Aphrodite Alright: Kylie Minogue at Hammerstein Ballroom

I love a 42-year-old pop star like Kylie Minogue.  She opens the doors at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom right at 7:15 p.m., gets the crowd warmed with a deejay, and at 8:40 kills the lights and ascends from the stage in a sparkling clam shell.  Then goes on to belt out two hours of pop perfection.  [...]

Rebel Yelle at Irving Plaza

With a rebel Yelle, I cried “more! more! more!“  Ever since I got into French electro group Yelle at this year’s Coachella, I can’t stop playing their new album, Safari Disco Club.  It’s fantastic.  And of course I’m in love with front woman Julie Budet, who now just goes by Yelle.  She’s fascinating, and surfaces [...]

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