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words by BBG, Union Pool photos by Jesse Lindmar, Brooklyn Psych Fest photos by Samantha Marble Naam @ Union Pool Liturgy and Naam double teamed NYC at Union Pool on 3/6 with Tournament. Both bands are hitting the road in the near future for dates on the way to SXSW, where ...

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by Anna Scialli The karaoke portion of the night included most of the songs listed here, plus a number of TL/RX tunes like "Ballad of the Sin Eater," "Me and Mia," "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?," "A Bottle Of Buckie", "Shake The Sheets", "Timorous Me", and "Counting Down The ...

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DOWNLOAD: Olof Arnalds - Klara (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Olof Arnalds - Englar og darer (MP3) Olof Arnalds @ Rockwood Music Hall in November (more by Vincent Cornelli) Olof Arnalds will be playing two NYC shows around her trip to Texas for SXSW this march. The first of those will be on Monday, March 15th ...

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...which ended up being a big fail.... You have won a chance to be part of an extraordinary MGMT event. The MGMTmobile will be visiting 6 cities, and we are challenging YOU to come find it ues to the location 1 hour prior to arrival. The first 6 people to this location ...

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Todd P's MtyMx isn't the only music festival happening around SXSW in Monterrey, Mexico this March. Saturday, March 13th marks the date of the first-ever Festival NRMAL in Monterrey. F/N will take place on the grounds of the Alianza Francesa de Monterrey during the weekend prior to SXSW. NRMAL "is a ...

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DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer - Hold the Lines (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer - Call Mi (Dave Kelly's Hold the Line) (MP3) DJ duo Major Lazer will be down in SXSW for a set at Cedar Street Courtyard on Saturday, March 20th. They'll also be doing the just-announced Iheartcomix/Jelly/Mad Decent three-day day party at ...

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DOWNLOAD: Broken Social Scene - World Sick (MP3) Jason Collett's new record, Rat A Tat Tat, came out Tuesday (3/9) on Arts & Crafts. His tour with his backing band, Zeus (who just put out an album of their own), and other opener Bahamas starts this week in Canada before getting ...

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Faith No More announces their first east coast show in more than a decade - to be held on July 5, 2010 to benefit the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA). The show will be a part of a series of benefit concerts for OSA to take place at ...

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Hot Chip @ Highline Ballroom in Feb (more by Vincent Cornelli) No lack of Hot Chip NYC shows this year. The UK band already appeared at both Highline Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg in February, and they play two shows at Terminal 5 in April. Now they've added a Wednesday, ...

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Billy Corgan former friend who used to hold a working relationship with Courtney Love is saying that he forbids her to release any songs they worked on together. "[If she does release them] it would be a real big problem, because I haven't given my permission," he tells Rolling ...

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After three decades together, the church return to North America for a special 30th anniversary acoustic tour throughout April and May 2010. "An Intimate Space" will include songs that span the length of the church's epic creative trip from their debut in 1980 to their latest critically acclaimed 2009 album ...

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by Andrew Frisicano "...opening act, Zach Tillman, began playing. He immediatley filled the space with melodic finger-picking, deep-voiced Leonard Cohen-like tunes. He sang about a girl named Lola as well sarcasticly driven songs about Jesus to set up the night for his older brother's band, in which Zach plays bass." [fend ...

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Canadian actor Corey Haim, known best for his role in the 1987 hit "The Lost Boys" has died, Los Angeles police confirmed Wednesday. s death appears to have been accidental. Celebrity news Web site TMZ reports that, according to police sources, he died of an apparent overdose. The 38-year-old actor had reportedly ...

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Plants and Animals' sophomore album, La La Land, will be released April 20th on Secret City Records. The band has much in the works leading up to this release - a striking new video for the new single "The Mama Papa," several shows at SXSW, and a complete North American ...

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Broken Bells tonight in NYC * Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl * Men, Light Asylum @ Mercury Lounge * Dam-Funk, DJ Spinna @ Bowery Ballroom * Emanuel And The Fear @ Gramercy Theater * John Brown's Body, Echo Movement @ Maxwell's * Capsula, Cavalier Rose, Orange Opera @ Pianos * The Magnetic Fields, Laura Barrett @ Town Hall * Glass ...

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by BBG Warning: objects in picture may be older than they appear. Kraut in 1981 On June 11, 1981, Kraut made their first ever public performance, opening for The Clash at Bonds, and from that point on, theres no turning back. Though young (Johnny 13, Davey 15, Doug 18, and Don ...

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by Benjamin Lozovsky When Small Black joined Washed Out on stage midway through the latter's performance, during their first of two shows at Mercury Lounge (Monday, 3/7), they helped blow the French doors wide open on Washed Out's woozy boudoir pop. A note to all solo electronic protagonists out there in ...

