Leigh Belz

Kings of Leon at Nassau Coliseum. Dear Jared, Caleb, Nathan, and Matthew Followhill,On Monday night, I jumped in a car and headed out to Long Island to see you play the Nassau Coliseum. It was...

Kanye West and Taylor Swift. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Last night MTV put on quite a show. At the annual Video Music Awards, hosted again this year by British comedian Russell Brand, there was drama, acrobatics,...

Tomorrow night, Sept. 10th, the first-ever Fashion's Night Out event is being held. With local parties being held all over the globe, fashion mecca New York City will host over 700 retailers participating. What is...

Brooklyn teen rockers Care Bears on Fire have been tearing it up lately. They've been turning in righteous performances everywhere from Lollapalooza to Late Show with David Letterman.  The punky trio just wrapped up a...

Brooklyn electro-pop band Chairlift is one of four bands chosen to take part in Saks Fifth Avenue's latest collaboration with Marc by Marc Jacobs. The group was tapped to film a music video in which...

Here's your sneak peek at Tokio Hotel's new video for their single "Automatic." Tokio Hotel's Bill (pictured on the video set in South Africa, above), says of the vid:: "Shooting the 'Automatic' video three days...

Kid Rock. Photographer: Clay Patrick McBrideBlog readers in the Tri State area, listen up. The Institute for Music and Neurological Function is hosting it's annual Music Has Power fund raising benefit on September 2nd at...

Screaming Females is a rock trio from my home state of New Jersey. And like many NJ notables, these two guys and gal know how to rock. Here's their performance of the song "Bell" (from...

I'm still recovering from one of the most intense concert experiences I've had in a while (or, maybe, ever.) Nine Inch Nails played a blistering 24-song set at Webster Hall as part of their 11-date...

Portland's poppy rock band Hockey just released a video for their single "Song Away." I dig it -- silly dancing always makes a hot August afternoon better. The video stars Paper Heart's Charlyne Yi and...

This might be one of those 'it's just me' things but... doesn't BandSlam's Gaelan Connell look a LOT like Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody?What do you think, readers? Here's another few pics to help make the...

The third day of Lollapalooza was even hotter than the day before. (We didn't think that was possible. It was.) After hydrating, sunscreening, and eating a nutrient-dense lunch (sausage, grits, and a brisket sandwich are...

The sun came out on Saturday and brought with it temperatures in the 90s. It was muggy -- but still an upgrade from the rainy day before. We started our day with indie/electro trio Miike...

Lollapalooza 2009 started off with a drop. Or a thousand of them. By 11 a.m., Chicago's Grant Park was being covered by light sheets of rain that had the two of us in bright yellow...

Danielle from the PATA blog and I are in Chicago this weekend for Lollapalooza. Thus far it's, well, wet. (A theme of many of history's greatest festivals-- helllllooo Woodstock!) We watched The Henry Clay People...

My September Music Blogger column focused on amazing UK pop trio Noisettes.The group played a jam-packed show last night at the lower east side club Santos Party House (owned by one Andrew W. K.). The...

Passion Pit. Photographer: Elizabeth Weinberg.New York area blog readers.... Tickets to Diesel's annual U:Music concert, happening this year on July 30th at Webster Hall, could be yours if you're near a Diesel store this...

Nashville singer songwriter Mat Kearney is an interesting dude. Not only does he write some truly lovely songs--you might know him from the song "Nothing Left to Lose" off his debut album of the same...

Singer Priscilla Renea came by the Teen Vogue offices a few weeks back to meet with us and talk about her upcoming album and her EP, Hello My Apple.  The 20-year-old singer from Florida told...

Rachel Lin grew up lost in the shuffle of foster care. Last fall, she beat the odds by starting at Vassar. I was born in Taiwan--my mom had me when she was about seventeen. I'm...

The Sound Off blog just posted a call for comments on the topic of Role Models.As you know, when I'm not talking about music on this blog and in the magazine, I'm editing the many...

The biggest story of the past few weeks has been the surprise death of Michael Jackson. Everyone seems to have different reactions and feelings about the controversial star. But today, as the public funeral is...

My MusicBlogger column in the August issue featured teenage rap spitfire Rye Rye (real name: Ryeisha Berrain) 18, from Baltimore, Maryland.Rye Rye's the real deal -- and her mentor is none other than genre-crossing rapper...

Last month, I got on the phone with Adam Lazzara, lead singer of Long Island rock band Taking Back Sunday. The band is currently touring the US and hooks up with Blink 182 and Weezer...