brooklynvegan: January 7, 2007 - January 13, 2007 Archives

Heres the Thing Rififi comedy staple Here's the Thing is having their one year anniversary / final Rififi show on Sunday (Jan 14, 2007). The show starts up again at it's new NYC location - Peoples Improv Theater (The Pit) - on February 8th. Their final Rififi show includes guests Tom McCaffry, Slovin and Allen, Kurt and Kristen, Julie Klausner, Val Myers, and a yet to be revealed special guest.

Gothamist just published a very extensive interview with Slovin & Allen by comedian interviewer extraordinaire Ben Kharakh. The Apiary interviewed the hosts of Here's the Thing back in June.

For more comedy, check out this week's Comedy Canon. -Klaus

Posted in comedy at 4:31 PM | Comments (9)

The Apples in Stereo | 2007 Tour Dates + Colbert

"We'll be heading out on the road with our new touring group, featuring original Apples in stereo members Robert Schneider, John Hill, and Eric Allen, and new touring members including Elephant 6 co-founder Bill Doss (Olivia Tremor Control, Sunshine Fix), John Dufilho (Deathray Davies), and John Ferguson (Ulysses, Big Fresh)."

Get the MP3 from the Colbert Report performance here. Get tickets for the Apples' February 15th show at Bowery Ballroom here. All Tour dates below...

Apples in Stereo | 2007 Tour Dates
Thursday 02/08 Lexington, KY The Dame
Friday 02/09 Cincinnati, OH Top Cat's Club
Saturday 02/10 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Sunday 02/11 Buffalo, NY Buffalo Icon
Monday 02/12 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
Tuesday 02/13 Washington, DC Black Cat
Thursday 02/15 NYC Bowery Ballroom
Friday 02/16 Philadelphia, PA Northstar
Saturday 02/17 Boston, MA Paradise
Monday 02/19 Montreal , QC Main Hall
Tuesday 02/20 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
Wednesday 02/21 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Thursday 02/22 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
Friday 02/23 Chicago, IL Subterranean
Saturday 02/24 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre (Late Show)
Sunday 02/25 Madison, WI Univ of Wisconsin (Madison), Memorial Union
Tuesday 02/27 Ames, IA Maintenance Shop
Wednesday 02/28 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
Thursday 03/01 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
Friday 03/02 St Louis, MO Duck Room
Saturday 03/03 Columbia, MO - Blue Note

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"...people can go to MTV2.com to stream The Apples new music video directed by Elijah Wood (his directorial debut) - the music video for 'Energy' (the first single off 'New Magnetic Wonder'). The video for 'Energy' is also set to have it's TV premiere on MTV2's 'Subterranean' this weekend, on Sunday, January 14. (To connect the dots, 'New Magnetic Wonder' is being released via Yep Roc / Simian Records / Elephant 6 - Simian Records being Elijah's new record label. It hits stores on February 6!)."

Previously
Decemberists on Colbert Report tonight + Colin's favs
Apples in Stereo | CMJ Tour Dates + new album + drummer
Apples in Stereo Sign to Elijah Wood’s Label

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 4:12 PM | Comments (1)

Flosstradamus in NYC Sunday | Tour Dates, MP3s

DOWNLOAD: (MP3s)
Walter Meego - Romantic (Flosstradamus Remix)
Laffy Taffy (Curtafied Flosstradamus remix)

Flosstradamus @ the Pitchfork Festival (CRED)
Flosstradamus @ PFork

As David Bruno pointed out, Flosstradamus are DJing Studio B in Brooklyn Sunday night (Jan 14, 2007) (it's MLK day-eve). Well, I think they just DJ - not sure what else they might do - and Kudu is playing, and Spank Rock is MCing?, and some other stuff I'm not totally sure.

Culture Bully has an MP3 of the hot 'Twista vs Sigur Ros' Flosstradamus mashup (MP3).

Flyer, more tour dates, and other stuff below....

Flosstradamus

FLOSSTRADAMUS | 2007 TOUR DATES
Jan 11 - Kid Sister and MAYBE Flosstradamus in Vancouver @ Shine Vancouver, Alberta
Jan 12 - w/ Kid Sister in Vancouver @ Limerick Junction Vancouver
Jan 14 - w/ The Pase Rock (XXXplosive Soundclash) @ Studio B NYC New York, New York
Jan 17 - Get Outta The Hood @ Town Hall Pub w/ Special Guests Chicago, Illinois
Jan 20 - w/ DJ Gorky (Bonde Do Role) @ Houston Fine Arts Museum Houston, Texas
Jan 25 - in Atlanta @ The Royal Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 25 - w/ DJ Nephets @ Sonotheque Chicago, Illinois
Jan 30 - in LA Check Yo Ponytail! @ Safari Sams w/ Franki CHAN!! Los Angeles, California
Feb 1 - w/ Our Roommate Jarrett @ Schubas Upstairs Chicago, Illinois
Feb 3 - in Milwaukee @ The MOCT Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 14 - Get Outta The Hood Valentines Day Extravaganza! Chicago, Illinois

URB MAGAZINE
Flosstradamus

Previously
the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (01/11/07)

Posted in MP3 | dance | music | tour dates at 1:39 PM | Comments (7)

ZunePhone

Posted in music | video at 11:47 AM | Comments (13)

NYC clubs Crobar, Pink Elephant & Sol reopening

Sol I know you have other places to be, but I still thought you might want to know that, after being shut down by the cops the other day, Crobar and Sol are reopening this weekend. Sol says:

Sol is pleased to announce that it will official begin operations today, with its first party this Friday, January 12, 2007, with Sol Fridays and Sexy Saturdays at Sol. In addition, next week, Sol is pleased to welcome nightlife legend Michael T. to celebrate his 40th birthday on Thursday night, January 18, 2007 @ 10 PM featuring live performances, rock music and a unique nightlife experience.

Sol also says "The settlement reached is not in any way an admission of guilt or admission of any wrongdoing on Sol’s behalf". More in a press release below...

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New York, NY Jan 10 -- Today, Sol is pleased to announce that it has officially reopened after last week’s closure by the NYPD and City of New York. Sol, working closely with the NYPD is taking several steps to ensure the club’s patrons a safe and fun time in and around Sol.

Sol will continue to take pro-active steps to ensure the safety of its patrons by working closely with the 10th Precinct to combat all drug-related activity in the area, and reaffirming its ZERO tolerance for drugs and violence. Sol is happy to work closely with the NYPD in helping to curb under-age drinking and fake id use. With these additional security precautions, some of which Sol has already implemented, Sol, its owners, managers and employees look forward to providing a safe legal and fun nightlife experience.

“We will be open for business again this weekend and look forward to welcoming everyone back to Sol. We will continue to be an industry leader and good neighbor within our community, serving as an example of how NYC nightlife should be,” says James Tobin, a Partner at Sol.

The settlement reached is not in any way an admission of guilt or admission of any wrongdoing on Sol’s behalf.

Sol is pleased to announce that it will official begin operations today, with its first party this Friday, January 12, 2007, with Sol Fridays and Sexy Saturdays at Sol. In addition, next week, Sol is pleased to welcome nightlife legend Michael T. to celebrate his 40th birthday on Thursday night, January 18, 2007 @ 10 PM featuring live performances, rock music and a unique nightlife experience.

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sort of related: New York nightlife titans salute James Brown

Previously
NYC clubs Crobar, Sol & Pink Elephant shut down this weekend

Posted in dance | music | venues at 2:44 AM | Comments (0)

Old Knit (Knitting Factory) 20th Anniversary show @ Town Hall

Celebrate 20 years of the Knitting Factory......at Town Hall! Tickets are on sale for the March 1st show. There's special stuff happening AT Knitting Factory too (like four nights of Jonathan Richman), but this is just a special thing Michael Dorf is doing to benefit The Stone. The show will feature "live performances by John Zorn, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mike Doughty, Joe Lovano, Marc Ribot, Lee Ranaldo, Don Byron - plus surprise guests and friends." Press release below...

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NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-January 11, 2007 - With the recent closure of two seminal "downtown" clubs — CBGB and The Bottom Line — the Knitting Factory's survival to reach a 20-year milestone is cause for celebration. Michael Dorf founded the venue on Houston Street, almost equidistant between CBGB and The Bottom Line, in late February 1987. The club quickly emerged as a home for the sounds that did not neatly fit into the categories of jazz or rock, becoming the downtown home for the burgeoning improvisational jazz community, as well as, the preferred venue for the growing alternative rock scene. This eclectic programming combined with Mr. Dorf's ambitious marketing and entrepreneurial skills quickly established the "Knit" brand as one of the important venues in New York, in addition to gaining status as an international symbol of the "downtown" scene.

Artists as diverse as Sonic Youth, Cassandra Wilson, Yo La Tengo, Cecil Taylor, and Bill Frisell could be found on the stage in a single week. From 1987 to 1994 the venue lived at 47 E. Houston Street, before the neighborhood became known as "NoLiTa". The New York Times said of Michael Dorf in 1987, "The Knitting Factory has almost single-handedly revised New York's downtown arts scene in its first six months of operation. Presenting Jazz and improvised music, along with films, poetry, performance art and dance, it's putting on affordable, genre-crossing double bills every night of the week." Rolling Stone Magazine said of club in 1991, "It's rare for a club to act as a magnet for talent, drawing a new scene around itself. But in New York City, where the Knitting Factory has become synonymous with new music, that's precisely what's happening."

