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  • Gran Central Beat Station
    Call Gran Central a future beat producer. That might not be entirely accurate, but he wouldn’t mind. The majority of his music is electronic-oriented instrumental hip hop...
  • Bear in Heaven at South Street Seaport
    Tonight's show, which is part of the River to River Festival, is a heavy double-header of epic, arty Rock with a capital "R." Zola Jesus, dark chanteuse of the Midwest, opens things up at 7 pm, bringing her spectacularly damaged songs and singular voice to a stage that is hopefully not too sunny. Local headliners Bear in Heaven have been rising ...
  • Bushwick Music Interview: Beach Fossils
    t's always refreshing when a band that begins with a clear modus operandi, even an unspoken one, grows in popularity while refining that sound and not succumbing to pandering to the audience in any way...
  • A Traditional Gamelan Robot
    With the sun setting over the East River behind him, Taylor Kuffner sat cross-legged, surrounded by an orchestra of gamelan instruments...
  • Cumba Mela: Global Local
    Sweat dripped from everyone on the packed dancefloor as they focused intently on Cumba Mela's set during the heat stroke-inducing Danger party this Saturday...
  • 'US Funky': A Blank Slate at Tandem
    This new dance party at Tandem is a family affair, bringing together the various but related sounds of UK funky, dubstep, and techno.
  • Afrobass In the Place
    If your average Brooklynite found a flyer that said "afrobass" on it, chances are they wouldn't know what it meant...
  • From Caracas With Teeth-Rattling Bass
    Ill Pharaoh began dabbling in music while studying piano and musical language during high school in Caracas, Venezuela...
  • Que Bajo Does the Bass Go?!
    Uproot Andy and Geko Jones' blend of Afro-Latin music and electronic bass styles has earned them a worldwide reputation for throwing a good party with forward thinking music...
  • A Beacon for Young Artists
    “A lot of people come to the game to take, not to give,” says 20-year-old MC Riddic, also known as Barrington Botswana Black. “We want to give back.”
  • The Garifuna Culture, Kept Alive Through Music
    As a class of drumming students chase their teacher's rhythm in the next room, James Lovell explains the need to protect the history of his people, the Garifuna.
  • Cassette on Scholes
    The late night crowd gathered outside 319 Scholes last Saturday amidst otherwise desolate streets was evidence that the space's new inhabitants don't work along the same schedule as the area's more traditional manufacturing tenants...
  • Telepathe: From Coffee Counter to Center Stage
    If you happened to hang around Potion Café during its stunted youth in 2005, then likely you’ve bumped into at least one of the girls that make up the band Telepathe...
  • A Sparse Night at Market Hotel
    Despite the eclectic line-up, there was a surprisingly sparse turnout at Market Hotel on Thursday night...
  • Spaghetti Western Records: Artistic Purity on Vinyl
    On Broadway, eve-level with the J train, four driven do-it-yourself musicians are nursing Spaghetti Western Records in its nascent stage.