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The Drums @ Cake Shop in May (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Bilal @ Blue Note * Old 97's @ Maxwell's * Mika @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * John Hammond @ City Winery * Diana Krall @ Carnegie Hall * John Hammond @ Hudson Square * Build, Greta Gertler @ Joe's Pub * Eivind Opsvik's ...

by Black Bubblegum Growing at ATP NY (more by Zach Dilgard) Growing and their bleeps, blorps, and bloops will team up with the killer guitar loop-stravaganza of The Psychic Paramount for a show at Death By Audio on June 26th, one of a pair of NYC shows for Growing. The ...

DOWNLOAD: Anni Rossi - Ecology (MP3) Tiny Mix Tapes: Any favorite experience [at SXSW], your own sets or someone else's? //www.annirossi.com/">Anni Rossi: Well, there's an artist whose out on Rough Trade right now called Micachu and the Shapes. Her and I played this show together, which was pretty notable for my set ...

Following a more than 10 year hiatus, all four original members of pioneering Seattle rock band Sunny Day Real Estate will regroup for a 20-date US tour starting Sept. 17th, 2009. In addition, Sub Pop Records will re-issue both Diary and the band's second full-length album, commonly known as LP2 ...

Murdering Oscar (and other love songs), the second solo album by Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, is out today (June 23nd). Its release coincides with Hood's Music Hall of Williamsburg show tonight, which is part of his ongoing solo tour. Tickets are still on sale, and we have three ...

photos by Tim Griffin "The New York Dolls -- the two original dudes with the good fortune to still be alive, plus three sonically and sartorially like-minded newer recruits to replace those original members who were much less fortunate -- will take no offense if you prefer the thrillingly brash, iconic ...

by Andrew Frisicano Dinosaur Jr. @ ATP NY 2008 (more by Abbey Braden) Dinosaur Jr.'s ninth LP, Farm, is out today (as is the new record by their Jagjaguwar label-mates Sunset Rubdown). In support of that record, the band has a nearly-two-month North American tour planned for the fall. That includes a ...

"Arctic Monkeys are poised to release their third album Humbug on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009. The cover art [is above]. sh Homme in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles and James Ford in Brooklyn, Humbug features 10 brand new Arctic Monkeys' songs. Fans can now pre-order the album ...

photos by Fresh Bread "When describing the show Sam Amidon, Doveman and members of The National put on at Le Poisson Rouge there is no way that I can be sarcastic or snarky. It was too amazing, beautiful, genuine, and polished for me to even pretend to funnily write about it. ...

The annual Coney Island Rockabilly Festival is taking place this year from September 4th to September 7th (Labor Day weekend). The four-night fest, put on by Cockabilly Records, will feature "over 100 psychobilly, burlesque and sideshow acts from all around the world." The fest's lineup, with its outdoor day-stage schedule, is ...

Spoon @ Oya Festival 2007 (more photos) The annual Øya Festival is happening August 11th-15th in Oslo. If you can't get from NYC to Norway, don't worry -- its lineup includes many bands that will or have recently played in the NYC area. That's not to say the fest won't be ...

"Grupo Fantasma (in U.S.A.) is an 11 piece latin funk orchestra from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2000 from the merger of two Austin acts, The Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, the band emerged with a sold out show at the former Empanada Parlour on 6th Street in Austin. The ...

DOWNLOAD: Son Volt - Down To The Wire (MP3) Aquarium Drunkard: The new record seems like it's a combination of everything within Son Volt, all the way back to Trace [the band's 1995 debut] - it seems like something that spans the 13 or 14 years of the band. (of Son ...

We did a phone interview with this freebie and totally mediocre mag called THE FLY, the one they always have in those venues that you always, always find yourself in? Lovvers' blog 5/4/09 UK band Lovvers has a North American tour coming up in July. That trip includes a tour-opening NY ...

photos by Zach Dilgard, words by Black Bubblegum Wetnurse The first half of the BV-BBG showcase at Europa on 6/14 featured some excellent performances by the always dependable Wetnurse, "white-metallers" Liturgy, the intense weed-doom of Cough, galloping crusty-thunder of Howl, and sludgy-punk of Philly's Javelina. Though some equipment issues on the ...

