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Last Night’s Gig

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    Kings of Leon Literally Light Sex on Fire at Album-Release Show!Caleb let loose with a barrage of leonine, pelvic love pumps that sent women (and men) into hormonal fits.
    By David Bevan
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    MY BLOODY VALENTINE PLAY LOUDEST SHOW EVER!!The recently reunited My Bloody Valentine made good on its ear-searing mythology.
    By Chris Richards
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    The Feelies Tolerate Their Disciples at Furious ShowWho knows what vitriol might’ve lurked behind front man Glenn Mercer’s black shades, but he seemed to enjoy blazing through his band’s back catalogue.
    By Mishka Shubaly
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    Randy Newman Indulges Spanish Inquisition Fantasy at Carnegie HallNewman slouched at his Steinway and sang about American hypocrisy with more sharpness and poignancy than the combined works of Thomas Frank and Maureen Dowd.
    By Stephen Rodrick
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    In the Flesh, Swell Season — the Band From ‘Once’ — As Sexually Tense You’d ImagineThe band almost blew their wad immediately.
    By Justin Ravitz
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    Jamey Johnson and Lee Ann Womack, Achy and Breaky in All the Right PlacesJohnson is a dark-hearted country beardo who sings like he’s just been punched in the gut, and Womack still tried to out-sad her opener.
    By Chris Richards
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    Goldfrapp Sleepily Schizo at Radio CityAt times the frizzy-haired diva, slouching in a human-maypole frock, sipping white wine, a harlequin collage swirling on the giant screen behind her, seemed to be hosting an after-after-after-party.
    By Justin Ravitz
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    GZA Mostly Sharp Performing ‘Liquid Swords’For those attending Friday’s Fillmore show — at which the Wu-Tang veteran performed all of his classic 1995 solo album, ‘Liquid Swords’ — it was something of a night at the museum.
    By Chris Ryan
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    O’Death Furnish Perfect Soundtrack to Getting Soused on Booze CruiseOne hundred percent pure American mongrel rock, O’Death, like a yard sale, had a little of everything.
    By Mishka Shubaly
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    Silver Jews Not Upstaged by the Spreading of Butt Cheeks“Show us your penis!” cried one randy (male) fan.
    By Carolyn Murnick
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    Dear Diary: Why Does the Game Disappoint Us So?Once in a while, Vulture takes a peek at what your friends and neighbors think of a concert. Today, the Guy Who Was Disappointed That the Game Let Last Night’s Irving Plaza Show Be Overrun by Guests. (Apologies to Daily Intel and the Sex Diaries.)
    By Amos Barshad
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    Yeeeeah: Young Jeezy Gets His Michael Phelps OnJeezy skipped Phelps favorite “Go Getta,” but still brought the chariots of fire.
    By Chris Richards
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    Willie Mae Rock Camp Showcase Portends Big Things for Little Girls“Hi, we’re famous,” announced one of the performers. “This is going to be awesome.”
    By Mishka Shubaly
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    Walkmen Excite Loins More Than Ears at ShowOn their seldom played song “The Rat,” the singer even seemed to pointedly scream the lyrics: “Can’t you hear me?”
    By Carolyn Murnick
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    Wilco Adrift at McCarren Park PoolWhat was missing from last evening’s Wilco show at McCarren Pool? It’s difficult to be exact.
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    Conor Oberst Almost Crushes Beer Can to Forehead at ShowThe rollicking “I Don’t Want to Die (in the Hospital)” drew him right out of his shell.
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    Martha Plimpton Hosts a Night of Too Many Wainwrights“Oh my God, it’s just going to be a night of awesomeness,” said Plimpton.
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    What Else You Missed at All Points West: The Vulture Grab BagWhatever your excuse for missing All Points West, why not read a maddening litany of all the great shows you didn’t see?
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    Radiohead Finally Slip Up and Play a Subpar ShowJust kidding!
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    The Black Keys Mellow Out, Sign Autographs for PolicemenAfter four months on the road in support of this year’s Attack and Release, it’s completely reasonable that the Black Keys might feel the need to chill out a bit.
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    The National Accidentally Play ‘Unplugged’We couldn’t make out what exactly was in the red Dixie cup front man Matt Berninger was sipping from, but he sure seemed to be enjoying it!
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    Aimee Mann Sates Cult With Cornball Musings“I’m super punchy!” she exclaimed early on. “Who knows what I’ll say?”
