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August 31, 2007
Yellow Fever & other ACL-related MP3s to download
DOWNLOAD: Yellow Fever - Culver City (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Yellow Fever - Joe Brown(MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sparrow House - When I Am Gone (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Art Brut - Direct Hit (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Art Brut - St. Paulie (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Art Brut - Moving to L.A. (acoustic) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds - You Better Get Ready (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds - Blue Bird (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds - Get Up Get Out (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds - Leaves Do Fall (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear - Knife [girl Talk Remix] (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear - Knife/heartbeats [GB Vs The Knife By Parrka] (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear - Knife (cover By Born Ruffians) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear - Lullabye (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grizzly Bear - On A Neck, On A Spit (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: St. Vincent - Paris is Burning (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: St. Vincent - Now, Now (MP3)
Yellow Fever
At some point I asked, "What ever happened to the girl in Voxtrot?" And it was then that I found out that Jennifer Moore had dropped out of the band, and that she was in a different band called Yellow Fever - also from Austin, and Austin is where the next BrooklynVegan (& friends) concerts will be, and at those shows you'll be able to see Yellow Fever, Sparrow House (another Voxtrot-related project from Austin), and all of the artists whose MP3s are available above as downloads.
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Little Steven playing MSG, comments on Hilly Kristal
"Losing CBGB meant it was only a matter of time before Hilly followed" said Van Zandt "It was his whole life. He created the space to allow Indie Rock, Pop Art Rock, and Punk to be born. There would be no Ramones without Hilly Kristal. And who would want to live in a world without them? He loved this city and in the end, the city spit in his face."Catch long-time CBGB supporter Steven Van Zandt (and friends) when he goes on a tour that includes two stops at NYC's MSG in October (during CMJ actually).
Tommy Ramone (seen pictured above with Hilly & Stevie) has a bunch of shows coming up (with his bluegrass band Uncle Monk).
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Wes' Weekly Hip Hop News Roundup (August 31st, 2007)
DOWNLOAD Copperpot - Art of Rap feat. Masta Ace & EdoG (MP3)
DOWNLOAD Baby Elephant - How Does The Brain Wave? ft David Byrne [Produced by Prince Paul] (MP3)
NEWS
- Prince Paul has a brand new project by the name of Baby Elephant. David Byrne appears on one of the tracks. Download above.
- Tickets go on sale Saturday for the September 21st AllHipHop.com Finale concert featuring Lupe Fiasco, Cassidy, Hurricane Cassidy, and Talib Kweli at Nokia Theatre in NYC. Talib just played Nokia Theatre, and he has a free NYC show coming up too. he also just put out a new album. Rolling Stone gave it three stars.
- Miss Info went to the Kanye West/Graduation preview party. Tom went as well. I didn't go, but you and I can hear it too - the album leaked. In related news, Kanye - along with the Smashing Pumpkins - is set to headline Miami’s Bang! Music Festival (Nov 10-11).
- Diddy has confirmed there will be an 'I Get Money' remix featuring 50 Cent, Diddy, Jay-Z & Kanye West.
- The RIAA has shut down DJ Premier's Live from the HQ podcast, while Ludacris gets renewed on XM. See Ludacris when he plays Radio City.
- FromDaBricks wrote a great deconstruction of Jeru Da Damaja
- Ja Rule & The Game are going to be collaborating.
- Time Magazine comments on Hip Hop's decline.
- Much more exciting: GZA & Killah Priest will do an album together. MF Doom & Pharoahe Monch are performing together. Hopefully the real Doom shows up though. Still excited for GZA performing Liquid Swords in Brooklyn.
MORE NEWS
- New albums out this week include Madlib's Beat Konducta Vol. 3-4: In India and Aesop Rock's None Shall Pass . AOL has the Aesop album streaming. Listen for free while you can, and then also check out the interview I did with Aesop if you haven't already.
- Weiss shares with us the 5 of the Worst Movies Involving Rappers
- KRS One is still one of the best interview subjects around.
- Murs is interviewed on a bunch of things. Mostly his move to a major.
- Bun B is set to record a second solo album.
- Hmm, an 18 year old blond female rapping about disfunctional relationships and family? Check out Lanz's Grow Up and my interview with her.
- Zimbabwe Legit recorded a great song featuring Sticman & Prince Po.
- Belly, Canada's #1 rapper, did a song with Kurupt.
- For all the 80's babies: Flannel Crunk, a mashup of 90's alternative rock and current Hip Hop
- Listen to the full N.O.R.E. - Noreality album.
- Whose demo tape was stronger? Check out Wu Tang's, Biggies, and 2Pac's.
- Beanie Sigel has a new single featuring R. Kelly
- Listen to Big Shug - Play It remix ft Royce 5'9", Termanology & Singapore Kane.
- DJ Honda is one of Japan's best Hip Hop exports. Check out some songs.
- Hmm, an 18 year old blond female rapping about disfunctional relationships and family? Check out Lanz's Grow Up.
- Talib Kweli drops a hot freestyle on Nahright. He's playing a free show in NYC on September 8th.
- Old school: Geto Boys - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me.
- Common & Lily Allen did a video together for Drivin' Me Wild
- 50 Cent vs Cam'ron - The Complete Video Collection.
- Snoop + George Constanza in horror movie?
- Check out the live video of Lupe Fiasco performing 'Dumb Down'
SHOWS
09/01 Fat Joe @ BB King's
09/01 Clipse @ Columbia University
09/03 Soulico @ JDub BBQ @ The Yard
09/08 Talib Kweli, Lizz Fields, Marco Polo, Claudette Ortiz, Chip Fu @ Fort Greene Fest (at the Fort Greene Park), info
09/09 Aesop Rock @ Irving Plaza, tix
09/15 GZA performing 'Liquid Swords' @ McCarren Pool in Brooklyn (tix)
9/19 Prodigy of Mobb Deep and guests @ Spiegeltent (?!), info
09/21 Fat Joe @ BB King's CANCELLED
9/21 Lupe Fiasco, Cassidy, Hurricane Cassidy, and Talib Kweli @ Nokia Theatre (tix)
09/22 MF Doom, Pharoahe Monch, Collie Budz, Teriyaki Boyz, and DJ Uppercut @ NYC-Tokyo Festival in Central Park, tix
10/05 VH1 Hip Hop Honors Tour Featuring The Roots @ Nokia Theatre (early) (late)
10/06 Sasha Frere Jones discusses "What isn't Hip Hop" as part of the New Yorker Festival.
