by Alice Teeple | Mar 18, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Music, News, NYC
During this collective time of crisis in the wake of Covid-19, Le Poisson Rouge, a good friend of Downtown Magazine, is currenly working on streaming live performances, unveiling archived concert footage, and engaging the independent music community in unprecedented...
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 | Oct 11, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
Photos and feature by Alice Teeple There’s an old adage advising against white clothing after Labor Day, but consider an exception for Austin’s White Denim. A rollicking performance by the Texan quartet at Le Poisson Rouge proves that rock n’ roll is always in...
by Alice Teeple | Aug 29, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Music
Fire, to destroy all you’ve done. Fire, to end all you’ve become. The Amazon is ablaze, the West Village is so thick with humidity you can practically chew the air. The time is ripe for those queued outside Le Poisson Rouge to descend underground, and bear...