Dave Gil de Rubio

May 5, 2024 | longislandweekly.com | Dave Gil de Rubio

In the annals of popular music, you’d be hard-pressed to find an artist as eclectic and prolific as Todd Rundgren. To call him creatively restless is like calling The Beatles a quaint pop band. As a solo artist, he’s notched 27 releases under his belt (with the most recent being 2022’s Space Force.) An that doesn’t include projects he’s recorded as a member of The Nazz, Utopia and the New Cars.

May 1, 2024 | longislandweekly.com | Biff Byford |Dave Gil de Rubio

For those of a certain generation who like their music hard and heavy, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) represented a special era of music that leaned heavily into instrumental virtuosity, hooks, riffs and biker-influenced attire that leaned towards denim, vests and leather.

Apr 5, 2024 | longislandweekly.com | Dave Gil de Rubio

Adam Ant is complicated, in the best sense of the word. Throughout his career, the man born Stuart Goddard has had a creative streak that’s pulled inspiration from the worlds of music, art, film, television and radio. Best known as an artist who emerged from the late ‘70s UK punk scene (managed by none other than Sex Pistols impresario Malcolm McLaren—more on that later), Ant managed to break in America right as a new entity called MTV was emerging.

Mar 7, 2024 | longislandweekly.com | Dave Gil de Rubio

For anyone who has nominally followed Perry Farrell’s career path, it should come as no surprise that Porno for Pyros, the band he founded after leaving Jane’s Addiction in 1992, is embarking on the Horns, Thorns En Halos Farewell Tour despite PFP having gone on hiatus and reformed three separate times over the past three-plus decades.

Dec 28, 2023 | longislandweekly.com | Dave Gil de Rubio

For actress/author Illeana Douglas, her affection for the state of Connecticut has always run deep in a way that goes far beyond her being raised by her mom in the Old Saybrook area. Her affinity for the Nutmeg State was nurtured by the films shot here and served as enough of an inspiration for her to pen the recently released coffee table book Connecticut In the Movies: From Dream House to Dark Suburbia.