by Downtown Magazine | Sep 4, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Imagine co-founding one of the most influential British bands of the 1990s, going on to inspire bands like Coldplay, Ash and Death Cab For Cutie. Then for your next band, you pump out a few more hit singles. Then you join Oasis, arguably the most successful English...
by Jackie Hart | Aug 10, 2015 | Music, Out On The Town
On Friday, August 7th, Citi held an exclusive concert for its cardmembers starring country superstar Luke Bryan at Irving Plaza to celebrate the release of his fifth studio album, Kill the Lights. The concert was streamed live on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo....
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 7, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Entertainment, Music
Featuring members of Rilo Kiley, The Elected, Phantom Planet and The Like, PHASES may be pegged by some as an “L.A. all-star band.” But keeping in mind that four-fifths of PHASES previously played together in JJAMZ, who had a hit in 2012 with “Heartbeat,” PHASES is...
by Downtown Magazine | May 27, 2015 | Culture, Music
I first found out about Mike Viola in 1997 when his old band, Candy Butchers, opened for They Might Be Giants at Irving Plaza. I was blown away not just by the songs, but the familiarity of his voice. While doing some research the following day, I uncovered that Viola...
by Downtown Magazine | May 26, 2015 | Culture, Music
I didn’t learn about Lil Dicky through “Yo! MTV Raps,” Hot 97, Power 105 or any of the traditional outlets for emerging hip-hop artists. Instead, I first heard about Lil Dicky on Jensen Karp and Matthew Robinson’s “Get Up On This Podcast,” when Karp mentioned Dicky as...