February 2012 archive

Recording Metal Drums: Lamb of God’s Chris Adler Tracks “Resolution” NYC Style

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Don’t take your ears off the drums: Try listening to nothing but the precision ballistics that shoot through every song on Resolution, Lamb of God’s addictive seventh studio album, and life gets almost unbearably exciting.

The source of this rhythmic exhilaration is Chris Adler, whose advanced Read more...

When A Superstar Dies, Where Do Her Sessions Go? Why Whitney Houston Mattered to NYC

Surprised, but not surprising, was my reaction to the news of R&B superstar Whitney Houston’s passing yesterday. Her death came one day before the 54th GRAMMY Awards presentation tonight – a small shortfall mirroring larger shortcomings that unfortunately defined the last decade of her life.

Houston sold 200 million+ albums Read more...

Gig Alert: Lullabies for Falling Empires at Vaudeville Park, Sun. Feb. 12

The Williamburg arts collective known as Vaudeville Park has an intriguing live music lineup this Sunday, Feb. 12th. Starting at 7:00 PM ($8) cover, you can catch all three fascinating artists.

To update your ears, a dose of the following is suggested:

LULLABIES FOR FALLING EMPIRES

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