Though openers, Parisian-born electro-pop act Appaloosa, galloped through Nico-esque numbers without a hitch, Cat Power's Jukebox was on the fritz.

Brit rock's most angsty elder statesman Morrissey sweated and swayed through a diverse set spanning both his solo career and Smiths highlights at the Hammerstein Ballroom last night (Oct. 22), the first of his five-date engagement in the Big Apple. The motley crowd (as heterogeneous as the setlist, running the gamut from graying Smiths

Who? Don't let the cheeky band name fool you into thinking these boys just wanna have pun: though Brooklyn's Dylan Rau (vocals/guitar), Ted Feldman (guitar), Val Loper (bass) and TJ Orscher (drums) have only been together for a little over a year, Bear Hands has hit the live music scene claws-out. They just wrapped up a