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Nemahsis – Webster Hall – February 10, 2025

Webster Hall was packed with a welcoming crowd on Monday night for Canadian pop singer-songwriter Nemahsis, whose debut album, Verbathim, dropped this past September.

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Shenseea – Webster Hall – August 22, 2024

Jamaican dancehall sensation Shenseea rolled into NYC last night, bringing her North American tour, her terrific second album, Never Gets Late Here, and her dance-like-it’s-the-weekend-even-if-you-have-to-work-tomorrow energy to a sold-out Webster Hall.

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Griff Takes Command at Terminal 5

Griff – Terminal 5 – September 17, 2024

British singer-songwriter Sarah Faith Griffiths, better known by the moniker Griff, blossomed during the 2020 pandemic. She’d put out her debut single, “Mirror Talk,” the summer before the lockdown and continued releasing music throughout isolation. That productivity undoubtedly earned her the Rising Star award at the 2021 Brit Awards — and earned her an opening slot on Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour in 2022. Now, Griff is seizing the moment with the July arrival of her first LP, Vertigo, which Rolling Stone UK described as putting “whiplash-like feelings into a debut album full of emotional breakthroughs and nimble production.”

Headlining her own tour, the young artist hit Terminal 5 on Tuesday. The titular track kicked off the night, which was fitting as “Vertigo” soundtracked the trailer for the third season of Heartstopper, which had dropped hours before last night’s show. The rising pop star commanded the room like a seasoned performer, effortlessly orchestrating sing-alongs while twirling across the expanse, reverberating into the rafters. Griff highlighted the Auto-Tune-heavy “Where Did You Go” as the North Star of the album because it questioned how much she’d changed during its production. Fans delighted in Brat Summer, bathed in lime-colored lights, as the headliner treated them to a cover of Charlie XCX’s “Apple.”

Griff traversed into the center of the floor for an acoustic session that brought an intimacy to the venue. “Forgive Myself,” an oldie for NYC Day Ones, was sandwiched between the folk-tinged “So Fast” and the dreamy “Everlasting.” Returning to the stage, she belted out “Black Hole” with the crowd taking on the chorus. The evening reached a crescendo as the place turned into a proper dance club with pink spotlights dotting the stage during “Cycles,” and a sea of heads bopped along to “Miss Me Too.” You couldn’t not dance to the infectious beats, and revelers clearly left with a bounce in their step. —Sharlene Chiu | @Shar0ck

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Mitski – Kings Theatre – February 26, 2024

Mitski remains as candid and terrific as ever on her seventh studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We. The LP dropped last fall to universal praise and having launched a North American tour in support of it a month ago, the talented singer-songwriter rolled into New York City for a weeklong residency last Wednesday. And after four shows at the Beacon Theatre, on Monday, Mitski kicked off a three-night run at Kings Theatre.

(Mitski plays Kings Theatre again tonight and tomorrow.)

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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CSS – Webster Hall – May 4, 2024

Out on the road across North America for the first time in 11 years, Brazilian dance-rock band CSS brought their It’s Been a Number of Years Tour to the East Village on Saturday night, getting the party started at Webster Hall.

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Adrianne Lenker – Music Hall of Williamsburg – March 18, 2024

Her sixth solo studio album, Bright Future, drops on Friday, and ahead of its release, Big Thief bandleader Adrianne Lenker was back home in Brooklyn on Monday night for an intimate, sold-out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

(Adrianne Lenker Shubert Theatre in Boston on 11/12-13.)

(Adrianne Lenker plays Kings Theatre on 11/18-19.)

(Adrianna Lenker plays Union Transfer in Philadelphia on 11/25-26.)

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Death Grips – Terminal 5 – August 9, 2023

Touring the world for the first time in four years, and with the current American leg winding down, alternative hip-hop trio Death Grips were back in NYC on Wednesday night to thrill a sold-out Terminal 5.

(Death Grips play Brooklyn Steel on 9/21-22.)

(Death Grips play Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia on 9/23.)

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography

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Tash Sultana – Kings Theatre – September 17, 2023

Halfway into a North American tour, wildly talented one-person band Tash Sultana dazzled a packed Kings Theatre on Sunday night.

Photos courtesy of DeShaun Craddock | dac.photography