With the sheer number of punk icons on hand last night (May 19) at New York City's Fillmore East, the 8th annual posthumous soiree for Ramones legend Joey Ramone proved to be simultaneously surreal and disorienting, pulling fans through a labyrinthine genre museum, then backhanding with fresh cuts and pure downtown bravado.

Just after 7:30 P.M. last night (May 14) New York City's Mercury Lounge was starkly populated and dimly lit, much of the packed crowd sitting criss-cross-apple-sauce by the stage awaiting what would become a welcomed shock of beautiful sonic authority. A shimmering blanket draped over a keyboard came to life as Joan as Police Woman, a.k.a.

Poised in front of a rapturous packed house, Goldfrapp transformed New York City's Beacon Theater from an art-deco relic into the entertainment bridge aboard the Starship Enterprise last night (April 29) with an extravagant light show, as the Brit fivesome plucked out a set heavy in whimsical tunes from their latest set, Seventh Tree.

Summing up Saturday's (April 5) Black and Blue Bowl in one word is simple: nuts. Hardcore devotees moshed and kicked at Brooklyn's Studio B venue from 2 P.M.