10/06 Ludacris @ Radio City Music Hall (details)
10/07 Common @ Nokia Theatre
10/16 Fresh Press CMJ Showcase w/ Panacea, John Robinson / Lil Sci (Shaman) Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers (Shaman) K Banger (Shaman) Panacea (Rawkus / Glow-in-the-Dark) The Project (Glow-in-the-Dark) Zimbabwe Legit (pH MUSIC) Marshal Law (thisish) Dooley O (SOD Records / Lewis Recordings) Y-Society (Insight and Damu) (Tres Records) and The Smile Rays (Rawkus 50) @ The Knitting Factory (CMJ)
10/17 A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs & Kid Sister @ Hiro Ballroom (Fool's Gold CMJ showcase)
10/19 Devin The Dude, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Serendipity Project, and Bukue One @ BB King's (CMJ)
10/20 Brother Ali, Evidence & Little Brother @ Highline Ballroom (CMJ) (tix)
10/24 Queen Latifah @ Highline Ballroom (early) (late)
10/30 Cypress Hill @ Nokia Theatre
11/02 Lyrics Born @ Bowery Ballroom
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PJ Harvey - 2007 Tour Dates (NYC & LA), new album
"The no-nonsense rocker (who trades the rock for the gossamer on her new disc, out September 25 Stateside via Island, and the day before UK-ways) has announced a pair of solo U.S. shows in mid-October. And the lucky two American cities? No surprise here: New York and L.A." [Pitchfork]
"The album, produced by Polly, Flood & John Parish, will be titled White Chalk and features musical contributions from long time associate, Eric Drew Feldman, and also Jim White of the Dirty Three." That's the same Jim White who is touring with Nina Nastasia.
The NYC PJ Harvey show is October 10th @ the Beacon Theatre. The LA show is at the Orpheum. The LA show is already on ticketmaster. The NYC show isn't. Tour dates below...
PJ Harvey - 2007 Tour Dates
09-24 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
09-29 London, England - Royal Festival Hall
10-10 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
10-15 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum
Previously
* more PJ Harvey
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The Most Serene Republic - 2007 Tour Dates, new album
DOWNLOAD: The Most Serene Republic - Sherry and Her Butterfly Net (MP3)
The Most Serene Republic's sophomore release, Population, is out on Arts&Crafts October 2nd. In September, they'll play three NYC-area shows. All tour dates below...
The Most Serene Republic - 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 8 - Virgin Festival/Toronto Island Toronto, Ontario
Sep 9 - Osheaga Festival/Parc Jean Drapeau Montreal, Quebec
Sep 20 - Mercury Lounge, NYC w/ The Blacks & Die Romantik & Finger on the Pulse DJing
Sep 21 - Union Hall Brooklyn, New York w/ She Keeps Bees
Sep 22 - Maxwell’s Hoboken, New Jersey w/ PG Six
Oct 18 - Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia
Previously
* more Most Serene Republic
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Clipse & Vampire Weekend playing Columbia Saturday
Concert on the steps discolosed
People who know about these things most likely already know this, but for those who don't follow obscure music blogs: Saturday's Concert (2:00 PM, Low plaza) will be headlined by none other than Clipse, just back from a European tour and off the next day to the west coast.....Opening for Clipse will be Columbia grads Vampire Weekend...[the Bwog]The show is free for the general public - unless it rains - then it gets moved inside where they check for student IDs. Vampire Weekend recently signed a record deal. More VW tour dates, here, and more info on who they're playing with in Brooklyn, here.
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What's Going on Friday?
DOWNLOAD: Ronnie Spector - All I Want (MP3)
Hilly Kristal (RIP) & Ronnie Spector
* Todd Terje at Tribeca Grand
* Clutch is at Bowery Ballroom w/ Beatallica
* The Budos Band are having a party at Lucky Cat
* Langhorne Slim is at Europa in Williamsburg too
* Mika Miko, High Places & Numbers are at Death By Audio
* Battles & Deerhunter are playing for free @ South Street Seaport
* Institubes Tour at Studio B with Curses, Surkin, + Orgasmic
What else?
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Mika Miko - MP3 & 2007 Tour Dates (tonight in BK)
DOWNLOAD: Mika Miko - Capricorinations (MP3)
Actually these girls from LA don't have much of a tour left at this point - just tonight (Aug 31, 2007) at Death By Audio w/ High Places, and then a show tomorrow in their hometown at The Smell.
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August 30, 2007
Herman Dune tonight in Brooklyn & a VIDEO
Thanks for the reminder. I meant to post about this a while ago. Herman Dune is playing at Union Hall in Brooklyn tonight (Aug 30). Check out the video below....
Herman Dune 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon'
Herman Düne is a French Anti-folk band, formed in 1999. The band consists of André Herman Düne (guitars and vocals), David-Ivar Herman Düne (guitars and vocals) and Neman Herman Düne (drums and sometimes backing vocals). Néman, who is from Switzerland, replaced former drummer Omé in early 2001. On December 13th, 2006, André Herman Düne played his last show with the band, and subsequently changed his name to Stanley Brinks.Some of Herman Düne's influences include: Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, The Mountain Goats, Cat Power and Silver Jews. [Wikipedia]
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What's Going on Thursday?
I am very sorry that Hilly is gone. He was a big help to Blondie and to the New York music scene for many years. His club CBGB’s has become a part of New York lore and Rock n’ Roll history. -Debbie Harry.photo © Stephanie Chernikowski
* VHS or Beta & Walter Meego are at Studio B
* Meat Puppets play Knitting Factory again
* Mark Olson from the Jayhawks is at Bowery Ballroom
* Jennifer Gentle (Sub Pop from Italy) & The Dodos are at Luna Lounge
* Ferraby Lionheart celebrates a CD release w/ MGMT at Mercury Lounge
What else?
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ACL, tapings & Brooklyn Vegan afterparties (sort of)
This September I'll be returning to Austin for my first-ever visit to the annual three-day Austin City Limits Festival (see previous post for talk of the lineup). While I'm there, I also hope to catch at least one episode-taping for the 33rd season of the associated PBS series with the same name (Austin City Limits). Arcade Fire, Crowded House, Wilco, Bloc Party, Regina Spektor, and Lucinda Williams will all be there to play the festival, and to tape a show.
