Wow. Can you believe it? Everyone made it through the second night of Jack White‘s two-gig stint at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall. No one got yelled at! No one got booed at! No one got stabbed! No one got shot! No one got called a NPR listener! An amazing, heroic job […]
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Jack White Plays for 50 Minutes at 1st Radio City Show: Angry Hipsters Throw Hissy Fits
Uh oh. Sounds like the sh*t went down. On the first night of his two night stand at Radio City Music Hall, Jack White and his band played a 50 minute set, at the end of which they left the stage…and did not return. After about 30 minutes of trying to get an encore, the […]
Spotted the Prince of Washington Square Park Today
His name is MAX and he was wearing a shirt that said “Bat Fiends” A quick Google search reveals that the Bat Fiends are “a NYC local skate gang consisting of two member, MAX and Chris.” They’ve got a sweet video up using the song “Sports” by the Screaming Females. MAX has mad cool style. […]
Paul Banks Documentary: You Had Me at “Paul Banks”
Play it on mute, play it with sound, any way you slice it, Interpol front-man Paul Banks is dreamy. Here he is letting Noisey get the “behind-the-scenes” look into the making of his newest solo album, Banks (!!!!!) You may remember Banks’s former solo project, Julian Plenti, which was laid to rest earlier this year […]
The Perfect Hatewatch: Anne Hathaway Singing at Joe’s Pub
Does anyone have $100-300 that they’d like to give me for the sole purpose of having me produce the world’s greatest hatewatching review of a live musical performance? If so, please contact me, because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to finally earn the title of Player Hater of the Year […]
The Les Miz Movie Preview Proves to Be Everything Normal People Hate about Theater People
Sad, but true. I know it’s hard for these Hollywood actors to understand but PEOPLE HAVE SUNG LIVE WHILE BEING FILMED BEFORE. These people are talking so self-righteously, it’s like they just stole a loaf of bread to keep from starving or something: Really Anne Hathaway? “There seemed to be something selfish about trying to […]
Saw “The Master” This Weekend…Eh
So I saw The Master yesterday at Nitehawk in Williamsburg, BK while stuffing my face with Nitehawk queso, a Nitehawk burger with tots, and croquettes. (What? The movie was 2 hours and 15 minutes long — what did you want me to do, starve?) Despite what you may have read on the internet, I did […]
Tavi Gevinson Gives Jimmy Fallon a Lesson in Bitchfacing
If you haven’t seen this yet, you’re welcome: Emily from The Devil Wears Prada is not amused. Neither is Taylor Jacobson from the Rachel Zoe Project: For the full bitchface DIY, check out the original DIY post on Rookie mag.
Nelly Furtado: Still Can Do No Wrong
My long-standing girl crush on Nelly Furtado has been renewed with the release of her new album, The Spirit Indestructible. She’s totally underrated by music critics for some reason (perhaps Randall Roberts of the LA Times is right — she’d get more buzz if her dad was a Sri Lankan rebel), but I’m always excited […]
VIDEO: Some British Dude Ruins “Last Nite” on X Factor UK
Hold me, I’m scared. Up until now I’ve been spared witnessing The Strokes being sung on one of those reality shows because most regular 18 year old Americans have no idea who the Strokes are other than “that band that the Killers really liked.” But unfortunately in Britain, it’s a different story, and last week […]