And finally: that Next Collective, in its first and only foreseeable live showcase, was squarely hitting its mark.
In 2003, they started their own live showcase during half-term breaks and the singles club developed from there.
And on Tuesday at 6 30 p.m., again at the Guggenheim, there will be an exhibition and what the company calls a "live showcase" of "Lamentation"; $10; (212) 423-3587.
And on Wednesday evening, guests including Mos Def, the singer and composer Corey Dargel, the soprano Mellissa Hughes and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus join the ensemble for an eclectic New Sounds Live showcase in downtown Manhattan.
Shows on the Public Broadcasting System like "Austin City Limits" and National Public Radio take the music much more seriously than country radio does, and an Americana live showcase and radio show, the "Western Beat Roots Revival," graduates to Country Music Television this summer.
The comedians Shalewa Sharpe, who recently appeared on HBO's "2 Dope Queens," and Carolyn Castiglia have joined forces to start a new live showcase about how to get the most out of life after 40.
Meanwhile, Houndstooth's weird obsession with acts with "snow" in their name gets aired at a free live showcase later in the week (Shacklewell Arms, E8, Thu), where Snow Ghosts and Soft As Snow appear, along with new signing Guy Andrews, who makes lofty post-rock swaddled in digital noise.
Subtitled "We Came to Dance" (which I prefer to think is a reference to the Nils Lofgren song), the live showcase focuses on the high-stepping side.
During the middle of the live shows, Garbage performed the single on Top of the Pops, and a live showcase performance of "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains" on TFI Friday.
Most recently, Emika has covered Bowie's classic 'Let's Dance', which she recently performed during a live showcase at Berlin's Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