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Ted Leo R/X @ The Suffolk in October (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza * Billy Martin @ Rose Live Music * Soulive w/ Charlie Hunter @ Brooklyn Bowl * Giggles w/ Don Stahl & guests @ Bruar Falls * Gutbucket, Suite Unraveling, Afuche @ Zebulon * P.O.S., Dessa, Astronautalis ...

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by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: The Morning Benders - Promises (MP3) The Morning Benders tied up their succinct CD release show at the Cameo Monday night (3/8) with "Excuses," the album's ambitiously arranged, counterpoint-heavy opener. The shimmery violins and chorus of backup singers (see the video below) were nowhere to be found - ...

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"The pinnacle of the 25th anniversary events will be a marathon week of music programming in July, called "SPIN's 25 Hours of Music." In partnership with the Bowery Presents, SPIN will produce five consecutive nights of concerts throughout New York City, featuring artists that have made the greatest music of ...

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by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sightings - Tar and Pine (MP3) Oneida Brooklyn psych-rockers Oneida have already played out quite a bit in 2010. Videos from their January 29th set at Market Hotel, their January 30th in-store at Toronto's Sonic Boom Records, and the band's Ocropolis 3 show at Monster Island on February 6th ...

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DOWNLOAD: Twin Sister - Vampires with Dreaming Kids EP (Zip) photos by Lori Baily Twin Sister at Coco 66... Twin Sister took the stage at Matchless with 8 minutes to go before midnight, which is when Matchless shows are supposed to shut down. They played til probably 20 past 12. You tell me ...

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...five full days of parties at Cheer Up Charlie's Todd P has been downplaying his participation in unofficial SXSW activities this year. He made people think he wasn't returning to Austin at all due to his latest effort in Mexico, the MtyMx Festival (March 20th-22nd in Monterrey). Not only will he ...

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Simian Mobile Disco @ Williamsburg Waterfront 2009 (more by Bao Nguyen) Simian Mobile Disco will be DJing at Fixed's March 11th party at (Le) Poisson Rouge. The show will be first of a quarterly (4x a year) residency for the UK duo at Fixed. Tickets for the first date are on ...

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Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Clearwater Festival, the annual benefit for the Hudson River environmental group of the same name, will be happening this year at Croton-on-Hudson's Croton Point Park on June 19th & 20th. Pete Seeger, the non-profit's founder, plays every year - joining ...

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"The decision on the part of Coachella organizers to no longer sell single day tickets for the three-day 2010 event has provoked the ire of many a fan. "Make it fair for all us people who obviously want to attend but cannot afford $269," reads a note on the Facebook ...

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Brooklyn party-rock band Cheeseburger will be playing a show at the Bell House on Saturday, March 13th (after the venue hosts tough-act-to-follow The National for two nights). Opening the show will be Valley Lodge (a band that features writer/comedian Dave Hill) and a special set from another writer/comedian, Jon Glaser. ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: 108 - "18.61" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: 108 - "Forever is Destroyed" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Eshas - "Your Empty Dying Days" (MP3) 108 at Burning Fight Book Release (photo by Matt Miller) New album from a reunited band. Its easy to be skeptical, and before I heard a note of their 2007 reunion ...

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As previously mentioned, we've lost our minds and are doing seven shows in Austin during SXSW this year. The first of those parties kicks off at Emo's at noon on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 (doors @ 11:30am) on two 100% FREE stages:Outside/Main Stage 12:00 YellowFever 12:45 The ...

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photos by Ryan Barkan John Oates & The Bird & The Bee & the baby @ the El Rey Friday night The Bird and the Bee, a jazzy [L.A.] synth-pop duo, has a fantastic single (with an unprintable title) ["Fucking Boyfriend"] imploring a hesitant beau to be a real boyfriend already. It's ...

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Shout Out Louds @ MHOW (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Shout Out Louds played to a sold-out crowd at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 1st. Then they played a free "secret" Pianos show on Tuesday (3/2), and they're back to headline Webster Hall on May 5th (tickets). But first they play ...

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photos by Dominick Mastrangelo The Shout Out Louds were fantastic on Monday night (3/1). Their first show in New York in almost two years, the Swedish quintet were already in top form as they set out for an extensive tour in support of their new record Work. A 17-song set that ...

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by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Daníel Bjarnason - Bow to String I. "Sorrow Conquers Happiness" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Efterklang - Modern Drift (MP3) Daníel Bjarnason... Tonight's Efterklang's show at (Le) Poisson Rouge (3/3) has been merged with the club's earlier show, which adds Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason and the banjo playing Sam Amidon to the ...

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I've been announcing individual bands on this party before now. Finally we have the full exciting lineup! You know M For Montreal as the Canadian festival we've visited for two years in a row. Their yearly festival showcases bands from their home city in their home city, and they take ...