From the inception through 1996, Michael Dorf was the sole owner of the Knitting Factory moving the club to Tribeca and building the recording business festival business. He created KnitMedia, during the dot-com economy, as the umbrella company to the Knitting Factory club in NY and soon to open state-of-the-art club in Los Angeles. By 1999, as the Chairman and CEO, Mr. Dorf grew to over 100 employees and worked with Apple Computer, Intel Computer, Bell Atlantic, and MCI among others, on a number of ground breaking developments helping usher in a wave of music and internet ventures. In 1999, Inc. Magazine named KnitMedia, one of the top 500 fastest growing businesses in America. New York Magazine, named Michael Dorf one of the ten most important New Yorkers that year. -0- *T Michael Dorf's 20th Anniversary Concert "The Old Knit" MARCH 1, 2007 AT TOWN HALL, NYC CONCERT AT TOWN HALL WILL FEATURE WORLD RENOWN ARTISTS INCLUDING: LAURIE ANDERSON, JOHN ZORN, MEDESKI/MARTIN/WOOD, MIKE DOUGHTY, JOE LOVANO, MARC RIBOT, LEE RANALDO, DON BYRON, LOU REED AND OTHERS. A benefit for The Stone *T

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Posted in music | venues at 2:30 AM | Comments (0)

Call Me Lightning - signed to Frenchkiss, MP3s & Tour Dates (SXSW)

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Call Me Lightning - Ghosts in the Mirror (old)
Call Me Lightning - Billion Eyes (new)

Call Me Lightning (cred)

Frenchkiss Records signed another band that rocks. Milwaukee three piece Call Me Lightning (they used to be on Revelation) release their album Soft Skeletons on February 20th - right around the time they start a tour that gets them to Cake Shop in NYC on February 24th. All tour dates below...

Call Me Lightning | 2007 Tour Dates
2/17 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Todd Wehr Hall on MSOE Campus
2/19 -- Chicago -- Empty Bottle FREE SHOW!
2/20 -- Detroit --The Lager House
2/21 -- Pittsburgh -- Garfield Artworks
2/22 -- Oberlin, OH -- Dionysus Club @ Oberlin College
2/24 -- NYC -- Cake Shop w/ Chariots
2/25 -- Boston – The Middle East Upstairs
2/27 -- Washington DC -- The Red and Black
2/28 -- Norfolk, VA -- Relative Theory Records
3/1 -- Atlanta, GA -- Lenny's Bar
3/2 -- Birmingham, AL --The Bottle Tree
3/8 -- Minneapolis, MN -- The Turf Club
3/14 -- Austin -- SXSW: The Red Eyed Fly
3/15 -- Hot Springs, AK -- Valley of the Vapors Fest
3/17 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Cactus Club

Previously
Call Me Lightning were here for CMJ

Posted in MP3 | SXSW | music | tour dates at 2:04 AM | Comments (4)

Lifetime's new video filmed at Cake Shop on You Tube

"Lifetime's new video "Airport Monday Morning" has surfaced online. The song itself debuted earlier this week along with re-recorded versions of both songs from the Two Songs 7" via an e-card here. The songs will all appear on the upcoming self-titled album from Lifetime. The disc is due out February 6th via the Fueled By Ramen imprint Decaydance Records." [Punk News]

You can check out the video here.

Previously
Catching up with Lifetime & The Bouncing Souls - Tour Dates
An interview with Lifetime (Ari, Dan, Pete & Scott)

Posted in music at 1:47 AM | Comments (3)

the Hold Steady playing Northsix & Stone Pony

The Hold Steady
Jan 18 - Northsix, Brooklyn, NY (presale) (regular sale)
Jan 19 - Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ (benefit) (tickets)

they're touring Europe in February

Previously
The Hold Steady @ The Annex, NYC (CMJ) | pics & remix MP3
The Hold Steady @ Mercury Lounge | Report

Posted in music | tour dates at 1:33 AM | Comments (8)

January 11, 2007

the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (01/11/07)

David Bruno is back with his second weekly installment of 'the week in dance'....

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Thanks to everyone who came out and got busy at Element on Friday night. People Don't Dance No More is off to a roaring start. Stay tuned for news on the February 23 edition!

SYIP @ Club Element, NYC | Jan 5, 2007
Slap You in Public

Last week I highlighted the Ed Banger crew from Paris. This week I want to start to highlight some of the amazing dance talent here in NYC...

DOWNLOAD: Drop The Lime Resonance FM DJ Mix (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Passions - at war with Satan mix (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Mathhead x Mishka - Doom & Bass mix (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Mathhead - Troublemix! (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Starkey - Starkey Trouble and Bass mix (MP3)

Trouble and Bass The TROUBLE & BASS crew has been breaking down boundaries between electronic genres for quite awhile. Their core roster includes ringmaster Drop the Lime (DTL), as well as mathhead, Zack Shadetek & Star Eyes.

They've all been known to mash grime with break-core, and electro with jungle. Their only goal is maximum BASS. The crew has been involved with some of the craziest regular parties in Brooklyn, from Bangers & Mash to Mad Suspect, and their new monthly Trouble & Bass party.

Trouble and Bass Not only do they throw rippin' parties, they are some of the most prolific producers I've ever encountered. Look at these Discogs pages: Drop The Lime + Team Shadetek...insane!

DTL and mathhead just put out an EP entitled Bass Bandits on Philly's Flamin' Hotz. Pick it up at Turntable Lab. The next Trouble & Bass EP is out in March via SEED distribution.

Trouble & Bass just added two new producers that have been setting the internets on fire: Curses! and Passions. Serious Parisian purveyors of future music immediately picked up both kids. Curses! has an EP dropping on Institubes in the Spring, and Passions is putting out a single with Kitsune in March or April. Very big news for the NYC crew.

Download the above mixes, but don't listen on an empty stomach - and turn down your speakers.

Cassettte Playa NEWS

Coolfer reviews 2006 music sales (Electronic music sells the most digital albums)

Stylus has a solid inteview with Minilogue

TRASH London is dead.

Nothing But Greenlights has a missive on the non-existence of New (Neu) Rave

Cassettte Playa makes clothes for New Ravers (pictured)

MUSIC

Remixes every Sunday at Palms Out Sounds (Speaking of Professor Murder, pick up ANOTHER remix over there)

BBC Radio 1 Dance Classics with Dave Pearce. Dude is pretty cheesy, but the toons are huge. Lots of rave classics that give me goosebumbs and remind me of the times I woke up naked on a beach in Ibiza. (Link is only live until the next show airs Sunday 2 PM EST)

Put the Needle on the Record has the amazing Alors Les Filles On Fete Noel? mixtape mixed by DJ Orgasmic to promote the Ed Banger/Institubes Christmas party. (Not like they needed any help)

Turntable Lab Radio Freshy Fresh

GET OUT AND DANCE NYC

Thursday - 1/11
House legend Frankie Knuckles' Birthday at Cielo

Friday - 1/12
Calling All Kids Turns 1 with James F!@#$%^ Friedman at Luke & Leroy
Ruff Club with Locksly & Jacksonn at Annex

Saturday - 1/13
Mad Suspect at Savalas
Friction at Sin-E (I'll be DJing between bands and throwing a New Ravey afterparty)
Detroit legend Stacey Pullen at Sullivan Room

Sunday - 1/14 (some of you don't have work on Monday)
Bowie Ball at Don Hill's
Body & Soul at Pacha
Norman Jay at Cielo
The Klash with Flosstradamus vs Cosmo Baker & The Pase Rock at Studio B

-David

Posted in MP3 | To Do | dance | music at 10:10 PM | Comments (5)

Hey Willpower

DOWNLOAD: Hey Willpower - Hundredaire (MP3)

Hey Willpwer and Peaches

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El Perro Del Mar | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW?) + Joe's Pub pics

DOWNLOAD: El Perro Del Mar - God Knows (MP3)

"This album really took me by surprise. For some reason I initially wrote it off as something twee and not my cup of tea, but then I gave it a second shot and after a few listens found myself hooked on her brand of melancholia. The songs are simple, repetitive, yet weirdly have infinite playability for me. I have yet to get sick of this one...not sure if I will anytime soon." [Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste on El Perro Del Mar]

El Perro Del Mar @ Joe's Pub | Nov 13, 2006
El Perro Del Mar @ Joes Pub

I saw El Perro Del Mar play Joe's Pub back in November when she played 4 NYC shows in a row. I don't think I ever posted about it because this website was all messed up at the time. It was also around the time I was obsessively listening to her self-titled album (the one Ed Droste expresses his love for above) - it was that obsessive period that led me to list her album as one of my favorites of 2006.

The Joe's Pub show was good - not spectacular or anything - she sounded like the album, so see her if you like the album (which at least one person I'm close to DOESN'T).

Is El Perro Del Mar big enough to play Bowery Ballroom? (are Under Byen?). Because that's where she's playing on March 1st. All tour dates & more pics below....

