Archive for May, 2007

Bjork and Konono No.1 at Radio City NYC

Monday, May 14th, 2007 < author: james >

Photo from Brooklyn Vegan   
I didn’t know who the opener for Bjork was going to be until a day or two before the show, and I basically went into a seizure of joy when West Congo’s electro-trance group Konono No. 1 was announced. Two seemingly inaccessible European artists, both somehow equal parts fun and experimental. I […]

Junior Boys Live at Bowery Ballroom

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 < author: james >

When Junior Boys played the Bowery Ballroom back in September, they were clad in stark white jumpsuits with large popped collars and laceless white shoes that set the mood of detached ambience pretty quickly. Thus, it was rather strange for me this time when the duo took the stage and were wearing their normal street […]