Then there are the afterparties - official and unofficial. Official afterparties (or aftershows as they call them) feature many of the same bands playing the festival. They happen at night at one of the various venues around Austin - Stubb's, La Zona Rosa, The Parish, Emo's and Antone's to be exact. Anyone can buy tickets to the aftershows. They've got Spoon, The White Stripes (sold out), Common, Blonde Redhead, The National, etc..
I actually know very little about the unofficial afterparties, except that I helped put one together. It was a team effort between myself and the "Hot Freaks" otherwise known as an aquarium drunkard, la blogothèque, chromewaves, gorilla vs bear, my old kentucky blog, and you ain't no picasso. This group of 'Hot Freaks' worked together before - at SXSW. For ACL they asked if I felt like getting freaky, I said 'yes', and the rest is history.
Our parties take place at the Mohawk and at the adjoining Club Deville, on both Friday and Saturday after ACL. The shows are FREE (w/ some RSVP thing that's going to be available after Labor Day), and all of our artists are NOT also playing ACL. We have Art Brut, Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent, The Rosebuds, Yellow Fever, Sparrow House (Jared from Voxtrot), and more. More details below....
The Rosebuds @ BOwery Ballroom, NYC (MORE)
These shows are also in conjunction with (sponsored by) Dell Lounge. Dell Lounge sponsors a stage at ACL, an ACL-related Battle of the Bands, and Dell Lounge will be the website where people can stream some of the ACL Festival performaces as they happen. This is also their party....
More info @ TheHotFreaks.com
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Nina Nastasia & Jim White - 2007 Tour Dates & MP3
DOWNLOAD: Nina Nastasia & Jim White - I Write Down Lists (MP3)
"Nina Nastasia & Jim White will be touring in October in support of their new album, You Follow Me, out now on FatCat. This is Nina Nastasia & Jim White's first tour as a duo."
Stripped of finery, You Follow Me is Nastasia's purest, most assured work yet, a raw acoustic set that sweeps sentiment out of dusty corners and slips into sudden whispers as White frisks around and across her stark chords. And when Nastasia's voice rises from a delicate mumble to a piercing cry, it's enough to make hearts follow suit. [The Onion]Tour Dates below...
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - 2007 Tour Dates
Wed. Oct. 3 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Thu. Oct. 4 - Houston, TX @ Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Fri. Oct. 5 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Sat. Oct. 6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
Sun. Oct. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Mon. Oct. 8 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
Wed. Oct. 10 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Thu. Oct. 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory (front room)
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Daft Hands
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Volunteer to see Ludacris at Radio City Music Hall
future Ludacris ticket holders cleaning Prospect Park
Do some volunteer work. Get a ticket to Radio City in return. The October 6th show will feature Ludacris and "additional talent to be announced".
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HILLY 4EVER (pics from outside CBGB)
DOWNLOAD: Nico - Janitor of Lunacy (live at CBGB, March 8, 1979 (MP3)
Photos taken by beau.unruh - outside CBGB in NYC on August 29, 2007 - the day word got out that CBGB founder Hilly Kristal had passed away the day before.
I did a similar post the morning after CBGB closed last year, and there was a similar shrine outside CB's when Joey Ramone died.
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Bad Brains comment on Hilly Kristal, tour
Though I posted some from the same day, I never published the two photos in this post before...
Bad Brains & CBGB
I asked Bad Brains' record label if Bad Brains wanted to say anything about Hilly Kristal. Here's what they said:
"The Brains didn't go to college... CBGB's was our university. Hilly was our head master. And although the music died back in the 50's with Holly and Richie...the punk lives with Hilly, Joey, Stiv and CB's. Forever is the spirit of Hilly and his punk rock. Thanks Hilly, we will all ways remember you as the don of punk and the king of the bowery...that serious looking nice guy....Jah lives... the Bad Brains."
Related posts
* Bad Brains are back + pics from CBGB reunion
* Bad Brains @ CBGB (2006 - show 1), NYC | pics
* Bad Brains on a Rocks Off concert cruise, NYC - pics
* RIP - CBGB Founder, Hilly Kristal Dies at Age 75
Bad Brains just announced a few more tour dates. Check 'em out below...
Bad Brains - 2007 Tour Dates
9-22-07 -- Street Scene (Coors Amphitheatre), San Diego CA
9-24-07 -- Slim's, San Francisco CA
9-25-07 -- House Of Blues, Anaheim CA
9-26-07 -- House Of Blues, Los Angeles CA
Their newest video is HERE.
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Amiina cancel U.S. Tour
Amiina locked away in an Iceland attic
Sigur Ros announced they're coming, just as their Icelandic friends Amiina announced they aren't. Highline Ballroom, Osheaga, and all Amiina's other upcoming shows aren't happening. More below...
AMIINA CANCEL TOURPreviouslyIn a statement released to fans via their website this morning Icelandic quartet and Ever Records signing Icelandic Quartet AMIINA ( Sólrún Sumarlidadóttir, María Sigfúsdóttir, Edda Olafsdottir and Hildur Ársælsdóttir) revealed that they are canceling their sixteen city US tour slated to start next week.
" We are very sorry to inform you that due to illness within the band, we have had to postpone our North American tour scheduled to start in Washington DC next week. We obviously didn't want this to happen and are very disappointed, but we will soon be over before you know it! Thank you to those who have already bought tickets. Please go to the point of purchase for a full refund."
The band aim to reschedule the tour for Spring 2008 following more time back in the studio and their touring commitments in Europe and the Far East.
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September 2007 North American Tour - ALL DATES CANCELLED
09/04/07: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - Washington, DC
09/05/07: Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
09/06/07: Sanctuary at the Salem Church - Harrisburg, PA
09/08/07: Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
09/09/07: Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts - Montreal, QC
09/10/07: Legendary Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ONT
09/12/07: Lakeshore Theatre - Chicago, IL
09/13/07: Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN
09/14/07: 930 Listing Room - Louisville, KY
09/16/07: Belcourt Theatre - Nashville, TN
09/18/07: Club Dada - Dallas, TX
09/19/07: Parish - Austin, TX
09/23/07: El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
09/24/07: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
09/26/07: Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
09/27/07: Triple Door - Seattle, WA
* more Amiina
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Music Hall of Williamsburg & other venues (NY Times again)
It’s the kind of thing you might expect to see in a multimillion-dollar concert hall in Berlin or Los Angeles, not in a rock club in a former mayonnaise plant in Brooklyn: a sloped ceiling incorporating sophisticated acoustical design, made up of eight curved segments that are suspended from the roof on rubber mounts.Other key points in the article.But there it is at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, the latest development in a building spree that has radically changed the live-music landscape of New York over the last few years. Set to open on Tuesday with a concert by Patti Smith, the Music Hall, which holds 550 people....[NY Times]
- The Music Hall is very much modeled after Bowery Ballroom w/ no pillars to block your view.