El Perro Del Mar | Tour Dates
3/1/07 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
3/2/07 - Boston, MA @ Museum of Fine Arts *
3/4/07 - Montreal, PQ @ Musee Juste Pour Rire
3/5/07 - Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
3/6/07 - Chicago, IL @ Lakeshore Theater
3/9/07 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's (KEXP Benefit)
3/10/07 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
3/12/07 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American
3/13/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ Rec Center
3/14/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café
THEN SXSW????

* w/ Under Byen & Frida Hyvonen

El Perro Del Mar @ Joes Pub

show reviews
* El Perro Del Mar at Union Hall
* El Perro del Mar @ Zebulon - 11/12/06
* Annuals, Evangelicals, El Perro Del Mar, and The A-Sides
* El Perro Del Mar @ Mercury Lounge, NYC 11/16/06

Previously
Sweden's El Perro Del Mar | NYC Tour Dates, MP3
My 40 favorite albums of 2006 & then some

Posted in SXSW | music | pictures | tour dates at 3:52 PM | Comments (8)

Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and man from all sides

Joey the Goat
actual Brooklyn goat

* Goatse iPod case
* NY Times: Uncruel Beauty
* Searching for John Darnielle
* Broken Angel Solution: Condos
* Street Art: What is up with it?
* Freelancers Unite in Williamsburg
* Jessica Alba In A Bikini Changes A Life
* Justin Timberlake cribs from Prince, Jackson
* 12 finalists named in Justin Timberlake Grammy contest
* Pop Star Extraordinaire Justin Timberlake Talks Alpha Dog
* My Chemical Romance Gearing Up For Extensive Touring
* Rapper Kanye West walks with HBO on reality show
* Mountain Goats: 'Michael Myers Resplendent' MP3
* Joey the goat (PICTURED) escapes slaughter in Brooklyn

Posted in music at 2:09 PM | Comments (0)

Austinist compiled a list of bands playing SXSW

This is what they came up with:

AM
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Airbourne
Amy Millan
Andrew Winton
Apollo Sunshine
Aqueduct
Architecture In Helsinki
As Tall As Lions
Badly Drawn Boy
Beasts Of Bourbon
Bic Runga
Black Helicopter
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Rose Band
Blindspott
Bloc Party
Brave Radar
Call Me Lightning
Carly Binding
Castanets
Charalambides
Children Collide
Chris Mills
Chris Smither
Circa Survive
Cold War Kids
Crooked Still
Cute Is What We Aim For
Danny Saul
Devin The Dude
Die! Die! Die
Dimmer
Dirty Fuzz
Eilen Jewell
Elemeno P
Emmylou Harris
Errors
Evermore
Every Move a Picture
Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Field Guides
Foals
Gasoline Cowboy
George Byrne
Ghostland Observatory
Girl Talk
Go! Go! 7188
Great Lakes Myth Society
HY
Haunt (Matt Hebert)
Hazey Janes
Hedrons
High Dials
Hoodoo Gurus
I Heart Hiroshima
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Interpol
Jeffrey Foucault
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Jessie Deluxe
Josh Pyke
Kill Surf City
Kiosk
Kris Delmhorst
Kristoffer Ragnstam
LZ Love
Les Savy Fav
Lily Allen
Little Birdy
MV+EE
Macromantics
Magik Markers
Malajube
Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos
Mates Of State
Matt & Kim
Menomena
Mint Chicks
Money Waters
Monotract
Morrissey
My Latest Novel
New Buffalo
New Violators
OWKMJ (Ore Wa Konna Mon Janai)
Octopus Project
Okkervil River
Oreska Band
Ozomatli
Pagoda
Paul Kelly
Pete Townshend
Peter & the Wolf
Pig Out
Pistol Valve
Popup
RJD2
Rachel Fuller
Rahim
Rocky Votolato
Sarah Blasko
Sasquatch
Say Hi To Your Mom
Scissor Sisters
Scout's Honor
Secretary Bird
Shaky Hands
Snowden
So So Modern
Sonic Flyer
Spod
Starky
Stax 50th Anniversary Soul Review
Sunwrae
Tall Firs
Tally Hall
Temposhark
The 50 Kaitens
The Amity Front
The Big Sleep
The Black Hollies
The Caribbean
The Creteens
The Emeralds
The Frames
The Fratellis
The Gear
The Have
The Needles
The Panda Band
The Rise
The Shivers
The Soft Hands
The Stooges
The Theater Fire
The Walkmen
The Weird Weeds
The Wild Eyes
The Young Knives
The Zebras
Thinking Aloud
Thunderbirds Are Now!
Thurston Moore
Turbonegro
Under Byen
Union Of Knives
Via Tania
Viva Voce
Voxtrot
W-S Burn
Watson Twins
Wild Eyes
Winterkids
Winterpills
Wooden Wand
X-Wife
Yip-Yip
Youth Group
Zach Galifianakis (comedian)

I can also add to that list:
120 Days
Ferraby Lionheart & Broken West
Blonde Redhead
Frida Hyvonen
The Ponys & Black Lips
David Byrne (sort of maybe)
Loney Dear

& I'll have a few more updates over the next few days.

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"Last week, the Austin Chronicle reported that officials at SXSW are delaying the release of their huge band list. The rationale is that a late release will cut down on the rampant day party scene from last year since party planners won't know who is playing until late in the game. Given the unbridled love we have for day parties, we have our doubts about the effectiveness of these tactics, but that still doesn't get you a band list, does it?" [Austinist]

(thx all & props to DoneWaiting)

Posted in SXSW | music at 1:20 PM | Comments (6)

Cat Power news & MP3s

Magnet

* Chan only recorded 30 seconds of Cat Stevens
* rbally has a soundboard Cat Power recording (MP3s) (as seen)
* DHH has Cat Power covering "Crazy" (MP3)
* SIO has MP3s from Chan's performance at ACL
* Cat Power playing Langerado in Florida
* Cat Power and Joanna Newsom for ATP
* Cat Power @ Hiro Ballroom | Bao got some pics

Posted in music at 11:46 AM | Comments (26)

lost Brooklyn goat now safe @ Farm Sanctuary

Goat
not the actual goat or brooklyn

"On Saturday, January 6, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, welcomed Joey the goat to its New York Shelter. A young goat around six months old, was found on Wednesday, January 3, wandering among pedestrians in Brooklyn, New York in a busy intersection on Hoyt Street. The Brooklyn branch of Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C) was called in to rescue him, after receiving a call from a local resident. Joey is a Boer goat, a larger breed originally from South Africa. Given his ear tag, Brooklyn AC&C determined he must have escaped a slaughterhouse." [Farm Sanctuary]

Sixteen days earlier a baby calf escaped in Brooklyn.

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Looking for something to do outside the city one weekend? Stay at Farm Sanctuary's Bed & Breakfast. You'll get to meet the goat and hang out with all their other animals too.

Posted in NYC | animals at 11:13 AM | Comments (6)

Kimya Dawson playing 3 NYC shows - Panda standing

DOWNLOAD: Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips (MP3)

"as of today panda can stand when she is leaning against something. she can bear her weight and has good balance and good posture? what in the crap?! she is getting soooo big!" [Kimya Dawson]

Baby Panda

That damn baby has kept Kimya out of NYC for so long! But no longer:

Kimya takes NYC
saturday january 20th @ Union Hall (day kids show) (tix)
tuesday january 23rd @ Bowery Ballroom (benefit) (tix)
friday january 26th @ Sidewalk Cafe

Full show details below...

saturday january 20th, 2007
TINY MASTERS OF TODAY
HAYES PEEBLES
THE BONES ROYAL
KIMYA DAWSON
@ union hall
702 union street
park slope, brooklyn
$10 1pm
ALL AGES

tuesday january 23rd, 2007
benefit concert and auction for willie mae rock camp for girls
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
TAMAR KALI
TINY MASTERS OF TODAY
KIMYA DAWSON
@ bowery ballroom
6 delancey st NYC
$50 doors 6:30pm

friday january 26th, 2007
8 years and one month off the sauce show
KIMYA DAWSON
ANGELO SPENCER
PREWAR YARDSALE
PALEFACE
AND MORE
@ sidewalk cafe
the corner of 6th st and ave B NYC
music starts at 8pm
all ages

Previously
Kimya Dawson @ Sidewalk Cafe, NYC | Pics
Kimya Dawson @ Scenic, NYC | Pics
Kimya Dawson is a mother | Panda Delilah - 8lbs 9oz

Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates at 10:33 AM | Comments (20)

Malajube & Snowden add 3rd NYC show!

02.17 NY, NY Mercury Lounge (tix) <--- NEW
02.18 NY, NY Mercury Lounge (tix)
02.19 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw (tix)

...the rest of the dates & more info.

Posted in music | tour dates at 10:10 AM | Comments (2)

Take it or Leave it

Drew & Stroke

* Angie and Marilyn Manson Into The H-Bomb Together? Huh?
* Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson. WTF?
* Dita Von Teese & Marilyn Manson getting divorced?
* Drew Barrymore and Fabrizio Moretti "On A Break"
* Barrymore Splits with Strokes Drummer
* Drew: The secret to love is fun

Posted in music at 9:56 AM | Comments (1)

The Walkmen + Ferraby Lionheart | 2007 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: The Walkmen - The Rat (MP3)

Ferraby Lionheart playing BV CMJ day show (more)

The Walkmen, Broken West (formerly the Brokedown), and Ferraby Lionheart (who we first saw during CMJ) are going out on tour in March. Their first show is at Bowery Ballroom on March 8th (tix on sale), and they have a big gap in their schedule during SXSW. All tour dates below...

