by Alice Teeple | Aug 20, 2020 | Culture, Music
We try to douse the fire, it continues to burn/Like the Boogie Down Bronx, it continues to burn/Like that cross in the yard, it continues to burn/Can’t you see the fire, it continues to burn The subject of American racism and violence is a heavy one to tackle, but two...
by Alice Teeple | Feb 13, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Music
“I’m hearing you say, ‘not enough is ok.’ Well it’s not… I’m with the Painted People.” If you’re out and about in the dark clubs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, chances are you have run into the Zelig of NYC nightlife,...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Music
“Motorcycle, there’s no god tonight. Only streetlights.” Staten Island’s Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost is an eclectic group of erstwhile poltergeists. LWRG formed in 2016 when vocalist/guitarist E. Niveous Rayside sought electronic sounds...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Music
“I’m a fucking legend!” Peter Murphy has been through an immense ordeal since his last appearance at Le Poisson Rouge. During the month of August, Murphy played a highly-acclaimed series of intimate residency shows at the venue. Downtown covered two of the shows,...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 20, 2020 | Art, Music, NYC
Brooklyn’s ‘Ambassadors of Love’ celebrate 30 years of Flood Scene: the deli counter at a small grocery store in Central Pennsylvania. I am seventeen and bored with the radio selection: nothing but dad rock and morose country for the next four hours....