Tim and Eric prepping for tour...(early '09) "Adult Swim Summer at Santos", a six-part series of free live shows at Santos Party House in NYC, kicks off tonight, June 11th. The show features the man connected to both the network and the club: Andrew W.K., Adult Swim's soon-to-be-reality-show-host and part owner, ...

DOWNLOAD: Star Eyes - Disappear (Mikix the Cat remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Miss Kittin & the Hacker - Party In My Head (Thieves Like Us remix) (MP3) Jeff Mills live @ Sullivan Room - June 6, 2009 (Lucas Cometto) I had a great Week In Dance toward the end, but am still trying to ...

Band of Horses @ ACL 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * DANCE * THIS WEEK IN INDIE * MORE NORTHSIDE SHOWS * Fleetwood Mac @ MSG * Vision Festival @ Abrons Arts Center * Band of Horses, Arboretum @ Carnegie Hall * Previously On Lost, Anamanaguchi @ Maxwell's * Gods & Monsters w/ Gary Lucas ...

by Andrew Frisicano The line to Bonnaroo, with a rumored wait of up to 5 hours (Cody Gray) Concertgoers are filing in to the eighth annual Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, TN, which kicks off tonight (June 11th) and runs till Sunday, June 14th. Doors opened at 7am, and currently, most sources report ...

DOWNLOAD: Katzenjammer - A Bar in Amsterdam (MP3) SXSW 2009 surprise discovery - KatzenJammer girls (Travellers Diary) David Byrne has invited the women who are Katzenjammer to play at the 2009 Bonnaroo. Byrne has assembled a number of performers for the first artist-curated stage at Bonnaroo. On the evening of ...

photos by Leia Jospe "Rarely has a band been so well matched to a venue as it was Wednesday night when The Mummies took over Southpaw. The club's considerable investment in rock 'n' roll--walls papered in album jackets, vintage tuck-and-roll sparkle naugahyde Plush and Kustom amplifiers behind the bar, a ...

Nearly 35 pounds of Psilocybin (hallucinogenic) mushrooms baked into about 500 chocolate peanut butter cups were intercepted by Murfreesboro Police vice detectives before being sold at Bonnaroo music festival beginning Thursday in Manchester. ednesday raided the Kingwood Drive home of suspect Charles Culver, 22, and located the illegal drug with a ...

Fiery Furnaces @ Barack Rock (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) The Fiery Furnaces play (Le) Poisson Rouge tonight (June 11th) with Newspeak. That ensemble will debut a piece by the Furnaces' Matthew Friedberger titled "U.S. Cold Storage Pleads Its Case To The NLRB" (slightly different than originally reported). Tickets are still ...

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fol Chen - Cable TV (Liars remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: An Horse - Camp Out (MP3) DOWNLOAD: An Horse Postcards (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Telekenisis - Coast of Carolina (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Esser - Headlock (MP3) The Meat Puppets While for many area music fans (especially ones, like ...

by Bill Pearis Well it's the inaugural Northside Festival, the L Magazine's attempt at bringing the spirit of SXSW to Brooklyn. At least that what I think they're doing. What makes the Northside Festival different than CMJ, or the New Music Seminar if you remember back that far, is that all ...

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Sir Richard Bishop - Kaddak el Mayass (MP3) Om in Brooklyn 9/23/08 On September 8th, Drag City will proclaim that God is Good. The duo of Al Cisneros (who recently played his final show in Sleep) and Emil Amos (also of Grails/Holy Sons) will release their new ...

by Black Bubblegum "I would imagine the RORSCHACH reunion shows also deserve a mention" - [BV commenter frosty] Charles Maggio of Rorschach circa early 1990s Rorschach was a New Jersey-based band that existed from 1989 to 1993. The group often blended hardcore punk and dissonant elements of metal providing the inspiration to a ...

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic began as a side project by Roger Miller and Martin Swope, who were members of the Boston band Mission of Burma. They were joined by Rick Scott and Erik Lindgren for their debut recording, a self-titled EP, in 1983. With Mission of Burma dissolving at about ...

