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What’s Going on This Weekend
There’s a lot to check out this weekend, so enjoy!
FRIDAY:
La Roux @ Studio B
Kaiju Big Battel @ Warsaw
The Presets @ Webster Hall
Late Of The Pier, The Whip @ Studio B
Cold War Kids, Amazing Baby @ Terminal 5
Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ The Blue Note
MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots @ Webster Hall (late show)
Gomez, Alberta Cross @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Langhorne Slim, Jason Trachetenburg, The Woes, Sam Lowry @ The Bell House
K.I.M. (of The Presets), The Golden Filter (DJ Set), DJ Cat… More »
Tickets on Sale
Remember all those shows that were on AmEx presale a few days ago? Well now they are on regular sale, plus a bunch of others:
Black Kids and Mates of State at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 5 and Webster Hall on April 6 is on Tickets
Cursive at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 is on Tickets, their March 9 show at Music Hall of Williamsburg is also still on sale
Clem Snide at Bowery Ballroom on March 18 is on Tickets
The… More »
Tickets on Sale
Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale:
Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here
The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here
Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here
The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets here
Phosporescent performing their new album of all Willie Nelson covers at Bell House on February 28, tickets here
Bell X1 at Highline Ballroom on March 14, tickets here
Goblin Cock with Rob Crow… More »
Filter Releases More Top 10 Lists
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Filter Magazine has released more bands’ and musicians’ Top Ten Albums of 2008 lists. This week MGMT was the most frequently named artist. Check out who Diplo, the Black Kids, and others named as their favorites:
The Faint
The Watson Twins
Diplo
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody
The Dead Trees’ Michael Alan Cummings
The Duke Spirit
Of Montreal’s Dottie Alexander
Black Kids
Midnight Juggernauts
Peter Bjorn and John’s Peter Morén
Peter Bjorn and John’s Bjorn Yttling
The Jealous Girlfriends
X’s DJ Bonebrake
The Walkmen’s Walt Martin
Glasvegas’ Paul Donoghue
White Denim’s James Petralli
Arbouretum
The Panics’ Jae Laffer
Ed… More »
What To Do This Weekend
Spiritualized @ Pitchfork Music Festival
Lots going on and lots for free. Check it:
Friday
Atlas Sound, Crystal Stilts @ South Street Seaport. Free.
Ween @ McCarren Park Pool. $37.50.
Sound of Urchin, Tragedy @ Music Hall of Williamsburg. $10.
Valient Thorr, Early Man, Monotonix, The Golden Error @ Bowery Ballroom. $15.
Black Kids, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Zambri @ Santo’s Party House. $15.
The Philip Glass Ensemble @ Prospect Park Bandshell. Free.
Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Terminal 5. $23.
The Subways, the Postelles @ Gramercy Theater. $15.
Freedy Johnston… More »
Black Kids at Virgin Megastore
Blog-darlings Black Kids will be playing a free in-store at Virgin Megastore in Union Square on July 22 at 7 p.m. Buy their debut album Partie Traumatic beginning that day at 9 a.m. and receive a wristband for the performance and signing.
Do they live up to the hype? Only you can decide…. More »
All Points West Fest Has Initial Lineup
Coachella East aka All Points West has announced its initial lineup for its three-day festival taking place in Liberty Park Aug. 8-10.
Radiohead is headlining Friday and Saturday while Jack Johnson (ugh, I know) is on Sunday. The rest of the lineup so far is:
Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N’Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou & Mariam, The Black… More »