Fri 3 Jun – Girls & Boys: Modeselektor DJ Set

To our delight whilst waiting to tell the doorgirl, “we’re on the guestlist!” on the entrance stairs, we met Modeselektor and Siriusmo. That is, if “meeting” means standing 3 feet away from the German stallions, staring at them all starry-eyed for about 5 minutes and me making eye contact with Gernot, which it does.

After a thorough frisk, we entered Webster Hall’s nightlife wonderland where skin, drunks, drugs and freak flags wave and dance into the a.m. Unable to head up to the main ballroom immediately, we sat around for…

Mon 20 Jun – Foster the People, Gardens & Villa

As far as we're concerned summa-summa-summatime officially started one day before the solstice: A perfect sunny day punctuated by a great Wild Ginger dinner al fresco and fun courtesy of some of the sunshine state's finest dancey pant movers, Foster the People and Gardens and Villa's at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

We entered the venue, relieved to only have one opener between us and Foster the People with figurative fingers crossed hoping – as usual – the opening band would be on the right side of awesome. And boy did…

Fri 15 Jul – A Perfect Circle, Red Bacteria Vacuum

From the great "old man" seats granted by my brother Felix's persistence months ago, first row of a section above the floor – an instant upgrade from looking down below to the tiny stage people from the high in the balcony as with Massive Attack last year – he and I experienced our third show together in great comfort.

Besides the fact they were Japanese openers Red Bacteria Vacuum were a mystery before our ears beheld their noise. While Felix remained skeptical, it was all good for me for I've…

Mon 18 Jul – Darkstar

It seems that no matter how exciting the prospect of Darkstar's debut live performance in NYC was it would always be accompanied by the most metal gift of all: disappointment.

First concert announcement, yay! Then a cancellation, boo! New show announced for July, yay! Snail getting sick and not coming, boo! I go anyway, for both of us, yay! Stand outside for an hour and try to sell the extra ticket when the show is not sold out, boo! Meet someone new to hang with inside, yay! No one is biting and I'm nervous about…

Wed 20 Jul – Moonface

On this Wednesday night we revisited two of our favorite places in LES after a very long time: Teany for dinner and Mercury Lounge to see Moonface. We were welcomed into the venue to the beat of SBTRKT and danced to "Pharaohs" making up for its absence in his PS 1 set. I kept dancing funny to make Snail laugh really hard but I had to contain myself, as badly as I wanted to make her laugh I DID NOT want her to pee herself so I held back.

She lucked out because my dances…

Fri 22 Jul – Death From Above 1979, The Drums

It's a rare thing when divorced parents get back together. Once upon a time, it was just as rare for a band to do the same but now it seems like many are making up and taking their show on the road once again.

In 2006, Death from Above 1979 left fans grieving the loss of the powerhouse duo and the missed chance to dance and mosh in the name of sexy music. A reunion and tour announcement earlier this year gave us new hope. DFA 1979 lovers, experienced or…

Thu 11 Aug – Cut Copy, Foster the People, Midnight Magic

Concerts outdoors are a blessing and a curse. You're at the mercy of the elements: a pitch perfect sunny day is ideal but random rain can ruin weaves or have you regret you wore socks. If the band is still small enough, you lose the intimacy that comes with a club show to a larger, less attentive crowd. In the masses, you can gain the camaraderie of some nice people who are there to have fun or be surrounded by a ton of unstable, fucked up assholes who chain…

Sat 6 Aug – Cold Cave, Austra, Cult Of Youth

We constantly dream how it would've been to see the likes of Depeche Mode, Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, Joy Division, New Order, Bauhaus and the Cure when they were young, inciting new wave dancey parties live in clubs and special to small group of romantic, dark and lonely weirdos. Literally babies then, we missed the boat and have been looking for the new wave dance party of our dreams ever since this music came into our line of hearing. Once upon a time, we had it in The Faint…

Sat 11 Dec – Rammstein, Combichrist

Our awesome birthday weekend fun and year of concert amazingness literally came to an end with numerous bang-bangs via Germany's most beloved boy band Rammstein Saturday night.

After months of denial/disbelief that we were actually attending this show, the excitement slowly crept and blew up in our brain on our way to MSG. This shit was legit, we were about to be part of one of the important events in our musical history!

A quick trip to the merch table for some posters and an odd moment with two random dudes from a state…

Thu 2 Dec – Warpaint, Family Band, Rewards

Day two of December-appropriate swooning over dreaminess that makes us feel all kinds of warm inside commenced with Warpaint at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

After eating a blissful dinner and getting peanut butter bombed at our favorite veg joint on Bedford, Wild Ginger we walked with bellies full (maybe a little too full) to the venue.

Got in early enough to see Family Band open up the show. They had a sedating, Mazzy Star quality to them: slow and oft times twangy guitars, melancholic almost monotone vocals but no umph. There…