July 3, 2009
What's going on Friday?
Crystal Stilts @ MHOW in April (more by Tim Griffin)
tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* The Feelies @ Maxwell's
* Paleface & Levy @ The Living Room
* Firecracker @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Sharon Van Etten, Angel Ocana @ Sycamore
* American Princes @ Jet Blue's Terminal 5 JFK
* Cage, Yak Ballz, Junk Science, Tone Tank @ Southpaw
* Here We Go Magic, Bachelorette @ South Street Seaport
* Sonic Youth, The Entrance Band @ United Palace Theatre
* Grooms, The Beets, Air Waves, Real Estate @ Bruar Falls
* Alan Licht, Loren Connors, Evidence @ Issue Project Room
* Mussels, Leisurely, Loose Limbs, Submarine Bells @ Cake Shop
* Zs, Skeletons, Hi Red Center, Charlie Looker @ Death By Audio
* Luke Rathborne, papercranes, Sarabeth Tucek @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* pow wow!, Dinosaur Feathers, Darlings @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Fan-Tan, Middle Distance Runner, Drink Up Buttercup @ Mercury Lounge
* Cryptacize, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Katie Eastburn @ Market Hotel
* Lucky Dragons, Future Islands, Soft Circle, Silk Flowers, more @ Monster Island
* Leftover Crack, The Casualties, Trash Talk, Star F*cking Hipsters, Rabia @ Gramercy Theatre
* Woodsist/Captured Tracks Fest w/ Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs, Psychedelic Horseshit, caUSE co-MOTION!, Gary War, more @ 979 Broadway Backyard
The much anticipated Woodsist/Captured Tracks Fest kicks off tonight.
The Feelies play the second of three nights at Maxwell's tonight.
Brooklyn's special July 3rd fireworks go off in Coney Island.
Cryptacize and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone bring their tour to the Market Hotel.
Zs, Skeletons and Charlie Looker (in a very familiar looking bill) play with Hi Red Center at Death By Audio.
Grooms, The Beets, Air Waves and Real Estate get together at Bruar Falls.
At Dimas Park's Sycamore, local favorite Sharon Van Etten performs tonight with Angel Ocana.
Tomorrow is July 4th. One late addition to our Independence Day events page is a Peelander-Z show at Union Docs.
HEALTH is one of many bands playing the Williamsburg Waterfront this summer. Video from HEALTH's recent show at Market Hotel below...
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Electric Zoo on Randall's Island, BK Electronic Music Fest, Hercules and Love Affair DJ sets & CD & more...
DOWNLOAD: Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (Prins Thomas edit) (MP3)
Andy Butler of Hercules and Love Affair @ Studio B (more by Ryan Muir)
Hercules and Love Affair (aka Andy Butler) is releasing a new DJ mix called Sidetracked... July 21st on Renaissance Recordings. Butler will be making DJ appearances throughout the summer, mainly in Europe. One U.S. gig will be at the July 3rd Firecracker party at the Hammerstein Ballroom (tonight). Also at the event, as mentioned by Showtrotta, will be Steve Lawler, Tiefschwarz, Victor Calderone, Damian Lazarus (live) and Audiofly. Tickets are still on sale.
Butler will be at Lollapalooza on August 8th, and he'll be making an appearance at NY's Electric Zoo Electronic Music Festival, taking place September 6th and 7th on Randall's Island. Other acts at the fest include Special Disco Version (featuring LCD Soundsystem/DFA's James Murphy & Pat Mahoney), Felix Martin & Al Doyle (of Hot Chip), Lindstrom, Frankie Knuckles, Prins Thomas, and many, many more. Above you can check out the Prins remix of Linstrom's "The Long Way Home" off the latter's Where You Go I Go Too. Tickets to the fest, including 2-day passes, are on sale now. Electric Zoo's current lineup is posted below.
Another electronic music suaree, the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, is on the way as well, happening August 8th at the Old American Can Factory. The fest's headliners will be Juan MacLean (live) and RJD2; full lineup is still on the way. Tickets are currently on sale.
Electric Zoo lineup with Hercules and Love Affair comp info and tour dates, below...
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2009 Seaport Music Series kicks off w/ Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic @ MHOW in June (more by Tim Griffin)
We are free shows in New York City, down on Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport.Here We Go Magic and Bachelorette kick off the free NYC concert series tonight (7/3). Full, updated summer schedule, below...No reservations or tickets of any kind are necessary.
All our shows start at 6pm with guest DJ's or sometimes early band sets if there's more than 2 bands on the bill - more value for you the free concert goer!
There are several parking lots within 1-2 block distance from the pier but we encourage you to take public transportation - it costs less and is better for the environment! [Seaport Music Festival]
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Leftover Crack / Trash Talk show moved to Gramercy
the price of crack
Friday night's Leftover Crack gig at Irving Plaza has been moved to the smaller Gramercy Theatre and tickets are still on sale. Trash Talk is also on the bill.
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The Germs played Mercury Lounge
"I just saw The Germs at Mercury Lounge. Amazing. Obviously Darby wasn't there. Shane West has taken over the role of lead singer in real life." [Jake Fogelnast]
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July 2, 2009
The Feelies (with 3 Maxwell's shows this week) played the Whitney Museum (which is $4 on the 4th of July)
The Feelies @ The Whitney (photo by Scott Rudd)
Reunited NJ band The Feelies played an acoustic set to help open the Whitney Museum's Dan Graham Retrospective last week (on Friday, June 26th). Last night (7/2), the same band kicked off three-night run at Maxwell's in Hoboken which goes until July 4th which is also the day the Whitney is having a special -- $4 admission ("$4 on the 4th"). It'll be open that day from 11am to 6pm... which actually means you have plenty of time to spend the day at the Whitney before heading to see the fireworks in Jersey before heading to Maxwell's to catch The Feelies (if you have a ticket, because all three shows are now sold out).
