#Webster Hall

RSVP HEREGYMSHORTS Play Rough Trade + MORE

Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE - your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. Providence, Rhode Island rockers GYMSHORTS join Dune Rats on a couple dates of their tour, including this Tuesday 11/12 at Rough Trade....

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPWebster Hall Reopening, R. Kelly Arrested, and MORE

Webster Hall is Reopening! It's always sad when an iconic New York venue closes, but Webster Hall's story has a happy update. The 130-year-old venue was shuttered in August 2017 for renovations when longtime owners the Ballingers sold it to AEG. That means Bowery Presents will be handling bookings,...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Glen Campbell, A Celebrity Reptile and More

Country Star Glen Campbell Dies After a tough battle with Alzheimer’s - chronicled publicly in heartbreaking 2014 tour documentary I'll Be Me - country and pop star Glen Campbell died on Tuesday, at age 81. He was heralded for his songwriting, vocal and guitar abilities, and many stars paid tribute...

Emily Daly

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Staff Picks - Nicole OrtizAnniversary and Reunion Shows of 2016

This past year (for me, anyway) was full of attending various anniversary shows of bands I obsessed over in high school. It was nostalgic and exciting to see the bands I used to listen to nonstop perform my old favorites, songs I still listen to somedays when I'm riding my bike or underground on...

Nicole Ortiz

LIVE REVIEWPeter Bjorn and John @ Webster Hall

Peter Bjorn and John, three revered names in indie music, get the crowd moving at Webster Hall.

Ysabella Monton

LIVE REVIEWThe Hush Sound @ Webster Hall

There's nothing that makes you feel old quite like seeing some of your favorite bands from high school showcase 10-year reunion shows of albums you can pretty much sing in your sleep.

Nicole Ortiz

LIVE REVIEWAs Tall As Lions @ Webster Hall

The energy in Webster Hall for As Tall As Lions' final reunion show on Wednesday, December 30, was palpable. Fans buzzed with excitement, squished together in the venue waiting to get a first glimpse of the boys they haven't seen play together in five years. In the last couple of years, bands like...

Nicole Ortiz

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TRACK REVIEWBRAEVES "Silver Streets"

Cover art by Danielle Guelbart This summer, New York's own BRAEVES released a new single called "Silver Streets" as a follow up to 2014's Drifting by Design EP. The band bid their farewell to New York last weekend at The Studio at Webster Hall, rounding out a busy year of stellar shows at other...

Ysabella Monton

LIVE REVIEWThe Menzingers @ Webster Hall

The Menzingers at Webster Hall, shot by Greg Pallante for Bowery Presents Last Friday I rushed from my part time job to Webster Hall and made it just in time to catch The Menzingers' headlining show. A larger venue than they have played at in the past, I was really curious to see how these angsty...

Megan Huffman

LIVE REVIEW!!! (ChkChkChk)

I think it took me a whole week to fully regain consciousness and physical awareness of myself after seeing !!! (chkchkchk) last Friday night at Webster Hall. This was the first time seeing the 8-piece ensemble, and at the show I felt both violated and honored at the same time. It should've come as...

Jamila Aboushaca

ARTIST PROFILELydia

When I first started writing about music, I promised myself I would never be biased. But, I had never never written about a band called Lydia. For me, Lydia is that band. That band I would quickly and confidently use to answer the age-old question: "If you had listen to one band for the rest of...

Alyson Stokes

LIVE REVIEWKing Khan and The Shrines

I invited absolutely everybody I know to the King Khan show on Wednesday. I know it was $20, but we’re talking about King Khan for the love of god, and on the night before Halloween, no less. Did this combination of factors sound appealing only to me? Would no one join me in bouncing to the tunes...

Madison Bloom