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Alice in Chains, Norah Jones, Jamir Lidell and More On Sale
On sale now:
Danielson at The Stone on December 22. Pay at the door
tUnE-YaRds at The Stone on December 23. Pay the door
Extra Life at The Stone on December 29. Pay at the door
Rockin’ Soul New Year’s Eve Party with Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Obits, Subway, and Soul Club at The Bell House on December 31. Tickets
Brian Fallon (from Gaslight Anthem) at Bowery Ballroom on January 15. Tickets
Budos Band at Maxwell’s on January 15 and Southpaw on January 16. Tickets
Final Fantasy at… More »
Grass Widow, The Beets, and Crystal Stilts at Brooklyn Museum on Saturday
Crystal Stilts, Image: Fiona Diffley
This month’s Target First Saturday party at the Brooklyn Museum (happening this Saturday, November 7) should be a good one because it is promoting the new exhibit: Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.
Aside from some curators’ talks and a screening of Purple Rain, Todd P is hosting some great bands: Grass Widow, a San Fransisco girl group who have many more shows this week while they are in town, see… More »
Independence Day Weekend Musical Happenings
Hooray for long weekends! Happy almost 4th to you all! Hope you’ll be celebrating wtih some music; here’s what’s going down this weekend:
Thursday (tonight):
Forro in the Dark at the MoMA Sculpture Garden (free, 5:30 pm)
Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, The Beets, German Measles at Glasslands
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Tammy Faye Starlite at (le) Poisson Rouge
The Feelies at Maxwell’s
Jay Reatard, Screaming Females, TV Smith of the Adverts at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Cubic Zirconia, Head Automatica, Chico Mann, Dam Funk at Santos… More »
Celebrate Brooklyn Announces Schedule
Here is the awesome schedule for Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. I for one am psyched for Dean & Britta with the Crystal Stilts, the Purple Rain sing-along with Escort, Femi Kuti, and Los Amigos Invisibles. Here’s the whole thing:
Free concerts ($3 suggested donation):
Monday, June 8, 8:00 P.M. (gates open at 6:30 P.M.) David Byrne
Thursday, June 11, 7:30 P.M. (gates open at 6:30 P.M.) Goran Bregovic & His Weddings & Funerals Orchestra
Friday, June 19, 7:30 P.M. (gates open… 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 »
Quasi Curates Show at the Knit
Quasi (ex-Sleater Kinney) is curating a show at the Knitting Factory tomorrow (Saturday) night which looks pretty great. It’s a full club event with Quasi, Sic Alps, Marnie Stern, Crystal Stilts, Soft Circle, and Jeff Lewis. Tickets here. Lots of those bands were in Pitchfork’s recently announced Top 50 Albums of 2008…. More »
After the Jump CMJ Fest
Passion Pit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photo permission: Devorah Klein
After the Jump is sponsoring an end of CMJ BBQ at the Yard on Saturday. Lineup:
12pm – Fight Bite
1pm – High Places
2pm – The Homosexuals
3pm – Women
4pm – Bearsuit
5pm – MBAR
6pm – Passion Pit
7pm – The Ruby Suns
8pm – Crystal Stilts
Admission is $10… More »
Fader and NME CMJ Shows
Fader Magazine has some good free shows this week for CMJ at “The Fader Fort” which is at 169 Bowery by Delancey. Here’s the schedule:
Wednesday October 22nd
3:00 – 3:25 Hollywood Holt
3:45 – 4:10 The Naked And Famous
4:30 – 4:55 Chairlift
5:15 – 5:40 The Muslims
6:45 – 7:15 Crystal Stilts
7:35 – 8:00 He Say, She Say
8:20 – 9:00 Sebastien Grainger
DJ’s Jamal Ali, Queen Majesty, Radioclit
Thursday, October 23rd
3:00 – 3:25 Mikey Powell And The Villains Trust
3:45 – 4:10 Tanlines
4:30 – 4:55 Passion Pit
5:15… More »
Chairlift is Everywhere
Chairlift seems to be everywhere lately, and they will certainly be all over the place at CMJ this week. Here’s where you can catch them:
Tonight at the Deli Magazine party with Sub Rosa, The Cringe, The Silent Years, The Age of Rockets, and Princeton @ Hiro Ballroom at 11:20 pm
Tonight with Amazing Baby and Violens at NME party @ The Annex
Wednesday, October 22 with Sebastien Grainger (from Death From Above 1979), He Say She Say, Crystal Stilts, The Muslims, The… More »
CMJ Schedule
CMJ starts next week and there is going to be a ton of stuff going on. You don’t need a badge to get into a lot of stuff, but you will need to buy tickets in advance for some. This is by no means a definitive list, but more a list of stuff I’m excited for!