The Walkmen & Ferraby Lionheart | 2007 Tour Dates
3/08: BOWERY BALLROOM, NEW YORK
3/09: OTTOBAR, BALTIMORE
3/10: LITTLE BROTHERS, COLUMBUS
3/11: SCHUBAS, CHICAGO
3/12: SOUTHGATE HOUSE, NEWPORT
3/13: HEADLINERS, LOUISVILLE
SXSW?
3/18: THE PARISH @ HOB, NEW ORLEANS
3/19: BETA BAR, TALLAHASSEE
3/20: 40 WATT, ATHENS
3/21: GREY EAGLE, ASHEVILLE
3/22: LOCAL 506, CHAPEL HILL
3/23: ROCK N ROLL HOTEL, DC

Previously
Walkmen | played Webster Hall, streaming show on NPR, MP3s, & Warsaw tix on sale
Rolling Stone has a Walkmen "Pussy Cats" track | Tour Dates
Ferraby Lionheart, Jackson Pollis, & drink specials added to Wednesday's show

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Blonde Redhead | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW)

"On April 10, 4AD will release Blonde Redhead's seventh album, 23..." [Pitchfork]

Blonde Redhead are playing SXSW in March. In April they start a tour that gets them to Webster Hall in NYC on May 8th (hopefully). All tour dates below...

Blonde Redhead | 2007 Tour Dates
03-14 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-13 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
04-14 Chicago, IL - Metro
04-15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-19 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
04-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
04-21 Seattle, WA - Showbox
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
04-24 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
04-25 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
04-27 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
05-01 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
05-02 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
05-04 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
05-05 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle
05-06 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-08 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-09 Boston, MA - Paradise
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - The Opera House
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda

New album tracklist via Pitchfork:

01 23
02 Dr. Strangeluv
03 The Dress
04 SW
05 Spring and by Summer Fall
06 Silently
07 Publisher
08 Heroine
09 Top Ranking
10 My Impure Hair

Previously
Blonde Redhead played Barneys

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Under Byen + Frida Hyvonen | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW)

DOWNLOAD: Under Byen - Hjertebarn (MP3)

Denmark's Under Byen are touring with Sweden's Frida Hyvönen. They play Bowery Ballroom in NYC on March 5th. By March 15th they'll be in Austin for SXSW. All tour dates below...

UNDER BYEN & FRIDA HYVONEN | 2007 TOUR DATES
Mar 2 2007 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 5 2007 Bowery Ballroom NYC, New York
Mar 6 2007 Johnny Brenda's Philly, Pennsylvania
Mar 7 2007 La Sala Rosa Montreal, Quebec
Mar 8 2007 TBA Toronto
Mar 9 2007 Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2007 Wexner Center For The Arts Columbus, Ohio
Mar 12 2007 Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois
Mar 13 2007 Randy Bacon Gallery St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 15 2007 TBA Austin, Texas (SXSW)
Mar 18 2007 Knitting Factory Los Angeles, California
Mar 19 2007 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California

Previously
Jens Lekman & Frida Hynvonen @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pic
Wrens playing CMJ | Frida Hyvonen Tour Dates
(The Concretes signed) Frida Hyvönen | opening for Jens Lekman
Denmark's Under Byen | MP3s & Tour Dates (free NYC show)
Under Byen sing in wings

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January 10, 2007

...but they're not necessarily dead

DOWNLOAD: At the Munsters (MP3)

Lily Munster

* My box in a box
* TiVo Puts Music in the Box
* Depeche Mode To Release HUGE Download-Only Box Set
* ACTOR Tunde Adebimpe (TVOTR) playing Tonic Saturday
* 2nd Ave Deli becoming a Chase Bank
* RIP Grandpa (Al Lewis)
* Fred Gwynne's Wikipedia page
* Gary Glitter may get early prison release
* Dognapper sells Lily Allen her dog back?
* Mark Ronson Recruits Lily Allen, ODB for Album
* Yvonne De Carlo's IMDB
* The Munsters intro on YouTube
* Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dies at Age 84

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Klaus Kinski's Comedy Canon (01/10/07)

Klaus is back with week two of his 'comedy canon'.
Don't know what this is? See week one.

Paul F. Tompkins @ Comix, NYC | Jan 5, 2007
Paul Tompkins

On Friday January 5th, I attended a spectacular comedy show at Comix featuring Paul F. Tompkins, Kristin Schaal, and John Mulaney. Yes, comedy clubs are often frowned upon within the alt. comedy community, but I have to say that Comix is really a great club - especially when compared to a place like Caroline’s and other NYC ‘comedy clubs’ (…don’t get me wrong; Caroline’s books great acts, but it’s way out of my price range).

Sure, Comix has that signature clean, classy atmosphere, but the cover there is quite reasonable and you aren’t nailed with any two-drink minimum nonsense. And you really couldn’t beat the January 5th line-up. John Mulaney served as the main opener-slash-show MC and completely aced his set before handing the mic over to Kristen Schaal. I haven’t seen Mulaney in a while so a lot of his material felt very fresh to me, whereas Schaal’s material felt too familiar having just seen her at the Invite Them Up show at Bowery last month. The highlight of Schaal’s set for me was the look of utter confusion on the girls' faces sitting just in front of the stage; they kept looking at each other like Kristen was speaking some completely whacked out alien language.

Tompkins really stole the show though. His set varied from flawless riffing and improv, to obviously well rehearsed yet extremely hilarious bits. I caught him at the Invite Them Up show at Bowery as well, but was inebriated enough at the time that his set seemed brand spanking new to me now. And I sat two tables over from Tom Scharpling and his wife; not surprising considering Paul F. Tompkins was a guest on his show on January 2nd.

Langhorne Slim The following evening, January 6th, I headed further downtown to catch the always incredible Moonwork: An Evening of Original Works show. These monthly shows shatter the principles of New York City economics; for $20 you get to see 4-5 comedians, musicians, and monologists, and you get all the Harp, Amstel, and Heineken you can drink. The venue is a large, airy gymnasium-turned-nightclub that gets full, but never feels uncomfortably crowded. This installment of Moonwork consisted of Andre du Bouchet, Jane Borden, Eric Slovin, Todd Barry, Langhorne Slim, and Tom Shillue. Langhorne Slim and Tom Shillue were the true stand-out acts of the evening. I found Langhorne's seemingly improvised set to be some of the most excellently executed solo folk I have seen in a while. And being a Boston native myself, I found Tom's tales of living in Dorchester with his mother and retarded uncle both side splittingly hilarious and heartwarming. It was such a wonderful blend of monologue and stand-up. As a Bostonian living in New York, the fact that he worked Liz Walker into his stand-up routine made me somewhat homesick.

John Mayer Comedy Let's jump into this week’s Comedy Canon by revisiting an article posted on The Apiary. Mom-rocker John Mayer is back on the stand-up circuit. Apparently, he crashed a showcase at the Comedy Cellar and did a 10-minute set that was surprisingly pretty funny. Chris Serico was there and compiled a fantastic "Ten Things" list. I can personally identify with #4 - Body Shaping was in very close proximity to The Price is Right in the morning TV line-up.

I’ve always found Sacha Baron Cohen to be a profoundly funny comedian & actor. He is best known for his characters Ali G, Bruno and, of course, Borat. He is also known for snubbing those who want to interview him. Incredibly NPR managed to get him on their 'Fresh Air' program on January 4th.

Patton Oswalt’s website is closed for a complete overhaul, but his page holder reveals that the site will go back online the same day the Comedians of Comedy DVD is released (Tuesday, January 30th). He also alludes to the possibility that the Comedians of Comedy will hit Noise Pop, Cochella and, possibly, Bonnaroo.

Speaking of DVD releases, Zach Galifianakis posted a bulletin on myspace saying that his DVD Live at the Purple Onion will be available on Netflix beginning January 16, 2007. It won’t be available for purchase by the general public until March 6th. Watch a Zach video at YouTube.

All female variety powerhouse Variety Shac take their once-a-month-at-Galapagos showcase to the UCB Theater on January 17th at 9:30pm. Hosted by Shonali Bhowmik, Heather Lawless, Andrea Rosen, and Chelsea Peretti, the show is a mere $5.00.

MArijuanalogues In the span of one week, Comix has a huge pile of great shows happening. Janeane Garofalo is doing 5 shows with Marc Maron between January 11th and January 13th. Andy Kaufman award winner and all around music and comedy virtuoso Reggie Watts is doing a single show on January 14th. And then Doug Benson, Arj Barker, and Tony Camin bring their doobie-centric monologues to Comix for 5 performances of The Marijuana-Logues. These 5 shows happen between the 17th and the 20th . If you haven’t been to Comix yet, these are 11 really solid reasons to check the place out.

BV CMJ show veteran Dave Hill brings the explosion back to NYC for the first time since October, 2006. Reserve tickets now for The Dave Hill Explosion at the UCB Theater on January 11th where he will be joined by Coast of Utopia cast member Martha Plimpton and musician Simon Scott.

