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SummerStage Partial Lineup Announced
Here’s a partial list of shows scheduled at the Central Park SummerStage this summer Most are free except for the benefits that have tickets:
04/20 – Vienna Teng
05/30 – Duran Duran (tix)
05/31 – Duran Duran (tix)
06/13 – Mavis Staples & Stephanie McKay
06/28 – Vieux Farka Toure
07/23 – Mark Knopfler (tix)
07/27 – The Skatalites
07/29 – Crosby, Stills & Nash (tix)
08/02 – Thollem (SmhSmh) & Germaul Barnes (BitahkizAyeli Movement & Sound)
08/06 – Sonny Rollins
08/09 – Latin Alternative Music Conference presents Scud Hero &… More »
Top 10 Songs I’m Listening to Right Now
As the headline suggests, here is a list of the top ten songs by New York bands that I’ve been listening to lately:
“Time to Pretend” by MGMT
“2080″ by Yeasayer
“Hands in the Dark” by Chromatics
“Hey! Mr. DJ” by Tiny Masters of Today
“One More Time” by the French Kicks
“California Girls” by the Magnetic Fields
“LES Artistes” by Santogold
“Blind” by Hercules and Love Affair
“Nobody’s Baby” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
“I Can’t Stand It” by the Velvet Underground
What have you guys been listening… More »
Sharon Jones Playing Beacon Theatre
Motown-tinged Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, who put out one of my favorite albums of 2007, are playing at the Beacon Theatre on February 15. Tickets go on sale Friday. Also, Sharon Jones is in the movie The Great Debaters that opened Christmas Day. Anyone seen it yet?… More »
Top 30 Albums of 2007
The time has arrived for me to do my Best Albums of 2007 list. I know you have all been waiting with bated breath. Well, here we go:
30. Plague Park, Handsome Furs
29. Liars, Liars
28. Marry Me, St. Vincent
27. Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective
26. Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew Bird
25. Myth Takes, !!!
24. Viuex Farke Toure, Viuex Farke Toure
23. Attack Decay Sustain Release, Simian Mobile Disco
22. †, Justice
21. The Cloud of Unknowing, James Blackshaw
20. The Shepherd’s Dog, Iron and Wine
19. 100 Days, 100… More »