While at the Whitney, you can check out the museum's regular wares along with the Dan Graham exhibit. That show includes rock artifacts like Graham's '80s doc Rock My Religion, which incorporates footage of Patti Smith, Sonic Youth and Black Flag. The music series in conjunction with the Graham show continues on July 10th, with a concert in the museum by Titus Andronicus and Real Estate. Bands over the next three Fridays after that include Vivian Girls, Woods, Abe Vigoda and These Are Powers. Full schedule below.
The Brooklyn Museum is also free this 4th of July from 5pm-11pm, running its First Saturdays special on the holiday. The Met (always by donation) is open too, as is the MoMA, whose free night is on Fridays. The MoMA is currently showing "Looking at Music: Side 2," whose focus overlaps some with the Whitney's Graham exhibit (both are connected to Sonic Youth, New York in the late '70s, etc.)
Two more pictures from the Feelies museum show, and one of Jasper Johns' Three Flags (which is in the Whitney's permanent collection), and the Whit's full music schedule, below...
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Ménage à Twang sing "Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster"
More info and the video below...
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Brooklyn Bowl - open July 7
"After two years of development, we're happy to finally say... Brooklyn Bowl has arrived!"
Brooklyn Bowl, the highly anticipated 16-lane bowling alley, 600-capacity performance venue with food by Blue Ribbon in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, is pleased to announce it will be open for business in a soft launch capacity beginning this Tuesday, July 7, at 6:00 p.m.The venue, that's been in the works for a while, is finally opening. The first concert at the Brooklyn Bowl will be O'Death, Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin and Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt on Friday, July 10th.Operating hours will be scaled back during the soft launch: Sunday, Tuesday - Thursday, 6:00 pm - 2:00 am, and Friday and Saturdays 6:00pm - 4:00am. During this time Brooklyn Bowl will not be open on Mondays, and are serving only to a 21+ crowd. A small snack menu will be served from July 10 through the 20th. On the 21st, an expanded "preview" menu will be presented, with the full menu by Blue Ribbon debuting on August 4th. Live music performances, advance lane reservations, and extended hours (including child-friendly weekend days) will begin in late summer. Brooklyn Bowl is located at 61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
The other event currently on the Brooklyn Bowl's schedule is the Lebowski Fest New York, which will hold one of its three nights at the space on Thursday, September 24th. Bowling and non-bowling tickets are on sale.
More info on the venue, below...
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O'Death played MHOW (pics), playing Brooklyn Bowl (really)
photos by Ryan Muir
The first concert at the new Brooklyn Bowl will be O'Death, Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin and Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt on Friday, July 10th. Tickets are on sale now. You may remember that O'Death's June 13th Northside Festival show, which ended up happening at MHOW, was originally scheduled for the venue. More pictures from that show below...
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What's going on Thursday?
Jay Reatard @ the Stuy Town Oval (more by Tim Griffin)
Screaming Females
tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Rubblebucket @ Zebulon
* The Feelies @ Maxwell's
* Dam-Funk @ Academy Records
* Forro in the Dark @ MoMA Sculpture Garden
* Kuroma, Acrylics, Gift Horse, Renminbi @ Pianos
* Cage, Yak Ballz, Junk Science, Tone Tank @ Southpaw
* The Germs, Krum Bums, Bridge & Tunnel @ Mercury Lounge
* Maria Taylor, Morgan Nagler, Soy Un Caballo @ Union Hall
* Drunkdriver, Cult Ritual, Twin Stumps, White Suns @ Cake Shop
* Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, The Beets, German Measles @ Glasslands
* Jay Reatard, Screaming Females, TV Smith @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Hisham Bharoocha, Ben Vida, Ateleia, Sadek Bazaraa @ Issue Project Room
* Cubic Zirconia, Head Automatica, Chico Mann, Dam-Funk @ Santos Party House
* Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Tammy Faye Starlite, .357 Lover @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band's summer tour stops at Woodstock's Bearsville Theater tonight. In two days, they'll be playing a free July 4th show with Jenny Lewis in Battery Park.
More 4th of July shows listed HERE (and in the dance post).
Tonight the Feelies kick off the first of three nights at Maxwell's.
Stones Throw artist Dam-Funk will play a free DJ set at Academy Records(E. 12th St) today at 6pm. Later, he'll be DJing at Santos. Look for live sets by Cubic Zirconia, Head Automatica and Chico Mann at the latter. Academy Records flyer below.
Jay Reatard plays the Music Hall of Williamsburg after rocking a short, free show at the Stuy Town Oval last night. Rising stars Screaming Females and ex-Advert TV Smith open.
Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, The Beets and German Measles play a pre-Woodsist Fest gig at Glasslands tonight. In addition to their shows this weekend, Thee Oh Sees, who were amazing at the Mercury Lounge in April, will return to NYC in October on their big fall tour with the Fresh & Onlys (also in town this weekend).
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players bring friends Tammy Faye Starlite and Corn Mo's .357 Lover to (Le) Poisson Rouge tonight.
Cage and Yak Ballz, on tour together, perform at Southpaw tonight - the first of two shows at the Brooklyn venue.
Forro in the Dark kick off the first Music Thursday in MoMA Sculpture Garden.
Billy Corgan revealed an unreleased Sky Saxon collaboration.
Joly posted some video of Sky Saxon (RIP) & The Seeds playing live in 2005. Watch it below...
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