The 5th annual Roots Picnic returned this year bigger and deffer. Hosted by MTV’s Amanda Seales (pka Amanda Diva) featuring Shabazz Palaces, St. Vincent, Diplo w/Major Lazer, punk-alt […]
LIVE: Little Dragon & Red Hot Chili Peppers, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Photos: Little Dragon/Victoria Ford & Red Hot Chili Peppers/Kevin R. Tomich My love for music has taken me on a few epic journeys to some great cities—Austin, LA, […]
LIVE: Jean Grae, Drom, NYC
I remember the first hip-hop concert I ever went to. It was in 2005 in Washington, D.C.. A group of friends treated me to see Black Star because […]
LIVE: Fafi – The Carmine Vault Book Signing, The Hole Shop, NYC
Words by Imani (Artistic Sole/IKB/Indian Pussy). Photos by Corey Thompson. Somewhere in a grueling (but fun) month of artistic planning, I got proposed to. Ok! So not really, […]
LIVE: Lyricist Lounge 20 Year Anniversary, Le Poisson Rouge
I love Hip-Hop. The way the culture has been able to infiltrate itself into my everyday being has just been amazing. To wake up and know that I […]
LIVE: Lotus at Irving Plaza
It’s been more than a decade since Lotus first started making music, but I must confess that it’s been a few years since I’ve seen them. The height […]
LIVE: The Couch Sessions Staff BBQ, Brooklyn, NY
Photos by Liz Belfer, Stone, and Ray Hererra If you haven’t noticed, The Couch Sessions has gotten bigger lately. We’ve added new editors, new content and new writers […]
LIVE: Zo! & Sy Smith, Drom, NYC
Photos: Joann Gomez/Music Looks Like This When having discussions about music with my colleagues, we always talk about the various genres that seem to be able to thrive […]
LIVE: PJ Morton, Dawn Richard, & Aaron Camper, Highline Ballroom, NYC
It’s official. Spring is here. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, and good music has made its way to NYC once again. May 1st wasn’t just an ordinary […]
LIVE: The Romance Movement w/ Melo X, Mara Hruby & Jesse Boykins III at Water St. Project
Photos: Corey Thompson/Photoleer Photgraphy & Victoria Ford/Sneakshot (Hipstamatic shots) The Water St. Project, a pop-up art space and gallery created by No Kings Collective located in the Georgetown […]