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Guru's Statement: "I am doing fine and I am recovering! I'm weak though. Solar is the only person who has the accurate info on my situation. Any info from anybody else is false! I appreciate your well wishes and all the love!" t whoever has guru's ear isn't misrepresenting any information to ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: The Howling Wind - "Teeth of Frost" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Palace of Worms - "Rite of Blood" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Unholy Grave - "Little Bastards" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coffinworm - "Start Saving For Your Funeral" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Darkthrone - "Eyes Burst At Dawn" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wolvhammer - Dawn Of The 4th (Zipped MP3, Mediafire) DOWNLOAD: Panopticon - ...

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Jon Spencer @ South Street Seaport in 2009 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is playing Brooklyn Bowl on April 16th. Tickets are on sale. Tickets are on AmEx presale for the Mumford & Sons / Middle East show at Webster Hall. Coming to SXSW? Catch The Middle East ...

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by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Hey You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Super (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Let's Go (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - TV Guide (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only (MP3) Summer Cats As previously reported, Australia is invading America (and NYC) this month -- musically speaking -- and another ...

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Tickets are now on AmEx presale for the Broken Social Scene show coming to Rumsey Playfield aka Central Park Summerstage. Tickets are on American Express presale for the two Massive Attack shows at Terminal 5. Tickets are on AmEx presale for the Public Image Ltd show at Terminal 5. And ...

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Tickets are now actually on sale (@10am) for the Regina Spektor benefit show at Irving Plaza. Tickets are on sale for the 2nd Local Natives show at Bowery Balloom. Tickets are on sale for the Jamie Lidell show at Bowery Balloom. Continue reading "Regina Spektor, Local Natives & Jamie Lidell tickets ...

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The Very Best @ Santos Party House in November (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) The Very Best and Theophilus London play American Museum of Natural History's monthly One Step Beyond party on Friday, March 12th. Tickets are on sale. The Very Best will be playing shows in North America leading up to SXSW, ...

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DOWNLOAD: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Old Panda Days (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (MP3) Owen Ashworth a.k.a. Casiotone... Owen Ashworth, the man behind Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, will bring a full band along with him on tour this April and May. His ...

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Peelander-Z @ South Street Seaport - Aug 2009 (more by Oliver Lopena) NYC costumed party rockers Peelander-Z will be playing a March 6th show at Death by Audio (along with Math the Band, Uncle Monsterface, The Eskalators and Lima) before heading out on an extensive US tour that'll include shows at ...

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The Roots Picnic 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) As Pitchfork reported, The Roots Picnic will be happening again this year at Philadelphia's Festival Pier on Penn's Landing, on Saturday, June 5th. ?uestlove announced part of the lineup via a Twitvideo (which you can see below), and it includes of Mayer Hawthorne, ...

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photos by Ryan Muir "Chatroulette @ Union Hall, Brklyn. I laughed, I cringed, I screamed. I witnessed THE pinnacle moment of Eugene Mirman's career. Amazing!" - kotter Kristen Schaal as a smoking whoopie cushion... Heeb Mag:What do you love most about living in New York? And your neighborhood in particular? Eugene Mirman: One ...

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All Points West 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Executives at AEG Live, the promoter of All Points West, say they have not yet decided whether it will return for a third year. tion that our biggest challenge is finding suitable headliners, and it has been more challenging this year than in the ...

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DOWNLOAD: Think About Life - Johanna (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Think About Life - Havin My Baby (MP3) Think About Life @ Arlene's CMJ 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Speaking of Canada, Montreal's Think About Life just finished up a run of February shows in Europe. Stateside, they have plenty of shows coming up, ...

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The Thermals have added a second NYC show to their upcoming tour. In addition to their already-announced April 20th show at Brooklyn Bowl, they'll play again at the same venue on April 21st. Tickets go on sale Thursday, February 25th at noon (and tickets are still on sale for the ...

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Vitalic, aka French electronic musician Pascal Arbez, is currently on tour across the US - he did California last weekend......Soon he took the stage and the crowd really got into it. My concert companion made it her mission to get us to the front. We eventually were no more than ...

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Gossip have announced a Coachella-to-NYC April tour that includes an April 30th show at Terminal 5 (the same venue they played last time they were here) with Rye Rye and The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Tickets go to that show go on AmEx presale on Wednesday at 11am. General sale starts ...

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photos by Brian Reilly, words by Andrew Frisicano Apologies to the DJ who went on after Fucked Up last Friday (2/15) at Europa. The balloons he or she carefully inflated, stuffed into bags, taped to the ceiling and rigged up with string to the DJ booth didn't make it through the ...