- The Gramercy Theatre is still being fixed up by Live Nation.
- Peter Shapiro, who owned Wetlands, the TriBeCa rock and jam-band club that closed in 2001, is planning next spring to open Brooklyn Bowl, a 20,000-square-foot combination bowling alley and performance space in Williamsburg.
- Andrew W. K. is looking to open a club at 100 Lafayette Street, just below Canal Street
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Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore) regrets not breaking up
In the last few years, Moore has watched as contemporaries including Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. reunited to great acclaim and substantial financial rewards. And the 49-year-old admits he sometimes wonders how much money a Sonic Youth reunion tour would have made. He says, "The Pixies reunion was a real success, and Dinosaur Jr. seems like a big success, and both those bands play as good as they ever did. Mission Of Burma blew my mind when they came back. "But a band like us never did break up. Which was to our own detriment. "What would have happened if we did break up after (classic 1988 double album) Daydream Nation - or even after (1990's) Dirty - and had gotten back together two years ago? "You'd be interviewing me at the Chateau Marmont as I'm waiting for my limousine. We probably would have made so much money. "This was our biggest career faux-pas - not breaking up." [contactmusic]Thurston Moore's new solo (still just a side project) album comes out on Sept. 18th. More info, and solo tour dates, HERE.
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Sebadoh & Dinosaur Jr are coming (WIN TIX - NYC & LA)
Dinosaur Jr @ Edinburgh Liquid Room, 27th Aug 2007 (CRED)
* Tickets are still on sale for Sebadoh's Sept 2nd show in Brooklyn
* J Mascis' friend Kevin Drew played McCarren Pool last night
* Dinosaur Jr also has some shows coming up. Two of those shows are:
- Sep 3 - Webster Hall, NYC w/ Dr. Dog (tix)
- Sep 8 - The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA w/ Band of Horses (tix)
TO WIN a pair of tix, please be at least 18 years of age, and e-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Dinosaur). Include your first and last name (and NYC or LA) in the email (and your address if you feel like being helpful because I think the tickets may be mailed out to you). NOTE THAT: Unlike every other contest I've ever done on this site, I WILL pass on the twenty winning email addresses to someone else. That person works for a third party company, and that person will send you your tickets. They will not add your name to any lists though. Losing email addresses will not leave my contest-email inbox. The NYC show is coming up soon, so random winners will be picked ASAP. E-mail now!
Previously
* more Dinosaur Jr
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MARK OLSON reunites w/ Gary Louris in MN, playing NYC TONIGHT (Win Tix)
Jayhawks' Gary Louris & Mark Olson @ 400 Bar, MN - Aug 18, 2007 (CRED)
The crowd seemed to double after Louris took to the stage, and as the bar filled up and pressed forward the band launched into the Jayhawks song “Pray for Me.” Olson and Louris's vocals collided so perfectly that it was impossible to tell who was singing which part, and for a moment I stopped being jealous of all the lucky jerks who got to see the original Jayhawks lineup play together many years ago and reveled in the beauty of the two men performing together. [Reveille Magazine]Gary won't be at Bowery Ballroom tonight (Aug 30), but Mark will be. Tickets are still on sale, and I have a pair to give away to someone who emails me at BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Olson), and tells me they want to go. Winner will be picked at random. More dates HERE.
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Feist, Grizzly Bear & Broken Social Scene @ McCarren Pool
Grizzly Bear
Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew
Feist
All photos in this post by Kyle Dean Reinford. More below...
Patti Smith, I mean Feist
This show happened at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn on Wednesday, August 29, 2007. BSS played Boston the night before. They all played Letterman the night before that. And they all played Beacon Theatre the night before that night.
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August 29, 2007
¡Forward, Russia's new songs to have actual ¡titles!
News from a band we haven't heard from in a while: "¡Forward, Russia! returned to the UK last week, after spending two and a half months in Seattle recording their eagerly anticipated second album." Wow, in the U.S. for two and a half months? Continued below....
The follow up to their UK chart-busting debut, Give Me a Wall, is scheduled for release in the early months of 2008. The album, entitled Life Processes, was recorded at various studios in Seattle and produced by Matt Bayles, best known for his work on the most recent Mastodon album, along with the Blood Brothers and Isis. The band unveiled one song from the album recently during an interview on Seattle’s KEXP radio station. In a departure from their earlier work, ¡Forward, Russia! have revealed that all songs from Life Processes will have actual titles, instead of numbers, as previously had been the case. Full details of the track listing will be released shortly, though it has been confirmed that their most recent UK single Don’t Be a Doctor, will not be included on the album. After shows this past weekend at the Leeds Festival & London's Get Loaded in the Park, the band have lined up a further number of British dates where they plan to preview tracks from the new record, including Oxford’s Truck Festival, which had been postponed due to inclement weather. The band were unable to play the original dates due to their US recording commitments. Full details of the more extensive UK tour the Leeds' combo has planned for later in the year should be available shortly. Confirmed dates September 8 MILTON KEYNES, Mad Dogs & Englishmen Festival September 22 OXFORD, Truck Festival November 24 SKEGNESS, The Big ReunionPreviously * more Forward Russia
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VIDEOs: Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe (official & on Conan) ++ updated Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe (MP3)
I love this song, but after Ryan and I played it on the radio today I was saying how I don't necessarily feel as strongly as others about about the whole album. I like it - its just not one of my absolute favorites of the year....
"Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe," the first video for Austin, Texas-based Okkervil River's The Stage Names, was directed by Margaret Brown, whose acclaimed documentary about Townes Van Zandt, Be Here to Love Me, was released theatrically in 2005 by Palm Pictures. Director Jonathan Demme hailed Be Here to Love Me as "a thrilling piece of pure cinema," adding that Brown "has moved the whole 'possibilities of film' thing a big leap forward, especially as regards the blending of film and music, image, sound and thought. "The New York Times' Stephen Holden called Be Here to Love Me "Impressive! A tender, impressionistic film biography," while Anthony Lane of the New Yorker elaborated that Brown conceived her movie, she says, to be "vinyl, not CD," and the ride of it does indeed deliver a rough-edged truth."Okkervil River - 2007 Tour Dates
08/30/07 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
08/31/07 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse
09/01/07 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09/03/07 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
09/04/07 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
09/05/07 San Francisco, CA - Independent *
09/07/07 Eugene, OR - Wow Hall *
09/08/07 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan (MusicFest NW) *
09/09/07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
09/10/07 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
09/12/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
09/13/07 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre *
09/14/07 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
09/15/07 Iowa City, IA - Picador *
09/17/07 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *
09/18/07 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *
09/19/07 Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club (Pygmalion Festival) *
09/21/07 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
09/22/07 Hamilton, Ontario - Pepper Jack's Cafe *
09/23/07 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
09/24/07 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
09/25/07 Boston, MA - Middle East *
09/26/07 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
09/28/07 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
09/29/07 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
09/30/07 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
10/02/07 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
10/03/07 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
10/04/07 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder @ FSU *
10/05/07 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
10/06/07 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
11/06/07 Colchester, UK - Colchester Arts Centre
11/07/07 Nottingham, UK - The Social
11/08/07 Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University
11/09/07 Glasgow, UK - Nice N Sleazy
11/10/07 Manchester, UK - Manchester Roadhouse
11/12/07 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
11/13/07 Paris, France - La Cigalle w/ Vic Chesnutt
11/14/07 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11/19/07 Wien, Austria - Szene
11/20/07 Muenchen, Germany - Registratur
11/22/07 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
11/23/07 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11/24/07 Muenster, Germany - Gleiss
11/25/07 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
11/26/07 Berlin, Germany - Lido
11/27/07 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
11/29/07 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
11/30/07 Stockholm, Sweden - Spark Club @ Debaser Medis
12/04/07 Brighton, UK - Pressure Point
12/05/07 Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Academy
12/06/07 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
12/07/07 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
12/08/07 Cardiff, UK - Barfly
12/09/07 London, UK - Luminaire
* w/ Damien Jurado
and the same song on Conan:
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Sigur Ros - new DVD, CD & NYC show
DOWNLOAD: Sigur Ros - untitled #8 (a.k.a. popplagið / the pop song) (MP3)
You already heard of this band called Sigur Ros, and you know about the NYC show, but maybe you didn't hear all about the new Heima DVD and Hvarf / Heim Double CD....
Sigur Rós Sigur Rós Heima DVD Hvarf / Heim Double CD Out November 6 Exclusive Advance Screening September 14 in Akureyri, IcelandSigur Rós have confirmed a November 6 street date for two separate but related releases: a DVD called Heima and a double CD set titled Hvarf / Heim. Both will be issued in the U.S. on the XL label.
Heima-which translates as both "At Home" and "Homeland"-- chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Rós played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. Combining both the biggest and smallest shows of their career, the entire tour was filmed, and now provides a unique insight into one of the world's most fascinating and inscrutable bands captured live while exploring their natural habitat like never before. The film is currently being edited by Nick Fenton with direction from the Oscar-nominated Dean DeBlois.
The culmination of more than a year spent promoting their hugely successful Takk... album around the world, the Icelandic tour was free to all-comers and went largely unannounced. Playing in deserted fish factories, outsider art follies, far-flung community halls, sylvan fields, darkened caves and the huge horseshoe-shaped Asbyrgi canyon (formed, legend has it, by the hoofprint of Odin's six-legged horse Sleipnir), the band reached an entirely new spectrum of the Icelandic population; young and old, ardent and merely quizzical, entirely by word-of-mouth.
Material from all four of the band's albums is featured, including many rare and notable moments. Among these are a heart-stopping rendition of the previously unreleased 'Guitardjamm', filmed inside a derelict herring oil tank in the far West Fjords; a windblown, one-mic recording of 'Vaka', shot at a dam protest camp subsequently drowned by rising water; and first time acoustic versions of such rare live beauties as 'Staralfur', 'Agaetis Byrjun' and 'Von'.
The Hvarf / Heim CD is made up primarily of two EPs. The title of the first, Hvarf, translates appropriately as "disappeared," as its five tracks are new recordings of lost songs from various points in Sigur Ros's history. The first three, 'Salka,' 'Hljomalind' and 'I Gaer,' were never released either because they were not recorded, or because they were recorded and then not included on a finished album. The fourth and fifth, 'Von' and perennial live favorite 'Hafsol' are radical and complete reimaginings of songs from the band's first album, the original versions of which were recorded by the band's Jonsi Birgisson and Georg Holm with drummer Agust Gunnarsson prior to Kjartan Sveinsson and Orri Dyrason joining the band.
An alternative translation of "Hvarf" is "haven," which ties into the title of the second portion of this release, Heim, or "home." Heim's six tracks are live acoustic versions of songs from all four Sigur Ros studio albums recorded in Iceland either during the band's summer 2006 tour or early this spring. The unplugged scenario had been pretty much imposed on the band, there being no power at some of the locations. Four of the songs here ('Untitled 1,' 'Unititled 3,' 'Agaetis Byrjun' (never performed live before this last summer) and 'Heysatan') were played acoustically on the road during the summer tour, with the remaining 'Staralfur' and 'Von,' being first interpreted for a protest concert against a planned road development next to the band's studio in the artistic community of Alafoss, back in February 2007
There will be an exclusive screening of Heima Sept. 14 in Akureyri, Iceland, which will be followed by the film's official premiere on Sept. 27 in Reykjavik on the opening night of the Icelandic International Film Festival which runs from Sep 27 - Oct 7.
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What's Going on Wednesday?