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    New York Legends Crowd Rock the BellsBiz Markie, Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface, Method Man, the ghost of ODB, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest…
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    Long Winters Singer Explains Why Young Women Fall in Love With HimTwo girls in center front row perked up at this.
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    Butthole Surfers, Playing With School of Rockers, Incite Anarchy Just Like Old TimesLast night at Webster Hall, the Butthole Surfers left us with a (slightly assy) taste of their legendarily chaotic early shows.
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    Ween Redefine Higher Education at McCarren ShowEveryone sang along: “She’s gonna be my cock professor / Studying my dick!”
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    James Murphy and Friends Positively Hot at P.S. 1’s Warm UpMostly they took it back to 2002 with their signature revival of disco-heavy electro-funk.
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    Martha Wainwright Warns Men Against Buying Her UnderwearMartha brought her mother, brother Rufus, and a bunch of panties.
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    Jarvis Cocker Shares Fluids With Front-Row ConcertgoersAlmost everybody lost their shit when he grabbed his crotch, singing “I heard it said you are hung like a white man.”
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    Golem Celebrate 3,000 Years of Beautiful Tradition, StarbucksSpastic chicken dancing, Yiddish love songs, unsupervised children running around hopped up on sugar!
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    Stand-up Act Proves Ricky Gervais Irritating in Real LifeLast night he displayed some of the unsettling characteristics of David Brent.
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    Billy Joel’s Epic Shea Concert Moves Us to TearsWe freely admit to the cheesiness of our soul. We loved every second of last night’s show.
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    Ratatat Stage Jameson-Fueled Rock Rampage!They turned a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg into a pocket-size arena.
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    Fleet Foxes Nearly Ignite Hippie-on-Hipster WarThe lumberjack-looking men labored mightily, but one sensed a little crankiness.
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    Rachid Taha Demands Blow, Possibly Beefs With Santana at Raucous ShowWhen he strolled onstage, belly-dancing erupted in the audience.
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    Unorthodox Behavior at Private Albert Hammond Jr. ShowAlbert Hammond Jr. started off his private set at Mercury Lounge last night in an intimate fashion.
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    Al Green Makes Carnegie Hall His Love ChurchAl Green wrapped up an aside referencing someone who once “literally sang his pants off.”
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    Lyle Lovett Excites Profligate Heedlessness in God-Fearing Crowd’That was the first time a Lutheran has made an exclamatory remark,’ Lyle Lovett drily observed at the Beacon Theatre.
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    Maroon 5 Rock the Hell Out of ‘Good Morning America’Things took an odd turn as balloons of various shapes were released: stars, peace signs, and … crosses?
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    Liz Phair Plays All of ‘Guyville,’ to the Best of Her MemoryBut the unfamiliarity with her own material didn’t slow her down!
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    Pearl Jam Defy Curfew at Madison Square GardenEddie Vedder likened part of the show to being on mushrooms!
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    Isaac Brock Goes Nutso at Secret Modest Mouse ShowWalking down North 6th Street last night at 1:30 a.m. was like parting a Red Sea of bearded, bespectacled guys in plaid shirts.
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    We Sneak Into a Private Vanessa Carlton Set!The event was billed as a “salon” — there were cocktails and a Q&A session, though (we imagine) fewer instances of syphilis than in the French gatherings of the seventeenth century.
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    Sigur Rós Bring Down the Museum of Modern ArtIt was a special show for Sigur Rós last night: Not only were they playing at MoMA, but they were doing it on Icelandic independence day!
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    Hell Yeah! Iron Maiden Blow the Fuses at Madison Square GardenThe arena-packing, Bud-guzzling audience — almost exclusively in black T-shirts — was here for the full Iron Maiden experience, songs to logo, and they got it.
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    Breeders Sisters Go Doublemint at Birthday ShowFront-lady sisters Kim and Kelley Deal are not only twins, but also Geminis, whose astrological symbol represents the twin!
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    M.I.A. Nearly Undone by Democratic Impulses at McCarren PoolTurns out that the crowd was not just a symbol of democracy, but also full of wannabe stars who hilariously but annoyingly refused to go away.
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    Werner Herzog: I Can Live With Death Threats“So of course I can live with the fact that Ferrara is ranting and raving. Wonderful! Can’t get any better.”
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    Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis Makes Sweet Love to ThousandsBlake Sennet, a little brother intruding on a make-out session, nothing more.
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    Jack White Goes Fully Bizarro at Raconteurs ShowWhite was channeling Liberace, his co-star John C. Reilly in Walk Hard, and seventies-era Elvis.
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