State Government Editor for Gotham Gazette. Freelance news editor, writer for Metroland.
David King
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David King
by David King
March 6, 2013
British indie darlings Alt-J have no soul. Like David, the android from Prometheus, and Superman before him, Alt-J’s problem is that they do everything and they do it well. Don’t think I’m saying the band ...
by David King
February 28, 2013
Tegan and Sara just want to be loved. It is embedded in the core of all of their songs: “Why don’t you love me?” “When will I forget you loved me?” “When will I find ...
by David King
February 20, 2013
Opera with a Tweet. It may sound like a hokey idea—perhaps even one that could derail an opera. Why do we care about what characters are Tweeting at each other? Won’t it take the viewer ...
GE Theatre at Proctors
by David King
December 13, 2012
Why are Muse still a band? They seem bored, copping the same Radiohead poses that have gotten them through what seems like a dozen or so releases. But it’s not the band’s laziness and boredom ...
by David King
November 29, 2012
The gamer in your household is probably getting on your nerves just about now. With the holidays rolling in, game companies have let loose the floodgates and all the megasequels have hit the shelves. Halo ...
by David King
November 15, 2012
Between the Buried and Me are a metal band who speak a musical language all their own, but it’s one they have cobbled together with bits and pieces of the great work of others. With ...
by David King
October 25, 2012
Marilyn Manson informed the crowd at the Glens Falls Civic Center on Tuesday night that the police had warned him not to advocate drug use and “anal sex” but the only people that bought that ...
by David King
October 17, 2012
Halloween is a lucky time this year because the two scariest men in the universe are coming to the Glens Falls Civic Center just days before the bone-chilling holiday. No, we aren’t talking about Mitt ...
Glens Falls Civic Center
by David King
August 30, 2012
I feel confident saying that “The Full Retard” should have been the jam of summer 2012. Brooklyn’s El-P is an MC with indie cred and the kind of politically conscious but expectation-flaunting firebrand who is ...
by David King
August 9, 2012
“Remember the ’90s?” It was the commercial I knew would kill me when I eventually heard it. Just the idea that the music of my teen years would be reduced to a greatest-hits collection to ...
by David King
March 22, 2012
Sleigh Bells’ second disc is sophomoric. The vibrant production that combined crunchy guitar work and big dropping hip-hop beats on the band’s debut Treats is nowhere to be found on Reign of Terror. Instead the ...
by David King
March 22, 2012
Skinny Puppy reunited some years ago thanks to lucrative German industrial festival cash. Well, it turns out that Germany’s love of industrial wasn’t enough to keep the band fat and paid. And, hey, when a ...
by David King
January 12, 2012
It’s a rare thing to find something so succinct and perfect as Cynic’s Carbon-Based Anatomy, like a little music box of out-of-this-time, ethereal prog rock. The six-song EP is far from straightforward or bare-bones: The ...
by David King
December 14, 2011
Between the Buried and Me never fail to deliver an absurdly tight set of progressive metal, with an emphasis on “progressive.” Their playing is flawless, lead singer Tommy Rogers delivers a sense of drama and ...
by David King
September 7, 2011
A CEO and a sex addict walk into a recording studio—stop me if you’ve heard this one before. You probably have, actually, in a number of ways. Jay-Z (the CEO) teamed up with sex addict ...
by David King
August 3, 2011
It’s always nice to be surprised—well, that is, unless you are a die-hard, slack-jawed metal/hardcore kid who digs Jamie Jasta, Godsmack, Slipknot and Emmure. In that case you want the same thing over and over ...
by David King
July 27, 2011
Over the years, Devin Townsend, Canada’s mad scientist of metal and mastermind of the once-great Strapping Young Lad, has combined his absurd sense of humor with his complex metal compositions. You might not have caught ...
by David King
July 20, 2011
Cheddar-flavored goldfish and beer—that is what the members of Travis Gray and the Frontiers were full of after playing their fifth show—an opening gig for Third Eye Blind at the sold-out Roseland Ballroom in New ...
by David King
July 6, 2011
Around the World and Back used to be quiet. While their last EP Songs to Sleep To was a dreamy collection of bedroom pop, their new full length Big Beat is full of thunderous Brit ...
Valentine's
by David King
July 6, 2011
There may be no better way to be simultaneously horrified and amused these days than to pick up one of Fred Dicker's columns. His latest masterpiece of tragedy and comedy, “Obama to Tap Cuomo to ...
by David King
June 29, 2011
On Friday (June 24), at a little past 10 PM, the New York State Legislature passed a bill allowing same-sex marriage in New York state. As the Senate finished its vote, the architect of the ...
by David King
June 16, 2011
On Wednesday, New York State Senate Republicans disappeared into their chambers to conference same-sex marriage. They emerged after four hours in chambers, having decided nothing. They expressed their intention to discuss bringing the bill to ...
by David King
June 15, 2011
It isn’t particularly important for a pop star to make sense—just to be catchy—but, unfortunately, on Born this Way from Interscope, Lady Gaga buries what makes her good at her job: catchy, dirty, grinding synth ...
by David King
June 8, 2011
"Come stay in the Leo Bar; we have a lion.” Those were the words that started the weirdest night of Jason Keyser’s life. In 2007, Keyser left the comfy ...
by David King
May 25, 2011
“Tss, tss, tss” is the sound echoing through the boxing gym at 91 Quail St. in Albany on a Monday afternoon in May. It gets louder: “Tss, tsss, tsaa.” More vowels are added, and the ...
