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Tinariwen – Brooklyn Steel - July 26, 2024

Tinariwen, the acclaimed group of Saharan refugee musicians, filled a rapt Brooklyn Steel with their guitar- and rock-fueled desert blues and the Nashville-meets-North-Africa sounds featured on their ninth long-player, Amatssou, on Friday night. 

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Chrissy Costanza & VOILÀ – Racket – October 9, 2024

Lead singer of the pop-punk trio Against the Current, New Jersey’s Chrissy Costanza just dropped her debut EP, VII, and celebrated its release alongside L.A. pop duo VOILÀ at Racket on Wednesday, as part of their Spin the Bottle Tour.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Chromeo & the Midnight – Terminal 5 – October 4, 2024

Montreal twosome Chromeo and L.A. synthwave duo the Midnight’s joint tour has found them funking up North America together, and Friday night at Terminal 5 was a whole lot more of that ’80s-influenced funky good time.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Stars – Music Hall of Williamsburg – September 19, 2024

Out on a North American tour in support of the 20th anniversary of their beloved breakthrough album, Set Yourself on Fire, Montreal rock and chamber-pop outfit Stars played a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday and sent everyone home with a smile. 

(Stars play Music Hall of Williamsburg again tonight.)

(Stars play Union Transfer in Philadelphia tomorrow.)

(Stars play Royale in Boston on Sunday.)

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Alice Phoebe Lou – Brooklyn Steel – November 10, 2024

Born and raised in South Africa and based in Berlin, singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou capped off the American leg of her North American tour — and the weekend — with a sold-out show at Brooklyn Steel on Sunday night, winning over the crowd with her take on bedroom pop featuring hints of blues, folk, synths and jazz.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Brat Rave – Webster Hall – August 10, 2024

Brat Summer came to the East Village this weekend, and everyone at a sold-out Webster Hall got down to the sounds and vibes of Charli XCX and party-girl anthems, dancing the night away from late on Friday ’til early on Saturday.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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MAVI – Music Hall of Williamsburg – September 12, 2024

Just a few dates into the tour behind his stellar third album, Shadowbox — “It’s among his darkest work, but also his most piercing and inventive” — Charlotte, N.C., rapper MAVI landed in Brooklyn on Thursday at a welcoming Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Danny Brown and Frost Children – Music Hall of Williamsburg – August 22, 2024

NYC genre-spanning hyperpop sibling duo Frost Children kept it local last night at a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg, first serving as part of the backing band for Detroit rapper Danny Brown and then doing their own set, making Thursday an extra-special night.

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Olivia O’Brien – Racket – June 20, 2024

Olivia O’Brien has been making evocative pop-fueled R&B since she was just a teenager, and on a hot Thursday night in the Meatpacking District, the Southern California singer-songwriter, who recently released a new single, “Glimpse of Me,” thrilled those assembled for her headlining show at Racket.

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Natasha Bedingfield – Webster Hall – November 20, 2024

English singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield is celebrating a milestone this year, the 20th anniversary of her debut album, the R&B-filled Unwritten. And on Wednesday night, the New Yorker threw a party for the LP at a sold-out Webster Hall. 

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Kings Theatre Can Barely Contain Adrianne Lenker

Adrianne Lenker – Kings Theatre – November 19, 2024

Kings Theatre in Brooklyn is a big, beautiful, overly ornate venue that somehow hides its subtle, intimate small-room charms. Adrianne Lenker’s music is the inverse: subtle and intimate while hiding vast complexities. Playing the second of two-sold out shows at Kings on Tuesday night, her songs proved to be a perfect fit for the space.

Lenker opened with “Anything,” the same song she closed the previous night with, explaining that she didn’t want to wait until the end of the show for the audience to sing along, prompting the crowd to join in singing, “And I don’t wanna talk about anything / I don’t wanna talk about anything / I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again / Wanna witness your eyes looking,” contributing to the intimate-but-big feel from the start. 

