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February 9, 2010
The Dirtbombs & Davila 666 playing free show at the Knit
Davila 666 @ Southpaw in July
The Dirtbombs and Davila 666 are playing a Scion garage rock show at Knitting Factory on Thursday, February 25th. The show is free, entry is limited, RSVP required.
A poster for the show and videos of both bands are below...
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2010 Bonnaroo lineup revealing itself today (keep track of who's playing here) ++ tickets on sale at noon
The lineup to the 2010 Bonnaroo Festival is being announced today, but not all at once. Bands playing the the festival will each be announcing themselves one by one... making it like a big game for people to figure out, and...
For the first time ever, tickets will go back on sale the same day as the announcement. The top two tiers of tickets sold out quickly during our Holiday pre-sale in December, so make sure to act fast. Payment plans will once again be offered for both GA and VIP tickets.So far Weezer, Phoenix, Dave Matthews Band, Baroness (who just announced a tour with Mastodon), and OK Go have confirmed themselves on the lineup. Let's keep track of who else in the comments. I'll also keep updating this post...The festival will be held from June 10-13, 2010 on our beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. Get ready for an amazing four-day weekend with more than 150 of your favorite bands, top comedians, art, activities, workshops, vendors and much more.
UPDATES: Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, Medeski Martin & Wood, Punch Brothers, Isis, Chromeo w/ guest Daryl Hall, The Avett Brothers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Carolina Chocolate Drops (video below), Big Sam's Funky Nation, Neon Indian, The Black Keys and reportedly the Flaming Lips covering Dark Side of the Moon (still not confirmed by the band). Paul Simon is also rumored.
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NY Fashion Week kicks off (music events include Metric, Patti Smith, Nina Persson, Alberta Cross & more)
"There's nothing "normal" about New York Fashion Week, but if the incoming flood of models, designers, and celebs isn't cool enough, this might just make you gasp:Metric and Patti Smith play the LnA party. The Cardigans' Nina Persson appears at the Peter Jensen party on Valentine's Day. That's the setlist (invite?) full of covers above.For LnA's first presentation in New York City, they're going all out, showcasing their trademark streetwear (including the famous, best-selling, NYLON approved Dani legging), while bringing along some special guests.
Besides a performance by Metric, LnA will have a special guest at their afterparty - Patti Smith. The singer, poet, artist, author, icon, fill-in-the-blank will appear onstage at Milk Studios during LnA's big Manhattan bash." [NYLON]
NYC band Preacher and the Knife have been "chosen to perform at famed designer Cynthia Rowley's runway show during NY Fashion Week, next Friday, February 12th at Gotham Hall. The band will also be performing on February 14th at the Cake Shop for'"Panache & Cake Shop's V-Day Love In.'"
Alberta Cross are performing Thursday in the John Varvatos store.
You can catch Amanda Blank, Ebony Bones & Daniel Merriweather at Hudson Hotel on 2/10.
Tickets are on sale for Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti at The Tents at Bryant Park (2/12).
What else?
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Peter Gabriel, Jonsi, Donnas & other tickets
Tickets are on sale (@10am) for the two Peter Gabriel shows at Radio City Music Hall.
Tickets are on "Jonsi presale" (@10am) for the two Jonsi shows at Terminal 5 (password = "Go").
Tickets are on sale for the Porcupine Tree show at Radio City Music Hall.
The Donnas are playing Highline Ballroom on Wednesday, March 24th. Tickets are on sale.
Tickets go on AmEx presale Wednesday at 11am for the just-added (2nd) Josh Ritter show at Town Hall.
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What's going on Tuesday?
The Beets @ Woodsist Fest 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)
today in NYC
* Nymph @ The Stone
* The Residents @ Webster Hall
* Restless People, MNDR @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The London Souls, Hymns @ Mercury Lounge
* Joe Mande, Jessi Klein, Hannibal Buress @ Comix
* Elsinore, We Landed On The Moon @ Mercury Lounge
* Velvet Davenport, Florida, Columboid @ Bruar Falls
* Blair, Xylos, Dinosaur Feathers, Sydney Wayser @ Pianos
* Yeasayer, Javelin, Class Actress @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Unsound Festival w/ Zavoloka, Bora Yoon, Zenial @ Issue Project Room
* Hearts of Darknesses, Hours of Worship, Neud Photo, DJ Harrison @ Glasslands
* Haiti benefit w/ Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Styles P @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Pepi Ginsberg, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Steel Phantoms, Cache @ Death By Audio
* The Beets, Christmas Island, Beach Fossils, Total Slacker, Anasazis @ Cake Shop
* Prince Rama of Ahodhya, Apollo Heights, Denice Barbarita and The Morning Papers, Lachi @ The Cameo
Sade is on TV today, tonight & next week
2/09 - Today Show--A flyer for tonight's Todd & Harrison's Tuesday Nite Disco: "Horror Scores For The Dancefloor" at Glasslands tonight is below.