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by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Murder By Death - Foxglove (MP3) Murder By Death @ Brooklyn Bowl in October (more by Tim Griffin) Murder By Death's fifth album, Good Morning, Magpie, will be out April 6th on Vagrant Records. The band is touring in support of it this April and May with openers Ha ...

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by Benjamin Lozovsky Amidst a row of amps of guitar amps standing like a determined frontline and a lonely djembe, there was a rising solo call of "welcome to the desert!" That was Tinariwen's introduction to the world of the Kel Tamashek, the culture and impetus for their haunting, brilliant ...

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by BBG The Atlas Moth @ Union Pool (more by Samantha Marble) BrooklynVegan is proud to announce Salome, The Atlas Moth, and Dark Castle as on board for the BrooklynVegan Day Show on 3/17 at Emo's along side Torche, Fucked Up, and Javelina! Stay tuned for more announcements, it's gonna keep ...

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by Andrew Frisicano As part of a resurgence of activity, ANDREW W.K. will play a very special concert on MARCH 16th, 2010, at the FILLMORE NEW YORK at IRVING PLAZA, Manhattan, NYC. The performance will be Andrew's first headlining public concert in New York in over 5 years and comes at ...

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DOWNLOAD: Roky Erickson & Okkervil River - Goodbye Sweet Dreams (MP3) Roky Erickson's Will Sheff-produced, Okkervil River-backed first new album in 14 years, True Love Cast Out All Evil, is coming out April 20th on Anti. The disc is "comprised largely of unreleased songs that Austin, Texas native Erickson wrote throughout ...

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DOWNLOAD: Efterklang - Modern Drift (MP3) On Tuesday February 23rd [TODAY] from 5-7pm at the Clark Studio Theater [at Lincoln Center] in Manhattan, an 8 piece orchestra, made up of kids from PS. 859, a public school for musically gifted children from grades K-8 (aka The Special Music School) will ...

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by BBG Black Anvil at Blender (more by Paul Birman) Black Anvil has been added to the previously discussed Immortal show on 3/30 at Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Tickets are still on sale in both regular and VIP status. The Immortal show is one of only four US dates dubbed "Blashyrkh ...

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DOWNLOAD: Oh No Ono - Internet Warrior (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Oh No Ono - Helplessly Young (MP3) Denmark's Oh No Ono played two nights in NYC earlier this year in January. Of the band's new record, Eggs, Bill previously wrote: "It's psychedelic, baroque, glammy, 70's AM, with some synth pop and the occasional ...

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"Broken Bells, the hotly anticipated new project between Danger Mouse and the Shins' James Mercer, had a coming-out-party Friday night, performing at the intimate Bootleg Theater for industry pals and those lucky enough to score some of the tickets that went on sale Friday morning. With a capacity of ...

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by Ryan Barkan Tracy Morgan & Stevie Wonder (picture via Hipster Runoff) Super Bowl XLIV (44) took place Sunday night in Florida between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints semi-upset the Colts to win the big game for the first time in the franchise's history. This ...

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Yeasayer @ Hudson River Park in 2009 (more by Bao Nguyen) tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB Theatre * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Them Crooked Vultures @ Roseland Ballroom * Yeasayer, Light Asylum, Bobo @ Bowery Ballroom * Les Paul Guitar Tribute w/ Vernon Reid @ Iridium * Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Brother Ali - "Us" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Freeway - "Freezer's Back" (Freestyle, MP3) DOWNLOAD: Freeway - "Know What I Mean" (MP3) Brother Ali Brother Ali, whose new album Us was released late last year (title track above), has been added to the Freeway & Jake One shows at the Trocadero on 2/15 and ...

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tonight in NYC * Superbowl * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * K-Holes, Golden Triangle, Family Trees @ Union Pool * Bauder/Cymerman/Evans/Wooley Amplified Quartet @ The Stone * Willy Mason, Colin Ruel, Tony the Bookie @ Bruar Falls * Orleans/Gunn, Samara Lubelski, Pete Nolan, Helen Rush @ Zebulon * Graffiti Monsters, Sweet Bulbs, Betray, Genuine Imitations ...

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by BBG Weinman fall down go boom (more by Justina Villanueva) Never been one to go half ass, The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced TWO separate legs of a US tour in support of Option Paralysis. The first leg kicks off a month after the band returns from their current European ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Bisco Smith - "Vibrations" (Scott Thorough Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bisco Smith - "Vibrations" (Scott Thorough Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bisco Smith - "Fresh Water" (Blockhead Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bisco Smith - "Broadcast Live" (Remix of TV On The Radio's "Wear You Out") (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bisco Smith - "Morning Breath" (LeParasite Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bisco ...

