Wearing a slimfit, pin-striped pantsuit, and a giant, gold medallion, Joan Wasser, the prolific NYC singer-songwriter who performs as Joan As Police Woman, made a rare, solo, appearance last night at the Hotel Café in support of her new record Real Life, out now on indie-friendly label Cheap Lullaby Records. Switching and bewitching between piano and guitar, she cast all variety of soul-punk voodoo on the captivated crowd. Her voice -- like Chrissie Hynde......

by Bree McGuire I'm really not an arena-rock kinda girl-- I prefer the troubadour or spaceland, where I can get rockstar sweat on me without showing up 4 hours early and elbow-wrestling to the barricade. But if the bands have the energy to fill up the gaping concrete space, bring it on. Unfortunately we missed The Subways and Head Automatica and came in at the beginning of Angels & Airwaves set as they opened......