DOWNLOAD: Dave Deporis - Slayer (MP3) Northside is finally upon us! The festival kicks off today with an opening party at Studio B [tix], featuring performances by Brightblack Morning Light, Mariee Sioux and more. e still available for $45, but only until 5pm today, when the price will go up to $50 ...

by Black Bubblegum Brent of Zoroaster Received this piece of news late yesterday....Brent Anderson [bassist for Zoroaster] has torn a ligament in his hand, and is at the doctor today, hoping he can avoid surgery. Needless to say he is unable to play guitar at the moment.Unfortunately, that means Zoroaster ...

David Byrne dancers @ Wellmont Theater last week (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Les Paul @ Iridium * Stars Like Fleas @ MoMA * Burlesque @ Public Assembly * Mat Menari, Benefit Band @ The Stone * Gabriel Kahane @ Rockwood Music Hall * David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Amadou & ...

Continue reading "Jenny went on a date w/ Pavement to Red Hook IKEA (video)" at BrooklynVegan.com ...

photos by Chris La Putt DC comics and chocolate milkshake Some things will always be great DC comics and chocolate milkshake Even though I'm 28 DC comics and chocolate milkshake I guess I'm just developing late DC comics and chocolate milkshake I never got over that amazing tasteFriday, June 5th, marked the end of Art Brut week here ...

photos by Dese'Rae L. Stage "The show, which can teeter on almost too much intensity at times, is tempered halfway through by the Ask Amanda segment in which AFP takes random written questions from audience members. This particular night we also had a birthday singalong for Amanda's longtime comrade / photographer ...

DOWNLOAD: The Clean - In Dreamlife You Definitely Need Rubber Soul (MP3) Polvo (above) & The Clean (below) This September Merge Records will be releasing new albums by both The Clean and Polvo. Polvo's new disc, In Prism, their first in 12 years, will come out September 8th. The band's upcoming shows in ...

Radio Happy Hour [at (Le) Poisson Rouge] is a live variety show featuring an old-time radio comedy/drama and your favorite guest stars from the worlds of film, music, and letters. Hosted by Sam Osterhout, the show engages its guests in a wildly right-angled conversation that careens between interviews, performances, and ...

Martha Wainwright singing Edith Piaf @ Spiegeltent (more by Chris La Putt) Martha Wainwright has sung the songs of Edith Piaf in the past, and she'll do it again for three shows on Sunday, June 14th and Monday, June 15th at Dixon Place Theater (161 Chrystie St). Tickets are still ...

Executive produced by Black, Showalter, Jim Biederman ("Whitest Kids U Know," "I'm With Busey") and Lou Wallach, "Michael and Michael Have Issues" stars Black and Showalter in a new twist on narrative and sketch comedies that features the long-time comedic partners as the hosts of their own fictitious sketch show. ...

Nellie McKay @ LPR in December (more by Chris La Putt) Pop Matters: What have you been up to musically since your last record? /b> I'm doing the music and lyrics to a play based on the book and movie Election. This means I get to decide what parts are emphasized, which ...

photos by Jacob Blickenstaff Openers Aloe Blacc and the Ghetto Brothers helped Lee Field & the Expressions celebrate the release of their new album, My World, Friday, June 5th, at Southpaw in Brooklyn. The Ghetto Brothers performed their album Power-Fuerza live.The Ghetto Brothers were a gang (or club) founded in New York ...

photos by Tim Griffin "The marquee event [at this year's Roots Picnic - June 6, 2009 in Philly] was Public Enemy's performance of their epochal 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, performed for only the third - and, they have said, the last - time ...

photos by Lori Baily "Something must have happened to Leonard Cohen these past several years, because the performance the man gave on Thursday was stronger, more confident and even better developed than he has often sounded on his records. At the outset, the ten-piece group, including Cohen, were dressed in dark ...

Williamsburg Walks - Bedford Ave, June 6, 2009 (aloha orangeneko) "Famed for its concentration of heavily subsidized 20-something residents -- also nicknamed trust-funders or trustafarians -- Williamsburg is showing signs of trouble. Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city's most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their ...

photos by Natasha Ryan "watching TVOTR in the rain felt kinda special somehow. I pretty much forgot it was raining as soon as Tunde got his falsetto working in the first song. But I disagree about the encore. Young Liars is still one of their best songs, it never fails to ...

