by Downtown Magazine | Oct 19, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Sports
89 years after their 1926 founding, The Harlem Globetrotters are still touring the world as much as ever. With over 20,000 exhibition games played in well over 100 countries, the Globetrotters predate the NBA by over two decades. The legendary basketball team’s...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 16, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Much like Dashboard Confessional is the project of Chris Carrabba or Alison Sudol is A Fine Frenzy, Cœur de pirate is the nom de plume of Béatrice Martin. Cœur de pirate – which is French for “pirate’s heart” – has been widely successful throughout Europe and her...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 15, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, Music
As the bassist of Alice Cooper from the band’s founding through 1974, Dennis Dunaway was around for a lot of amazing times. A co-writer of Alice Cooper classics like “I’m Eighteen,” “School’s Out,” “Elected” and “Under My Wheels,” Dennis is arguably one of the only...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 15, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
New Found Glory formed in 1997 and had a record deal within three years. While the almighty record deal is often painted to be the end of the rainbow for a rock band, it is actually the beginning of the hard work ahead for a musician. 15 years after Drive-Thru Records...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 14, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
I first learned about KINGSWOOD when I saw their name listed on some upcoming CMJ events. The Melbourne-based quartet is playing intimate shows at Fat Baby (October 16th) and The Delancey (October 17th), yet in their native Australia, they’re a major, award-winning,...