10/21
8 PM Gringo Star / 9 PM Wild Light (Ourstage.com) / 10 PM Cheeseburger / 11PM Vivian Girls@ Red… More »
Stereolab, Hot Chip, Jenny Lewis, and More This Weekend
There is a ton of stuff going on this weekend in NYC, including some free stuff. Here are your weekend music choices:
FRIDAY
Dark Meat, Vivian Girls @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
Lucinda Williams @ Madison Square Garden
Tonearm @ BAM Cafe, FREE
Hot Chip @ Terminal 5
The Kills, Magic Wand @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Stereolab, Antipop Consortium, Hospitality @ Irving Plaza
The Rumble Strips, My Sister in 1994 @ Sound Fix, FREE
A-Trak, Boys Noize @ Webster Hall
SATURDAY
Hot Chip @ Terminal 5
Jenny Lewis @ Apollo Theater
Hot… More »
High Places, the Drones, Earl Greyhound Tonight
High Places @ Pitchfork Festival 2008
Photo Permission: Devorah Klein
Brooklyn’s own High Places is playing with Crystal Stilts, Deastro, and Breathe Owl Breathe at (le) Poisson Rouge. $8 tickets are still available.
Also playing tonight are the Drones at Union Hall with Brothers & Sisters and Tall Pines. $10 tickets are still available.
Earl Greyhound is also playing a show tonight at a place called The Calhound School, which is at the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center. If you miss them tonight… More »
Lots of Free Stuff This Weekend!!
Even though McCarren Pool is closed (probably forever) and the parks are done with their free summer concert series, there are still some great free events going on this weekend! Long live summer!
Saturday:
East Village Radio Festival with KRS-One, Boris, Awesome Color, Vivian Girls, High Places, Dr. Lonnie Smith, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Flying Lotus, Ólöf Arnalds, 4-IZE, Devin the Dude, John Oliver of The Daily Show @ South Street Seaport
….And simultaneously, at the… More »
To Do This Weekend
Lots going on, as usual…make sure to squeeze something outdoors in before summer is over, especially the final free Pool Party at McCarren with Yo La Tengo!
Friday:
Jupiter One, Your Vegas, Band of Thieves @ Bowery Ballroom
Crystal Stilts, caUSE co-MOTION!, German Measles @ Death By Audio
Professor Murder, Free Blood, Pink Skull @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (FREE)
Grand Archives, Violens @ South Street Seaport (FREE)
The Homosexuals, Looker, Unsacred Hearts @ Union Hall
Saturday:
Don Caballero, An Albatross, Ponytail @ Knitting Factory
Rasputina @ Hio Ballroom
Nico… 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 »
Atlas Sound, Crystal Stilts for Free
Atlas Sound @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2008
Photo Permission: Devorah Klein
Bradford Cox’s other band besides Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, will be at South Street Seaport tonight at 7 p.m. for free. El Guincho was originally supposed to open but canceled, so now Brooklynites Crystal Stilts are…. More »
July 4 Weekend
While many people are going away, including me (I’m hitting up the Jazz Festival in Montreal!), there is tons going on in NYC for your listening pleasure:
July 4
1:00: Ponytail, The Apes, Indian Jewelry, Marnie Stern, Double Dagger, Power Douglas at The Yard, part of a Todd P Party. $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
3:30: Sonic Youth and the Feelies in Battery Park. Free, but you need to have tickets that have already been distributed.
4:00: Japanther, Hidden Power, Dear Friends,… More »