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Hot Chip @ Pier 3 in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Aziz Ansari @ Comix * AA Bondy, Lia Ices @ Union Hall * Average Girl, Cosmonaut @ Matchless * K Holes, Golden Triangle @ Union Pool * Ava Luna, Twin Sister, Data Dog @ The Tank * J Dilla Foundation benefit ...

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A South African Afrikaans rap group has taken the Internet by storm with explicit in-your-face lyrics, provocative performances and using cyberspace to promote their music. by the group, Die Antwoord (The Answer), received millions of visits in the past four days, crashing the server it was hosted on after the ...

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February 4, 2010 -- Coming to you live from the Fitzgerald Theater, and beamed into movie theaters across the country, it's a special Thursday evening edition of A Prairie Home Companion. (Saturday's time-slot features a recorded version of the Thursday night show.) Featuring legendary English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, sibling vocal ...

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by Bill Pearis Paris-via-London artist Dan Black caused a stir (on the internet at least) in 2008 with "HYPNTZ," his inventive cover of The Notorious BIG's "Hypnotize" (mixed with Rihanna's "Umbrella") -- which later got him in trouble with Biggie's estate over use of the lyrics. So Dan wrote his own ...

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The Antlers @ City Winery in Jan (more by Tim Griffin) Tune-Yards @ MHOW in Nov (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * Aziz Ansari @ Comix * Baby Dee @ The Stone * Blockhead @ Mercury Lounge * Lez Zeppelin @ Gramercy Theater * Anti-Flag @ Starland Ballroom * The Soft Pack @ Cake ...

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The Bronx @ Maxwell's in 2009 (more by Justina Villanueva) Tickets are on sale for the Girls show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale or the Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale for the Smith Westerns / Male Bonding show at Mercury Lounge. Tickets ...

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Last July, Magne mentioned in a radio interview that a-ha would return to America in 2010, and fans have been waiting eagerly since then for news of US tour dates. The wait is over... a-ha played a single show in America, at Irving Plaza in New York on September 12. The ...

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by BBG Ludicra @ Santos (more here) I guess dreams don't come true? Mayhem has cancelled all North American dates with Ludicra and Tombs, including the previously discussed show at Irving with Krallice. A statement from the band is forthcoming. Ludicra is set to appear ...

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the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival will be held at Chicago's Union Park on July 16 - 18. We are pleased to announce the first batch of bands slated to perform, as well as proclaim that tickets are on sale today at 12 PM CST! This year's festival welcomes the highly ...

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"[A Grammy] definitely doesn't hold as much credence in the indie world," said Amy Phillips, news editor of online music tastemaker and news site Pitchfork.com. Though the Grammys occasionally have bestowed their highest reward on albums that pretty much everybody agrees are great - such as OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, in ...

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Hot Chip's new album, One Night Stand, is out officially on February 9th. The band will play a free MySpace record release show in NYC at Highline Ballroom on Friday, February 5th which is one night before their sold out show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Stay tuned for more ...

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by BBG If one stands back from the mayhem of life around them and will honestly realize what has been done on volume one of Low Level Owl, they will be floored. Here is a band who has, for the most part, orchestrated a symphonic masterpiece and glides effortlessly from one ...

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Extra Life @ Knitting Factory in Dec (more by Lori Baily) tonight in NYC * Midnite @ SOB's * comedy @ Union Hall * Toshi Reagon @ Joe's Pub * PRISM Quartet @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Darlings, Rifle Recoil @ Bruar Falls * Soft Circle, Free Blood, Hunters, DJ Spun @ Glasslands * Sam Mickens/Mike Pride ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Saxon Shore - "This Place" (MP3) Saxon Shore (photo by Geordy Peterson) American post-rockers Saxon Shore hit back. It Doesn't Matter, the quintet's follow-up to 2005's The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is a welcome return to form for the band and their original leader Matthew Doty. gh a long ...

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by BBG Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman) at Irving (more by Tim Griffin) With a reputation forged in fire, brimstone and magic, Killing Joke have long been one of rock's most iconic & influential outfits. ce first bonding in blood, the original line-up of Jaz Coleman (vocals), Geordie (guitar), Youth (bass) and Paul Ferguson(drums) ...

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Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for Passion Pit's upcoming show in Prospect Park. Continue reading "Passion Pit & Tokyo Police Club tickets " at BrooklynVegan.com ...

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photos by Chris La Putt "St Vincent brought out David freaking Byrne!!" - Kari For the second week in a row, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) performed together at a NYC show. Last week it was the Haiti benefit. Last night it was St Vincent's headlining show ...