As I mentioned earlier, the only real draw back to Caroline's is the cost. However, sometimes a show comes along that is so incredible that one must really consider biting the bullet and making a reservation. Sarah Silverman's 4 performances between 1/30 and 1/31 would be such an occasion. These are 4 shows that I can safely say will sell out regardless of cover charge, so I recommend calling 212-757-4100 ASAPs yo. Oh, and someone sent me a very base and immature Sarah Silverman Survey. Enjoy, sicko.

Sarah Silverman

CA BENEFIT
East Coast and West Coast comedians are banding together to help the fight against cancer. On Monday January 15th, the UCB Theater in LA is hosting Rob Corddry Hates Cancer: A Benefit. Hosted by former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, the show's line-up includes Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), Patton Oswalt (Comedians of Comedy), Kate Walsh, (Grey's Anatomy), Nate Corddry and Steven Weber (Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip), Naked Babies and more. The show is only $20.00 and all proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

NYC BENEFIT
Then here in New York on Tuesday January 16, BV CMJ show veteran Sarah Schaeffer will host CANCER BLOWS: A Comedy Show to Benefit Cancer Research at Mo Pitkins. The show will feature Todd Barry, Michelle Collins, Amanda Melson, Valley Lodge, Jenny Rubin, Jon Friedman, and more. They will also be auctioning off some pretty sweet items. Buy your tickets here. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.

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An invaluable resource on the internet for interviews with comedians is One Trick Pony. Ben Kharakh has interviewed pretty much everybody who’s somebody in world of comedy. Some of the comedians are fairly mainstream, while others are staples of the alternative comedy circuit. If you have the time, explore this vast resource of interviews. If you don’t have the time, make it.

In other news:

I am still reeling from the The San Francisco Sketch Fest line-up

This is what's wrong with comedy, and America

Invite Them Up is back from holiday hiatus.

The Ten, directed by David Wain (Stella, The State), written by David Wain and Ken Marino (Stella, The State), and starring Paul Rudd, Joe Lotruglio, Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Rob Corddry, Kerri Kenny, Gretchen Mol, Oliver Platt, Winona Ryder, Liev Scheiber, Mather Zickel, Justin Thereoux, Jessica Alba, Michael Showalter, Ken Marino, and Zak Orth premiers at Sundance on 1/19!

My new years resolution is to see more A.S.S.S.C.A.T.!!!. SNL's Horatio Sanz and Amy Poehler are at UCB NYC every Sunday nigt.

The State's Kevin Allison is launching a new website! It will have comedy videos, old and new, and you'll be able to read all about upcoming projects and appearances, including Kevin's latest work with other members of The State. I saw him at a recent installment of Bro'in Out and it was triumphant.

Rififi is still the best place to see comedy in NYC. Hands down.

Mr. Show bloopers not available on any DVD....

John Mayer photo found here.

-Klaus

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BORN RUFFIANS add 3rd NYC show +++ SHY CHILD playing TOO

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Shy Child - Break Your Neck
Shy Child - Summer <---CATCHY
Born Ruffians - Hedonistic Me <--- sort of catchy too

Shy Child (from their Myspace)

NYC band/duo Shy Child are going on a tour of the UK in February, but not before they play a hometown show at Mercury Lounge on January 31st.

Born Ruffians are visiting NYC from Canada to play two shows with Peter Bjorn and John. Those shows are way sold out, so luckily Born Ruffians added a third show - also January 31st @ Mercury Lounge.

That's two bands who have toured with Hot Chip for the price of one. Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend are also on the bill.

Previously
Born Ruffians cover Grizzly Bear

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Sonic Youth playing MA & NYC -- rarities CD & vinyl

Sonic Youth

"Sonic Youth makes their first announcement of US dates for 2007 beginning with these 2 dates on the East Coast:"

February 14 Northampton, MA | The Academy of Music (tix)
February 16 New York City | Webster Hall ($26.50 tix)

They also have a new CD:

The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems, is now available on Geffen Records. The album brings together songs from throughout the band's career with Geffen, focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to international singles. The tracks were hand picked by the band and also include material that has never before been released. Complete tracklist and more info here. A double vinyl LP edition will be released in February 2007 on the band's own Goofin' Records label. The vinyl features two bonus tracks: 'Doctor's Orders (T vox)' and 'Is it my Body?'

Some overseas tour dates below....

Sonic Youth | 2007 Tour Dates w/ Vooredoms
April 17 Osaka | Namba Hatch
April 18 Nagoya | Diamond Hall
April 20 Tokyo | Studio Coast
Tickets for all (3) Japan shows are available on Saturday(1/13) from smash-jpn.com

"And finally, 2 shows in Mexcio have been confirmed, more information coming soon..."

Previously
Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Sonic Youth @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NYC | pics
Sonic Youth @ Bonnaroo 2006 | pics & Pavement rumor

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Malkmus Maxwell's sold out, but Plug Awards on sale

The Stephen Malkmus show at Maxwell's sold right out. One disgruntled message board member wrote:

WHAT THE HELL!!?!?!?! The tickets were listed on TicketWeb but never became available for sale. It said it would be available at 12 and I kept refreshing the screen. At about 12:06 it was simply listed as SOLD OUT. WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!?!

That sucks - luckily (sort of) $10+$3.40fee tickets are still on sale for his slightly-larger-venue performance at the Plug Awards the previous day - though keep in mind that his set there will only be about 40 minutes - they have a lot of awards to give out - and Deerhoof, Tokyo Police Club, Silversun Pickups, and El-P are playing too.

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Grizzly Bear add 2nd NYC show

Tickets are now on sale for BOTH Grizzly Bear / Papercuts shows at Bowery Ballroom in NYC (March 6 & 7). Beach House is opening at both too. See the rest of the tour dates. Get a Grizzly Bear / Knife mashup.

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Gramercy Theatre is in (concert) business -- Stellastarr* tour dates -- tix on sale Friday

Gramercy Theatre, NYC | April 2004 (CRED)

Back in October the NY Times confirmed that the Gramercy Theatre (127 East 23rd St, NYC) was transformed into a roughtly 600-capacity Live Nation concert venue. That's just a bit bigger than Bowery Ballroom. The Gramercy probably has seats though.

In early December we found out Clinic are playing the Gramercy on March 9th (Holy F*ck are opening). Stellastarr* & Monsters are Waiting are playing there on February 22nd. Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers are there on April 7th. Clinic & Stellastar tickets go on sale Friday 1/12 at noon.

All Stellastarr* tour dates below...

Stellastarr* | 2007 Tour Dates
February 5th * San Diego * Casbah
February 7th * Los Angeles * Troubadour
February 10th * San Francisco * Bottom of The Hill
February 13th * Washington, DC * Rock N Roll Hotel
February 15th * Philadelphia * North Star Bar
February 16th * Boston * Middle East
February 22nd * New York City * Gramercy Theatre

Monsters Are Waiting will be main support for the tour. New Stellastarr* song at their myspsace

Previously
An article on music venues in the NY Times

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All That Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald stamp

* The two page Yoko Ono blackmail letter
* Arcade Fire Best of Craiglist
* All about Colin Meloy & Lily Allen's year
* Video games mangle Franz Ferdinand, Nirvana classics
* Ringo's house to be museum piece
* "Dreamgirls" nabs 8 NAACP Image nominations
* Islands set to record new album
* Coliseum Books closed Saturday
* Mos Def to Release Two Versions of Tru3 Magic
* Rihanna Tops Barbados Music Awards
* How do you write a Eurovision hit?
* iTunes sells more music than Amazon
* New stamp honors Ella Fitzgerald

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Bright Eyes playing Bowery Ballroom | 2007 Tour Dates

David rawlings, conor oberst, maria taylor, gillian welch | Dec 30, 2006 (cred)
Conor Oberst and friends

"Precocious four-track emoper turned Paste magazine cover star Bright Eyes, known to those who love him most as Conor Oberst, hits the road this February and March to drum up support for his previously reported sixth full-length proper, Cassadaga (out April 10 on Saddle Creek), and preceding preview EP, Four Winds (out March 6)." [Pitchfork]

03-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-03 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

All tour dates below....

Bright Eyes | 2007 Tour Dates
02-25 Chicago, IL - Metro
02-27 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
02-28 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
03-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-03 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-05 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03-07 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
03-08 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
03-09 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03-11 Seattle, WA - Showbox

Previously
Bright Eyes @ Bonnaroo 2006 | pics & MP3s

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Stephen Malkmus playing Maxwell's | 2007 Tour Dates

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks are playing at the very intimate Maxwell's in NJ one day after they make an appearance at the Plug Awards at Irving Plaza in NYC. Tickets go on sale today at noon. They're also on tour right now. All dates below...

Stephen Malkmus | 2007 TOUR DATES
Wed 01/10/07 Tempe, AZ The Marquee Theatre
Thu 01/11/07 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theatre
Fri 01/12/07 Pomona, CA Glass House
Sat 01/13/07 Santa Barbara, CA SoHo
Sun 01/14/07 Sacramento, CA Harlow's Night Club
Tue 01/16/07 Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall
Wed 01/17/07 Bellingham, WA The Nightlight
Thu 01/18/07 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards
Fri 01/19/07 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Sat 01/20/07 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Sat 02/10/07 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sat 02/11/07 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
Fri 03/09/07 Sunrise, FL Markham Park (Langerado)

(thx qweebaroo!)

still no word on the Pavement reunion.

