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[thebowerypresents]

Hurray for the Riff Riff Bring New Album to Sold-Out Music Hall of Williamsburg

Hurray for the Riff Raff – Music Hall of Williamsburg – March 5, 2024

“It’s so good to be home.” That was Alynda Segarra beaming in front of a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday night, the Bronx native and band Hurray for the Riff Raff feeling right at home in Brooklyn wearing matching black vests and big smiles. With a brand-new album — The Past Is Still Alive — out for barely a week and already gaining critical acclaim, the set leaned heavily on the new material, opening, as the record does, with “Alibi,” Segarra with one foot in personal folk, the other planted in fuzzy rock — one in a sandal, one in a black boot. “Buffalo” showed off deft songwriting skills, the rhythmic singing and catchy chorus underpinned by the evocative, dreamlike lyrics.

The songs were beefed up by the backing band: slide guitar on that “Buffalo” adding atmospherics, a propulsive beat from drummer Yan Westerlund on “Hawkmoon” driving a straight rocker, and Nnamdï (who opened the show) coaxing a groove with his urgent bass playing on “Rhododendron,” off the 2022 LP Life on Earth. Segarra’s voice was the centerpiece, delivering one captivating lyric after another: lines like “I know that it’s dangerous, but I wanna see you undress / Wrap you up in the bomb shelter of my feather bed” in “Colossus of Roads.”

Saxophonist Lynn Ligammari joined the band midway through, turning “Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)” Springsteen-esque as Segarra belted out the refrain, “Nothing will stop me now,” the crowd believing every word. Hurray for the Riff Raff also played selections from older releases, including the rawer bluesy energy of “Good Time Blues (An Outlaw’s Lament)” and Ligammari adding mournful soul to the weighty “The Body Electric,” which Segarra said “started it all” for the musician. The set ended with “Ogallala,” the band building to a triumphant swell, Segarra singing, “To watch the world burn / With a tear in my eye,” everyone in the room feeling right at home. —A. Stein | @Neddyo

(Hurray for the Riff Raff play The Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass., tonight.)

Photos courtesy of Jenna Murray | @jennamurray

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

I know i included this in the long post of NNAMDÏ videos, but holy shit does his song Sudafed capture that feeling of being on the edge of a panic attack/not quite holding it together

To also capture that without relying on the audio becoming overwhelming as well is fucking skilled

[kamaradka]

I HAD ALL MY BAGS 🎒👜 ON THE CTA 🛬🚅 AND IT BROKE DOWN ⚠️⬇️ AND I BROKE DOWN 🤯😵 AND I CRIED OUT 😱😭 LIKE A NEW BABAYYY: 👶 "GREAT TIMING! ☠ GREAT TIMING! 😡" AN OLD MAN 👴 SAID, "SON, YOU'LL BE OKAY 🤗👍," AND I YELLED "FUCK YOU 👿🖕 GET OUT OF MY FACE! 🤦‍♂️✋" AND I APOLOGIZED 😳🙏 LIKE IMMEDIATELY AND I... BROKE DOWN AGAIN! ⬇️😭 I SPENT ALL MY RENT MONEY 🏡💵 ON A PLANE 🛫 TICKET 🎫. ʷᵃˢ BROKE THEN 🔙😟 AND IM BROKE NOW 🔜😟 AND I KNEW THAT SOMETHING 🤔 HAD TO CHANGE 😔; I COULDNT LET MYSELF DOWN 😤⬇️ AGAIN! MY FOLKS 👪 GET OLDER 👴👵 EVERY DAY AND MY FRIENDS 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️ GOT BILLS 📃💵 THEY CANNOT PAY 💸🚫 AND I HATE THAT I FEEL THIS WAY 😷🤒, WISH I WAS OUT ON TOUR 😎🕺 AGAIN! 😄🔜

[ramblingghooosty]

Literally no one cares but me, but yesterday NNAMDφ complimented me on my Johnny Foreigner† shirt and that was a really cool moment for me.

† - one of my favorite artists

[kickerofelves]

Art School Crush -- Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

[longlistshort]

NNAMDÏ- Javelin

This new single is on the deluxe edition of NNAMDÏ's 2022 album Please Have A Seat.

NNAMDÏ is playing at The Echo in Los Angeles on Wednesday, 4/5/23 with Luke Titus.

[dogeatspine]

I'm going up, go and get the binoculars Fuck being popular, I want the bread I don't fear death, I would welcome its kiss If you fuck with my shit, I might come for your head I used to dream I could have everything I can finally see that I already did 312, love me, ain't no man above me So pull up a seat, I'll make you a plate

[dukedebut]

new album every day [25.07.2023]

NNAMDÏ - Please Have A Seat (Deluxe Edition)

expanding on his most recent album, NNAMDÏ presents an absolute tour de force in Please Have A Seat. playing in an expansive range of genre, the songwriting on these tracks is an absolute standout - there are absolutely NO SKIPS on this album. this might be one of my highlights of the year!!

my favourite tracks: I Don't Wanna Be Famous, Dedication, Some Days, Javelin

[jacobwren]

NNAMDÏ - Javelin

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

Ok i am officially in love with Nnamdï— he does a breakdown of how he made his song DIBS

and i love how he talks about his process, and that you can tell he fucking loves making music

He weaves together both the technical tricks he used, along with backstory and how it ties into the larger themes in the album/his music.

Also, he is just a delight to watch

[seymourmusicclub]

NNAMDÏ - Anti (Official Video)

[ramblingghooosty]

Everyone says "No one gives a fuck about your Spotify wrapped" but I do give a fuck

Let me know what y'all're listening to

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Flowers To My Demons • Gimme Gimme • Bullseye • Everyone I Loved • Wasted • Glass Casket • Perfect In My Mind • Semantics • Price Went Up • Really Don't • It's OK • Salut

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