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RIP JD Salinger RIP Howard Zinn tonight in NYC * Psychic Limb @ PS1 * Evan Dando @ Joe's Pub * Toshi Reagon @ Joe's Pub * Simone Felice @ Pete's Candy Store * Earl Greyhound, Naam @ Brooklyn Bowl * Dimitri From Paris & Danny Krivit @ Santos * Mission of Burma, The Dig @ ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Freeway - Know What I Mean (MP3) On Feb 9th, Rhymesayers will band together a gang of notable MCs on their home turf (Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue) in honor of Rhymesayers Presents: A Benefit For Haiti. Along for the ride are Brother Ali, Sage Francis, Freeway, I ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Blockhead - "Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer" (MP3) Blockhead (left) with Aesop Rock Blockhead (born Anthony "Tony" Simon) is an American Hip hop producer based in Manhattan, New York. Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing ...

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DOWNLOAD: Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (MP3) Tinariwen will be playing a series of North American dates this February and March. That includes the previously mentioned NYC shows at Highline Ballroom on February 18th and the Bell House on February 19th. Tickets are still on sale for both. Opening those ...

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by BBG Dixie Dave of Weedeater and his lovely singing voice (more by Paul Birman) "I would say the biggest underground band from here that deserves all the credit in the world is Weedeater. They are the godfathers of what we do." -[An interview with CT of Rwake]BrooklynVegan and Osiris are proud ...

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by BBG Pittsburgh instrumental duo Zombi, not to be confused with Zomby, return to NYC with Steve Moore's other project, Titan, and Bassoon to play Europa on 3/11. Tickets are on sale. It's one of two shows the band has lined up, with the other in Philadelphia at Johnny ...

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by BBG The Reverend Horton Heat The Reverend Horton Heat will be spending lots of time on the road in February, March, April and May, both here and abroad. That includes a thirteen night tour with Cracker that brings the two bands and a pomade-d pompadour to the ultra-swanky Highline Ballroom for ...

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The U.S. Justice Department approved Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc.'s merger with Live Nation Inc., while imposing conditions on their plan to create a new music- industry power. ted by both companies, Ticketmaster must license its software to AEG Live, its largest customer. Ticketmaster also must sell its Paciolan unit to a Comcast ...

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Total Slacker @ St James Church (more by Vincent Cornelli) CatholicVoteAction.Org, Culture War Notes, and Aufer A Nobis all have posts claiming "abomination", "sacrilege" and "desecration" at St James Church on Friday, 1/15. They're referring to the Real Estate, Beach Fossils, The Beets, The Tony Castles & Total Slacker show (that ...

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WAVVES @ Market Hotel in September (more by Leia Jospe) WAVVES' last trip to NYC included a show at Santos and Market Hotel and a scuffle with a member of Black Lips. On Tuesday, February 16th, WAVVES (Nathan and drummer Zach Hill) (UPDATE: We are told that Zach no longer plays ...

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words & photos by Benjamin Lozovsky The old Knitting Factory used to be a bastion for independent hip hop in New York City. The new incarnation just took a big step at continuing that legacy, as it hosted one of the most historic hip hop concerts in recent memory. On Wednesday ...

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DOWNLOAD: MNDR - I Go Away (MP3) MNDR @ Mercury Lounge (more by Erez Avissar) Speaking of MNDR, I've been meaning to post the above track. MNDR's next show is January 30th at Less Artists More Condos. Continue reading "MNDR - 'I Go Away' MP3 ++ upcoming shows " at BrooklynVegan.com ...

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YACHT @ BK Bowl's DFA CMJ Party (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) Electro-pop duo YACHT will be going on tour this February/March with Bobby Birdman. One of the only announced US dates (vs. Canada) will be at NYC's Bowery Ballroom on Thursday, March 11th with MNDR. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at ...

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by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: We Are Wolves - Blue (MP3) At this point it's passed by funny and verges on absurd. When I mention to Alexander Ortiz that there is a We Were Wolves in Beaumont, TX and a We're Wolves (get it... werewolves?) from Belgium he can only chuckle. When his ...

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Wilco @ Keyspan Park in July (more by Eric Townsend) We have just posted two shows for free download on Wilcoworld, all we ask that you do in return, is make a minimum donation of $15 to one of the organizations listed below. ww.oxfam.org/en/haitidonate">OXFAM Doctors Without Borders Both organizations ask that you donate ...

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photos by Paul Birman "Thanks to everyone who came to the BV Haiti benefit last night. You made it really special." - St. Vincent ent and Justin Vernon performing together was easily one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen/heard." - Steph Lo Wyatt Cenac was funny. Then came Britt Daniel ...

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"Sing along," Thom Yorke told the audience at the Henry Fonda Theater on Sunday night, in case "I forget the words." He didn't, and he and Radiohead proceeded to give the crowd an incandescent version of "Fake Plastic Trees," the rousing second song in a show that was the hottest ...