Previously
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Sasquatch! 2006 | pics
Stephen Malkmus (Pavement) @ Knitting Factory, NYC | pics

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January 9, 2007

Grizzly Bear's 'knife' mixed with The Knife | mashup MP3

2006 was definitely the year of the Knife - there was the band, and there was the song. PARRKA brings both of them together in this exclusive mashup...

DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear/The Knife - Knife/Heartbeats mashup (by PARRKA) (MP3)

Knife Knife
Knifeless photo by Lane Coder

in case you missed it: Twelve more Grizzly Bear MP3s

plus: music is art has a live version of "Heartbeats"

Previously
BEACH HOUSE opening for fellow Pitchfork fav Grizzly Bear + WAY MORE
The Knife giving away "Christmas Reindeer" MP3

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new Professor Murder remixes (MP3), vinyl release & FREE SHOW

DOWNLOAD: Champion (Stars as Eyes' Is this really Peppermint?? Mix) (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Camron's New Color (Murderbot's Paradise Garage Pill Salesman's Dub) (MP3)

Professor Murder

It wasn't that long ago that I rounded up all known Professor Murder remixes. Now there's some more -- they're linked above for your downloading pleasure. You'll also find remixes by Caps & Jones and Mixel Pixel on the brand new vinyl release of their EP "Professor Murder Rides the Subway". There's new art too - that's it pictured above. Compare that to the old art.

And as if that wasn't all exciting enough, Professor Murder is also playing a FREE SHOW @ Hiro Ballroom in NYC on January 18th. Juan Maclean is DJing. RSVP info here.

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Rock Plaza Central - sexy Toronto band playing Brooklyn show + Justin Timberlake video mashup

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
my children, be joyful
when we go, how we go, part 2

HORSE ---- IN A BOX
The above Sexy Back video features the voice of Toronto band Rock Plaza Central and the face of Justin Timberlake. The above MP3s are from Rock Plaza Central's 2006 album Are We Not Horses.

Pitchfork likey
* "My Children, Be Joyful" = 4.5 stars
* Are We Not Horses = Best New Music
* MP3: Rock Plaza Central: "SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake cover)

Rock Plaza Central are playing their first U.S. show right here in Brooklyn with our very own Oxford Collapse and Menguar. The show is FEbruary 17th @ Glasslands. All tour dates below...

ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL | 2007 TOUR DATES
Jan 13 - Zaphod's with As the Poets Affirm and My Dad vs Yours Ottawa
Jan 18 - E-bar w/ The Constantines (CFRU fundraiser) Guelph, Ontario
Jan 27 - Main Hall w/ Oxford Collapse Montreal, Quebec
Jan 28 - Lee's Palace w/ Oxford Collapse and Thunderbirds are Now Toronto, Ontario
Feb 17 - Glasslands w/ Oxford Collapse and Meneguar Williamsburg, New York
Mar 31 - Mission Creek Festival Iowa City, Iowa

Rock Plaza Central

Previously
Sirius Playlist - Week 23 (w/ Nick Brassbonanza)

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Malajube | 2007 Tour Dates (SXSW) & CMJ pics

DOWNLOAD: Malajube - Pate Filo (MP3)

Malajube @ Fader

It was the Polaris competition that first introduced me to the French Canadian band called Malajube. Since then my relationship with them went from mild interest - to true love. The pictures in this post are from their November 4, 2006 CMJ/FADER show that officially sealed the deal. On February 18th they're coming back to NYC to play Mercury Lounge with Snowden. The next day they play Southpaw in Brooklyn (Ra Ra Riot also on that bill). In March they're playing SXSW. All tour dates below...

Malajube @ Fader

MALAJUBE | 2007 TOUR DATES
02.16 Montreal, QC Café Campus
02.18 New York City, NY Mercury Lounge
02.20 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
02.21 Washington, DC The Rock And Roll Hotel
02.23 Chicago, IL The Subterranean
02.28 Seattle, WA Neumo's
03.01 Seattle, WA Dante's
03.02 San Francisco, CA Independent
03.06 Tucson, AZ Plush
03.09 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
03.10 Kansas City, MT The Record Bar
03.14-03.18 SXSW
04.13 Sorel/Tracy, QC Marine Cabaret
04.14 Joliette, QC L' Azile

Malajube @ Fader

Previously
Polaris picture & CMJ picture
My 40 favorite albums of 2006 & then some
with 3 hours to go, A Polaris judge reports
French-Canadian Polaris nominee Malajube playing CMJ
An interview with Malajube

Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup | (Jan 09, 2007)

DOWNLOAD: MC Serch - Handle It (MP3)

MC Serch

90's legend & 3rd Bass member MC Serch just started his search for a great white rapper, BUT in better news - March will see a digital-only release of the shelved 1994 album M.any Y.oung L.ives A.go (Def Jam). I've listened to it and it's a total throwback to the gritty east coast sound of those days. Great stuff. Download Handle It above. A BV Exclusive.

More info on the above MC Serch alarm clock here.

My favorite part of Hip Hop Internet is back. The 2006 HipHopSite Annual Wrapup. Impeccable taste.

Lupe Fiasco plans to trick the bootleggers by producing his upcoming album The Cool a mere three weeks before it hits the shelves. He speaks on his love for Japanese culture elsewhere (via Nahright). Watch his new video for Emperor's Soundtrack.

HipHopSt links to downloads to new MP3's by Bishop Lamont (Dr. Dre's new protege), Jin ft Donald Trump, Redman, and Devin The Dude ft Bun B & Lil' Wayne.

EL-P speaks to the Onion:

Except that Nas is a fucking legitimate poet and needs to be revered. I don't think there's anybody who's particularly interested in Diddy's album, though.

El-P's new album I'll Sleep When You're Dead comes out on March 20th.

The Village Voice shares an oddly written article on the debacle that is the new Mos Def album. (2nd most dissappointing in my best of 2006 list, 4th best in Nick's list.

Watch a video of Young Jeezy bringing out his label boss Jay-Z for an improptu performance.

Will Smith: from first Hip Hop Grammy Award Winner to the first African-American President?

Watch a great acappela freestyle by uber talent Saigon.

More MP3 Downloads: I know, I know, another blends album, but....this one is actually very decent. Nas meets Al Green for Almatic. Go get one of the songs and the link to the rest here.

Ice Cube speaks on the creation of the classic Amerikkka's Most Wanted album.

Listen to two new tracks by the great Royce 5'9".

The Game: Hip Hop Man of the Year 2006.

Local hip hop is taking over the charts in Spain.

Read part of HHC's Magazine's cover story on Pharoahe Monche. Watch his awesome new video for The Gun Draws below.

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Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases

Please help me welcome music blogging legend Largehearted Boy to BrooklyVegan. Largehearted Boy followers are already quite familiar with his weekly list of "interesting releases". Now every Monday (we're running late this week) you'll find the same content right here on BrooklynVegan. I couldn't be more excited...

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After a month of slow release weeks, finally there are some albums worth buying this week. I am headed out this morning to pick up Neko Case's live disc, Ron Sexsmith's Time Being, and the bluegrass tribute to the Shins (for my wife). I can definitely recommend the new album, Sing You Sinners, by singer-songwriter Erin McKeown and the Autumn Defense disc.

What are your recommendations from this list? have I omitted anything worthy of consideration?

CD releases:

The Autumn Defense: The Autumn Defense [cd]
Erin McKeown: Sing You Sinners [cd]
Green Day: 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour [cd]
Green Day: Kerplunk (reissue) [cd]
Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX (remastered) [cd]
Neko Case: Live from Austin, Texas [cd]
P.F. Sloan: Measure of Pleasure [cd]
Ron Sexsmith: Time Being [cd]
Sloan: Never Hear the End of It [cd]
Various Artists: Notes on a Scandal (soundtrack) [cd]
U2: Window in the Skies Pt 1 (import single) [cd]
U2: Window in the Skies Pt 2 (import single)
Various Artists: The Bluegrass Tribute to the Shins [cd]
Various Artists: Ordinary Heroes: The String Quartet Tribute to Foo Fighters [cd]
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Eagles [cd]
Various Artists: Unplugged Tribute to Bob Dylan [cd]

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...and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids

DOWNLOAD: Scooby Doo theme song (MP3)

Scooby Doo

* Indie band has Hands-on expertise in music biz
* Smith Stoked For New Album, Tour, Rock Hall Induction
* Apple sells 2B songs through iTunes
* Apple, Cingular to Team for Cell Phone
* Sirius pays Howard Stern $83 mln stock bonus
* When New York City Stinks, Blame New Jersey
* Scooby Doo musical gallery
* Joseph Barbera, Legendary Animator, Dies
* Scooby-Doo creator dies at 81

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January 8, 2007

Patti Smith, Van Halen, REM, Grandmaster Flash & the Ronettes are entering Hall Of Fame

"Rock bands Van Halen and R.E.M. have made the cut for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with punk poet Patti Smith, pioneering rappers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and 1960s girl group the Ronettes, organizers said on Monday. They will be honored at a black-tie ceremony in New York on March 12, the main fund-raiser for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland." [Reuters]

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60 yr old DAVID BOWIE bringing DANIEL JOHNSTON to NYC HIGHLINE Festival in MAY (9-19) (+ TVOTR & Arcade Fire?)