The 100-minute set drew from across Lenker’s catalog, including several Big Thief songs. Tunes like “Forwards Beckon Rebound” highlighted the harmonies with her band, both the three vocals as well as the three instruments, Josefin Runsteen’s violin and Nick Hakim’s piano beautifully blending in with Lenker’s guitar, the whole thing feeling on the verge of tears. “Sadness as a Gift,” off her latest release, Bright Future, was an early highlight, Lenker singing, “You could hear the music inside my mind,” Runsteen’s violin leading a lovely bridge. 

The audience was equally large-but-subtle, rewarded in their attentive silence by the subtleties of Lenker’s transportive vocals and guitar on “Symbol” and an intense strumming on “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You,” which exploded with emotion in each chord. The latter kicked off a short solo section that included a highlight take on “Simulation Swarm” and a couple newer songs like the deliberately paced “Before You.” 

The trio reformed to close out the show with the eerie “Ingydar,” the country twang of “Once a Bunch,” and the gorgeous closer “Not a Lot, Just Forever,” guitar, violin, piano, voices, an appreciative audience — and a big-but-small theater to hold them all. —A. Stein | @Neddyo

(Adrianne Lenker plays Union Transfer in Philadelphia on 11/25-26.)

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Haley Heynderickx – Music Hall – November 17, 2024

Haley Heynderickx won over hearts and minds and critics and fans when her knockout debut studio album, I Need to Start a Garden, arrived back in 2018. The Portland, Ore., folk singer-songwriter’s highly anticipated — and just as terrific — sophomore long-player, Seed of a Seed, dropped earlier this month, and the new music somehow sounded even better live at last night’s sold-out tour-closing show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. 

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Nimino – Racket – November 16, 2024

Nimino started his North American tour on Saturday night with a sold-out show, the London DJ-producer thrilling Racket with house- and hip-hop-influenced electronic music.  

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Slow Pulp Leave Sold-Out Webster Hall Spellbound

Slow Pulp – Webster Hall – November 14, 2024

Slow Pulp are a trio of longtime friends — Alex Leeds (bass and vocals), Teddy Mathews (drums), Henry Stoehr (guitar) — plus a fourth member, Emily Massey (vocals and guitar). Their first studio album, Moveys, was recorded during the pandemic and later supported on tour when the Chicago (by way of Madison, Wis.) quartet  opened for Death Cab For Cutie and Pixies.

Their second LP — and major-label debut — Yard, dropped last fall, with Pitchfork describing it as “a fine balance of ’90s alt-rock grit and melody, with the introspective, detail-driven storytelling of folk music.” And on Thursday night, they landed at a sold-out Webster Hall to thrill fans with their emotive alt-country angst.

Opening with the guitar riffs from “Do You Feel It,” the dreamy vocals in repetition put a spell on the crowd before the stage quickly illuminated for “Idaho,” the mirror ball activated early. Mostly bouncing back and forth between Moveys and Yard, the band featured an unnamed additional tour guitarist to enhance the music. 

Massey ditched her guitar on “New Media,” from Slow Pulp’s third self-released EP, 2019’s Big Day, to command the room with her laid-back delivery, fans swaying like ripples across the floor. Oldie-but-goodie “Falling Apart” welcomed back opener Sophia Jensen of Free Range to join in on the fan favorite, which had many in the front row singing along.

On the country twang of “Broadview,” Massey blew into a harmonica for added effect. The show wouldn’t end with an encore, but it was capped off with the piano-accompanied “Yard” and nostalgia-drenched “At Home.” —Sharlene Chiu | @Shar0ck

(Slow Pulp play Webster Hall again tonight.)

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi

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Pond – Brooklyn Steel – November 13, 2024

Pond are prolific (and terrific). They released their 10th LP — and first double album — in 15 years, Stung!, just before summer. And although they toured parts of America earlier in the year, the Western Australia psych-rock band returned to hit the East Coast, thrilling Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday night. 

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Orion Sun – Brooklyn Steel – November 7, 2024

As Orion Sun, singer-songwriter Tiffany Majette deftly mixes R&B, rock, jazz and hip-hop into her own unique soulful sound, as witnessed by her knockout debut album, Orion. On Thursday night, the New Jersey native was welcomed to a sold-out Brooklyn Steel.

(Orion Sun plays Union Transfer in Philadelphia tonight.)

Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi