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Haiti Benefits with Patti Smith, Swell Season, Cold War Kids and Many More
City Winery, Brooklyn Bowl, and The Bell House are holding benefit concerts for disaster relief in Haiti. Here is the information:
At The Bell House on January 27 at 6 pm: 100% of the proceeds will be split between Save The Children and Partners In Health. Appearing: Jimmy Fallon, New York State Senator Diane Savino, Cold War Kids, Ted Leo, The Wrens, Sondre Lerche, Todd Barry, Pat Kiernan of NY1, Eugene Mirman, AC Newman of The New Pornographers with Rhett Miller… More »
John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders
British author and musician John Wesley Harding (Wesley Stace is his real name) has put together a sort of variety show that has been appearing at (le) Poisson Rouge about every month since the spring. Last night was his last one of the year in NYC and he made it memorable with some great guests: Comedians Eugene Mirman and Mike Birbiglia, author Stephen Elliott and Steve Almond, and musicians Rhett Miller (Old 97s) and A.C. Newman (New Pornographers).
Harding started off… More »
Kings of Convenience, Al Green, and More On Sale
Tickets on sale now:
Warp20 NYC Closing Party with Jamie Lidell, the Hundred in the Hands and Born Ruffians at (le) Poisson Rouge on September 5. Tickets
Rain Machine (Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio’s new side project) at The Bell House on September 21. Tickets
John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders: John Wesley Harding with Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) , Eugene Mirman , David Gates , Elizabeth Ziman (Elizabeth and the Catapult) , John Roderick (The Long Winters) and Jon… More »
Modest Mouse, Les Savy Fav, Franz Ferdinand and More Coming to NYC
Man, bands just love coming to NYC. Here are the latest tours announced, plus ticket info:
Modest Mouse will be at Terminal 5 (sans Johnny Marr) on March 15. Tickets go on sale Thursday at noon and are on AMEX presale today at noon.
Les Savy Fav are at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on March 13. Tickets on sale NOW.
Gomez will be at Bowery Ballroom on March 31 and Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 3. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon… More »
Virgin Megastore in Times Square Closing
I suppose it was inevitable…first Tower Records and now Virgin Megastore. The huge record store will be closing down it’s Times Sqaure location in April. The Union Square outpost remains open, but who knows for how long. Apparently a Forever 21 will move in to the Times Square location in 2010. The good news? They are havng huge sales.
In related news, there are some interesting upcoming in-store performances at the Union Square store:
January 19: Joshua Radin
January 20: A.C. Newman
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Tickets on Sale Friday
Some great shows are going on sale on Friday:
M. Ward at the Apollo Theater on February 19
Beirut at BAM on February 6
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at BAM on February 13
Ben Kweller and the Watson Twins on February 25 at Town Hall
Dar Williams and Joshua Radin on January 23 at Webster Hall
The Pretenders at Roseland Ballroom on January 30
Modeselektor on January 24 at Bowery Ballroom
Robbers on High Street at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 31
Passion Pit on February 4… More »
So Much To Do This Weekend!
As usual, there are a lot of fun concerts going on this weekend, and many of them still have tickets available. So get on it!
Friday
Adele @ Apple Store in Soho at 7 p.m. FREE
Wordless Music Presents: Hauschka, Tom Brosseau, Mischa Simonyan @ (le) Poisson Rouge 8 p.m.
Fixed with JDH and Dave P @ (le) Poisson Rouge at 11 p.m.
Robot Rock with Etan from Passion Pit DJing record release party for Dances With White Girls @ Le Royale. Free with RSVP.
Kadman… More »
Bell House Opening in Gowanus
Brooklyn is getting a new concert venue called the Bell House. Owned by the same folks that run Union Hall and Floyd, this new joint is in Gowanus, will be at 149 7th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues.
The storefront features a comfortable 150 capacity lounge which will be open seven nights a week as a friendly neighborhood bar and gathering space featuring beer from independent and local breweries.
The live sound in the performance space has been outfitted with flying… More »