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 | Dec 10, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
By Alice Teeple Photos by Alice Teeple Eyeliner? Check. Black lippie? Check. Mesh, lace and platform combats? All present and accounted for, with a gloomy rainy night for good measure. It was undeniably a Clan of Xymox concert down in the rumbling subterranean...
by Alice Teeple | Nov 29, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
By Alice Teeple Photos by Alice Teeple Christine Smith takes a drag from her well-deserved cigarette outside the Bowery Electric. She’s just wrapped a spectacular solo performance for her sophomore album release, Meet Me On The Far Side Of A Star. It’s fitting this...
by Alice Teeple | Nov 7, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
Niabi Aquena of Searmanas in an interview with Downtown Listening to the opening strains of a Searmanas song is like falling into a murky pool of lucid dreams. The ethereal vocals of Niabi Aquena gently sprinkle cinematic fairy dust over her lush soundscapes. Her work...