David Byrne @ the Wellmont Theater (more by Tim Griffin) Hopefully it doesn't rain, but given the chance, I probably wouldn't ride my bike to tonight's show (6/8). Full summer 2009 Prospect Park concert schedule HERE. P.S. it rained when David played Summerstage too. Continue reading "Celebrate Brooklyn kicks off tonight w/ ...

Doves @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Phish @ Jones Beach Theater * Doves, Wild Light @ Terminal 5 * Gay Beast, Talk Normal, Bodytype[s] @ Bruar Falls * IAMX, Hypernova, Cruel Black Dove @ Bowery Ballroom * The Morning Pages, The Pierces, Paige Wood @ The Cameo * Femi Kuti ...

DOWNLOAD: 2020 Soundsystem - Sliding Away (Johnny D remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Moodymanc - Facing Forwards, Looking Backwards mix (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Viking - April Showers Bring May Flowers mix (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kid Cudi - Dat New New (Viking remix) (MP3) Moderat @ MHOW (poejarker) Last week in dance was by far, one of the best I've ...

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Viva Voce - Octavio (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Holiday Shores - Phones Don't Feud (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jack Penate - Tonight's Today (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dark Meat - Freedom Ritual (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Young Republic - The Alchemist (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Young Republic - The Wolf (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Princeton - The Waves (MP3) Art Brut @ ...

Janelle Monae @ MHOW in April (more by Tim Griffin) This summer Afro-Punk, BAMcinematek and Toyota will present the 5th annual Afro-Punk Festival, taking place July 3rd - July 8th, 2009 in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. The festival is the definitive destination for the global Afro-Punk community and audiences yearning ...

by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Bad Brilliance - Non Tradition Ball Head (Girl Talk Remix) / It's So Fun (Andrew W.K. Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Julia - Cocaine (The Knocks Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Aleister X - The Git (MP3) Bad Brilliance & Andrew WK @ Terminal 5 in November (more by Zach Stern) If you missed ...

by Bill Pearis "Forty years ago, Seasick Steve was a hobo whose constant wandering brought him down here to the Deep South more than once. At 13, he had fled his home in Oakland, California, on the run from a violent stepfather who, in a fit of rage, had thrown him ...

Continue reading "the member of Vivian Girls who dated a member of Japanther stole Mika Miko's pants " at BrooklynVegan.com ...

photos by Tim Griffin "Besides their dedication to their art, most [of those participating in Dark Was The Night are] successful -- but one senses that fame wasn't their primary engine for choosing a career in music. There was no hierarchy in this group -- everyone was treated as an equal, ...

Steve Wynn and his band the Miracle 3 will commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Medicine Show with 2 shows in New York City and Los Angeles where they will play the classic album from start to finish for the first time. The Miracle 3--Steve's long-time band of ...

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Bloodhorse - "Paranoiac" (MP3) Combining elements of punk, doom, and plain 'ol brute force, Boston's Bloodhorse have dropped their new LP Horizoner on Translation Loss. Check out the sublime "Paranoiac", available for download above, and stream the entire LP at MySpace. In celebration of the release ...

Issue Project Room's Soundwalk-a-thon is happening this Sunday, June 7th. That event consists of 21-odd tours through Brooklyn focused alternately on making or listening to "music" (either in the sound art/music-of-everyday-life sense of the word, or actual music). As Issue puts it, activities range from "meditative deep listening, to sing-a-longs, ...

Rokia Traoré @ LPR in February (more by Lori Baily) Allen Toussaint @ New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) The 15th-annual BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival will take place every Thursday at noon from June 4th to August 6th at Brooklyn's MetroTech Commoms. The previously-announced festival kicks off today ...

Jane's Addiction @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) A Letter from Trent Reznor: o announce the inclusion of a really cool VIP package for Jane's Addiction fans that is strictly limited - so if this unique offer sounds cool to you, act quickly. Since this fundraiser began, the Jane's guys have been ...

Aleks Campesinos! (in the red dress) @ Coachella 2009 (more by Darren Kim) I don't really know how to start this. I'm not sure I can really find the right words to express how I feel about leaving the band. Not in a vaguely coherent manner anyway so I'm sorry if ...

DOWNLOAD: Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double Or Triple (MP3) We have an old saying at Matador HQ, "the only thing predictable about Yo La Tengo albums is their high level of excellence and crazy amount of musical ground covered". Trouble is, even if you believe we really have ...