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words by BBG, photos by Brian Reilly Battlefields, at war. Brooklyn's own (and future Mayhem/Ludicra tourmates) Tombs crossed paths with the ongoing Translation Loss Tour featuring Rosetta, City of Ships, and Battlefields at Union Pool on Friday, 1/22. The show was a BV/1000 Knives production, one of two happening this past ...

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Questlove DJing Friday night's celebrity telethon Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief has so far raised more than $57 million - a record for a disaster relief telethon, said the event's organizers. tar-studded Hope for Haiti Now album, featuring performances from the evening, is the biggest one-day ...

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The National @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham) We have exciting news for you this morning. We are very pleased to announce the first tour dates in support of our new album in April, May and June. itled follow-up to Boxer will be released worldwide in May on 4AD ...

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photos by Chris La Putt "Friday night's double bill at Bowery Ballroom was hard to beat. Toronto's Basia Bulat played a rootsy solo set, accompanying her powerful, penetrating vibrato with fierce autoharp and guitar. A real talent; here's hoping she brings her full band the next time she comes to town. iamond, ...

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Darius Jones @ New Languages Fest in Sept (more by Andrew Frisicano) tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB Theatre * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Darius Jones Trio @ Roulette * Rev. Vince Anderson @ Union Pool * Penny Arcade & Debbie Harty @ Le Poisson Rouge * Jim Campilongo Electric Trio @ The Living Room * ...

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Rothbury 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) Today, festival organizers for the ROTHBURY music festival announced that they will not host a 2010 event. t producers Madison House Presents and AEG Live, a contributing factor in the decision is that, due to various artists' recording and touring schedules, timing will not allow them ...

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She & Him will release their sophomore album, Volume Two, on March 23rd, 2010 via Merge Records. Written by Zooey Deschanel (She) and produced by M. Ward (Him), Volume Two is the highly anticipated follow up to the duo's critically acclaimed debut, Volume One. makes good on ...

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by Klaus Kinski My name is Maynard James Keenan. Welcome to the party that goes on in my head 24 hours a day. Welcome to PUSCIFER, my creative subconscious. Welcome to my island of misfit ideas who've found no home with TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE, or CADUCEUS. Life is too short ...

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photos by Chloe Rice, words by BBG They sped through an hour and change long set that featured journeys into most of their familiar terrain. It was nice to see them after all these years. They bespoke of a simpler pre-Guiliani time, one of scuzz and sleaze. The Taxi Driver New York. ...

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My Brightest Diamond @ LPR in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Kid Cudi @ Irving Plaza * Ava Luna @ Silent Barn? * Bob Mould, Jon Auer @ City Winery * Free Energy, Bronze @ Brooklyn Bowl * Elysian Fields, Mattison @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Serena Maneesh, The Vandelles @ Mercury ...

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Hey everyone, CANCELED. THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. Check the Ava Luna myspace for future shows. www.myspace.com/avalunaband LAMCIt just feels like this place is messing with us or something or not. I don't know. Actually, I guess this show has moved to Silent Barn. Continue reading "Under 100 still exists or does it - ...

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Tonight's show at Highline Ballroom (which was reportedly close to selling out in advance) has been cancelled. Refunds available. Continue reading "Reflection Eternal's Friday night show cancelled" at BrooklynVegan.com ...

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"Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield forced to cancel January US solo tour due to Visa issues." Continue reading "Fyfe Dangerfield cancels dates due to Visa issues " at BrooklynVegan.com ...

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words by BBG, photos by Jesse Lindmar guess which band this is (hint: not Liturgy)... Liturgy is absolutely devastating Death By Audio right now. See this band this year. Shouldn't be hard, they certainly play enough. -[100TimesYes]NYC has had plenty of chances to catch Hunter and the boys of Liturgy, and their ...

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The Capstan Shafts @ Stannard Church, Stannard VT, 10/6/07 (tasrepus) Since the first Capstan Shafts live shows in 2007, Vermont songwriter Dean Wells has been playing out more and more. He hit CMJ in both 2008 and2009. The one-time bedroom act is currently playing and recording as a full band, and ...

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Lilith Fair, which has been dormant since 1999, will reform this year for a North American tour this summer. Exact dates and venues are forthcoming, but the ongoing list of confirmed acts is impressive (though they won't all play every city). The lineup currently includes Beth Orton, Cat Power, Emmylou ...

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Plastic Beach the new album from Gorillaz, will be released by Virgin on March 9, 2010. eded by first single Stylo (featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack) which will receive its radio broadcast premiere [this week] and will be available for download on January 26. Confirming "Stylo," Murdoc Niccals twittered, "A ...

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DOWNLOAD: Dawn Landes - Young Girl (MP3) Dawn Landes backing Doveman @ Merc the other day (more by Eric Townsend) After we announced, Dawn Landes said she wanted a country-ish opener for her record release show which is happening tonight (1/22) at Mercury Lounge. What better opportunity then to do a show ...