DOWNLOAD: Stars - Celebration Gun (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Stars - First 5 Times (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Stars - Reunion (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Apostle of Hustle - My Sword Hand's Anger (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: New Buffalo - Recovery (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Broken Social Scene - cause=time (edit) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Kevin Drew - tbtf (MP3)
Sam Goldberg, Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew @ TT the Bears Aug 28, 07 (CRED)
Last night's free, full-capacity, MySpace-sponsored "secret" show was an absolute sweaty blast, and marked the debut of the new incarnation of Broken Social Scene, which includes mainstays Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and drummer Justin Peroff, along with three new faces: Andrew Kenny (of the dearly departed American Analog Set), Sam Goldberg (Hawaii, Uncut, Bodega), and Bill Priddle (who is actually a now-returned founding BSS member).* last night Kevin Drew & friends played Boston
* Tonight Feist, Grizzly Bear & Broken Social Scene (Kevin Drew) play McCarren Pool
* O'Death & Death Vessel are playing the Spiegeltent
* The Meat Puppets & Oxford Collapse play Knitting Factory
* Jennifer Gentle, The Dodos & Phosphorescent are at Mercury Lounge
* VHS or Beta & Walter Meego are at Bowery Ballroom
* Doveman returns to Joe's Pub
* Dry Yai are at Joe's Pub too
* David Byrne recently visited the Red Hook ballfields
* RIP Hilly
What else?
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the 'Freshbread' Sirius playlist & BAD RELIGION tour dates
"ME & GREG(BAD RELIGION) SHARE A LAUGH" (CRED)
More punk. More Sirius. I was pleased to have Ryan "Freshbread" of freshbread.blogs.com with me on today's (Aug 29, 2007) BrooklynVegan Sirius show. He chose all the music we played. That included a new Bad Religion track. Bad Religion is going on tour. There's a presale and a regular sale for a NYC and NJ show and other shows. All those tour dates, and Ryan's whole Sirius playlist, below....
Bad Religion - 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 29 – Queen Creek, AZ - Schnepf Farms (Edgefest 103.9 Radio Show, NO Presale)
Sep 30 – El Paso, TX – Club 101
Oct 1 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Oct 4 – Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's
Oct 5 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Oct 6 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Oct 7 – Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club
Oct 9 – Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
Oct 10 – Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
Oct 11 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Oct 12 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
Oct 14 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Oct 15 – New York, NY - Nokia Theatre Times Square
Oct 16 – Boston, MA – The Roxy
Oct 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
Oct 19 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cirafé
Oct 20 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
BrooklynVegan Sirius Playlist (Freshbread edition)
Real Tuesday Weld – show must go on
Orba Squara – Stay Around
Devendra Banhart – Seahorse
John Vanderslice – White Dove
Budos Band – Ride Or Die
Keller Williams (feat. Michael Franti) - Ninja Of Love
Vampire Weekend – Walcott (Insane Mix #2)
Polyphonic Spree – Lithium
Sea & Cake – Coconut
Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries
Okkervil River – Our Life is Not A Movie or Maybe
Spoon – The Underdog
Foo Fighters (Arcade Fire Cover) - Keep the Car Running (Live)
Bob Marley – Lively Up Yourself (bombay dub orchestra remix)
Yellowman – Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Alpha Blondy – Afriki
Sunset Rubdown – Stadiums & Shrines (Snake’s Got A Leg version)
Steve Earle (feat Forro In the Dark) - City Of Immigrants
Akron/Family – I’ve Got Some Friends
The Dirty Feel – Get It All The Time
Moonbabies – take Me To the Ballroom
Earlimart – Cold Cold Heaven
Super Furry Animals – Show Your Hand
Josh Ritter – Right Moves
Ryan Adams – Halloween Head
Architecture In Helsinki – Heart It Races
Black Moth Super Rainbow – I Am The Alphabet
New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
The Teeth – Oh, Bessy!
Bad Religion – Prodigal Son
The Rapture – Whoo! Alright, Yeah...Uh Huh
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originally aired Wed Aug 29, 2007
The Brooklyn Vegan "Blog Radio" show airs on Sirius Left of Center every Wednesday at noon EST (and then again at midnight).
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Van Halen (w/ David Lee Roth) - 2007 Tour Dates
And now that I'm moving right along like this, I think it's about time I list the David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen reunion tour dates (a disaster waiting to happen?)....
Van Halen - 2007 Tour Dates
Thu 09.27 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena Sold Out Sold Out
Sat 09.29 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Mon 10.01 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Wed 10.03 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Sun 10.07 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Sold Out Sold Out
Fri 10.05 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena ON SALE 8.31 10:00 AM TBA
Fri 10.12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Sold Out Sold Out
Wed 10.10 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Sun 10.14 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Field House ON SALE TBA TBA
Tue 10.16 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Thu 10.18 Chicago, IL United Center ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Sat 10.20 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Mon 10.22 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Wed 10.24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center ON SALE TBA TBA
Fri 10.26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center ON SALE TBA TBA
Sun 10.28 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center ON SALE TBA TBA
Tue 10.30 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden ON SALE NOW Sold Out
Thu 11.01 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Sold Out Sold Out
Sat 11.03 E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena ON SALE TBA TBA
Thu 11.08 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum ON SALE TBA TBA
Tue 11.13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden ON SALE TBA TBA
Tue 11.20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center ON SALE TBA TBA
Fri 11.23 Glendale, AZ Jobing.Com Arena ON SALE TBA TBA
Sun 11.25 San Diego, CA Cox Arena ON SALE TBA TBA
Tue 11.27 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena ON SALE TBA TBA
Thu 11.29 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose ON SALE TBA TBA
Sat 12.01 Portland, OR Rose Garden ON SALE TBA TBA
Mon 12.03 Seattle, WA Key Arena ON SALE TBA TBA
Wed 12.05 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place ON SALE TBA TBA
Fri 12.07 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome ON SALE TBA TBA
Sun 12.09 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place ON SALE TBA TBA
Fans Across The Country Show Their Excitement for First Van Halen/David Lee Roth Tour in More Than 22 YearsThe latest on-sale info, ">HERE
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Type O Negative - October 2007 Tour Dates
Now that I've veered off into a slightly-punk direction, I thouht it would be a good time to post the news of yet another classic not-indie-rock band I hold dear to my heart. Type O Negative have announced another Halloween tour (it's a tradition). There's a pre-sale and a regular sale, and all tour dates below...