2/09 - 106 & Park on BET
2/09 - The Late Show with David Letterman
2/10 - The View
2/15 - The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2/16 - Jimmy Kimmel Live
2/20 - The Wanda Sykes Show (appearing in a skit - not performing)
Baton Rouge's We Landed On The Moon are at Mercury Lounge tonight. A video from them is below.
What else?
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MNDR playing 2 free Brooklyn Bowl shows but not playing w/ Ebony Bones who plays a free hotel show w/ Amanda Blank
DOWNLOAD: MNDR - I Go Away (MP3)
MNDR @ Mercury Lounge (more by Erez Avissar)
MNDR plays a free show with Restless People at Brooklyn Bowl tonight (Tuesday, 2/9), and then again at the same venue with WAVVES exactly one week later (also free). Total that makes three upcoming NYC show for MNDR before she leaves on a tour with Yacht on February 28th. The third is a February 20th show with These Are Powers at a mysterious TBA location.
MNDR was supposed to also open for Ebony Bones at Southpaw on Saturday, 2/13, but she has been replaced on that bill by Jessica 6. The Brooklyn show is one of two upcoming NYC shows for Ebony Bones who also share a bill with Amanda Blank and Daniel Merriweather "at Hudson's new subterranean lounge, Good Units" (356 West 58th Street) on Wednesday, February 10th. This is another free show though RSVP is required.
All dates below...
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High on Fire - new album (MP3) & 2010 tour dates w/ Priestess, Black Cobra & Bison B.C
by BBG
DOWNLOAD: High On Fire - "Frost Hammer" (MP3)
High On Fire at Hammerstein (more by Paul Birman)
The number one complaint I heard when High On Fire played Hammerstein over two nights was how early they came on (pics from night one, and two). Problem solved.
High On Fire have announced a headlining tour in support of Snakes Of The Divine kicking off in Minneapolis on March 31st with a killer triple threat of support from Priestess, Black Cobra, and Bison BC. The tour includes an NYC date on 4/9 at Gramercy Theater which go on sale on 2/12 at noon. Full dates are below.
That jawdropper of a tour isn't the only set of dates on the calendar for High On Fire. The Oakland boys are on board to play the Harvest of Hope fest and the Action PR SXSW showcase at The Mohawk in Austin on 3/17. Priestess will be in Austin for SXSW as well, to play the Tee Pee showcase on March 18th at Habana Calle 6 (and a TBA day party on March 20th). Before SXSW Priestess will be in NYC to play MHOW on March 13th. Tickets are still available.
High on Fire's new album Snakes Of The Divine hits store shelves on 2/23 via E1. Download the first track, "Frost Hammer" above. The band is also streaming the title track from their new LP at Spin.com.
April 9th (High On Fire's Gramercy date) is one day before the BV-presents Weedeater / The Gates of Slumber / Black Tusk / Struck By Lightning melee at Studio At Webster Hall. Those tickets are on sale NOW.
Two of High On Fire's recent tourmates are on the road in April.
Full High On Fire and Priestess dates, and some vids are below including the Priestess video for "Ladykiller".
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February 8, 2010
Screaming Females & JEFF the Brotherhood add NYC show, played Bowery w/ forgetters (playing Harvest of Hope Fest)
by Andrew Frisicano
DOWNLOAD: Don Giovanni Records sampler (ZIP)
forgetters @ Bowery Ballroom (twipic)
Don Giovanni Records hosted a seven-band showcase at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday, February 6th. The lineup for that included Shellshag, forgetters, Screaming Females, JEFF the Brotherhood, The Measure (SA), Black Wine and Groucho Marxists - all of which, minus JEFF and forgetters, are represented in the compilation linked above.