DOWNLOAD: David Bowie - Changes (MP3)

Happy Birthday David Bowie! "David Robert Jones" was born on January 8, 1947. Today he's 60 years old, so the BBC listed sixty things about him

David Bowie

Back in May 2006 (when he was just 59) we found out that David's curating the May 2007 Inaugural HighLine Festival in NYC.

As part of the programming, Bowie will play a large outdoor concert, his first show in New York since 2003. He will also select musicians and artists to appear throughout the festival.[from here]

Since then, the HighLine Festival got its own website. I found out in message boards that the website at some point revealed the exact festival dates to be May 9-18 - and then May 9-19 (ten days!). Currently the website just reads "Coming May 2007".

It's public knowledge that Bowie loves The Secret Machines, TV on the Radio, and Arcade Fire, so it's no surprise that the rumors say "Arcade Fire and TV On The Radio are frontrunners to headline the event".

Will TV on the Radio and/or Arcade Fire actually play the event though? TV on the Radio just announced a big tour that doesn't include a NYC date, and they'll be home about 20 days before May 9th. Looks like the chances are good for TVOTR.

Arcade Fire ARE definitely playing multiple shows in NYC in May, but I don't have faith that any of those shows will actually be associated with the HighLine Festival. I think instead Arcade Fire will just play a few shows at a regular venue on their tour to support the new album. We'll have to wait to find out though - currently they've only announced the pre-tour special church shows.

[Do you have all three new/leaked Arcade Fire tracks yet (Intervention, Black Wave/Bad Vibrations, & Black Mirror)??]

So, who will play the 9-10 day Highline Festival besides Bowie, and possibly TV on the Radio, and less possibly Arcade Fire? Well, I can tell you with almost 100% certainty that David Bowie is bringing to NYC - an artist who I right-now want to see more than all of them - yes, it's the one and only Daniel Johnston...

DOWNLOAD: Daniel Johnston - Story of an Artist (MP3)

Daniel Johnston @ Emo's, Austin, TX | Dec 16, 2006 (CRED)
Daniel Johnston @ Emos

Those familiar will Daniel Johnston's career should know about Daniel's latest project Danny & The Nightmares. Those not familiar with Danny's career haven't seen the amazing documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. That is easily corrected. The cover looks like this:

Daniel Johnston

Danny and the Nightmares played a bunch of shows in Texas recently - that includes one at Rudyard's on New Years Eve, and one at Emo's on December 16th (maybe they'll play SXSW?). The pictures in this post are from the Emo's show...

Daniel Johnston @ Emo's, Austin, TX | Dec 16, 2006 (CRED)
Daniel Johnston @ Emos

Nothing against Danny and his Nightmares, but it looks like Bowie (a known Daniel Johnston fan) is indeed bringing Daniel to NYC in his actual, pure Johnston form - and for that I'll celebrate his 60th birthday extra hard this Sunday the 14th at the NYC Bowie Ball.

NYC clubs Crobar, Sol & Pink Elephant shut down this weekend

Club Sol

"On Friday night, cops padlocked popular club Crobar, celeb hangout Pink Elephant and hot spot Club Sol, citing numerous violations for drugs, underage drinking and violence." [NY post]

Previously
Crobar being sued | Underage rape victim was @ Don Hill's
Limelight/Avalon to become a mini-mall w/ H&M & restaurant?

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Idolator's 2006 Jackin' Pop results are in

Jackin Pop

Those following along basically know that Gawker media's newish music blog Idolator decided to do their own version of the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll this year. Pazz & Jop is the thing where a zillion critics submit their picks for the year's best music.

Idolator chose a dude named Michaelangelo Matos to run the project. Michaelangelo in turn was fired or banned from one of the Voice's parent company's other papers where he was also/previously working. At first I (and maybe Gawker too) thought that the Village Voice wasn't doing Pazz and Jop this year since Robert Christgau was fired and all that related bad stuff happening at the Voice. That was the rumor anyway. Ends up the Village Voice IS still doing it which means there are two competing surveys that critics and fans can choose to be associated with this year.

Idolator's critic policy seemed to be a lot more lenient, and so they supposedly got a lot more ballot submissions (like Pitchfork's Amy Philips, Rolling Stone's Anthony DeCurtis, Idolator's own Brian Raferty & Maura Johnston, ex-Voice employee Chuck Eddy, ex-Voice employee Robert Christgau himself, Time Out's Jay Ruttenberg, Tofu Hut's John Seroff, Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua, Stylus' Todd Burns, Doveman's Thomas Bartlett, AND "YETI"). Critics can also submit to both - that's what Christgau is definitely doing. Current Village Voice employees were warned NOT to submit to Jackin' Pop........which is now complete.....

Highlights from The Idolator 2006 Jackin' Pop Critics Poll:

* Michaelangelo Matos' opening remarks

* Gnarls Barkley = Artist of the Year

* TV On the Radio = Album of the Year

Stay tuned for what the Voice comes up with in February, and check out Heartonastick who's still busy compiling the blog version of this all.

Previously
IndieWire Film Critics Poll
Time Out rates the critics
Grammys vs. Pazz & Jop vs. Heart on a Stick

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Matador's Ponys touring w/ Vice's Black Lips | WIN

Pony Kisses The person who posts the cleverest name for this tour in the comments wins a pair of tickets to the show of their choice (on this tour).

Matador recently signed The Ponys. VICE recently signed the pee-drinking Black Lips. In March they're both touring together. They'll be in Texas suspiciously close to the dates of SXSW. On March 26th they play Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

All tour dates for both bands below...

THE PONYS | JANUARY 2007 TOUR DATES
friday 12 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
saturday 13 Bloomington, IL Paulie's

BLACK LIPS | JANUARY 2007 TOUR DATES
Jan 12 2007 8:00P the EARL Atlanta
Jan 16 2007 9:00P Blue Lamp Sacramento, California
Jan 18 2007 9:00P Dantes Portland, Oregon
Jan 19 2007 9:00P Crocodile Cafe Seattle, Washington
Jan 20 2007 9:00P Richard's Vancouver, British Columbia
Jan 21 2007 9:00P TBA Olympia, Washington
Jan 23 2007 9:00P 12 Galexies San Fransico, California
Jan 24 2007 9:00P The Glass House Pomona, California
Jan 25 2007 9:00P Casbah San Diego, California
Jan 26 2007 9:00P The Echo Los Angeles, California
Jan 27 2007 9:00P Spaceland Los Angeles, California
Jan 29 2007 8:00P UCLA Los Angeles, California

THE PONYS & BLACK LIPS | MARCH 2007 TOUR DATES
sunday 13 Memphis, TN Young Avenue Deli
???SXSW????
sunday 18 Houston, TX The Mink
monday 19 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's
wednesday 21 Atlanta, GA The Earl
thursday 22 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
friday 23 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
saturday 24 Washington DC Black Cat
sunday 25 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
monday 26 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
tuesday 27 Cambridge, MA TT The Bear's
wednesday 28 Montreal, Quebec La Sala Rossa
thursday 29 Toronto, Ontario Lee's Palace
friday 30 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
saturday 31 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium

Previously
The Ponys & 2005 Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn, NY | pics
The Black Lips @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics

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BEACH HOUSE opening for fellow Pitchfork fav Grizzly Bear + WAY MORE

DOWNLOAD The Neurotics - Surfin' U.S.A. (MP3)

members of Grizzly Bear on the beach (CRED)

We've already discussed the fact that the band Beach House were popular on the Internet in '06. That didn't stop me from being surprised that their song Apple Orchard made #8 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Tracks of 2006" list. Almost equally surprising was Beach House's whole self-titled album making #16 on Pitchfork's list of top albums. That's a better score than the Thermals, Yo La Tengo, Hot Chip, Califone, Cat Power, Lily Allen, Belle and Sebastian and even Destroyer. It's not as good as Grizzly Bear though - they were the owners of #8 on the albums list.

Beach House has been added as an opener at the March 6th Grizzly Bear show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC...which is messed up because according to Stereogum Beach House puts on the better show (I kid). Papercuts are also opening at this and many other Grizzly Bear shows.

OTHER GRIZZLY BEAR NEWS

Girl Talk is busy mashing some Grizzly Bear up

There's about to be a video for the track called "Knife"

CSS are covering "Knife"

A DJ is mashing "Knife" with THE Knife

The NY Times loves Grizzly Bear too

"Yellow House" syncs w/ "The City of Lost Children"?

Go get TWELVE MP3s from THREE of Grizzly Bear's radio appearances.

Previously
Grizzly Bear | 2007 Tour Dates
My 40 favorite albums of 2006 & then some
An interview with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear's gear stolen in Brussels
Beach House | 2006 Tour Dates & MP3

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David Byrne's freak folk radio playlist -- "playing" SXSW

David Byrne @ Pop Montreal | OCT 05, 2006 (CRED)

David Byrne's latest streaming radio show contains songs by many of the artists he has playing Carnegie Hall in February. In March, David will make a speaking (and hopefully singing) appearance at SXSW in Austin this year:

Byrne returns to SXSW in 2007 with a special presentation. "Record Labels: Who Needs Them?" examines the state of affairs among purveyors of recorded music. From his perspective as artist, label owner and musical enthusiast, Byrne will discuss the options available to artists in an age where retail and radio infrastructure is shrinking, and digital technology has changed how music is recorded, distributed and promoted. Byrne's manager, David Whitehead, will also speak and facilitate the session.

