Words by Andrea K. Castillo / Photo by Seher Sikandar

The night of Tuesday, May 7th was one of musical splendor. The evening hosted the first of two high-demand New York shows at Terminal 5 for the future soul master that is James Blake. The UK crooner brought out a crowd that is unheard of at such shows, a mass of actual cool people. You had your hipsters clad in dark framed glasses and five-panel hats, college bros that are venturing out to new musical territories, tastemakers, and couples that danced to a rhythm that no one else heard. This group was mature and well attuned to Blake's galaxy-surfing sound.

His set began a minute early, at 8:59 PM to be exact, with an attention-grabbing introduction of “Unluck”. The stage was clad in blue-green light adding a dreamlike quality to Blake's at-times haunting vocals. Positioned to the right of center-stage, Blake's performance was not focused on his ego, but that of meticulous live-sampling and eclectic sound.

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Quadron performed in front of a captive and packed crowd at Le Poisson Rouge last Thursday. And yes, we got to hear Coco O perform some of her favorite songs from the upcoming album, too. Watch the photo slideshow below!

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Bonobo took the house down this past Friday at Webster Hall in NYC. Joining him was the lovely Szjerdene on vocals. Big sounds, great vibes. Slideshow below.

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Lianne La Havas effortlessly won over a sold out house last night at Webster Hall in NYC. Catch a few snaps of the darling performing in our slideshow below.

Today we've got some more photos from the Jose James album release show for No Beginning No End last week. Along with a bunch of new live photos, we've also got some exclusive backstage shots thanks to photographer Janette Beckman.

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