed after guitarists Black Francis and Joey Santiago shared a suite together at U-Mass. By fortunate accident, the two spent hours at a time collectively reveling in the…

On their self-titled album, Fireships boogaloo down Broadway with stacked-heeled Jackie and cleated-soled Billy in Springsteen's New York, only to be led astray by the scent of Malibu 120 cigarettes from the hard-drinking divorcees in…

Kick off your high heel sneakers; it's party time. The Empire State Building is going to sync Steely Dan's "FM" to a live light show tonight at 7 p.m., in honor of the Master FM Antenna's 50th anniversary. Viewers in New York City can…

Last fall, I bumbled about Meeker Avenue listening to Ryan Adams' self-titled album until black plastic garbage bags began to line the streets, and I began to feel hectored by the bar-corner security cameras on my side of  McCarren Park.…

To ask of another album like Even If It Kills Me from Motion City Soundtrack is embarrassing. Eight years after its release, I have to choke back the urge to cry when I listen to “Last Night” and watch my reflection in the Greyhound window…

Note: the events in this article represent certain activities that might have been entertained by a young girl in New York, i.e. of the author's general height, weight and build. She is aware that her Steely Dan obsession isn’t punk rock at…

“Nothing much left in the tank/ somehow this thing still drives/ forgot what it needed/ but somehow it still survives” sings Ryan Adams on “My Wrecking Ball”. On his self-titled album, Adams has so far gone into rekindling the flame of a…

"They're a poor man's Galactic", the banker in the dark charcoal suit standing next to me tells me. Though I have no idea what Galactic is, or what a suit is doing watching a self-proclaimed funky-reggae-rock-soul band playing at Fontana's…