It's the same topic David covered at Pop Montreal. For posterity, David's complete current radio playlist below...

Welcome to Dreamland
This Is The Way - Devendra Banhart
Song No.6 - Ane Brun
A Sight To Behold - Devendra Banhart
London, London - Cibelle (feat. Devendra Banhart)
Keeping Up - Arthur Russell
Same But Different - Vashti Bunyan
Half-Remarkable Question - The Incredible String Band
Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
Thicker Than A Smokey - Higgins, Gary
Brazilian Sun - CocoRosie
Busted - Vetiver
Come Around - Feathers
I Love That Man - Devendra Banhart
Lembra - Cibelle
For Today I'm A Boy - Antony & The Johnsons
Jog Along Bess - Vashti Bunyan
You Get Brighter - The Incredible String Band
Love Song - Vashti Bunyan
Canela - Devendra Banhart
Arrête Là, Menina Cibelle (feat. Seu Jorge)
They Marry - Mi & L'Au
Iris's Song for Us - Vashti Bunyan
I Feel Just Like A Child - Devendra Banhart
Gone away - Adem
Where I Like to Stand - Vashti Bunyan
This Side Of The Blue - Joanna Newsom
Leaf House - Animal Collective
A Word In Your Belly Mi & L'Au
Idle Ties - Vetiver
You And Moon Adem
Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart
By Your Side - CocoRosie
Well-Heeled Men - Josephine Foster & the Suposed
Feet of Clay - Vashti Bunyan
My Lady Story - Antony & The Johnsons
Who Could Win a Rabbit - Animal Collective
Terrible Angels - CocoRosie
Heard Somebody Say - Devendra Banhart
If I Were - Vashti Bunyan
Humming one of your songs - Ane Brun
The Body Breaks - Devendra Banhart
Against the Sky - Vashti Bunyan
Ulna - Feathers
A Little Lost - Arthur Russell
Sawdust & Diamonds - Joanna Newsom
Watch the Stars - Bert Jansch (with Beth Orton)
The Book Of Right-On - Joanna Newsom
Ducks On a Pond - The Incredible String Band

Casey Spooner (Fisherspooner) & David Byrne @ Art Basel | DEC 19, 2006 (CRED)
Casey Spooner & David Byrne

Previously
David Byrne Played with The Arcade Fire
David Byrne @ Central Park Summerstage, NYC | Pics
David Byrne duets with Sufjan Stevens

Posted in SXSW | music | radio at 4:51 AM | Comments (2)

Times favorite Kiki & Herb add more Joe's Pub shows + pics + taking Broadway on TOUR

Kiki & Herb @ Joes Pub

The NY Times said Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway was one of the ten best Broadway shows in 2006.

The show that gave Broadway a revitalizing shot of downtown street cred. Combining blatant vulgarity with a refined appreciation of smoky lounge-act song stylings, Justin Bond (as the breakdown-prone chanteuse Kiki) and Kenny Mellman (as her infinitely patient accompanist) managed to celebrate and subvert showbiz stamina and sentimentality in one whiskey-perfumed breath.

Even though I didn't see any Broadway shows in 2006, I'm all for the Times' decision! The photos you see in this post are from Kiki & Herb's hilariously ingenious off-Brodway holiday show at Joe's Pub on November 26th, 2006.

This month you have the chance to see them at Joe's Pub again - every Sunday night - January 14th, 21st, & 28th. Justin Bond is also hosting Weimar NY on the 19th.

Stay tuned for more information on "Kiki & Herb's Broadway Tour". More pics below...

Kiki & Herb @ Joes Pub

Previously
Kiki & Herb playing holiday show at Bowery Ballroom
Kiki & Herb - 3 more shows @ Joe's Pub
Kiki and Herb returning for a month - on Broadway

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Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom is here | Tour Dates

"Spacemen 3 consisted of the core of Jason Pierce and Peter Kember (Pierce sometimes credited as J. Spaceman and Kember usually known as Sonic Boom), who formed the group in Rugby, Warwickshire having met at art college." [Wikipedia]

Sonic Boom is here in the united states to DJ at Midway, APT AND play with Dean & Britta AND some other stuff. Midway tickets are on sale at Ticketweb. All the info, in a letter from Sonic Boom himself, below....

NEW ATLANTIS STUDIO, RUGBY, XMAS 2006
So, another one bites the dust. And none the wiser .....................

aaahhh.......
so .........
A little note to wish you all a festive greeting & good holidays & a quick fill in of stuff going on in the near future.

There is one MAGNETOPHONE shows before Xmas - on thurs 21st Dec at Barden's Boudoire ,Stoke Newington ,London . I'll be playing with them as per - I seriously recomend you try & catch this band at one of their creative highpoints.

At this time of giving of small, but hopefully meaningful gifts - Peeps who missed or (or just plain liked) last year's Dean & Britta & Sonic collaboration on the beautiful 'Old Toy Trains' may be pleased to know that it's been remixed for 2006 (!?!) by yours truly & is available to listen to here

In Early Jan I've got a mish-mash of dj sets & one-off Experimental Audio Research gigs in Canada & the USA . currently it's looking like this , though I'm still filling odd days in if suggesting anything else looks like sense to you .........note special dj sets with MBV's Colm O'Ciosaig .......Other Music event , Greg Shaw 'He Put The Bomp!' Tribute show & guest appearance with DeanandBritta.plus deviations like the possible E.A.R. shows in Rhode Island -date/venue tbc

6th January - Magnificent Sevens record launch ,Toronto . - Space Lines -'sonic sounds for subterraneans' dj set.
7th January - Ottawa -Zaphod Beetlebox. -Space Lines -dj set
8th January - New York ,Club Midway -Space Lines - dj set.
9th January -New York Mo Pitkin's ,Ave A (early ! 7.00)) - guesting with DeanandBritta
9th January - New York , Club Midway Ave B (later 10.00)- Space Lines - dj setplus after-show party for NY DeanandBritta warm-up
11th January - New York , APT (419 W 13th St btw 9th Ave and Washington St.)- Other Music presents...Space Lines - dj set.
circa 15th January . Rhode Island show . E.A.R. tbc
19th January - San Francisco, Hemlock Tavern . Space Lines - dj set. With Colm O'Coisoig (My Bloody Valentine etc.)
20th January - Los Angeles Silverlake lounge . E.A.R. performance plus Spacelines Tribute to Greg Shaw DJ set
22nd January - San Francisco -venue tba . E.A.R. set plus Space Lines -'sonic sounds for subterraneans' dj set.

Well, that's about it.
Thank you to all my family & friends around the world!

I hope it snows.............

Sonic Boom
x

ps -I'm looking for someone to help research missing info to complete my productions discography -please email me if u fancy a small challenge & want to know whats required . I cant promise you much for doing it , but ofcourse you'll get credited wherever it's repro'd.

(thx Steve!)

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January 7, 2007

ACTOR Tunde Adebimpe (TVOTR) playing Tonic Saturday (Hiki Jiki) + Pit er Pat tour dates

in case you missed it: TV on the Radio announced some tour dates

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Did you know that Tunde Adebimpe from TV On the Radio is also an actor? Check out this photo from the 2001 movie Jump Tomorrow....

Tunde Adebimpe

This Saturday (Jan 13) Tunde returns to Tonic in NYC to play a show with Aliana Kalaba (of We Ragazzi - on drums I assume). Collectively they're calling themselves Hiki Jiki. Also on the bill -- Matteah Baim of Metallic Falcons, Bear in Heaven, and Pit er Pat from Chicago....

DOWNLOAD: Pit er Pat - 3D Message (MP3)

All Pit er Pat tour dates below...

PIT ER PAT | 2007 TOUR DATES
Mon Jan 8 Chicago, IL - Schubas w/ Make Believe, Bronze
Thu Jan 11 Baltimore, MD - The Depot
Fri Jan 12 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ Man Man
Sat Jan 13 New York, NY -
Mon Jan 15 Chicago, IL - Schubas w/ The Cairo Gang
Mon Jan 22 Chicago, IL - Schubas w/ Lichens, Matteah Baim
Mon Jan 29 Chicago, IL - Schubas

Previously
TV on the Radio | Spring 2007 Tour Dates
Tunde of TV on the Radio played Tonic
Tunde playing Tonic | TV on the Radio to Interscope

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Dean & Britta (Luna) | 3 NYC dates + March tour

DOWNLOAD: Dean & Britta - Moonshot (MP3)

Dean & Britta

Dean & Britta (of Luna) have a new album (Back Numbers) coming out on February 27th. After that they're going on a tour in March that includes a stop at a Boston museum, but not SXSW. And before all that they're playing 3 small NYC shows....

DEAN & BRITTA | 2007 TOUR DATES
Jan 09 - Mo Pitkins, NYC
Jan 23 - Mo Pitkins, NYC (tix)
Jan 25 - Union Hall, Brooklyn (tix)
Mar 09 - Museum of Fina Arts, Boston (info)

Check out an interview with them in the new issue of Men's Vogue.

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