Type O Negative - 2007 Tour Dates
Oct 12 - Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 13 - Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts
Oct 14 - Northern Lights Clifton Park, New York
Oct 16 - Crocodile Rock Allentown, Pennsylvania
Oct 17 - Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York
Oct 20 - Eagles Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 21 - The Vic Chicago, Illinois
Oct 23 - Blue Cats Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 24 - Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 26 - Headliners Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 27 - Harpo’s Detroit, Michigan
Oct 29 - Irving Plaza New York, New York
Oct 30 - Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 31 - Starland Ballroom Sayreville, New Jersey
Previously
* more Type O Negative news
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Lifetime, Bouncing Souls & World/Inferno - 2007 Tour Dates
DOWNLOAD: The Bouncing Souls - The Gold Song (MP3)
Bouncing Souls @ Electric Factory - Aug 17, 2007 (CRED)
It won't be anything like the recent show at the Court Tavern, but Lifetime & Bouncing Souls on the same bill is still Bouncing Souls and Lifetime on the same bill. Tickets are now on presale and regular sale for a show on October 16th at Webster Hall. All tour dates below...
Bouncing Souls - Live at Coney Island, NY 8/20/07
Quick Check Girl" live at Cha Cha's in Coney Island 8/20/07. Awesome ShowBouncing Souls - 2007 Tour Dates
Oct 16: New York, NY @ Webster Hall w/ Lifetime, Modern Life Is War, & The Low Budgets
Oct 17: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater *
Oct 18: Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Night Club *
Oct 19: Providence, RI @ The Living Room *
Oct 20: New Haven, CT @ Toads Place *
Oct 21: State College, PA @ The Cellblock *
* w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
Lifetime - 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 7 - Hawthorne Theater Portland, Oregon
Sep 8 - El Corazon Seattle, Washington
Oct 16 - Webster Hall w/ Bouncing Souls New York, New York
World/Inferno Friendship Society - 2007 Tour Dates
Sep 8 - World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 9 - World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 13 - Soul Kitchen Mobile, Alabama
Sep 14 - Fuel Jacksonville, Florida
Sep 15 - Studio A Miami, Florida
Sep 16 - The Social Orlando, Florida
Sep 17 - Map Room Charleston, South Carolina
Sep 18 - Asheville Arts Center Asheville, North Carolina
Sep 19 - 20th Century Theater Cincinnati, Ohio
Sep 20 - Mr Smalls Millvale (pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
Sep 21 - First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 22 - Otto Bar Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 23 - Knitting Factory New York, New York
Sep 24 - Knitting Factory New York, Pennsylvania
Sep 25 - Axis Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 26 - The Club @ Water st Music Hall Rochester, New York
Sep 27 - The Grog Shop Cleveland Hgts, Ohio
Sep 28 - Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Sep 29 - Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois
Oct 17 - The Chance Poughkeepsie, New York
Oct 18 - Pearl St Night Club Northampton, Massachusetts
Oct 19 - The Living Room Providence, Rhode Island
Oct 20 - Toads Place New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 21 - The Cell Block State College, Pennsylvania
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backstage pics from Letterman & McCarren Pool set times
Feist instructs the troops
One of the indiest shows of the summer is going down at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn tonight (Aug 29, 2007). The weather is beautiful. Feist is headlining, and here's a re-post of something I got back when Grizzly Bear was added to the show:
Please note that doors will now open at 5PM one hour earlier than originally announced to allow for Grizzly Bear’s performance which will begin at 6:15. Also appearing with Feist is Broken Social Scene (performing Kevin Drew's "Spirit If...").The pics in this post were taken (not by me) backstage at the David Letterman show Monday. More below...
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear Social Scene
Mate of State
And then there are the ones Rolling Stone posted of the rehearsal earlier in the day, like this one:
Previously
* VIDEO: Feist & friends (the orgy) on Letterman
* more Feist
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Comedians of Comedy - Fall 2007 Tour Dates
Glaser, Oswalt & Posehn - Comedians of Comedy 2005
The moment comedy fanatics across the country have been waiting for has finally arrived - The Comedians of Comedy fall tour dates are finally starting to get announced. NYC will be blessed with not one, but TWO shows at Irving Plaza that will feature Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford,Eugene Mirman, and SCADS of special guests. All tour dates below.....
Comedians of Comedy - 2007 Tour Dates
Oct 3 - 8:00P @ Showbox - Seattle, WA. (tix)
Oct 5 - 8:00P @ Roseland Theater - Portland OR.
Oct 6 - 12:00P @ City Hall - LA CA.
Oct 25 - 7:00P @ Roxy - Boston, MA.
Oct 26 - 8:00P @ Dickenson College - Reading, PA.
Oct 27 - 6:00P @ Irving Plaza, NY
Oct 27 - 10:00P @ Irving Plaza, NY
Oct 28 - 8:00P @ Theater of Living Arts - Philly
Nov 1 - 6:30P @ Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL.
Nov 2 - 9:00P @ Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI.
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this post brought to you by Klaus. More upcoming comedy in the latest Comedy Canon.
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Passion of the Weiss vs. Deerhunter's Bradford Cox
Disturbing, Funny, Mean, well written, etc..
Deerhunter at Satellite Ballroom - July 7, 2007 (CRED)
Deerhunter play a free NYC show this Friday! (August 31, 2007)
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RIP - CBGB Founder, Hilly Kristal Dies at Age 75
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DOWNLOAD: Hilly Kristal - Rock N Roll Jackson (excerpt) (MP3)
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DOWNLOAD: Patti Smith - Piss Factory (MP3) (clip)
DOWNLOAD: Patti Smith - All Along the Watchtower (live @ CBGB) (MP3)
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DOWNLOAD: Sick of It All - Take the Night Off (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bad Brains - Give Thanks and Praises (MP3)
RIP Hilly
Hilly Kristal on CBGB's final night - Oct 15, 2006
NEW YORK, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It is with deep sadness and regret that we inform you of the death of Hilly Kristal, who died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 from complications from Lung Cancer. Kristal, 75, founded the legendary rock club CBGB and ran the club for 33 years. A singer and songwriter himself, Kristal opened the club to showcase "Country Bluegrass and Blues"; instead the club became a breeding ground for Punk rock. Among the many acts that called CBGB home were Blondie, the Talking Heads, Television, Living Color, Patti Smith and the Ramones. The club closed in October 2006, but CBGB continues, with a retail store in New York City and worldwide merchandise sales; in addition, there currently are plans to open new CBGB clubs in several locations. Kristal is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, son, Mark Dana Kristal, son-in-law Ger Burgman, grandchildren Jenny and Adam Burgman, CBGB, and the thousands of artists and musicians who played the club. A private memorial service is planned. A public memorial will be held at a later date. Contributions in Hilly's honor may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society or to the Hilly Kristal Foundation for Musicians and Artists (168 Second Avenue, PMB 207, New York, NY 10003).Hilly Kristal @ CMJ 2006
Coincedentally?, yesterday's Newsday had a story on CBGB one year later.