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Tickets on are on sale (@ noon) for Hot Chip at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Haiti benefit I've been going on about that now features Bobby Tisdale as host. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for both Washed Out & Small Black ...

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words by BBG, photos by Meghan McInnis Spoon you rock rocked Mercury Lounge tonite and I thank you for it - [noise64]If you got in line early yesterday afternoon (as early as 1PM from some reports), or were one of the lucky few to get advanced tickets, then you were able ...

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photos by Eric Townsend, words by Andrew Frisicano Doveman (w/ Norah Jones on vocals)... Thomas Bartlett was at the center of his Doveman and Friends concert at the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, January 12nd. On top of the headlining set, Barlett ably accompanied openers The Poison Tree (Steve Salett of King of ...

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"David Perlick-Molinari [of French Horn Rebellion] is mates with MGMT, having produced and engineered their Time to Pretend EP as well as a "wacky" version of Electric Feel; he describes both projects as "really fun" and his "saving grace", since at the time he was composing music for commercials and ...

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THIS FRIDAY, January 15th, our good friends at Less Artists More Condos are hosting a show at a rad new venue: the St. James Church in Chinatown. tate (Last show before Europe Tour) 11PM The Beets 10PM Tony Castles (with secret special guest!) 9PM Beach Fossils 8PM Total Slacker 10 dollars & OPEN BAR FROM ...

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DOWNLOAD: The xx - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jogger - Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (MP3) Daedelus... "As Daedelus I tend to give into all my crazy thoughts, the twists and turns in productions will go this way and that way pretty much as it will. I almost feel like I ...

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by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Opsvik & Jennings - Windswept (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Opsvik & Jennings - Anchor Lane Parade (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Opsvik & Jennings - September and Starry-eyed (MP3) Dave Douglas... FONT (Festival of New Trumpet music) hosts Forward Flight, a four-night fest of diverse cross-genre jazz, chamber pop and classical, at Abrons Arts Center from ...

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DOWNLOAD: Ortolan - I'll See You There (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ben + Vesper - An Honest Bluff (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ben + Vesper - Especially We (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Danielson - Nice of Me (MP3) Ortolan... A Familyre Drive Spring 2010 Tour!!! Ben + Vesper, Ortolan, and Danielson will all be packin' the van and heading off to make ...

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Jay Reatard @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Matador Records writes, "We are devastated by the death of Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., aka Jay Reatard. Jay was as full of life as anyone we've ever met, and responsible for so many memorable moments as a person and ...

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Tiger Flowers - "The Weight" (MP3) Tiger Flowers at Union Pool (more by Samantha Marble) Even though The Hope Conspiracy with Blacklisted at Cake Shop on Friday (1/15) is close to sold out (only a few tix left at the door), we have on pair available for giveaway! Details are ...

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Jay Reatard in Stuy Town (more by Tim Griffin) Hopefully this is just a stupid rumor, but in the past hour multiple people have asked me if I heard that Jay Reatard died, and at least one other gave me a semi-credible confirmation. There are also a few Twitters: Ben Todd ...

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Roky Erickson @ Maxwell's on January 2nd (schwartzray) "Roky tore it up again [at Maxwell's on January 2nd], but I noticed he was really, really nervous for this show. He wasn't committing to the final notes or chords on each song and would turn and face the drummer to hide his ...

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by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk Into the Room (MP3) Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield is playing a few solo shows in the U.S. at the end of the month, including a January 26 date at Joe's Pub. He's doing press for his upcoming solo debut, Fly Yellow Moon, ...

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DOWNLOAD: Shearwater - Castaways (MP3) Shearwater @ All Points West '09 (more by Chris La Putt) Matador will be releasing the new album by Shearwater, The Golden Archipelago, on February 23rd. You can preorder that in a variety of packages, including The Golden Dossier version which comes as a loose file of ...

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Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall. Little Dragon is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 25th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon). The Morning Benders are playing Mercury Lounge on April 22nd. Tickets are on sale. Shearwater are playing ...

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DOWNLOAD: Silent League - Yours Truly, 2095 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silent League - Yours Truly, 2095 (Memory Tapes Version) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Memory Tapes - Bicycle (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gucci Mane - Excuse Me (Memory Tapes Remix) (MP3) Memory Tapes We previously reported that Memory Tapes, NJ's Dayve Hawk, would be at Noise Pop 2010, with a forthcoming ...

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words by Ilya Blokh Mick Barr of Krallice at The Knitting Factory (photo by Justina Villanueva) Humanity Falls, Ancient Wound and Crucifist opened for Krallice at the Knitting Factory on Sunday, January 7th, 2010. Crucifist were closing up a short east coast tour in support of the recently released Demon Haunted ...

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