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Northside Festival Include Dodos, Sunset Rubdown, Motel Motel and More
A new NYC festival has been announced. It sounds similar to CMJ, but has a much narrower area focus: Williamsburg and Greenpoint in Brooklyn. The Northside Festival, produced by L Magazine, will take place June 11-14 and will encompass all or most of the shows happening in Williamsburg and Greenpoint during that time. Like CMJ, you can buy tickets to individual shows, or you can get a badge. Also like CMJ, a badge does not guarantee entry so get there… More »
Friday Night in New York City
Ghostland Observatory @ Webster Hall 2008
Image: Chris La Putt
Wondering what to do tonight? As usual, there are many options:
Okkervil River members Will Sheff and Charles Bissell (also of The Wrens) will be playing an acoustic set at Sound Fix. FREE.
Melpo Mene at Cake Shop upstairs at 6 pm. FREE.
The Subjects at Union Hall. Tickets are $7.
The Virgins at Bowery Ballroo. Tickets are $15.
Ghostland Observatory at Terminal 5. $25 Tickets.
Bon Iver and The Tallest Man on Earth at Town Hall…. More »
P.S. 1 Warm Ups
On Saturday I finally made out to P.S. 1 to check out their Warm Up party. Although the line was ridiculously long and it was insanely crowded, it was still a lot of fun.
The public farm exhibit (P.F. 1) in the courtyard is very cool, and the music by James Murphy and Pat Mahoney from DFA/ CD Soundsystem was awesome.
The exhibits inside the museum were part bizarre part interesting, but worth seeing. Plus, the apartment adjacent to the museum hosts… More »
Siren Lineup Announced
Artwork: Village Voice by Paul Antonson
“The Village Voice Announces Initial Lineup for the 8th Annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival™ at Coney Island Saturday, July 19, 2008
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, THE HELIO SEQUENCE, BEACH HOUSE, TIMES NEW VIKING, JAGUAR LOVE, THE DODOS, ANNUALS, FILM SCHOOL, PARTS & LABOR, DRAGONS OF ZYNTH, THESE ARE POWERS and more to be announced!”… More »
NY Times Reports on Brooklyn Scene
Following in MTV’s footsteps, The New York Times had a piece yesterday about the Brooklyn music scene. Check it out in full here, but here are some highlights:
A nice little recap of why music out of Brooklyn is cool:
“For rock bands this is a great time to be weird and independent in Brooklyn. After years in which the sound of New York was defined by various shades of retro monochrome — the new wave minimalism of the Strokes, the disco-punk… More »
What To Do This Weekend
Wondering how to celebrate not being at work? Here are a few ideas:
Fri 1/25
Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think), The Parlor Mob
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d Sold Out
Kid Sister, Cool Kids, A-Trak
Museum of Natural History 21+ $20 Buy Tickets
Neurosis, Mastodon, A Storm of Light
Brooklyn Masonic Temple All Ages $25 Sold Out
Tyvek, Mens Tennis, Cuddle Machines,… More »
The Times on music discovery and ‘blog buzz’
Great article from the Times today on Indie music, the CMJ music marathon and the power of ‘Blog Buzz’.
The article talks a bit about the line-up including, Spoon, Band of Horses and New York’s own Dragons of Zynth.
For the most part though, the article promotes the accessibility of indie music right now. This was my favorite quote,
“The Internet has made public the kind of fanatical introspection that can build communities out of formerly isolated music lovers and, with the… More »