Videos from the Bowery Ballroom show are posted below. One clip captures JEFF starting off their set with a pitch-dark solo guitar intro to their album-opening rocker "Heavy Days." JEFF the Brotherhood and Screaming Females have added a Brooklyn show to their upcoming tour dates together. They'll be at Death By Audio on February 23rd with Stupid Party. A show flyer is below
Other video highlights include a look at forgetters, Blake Schwarzenbach's newish trio who have yet to release a proper recording (song intro: "this is a psychedelic odyssey...to Southern California"). forgetter's only other upcoming show is a certain festival down South: Harvest of Hope Fest, taking place March 12th-14th in St. Augustine, FL. The massive, impressive lineup for the fest (which hosted the National, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, the Faint & more last year) includes Billy Bragg, The Mountain Goats, Dr. Dog, Anvil, Rogue Wave, Strike Anywhere, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Man Man, Dead Prez, Japanther, Freelance Whales and many more. Tickets are on sale. The full list of bands is below. (As for that other upcoming festival, we hope forgetters make it to SXSW, but it should be noted that they did just play Austin in November.)
The Bowery show was a release party for Shallshag's new Rumors in Disguise and Screaming Females' self-explanatory Singles, both of which come out February 9th on Don Giovani. The video for Shellshag's "Resilient Bastard," off that, is below.
More videos of guitar shredding, pop-punk, crowdsurfing, etc. are below...
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Efterklang - 2010 tour dates, new album, MP3, video
DOWNLOAD: Efterklang - Modern Drift (MP3)
Copenhagen's Efterklang are releasing Magic Chairs, their third record (and first on 4AD), on February 23rd. Three songs from the album (including "Modern Drift," which you can get above) are streaming on their website. They also recorded a "Happy New Year 2010 video postcard" with audio clips from four of the new songs. That's posted below.
Efterklang will be touring the United States this March with Austin's Balmorhea. The bands come to NYC for a Wednesday, March 3rd show at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets are on sale.
That tour takes them to Austin for SXSW shows which are currently-TBA. The new video for their album-opening "Modern Drift" is posted with all tour dates and more below...
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Nicole Atkins & David Byrne played Bowery Ballroom (pics) w/ Michael Arthur of Balthrop Alabama (who play Joe's soon)
photos by Bao Nguyen
'Stories in High Fidelity' held an event at Bowery Ballroom on February 3rd featuring stories from David Byrne Alan Light, Dan Kennedy and Jason Gordon, and music from Nicole Atkins. The big question of the night was whether Byrne, who features Nicole Atkins on a track on his new album, would get up and sing with her during the musical part of the evening. The answer is 'yes'. David sang harmonies on Nicole's song "Neptune City". Less than a week earlier (he gets around!), David joined St. Vincent on stage at another NYC show. St Vincent also appears on David's new album. Nicole reports on Bowery Ballroom:
It was an absolute blast. Lots of really funny storytellers including NY Times writer Alan Light (whos touching story about his 6 year olds Beatlemania actually made me excited about my hopeful futuristic children), novelist Dan Kennedy (who did a hilarious interpretation of what a group prayer by Bon Jovi might sounds like before they go onstage!), Jason Gordon (who read a book report he did in 5th grade about the Doors "No One Here Gets Out Alive") and David Bryne who did an amazing lecture about how musicians make music for specific venues, ie, rap is made for car speakers, midtempo U2 music is for stadiums, etc. Actually made me have more of an understanding for East coast vs West Coast hip hop. If you ever get a chance to listen to David Byrne lecture, do it! Its eye and ear opening and extremely funny in his way. After the speakers, I played a small acoustic set solo and was accompanied by cartoonist Michael Arthur who drew cartoons of my songs while i sang them. He has a great band called Balthrop Alabama that ya'll should check out. Actually they are playing one of the nights I host at Bowery Electric on March 5th. Come see them!David Byrne is talking again at TED on February 11th ("Register for the TED2010 Associates feed to watch TED2010 at home").For my last song I played "Neptune City," and was joined by David Byrne on vocals and guitar. It was like a dream as he's always been one of my favorite artists and now here he was up onstage singing and playing my song with me. yip! I loved the way his guitar playing made a somber song such as that sound, i dunno, tropical! Byrne brought the warmth.
Balthrop Alabama can be seen even sooner than March. They play Joe's Pub on Valentine's Day. They'll be joined that time by The Bandana Splits (with Dawn Landes). Video promo made by Michael Arthur below.
More pictures from the seated Bowery Ballroom event, below...
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