More CBGB, HERE.
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More 2007 CMJ bands announced ++ Meat Puppets tonight
The Meat Puppets @ Windjammer - July 21, 2007 (CRED)
The list of bands confirmed for this year's 2007 CMJ Music Marathon in NYC (Oct 16-20) is growing. The latest list includes M.I.A. (which we knew about and is at Terminal 5), Band of Horses (who would fit right in w/ their Sub Pop labelmates at Bowery Ballroom), Celebration (who have a new album coming out on 4AD), and The Meat Puppets (who are also playing NYC TONIGHT & TOMORROW). The whole list, below...
New Bands
All Bands:
Band of Horses – M.I.A. – Vampire Weekend – Earthless – o'death – Celebration – The Meat Puppets – Rock Plaza Central – The Black Hollies – Old Time Relijun – Takka Takka – Jennifer O'Connor – Health – Centro-matic – Chris Mills – The Teeth – Le Loup – The High Strung – De Novo Dahl – Lewis & Clarke – Moon + Moon – AIDS Wolf – Joan as Policewoman – Catfish Haven – Monotonix – Mike Kinsella – Palomar – Get Him Eat Him – Nashville Pussy – Big Bear – Ecstatic Sunshine – Gowns – The Warlocks
1990s – AIDS Wolf – A-Trak – Band of Horses – Big Bear – The Black Hollies – British Sea Power – Brother Ali – The Brunettes – Catfish Haven – Celebration – Centro-matic – Chris Mills – Coheed And Cambria – Crystal Castles – De Novo Dahl – Del The Funky Homosapien – Devin The Dude – Dirtbombs – Earthless – Ecstatic Sunshine – Eisley – Foreign Islands – Get Him Eat Him – Gowns – Health – The High Strung – Islands – Jennifer O'Connor – Jesu – Joan as Policewoman – Justice – Kavinsky – Mike Kinsella – Le Loup – Lewis & Clarke – Little Brother – M.I.A. – Mates Of State – The Meat Puppets – Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussein – Monotonix – Moon + Moon – MSTRKRFT – Mute Math – Nashville Pussy – No Age – o'death – Old Time Relijun – Palomar – The Ponys – Rock Plaza Central – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Ruins – Simian Mobile Disco – Spoon – Marnie Stern – Takka Takka – The Teeth – The Black Hollies – Tiny Masters Of Today – UNKLE – Vampire Weekend – Vietnam – The Warlocks – Xiu XiuPreviously
* British Sea Power - 2007 Tour Dates (CMJ)
* Initial 2007 CMJ lineup announced
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Bruce Springsteen - 2007 Tour Dates & new album
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced their first full scale tour of the US and Europe since 2002-03, starting in Hartford, CT on October 2, the release date for the new Springsteen album 'Magic.' The E Street Band's members are: Roy Bittan - keyboards; Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion; Danny Federici - keyboards; Nils Lofgren - guitars; Patti Scialfa - vocals, guitar; Garry Tallent - bass; Steven Van Zandt - guitars; Max Weinberg - drums."Radio Nowhere," the first single from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album 'Magic,' will be available exclusively and free on the iTunes Store for one week starting today. The iTunes album pre-order for 'Magic' also begins today and includes the free download of the "Radio Nowhere" single plus the song's video and an exclusive digital booklet.
Download "Radio Nowhere" Free from the iTunes Store
Radio Nowhere lyrics
'Magic,' Bruce Springsteen's new studio recording and his first with the E Street Band in five years, is set for release by Columbia Records on October 2.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band fall tour itinerary
Bruce Springsteen - 2007 Tour Dates (and on-sale dates)
10/2 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center 9/8
10/5 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center 9/8
10/9-10 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena 9/10
10/14 Ottawa, ONT Civic Centre 9/17
10/15 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre 9/17
10/17-18 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 9/10
10/21 Chicago, IL United Center 9/8
10/26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena 9/15
10/28 Los Angeles, CA Venue TBA TBA
11/2 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 9/22
11/4 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 9/15
11/5 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills 9/21
11/11 Washington, D.C. Verizon Arena 9/21
11/14 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena 9/14
11/15 Albany, NY Times Union Center 9/8
11/18 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden 9/22
11/25 Madrid, SPAIN Palacio De Deportes 10/2
11/26 Bilbao, SPAIN Bilbao Exhibition Centre 10/9
11/28 Milan, ITALY Datchforum 9/10
11/30 Arnhem, NETHERLANDS Geldredome 9/8
12/2 Mannheim, GERMANY Sap Arena 8/31
12/4 Oslo, NORWAY Oslo Spektrum 9/3
12/8 Copenhagen, DENMARK Forum Copenhagen 9/3
12/10 Stockholm, SWEDEN Globe Arena 9/1
12/12 Antwerp, BELGIUM Sports Paleis 9/8
12/13 Cologne, GERMANY Koln Arena 8/31
12/15 Belfast, IRELAND Odyssey Arena 9/6
12/17 Paris, FRANCE Palais Omnisports De Bercy 9/7
12/19 London, UK O2 Arena 8/30
"'Magic,' Bruce Springsteen's new studio recording and his first with the E Street Band in five years, is set for release by Columbia Records on October 2, 2007. Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, the album features eleven new Springsteen songs and was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studio in Atlanta, GA."
'Magic' Song Titles:Previously1. Radio Nowhere
2. You'll Be Comin' Down
3. Livin' in the Future
4. Your Own Worst Enemy
5. Gypsy Biker
6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
7. I'll Work for Your Love
8. Magic
9. Last to Die
10. Long Walk Home
11. Devil's Arcade'Magic' is the first new studio album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since 2002's GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum, number one album 'The Rising' (Columbia Records), which was also produced by O'Brien.
Bruce Springsteen's longtime manager Jon Landau said, "'Magic' is a high energy rock CD. It's light on its feet, incredibly well played by Bruce and the members of the E Street Band, and, as always, has plenty to say. It's also immensely entertaining. 'Magic' is the third collaboration between Bruce and Brendan O'Brien and is a culmination of their very productive creative relationship."
Read Rolling Stone's article with more details about 'Magic.'
Rolling Stone interviews producer Brendan O'Brien.
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