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May 9, 2008
What's going on Friday?
Dr. Dog @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - May 8, 2008 (Play Vicious)
* CPC Gangbangs @ Cake Shop
* Videohippos @ Death By Audio
* a whole bunch of DANCE options
* Mike Birbiglia & Patton Oswalt @ UCB
* Fucked Up is playing Knitting Factory
* Ohbijou & Takka Takka are playing Union Hall
* Erykah Badu & The Roots are playing Radio City
* Project Jenny, Project Jan @ Asterisk Art Space
* Violens, Savoir Adore, and Amazing Baby @ Union Pool
* Midnight Juggernauts, Shy Child & Holy Ghost! @ Bowery
* Mancino, Illinois, Abigail Warchild and Reggie Watts @ Southpaw
* O'Death, Ponytail, USAISAMONSTER and Woods @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
A whole bunch of tickets went on sale.
What else?
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Zombieville Friday (tonight), Tippy Toes play again Saturday
Reggie Watts @ Pianos (more by Ryan Muir)
What does tonight's Zombieville show at Soutpaw (May 9) have in common with the Saturday night show at the Lucky Cat?...
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the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (FRIDAY NIGHT)
Sebastian @ Studio B, Brooklyn, NYC - May 7, 2008(ameliemelo148)
palm tree roof lounge at Studio B (sarahheiman)
Early Friday evening (May 9, 2008) Midnight Juggernauts hit Bowery on their North American tour along with Shy Child and Holy Ghost.
Then what?
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May 8, 2008
What's going on Thursday?
Eddy Arnold, RIP
tonight in NYC
* Indian Jewelry is at Cake Shop
* Dr. Dog is playing Mercury Lounge
* Rainforest Benefit @ Carnegie Hall
* Favourite Sons are playing Glasslands
* Foals & The Ruby Suns @ Union Hall
* Rose Hill Drive is playing Mercury Lounge
* Stars Like Fleas & ohbijou play Knitting Factory
* Midnight Juggernauts (DJ) & The Shoes @ Hiro Ballroom
* El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li & Anna Ternheim play Bowery
* Clinic, Violens (Lansing-Dreiden) and caUSE co-MOTION! are @ Music Hall
What else?
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Midnight Juggernauts - tonight, Friday, Coachella, the Shoes
words by Showtrotta, photos by Ryan Muir
DOWNLOAD: Sebastien Tellier - Divine (Midnight Juggernauts remix) (Zshare MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Shoes - Knock Out (live @ Big in Japan) (Zshare MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Shoes - Baby I'm For Real (Zshare MP3)
I should have known that with so much on a Wednesday night, it would be another crazy weekend with (too?) much to do in New York. Tonight is the one calm night, but look out for a monster post of Friday dance events tomorrow.
Midnight Juggernauts @ Coachella
Australia's Midnight Juggernauts are in town this week finishing up the last few dates of their US tour with New York's own Shy Child. They will be playing at the Bowery Ballroom on Friday (May 9) along with one of my favorite disco-friendly, New York-based, deejays, Holy Ghost. Tickets are still on sale.
But prior to that, both bands will be deejaying at Hiro Ballroom tonight (Thursday, May 8) (free with RSVP). The Shoes will also be playing a live set (in case you missed them last night at Studio B - or if you saw them and could not get enough). I was at Studio B last night and thought the Shoes live set was pretty good. The duo's live show is created with a Mac, some other gear, and live vocals. The set was very energetic and got the crowd moving from the get-go. The live vocals gave their songs a sense of immediacy, and their original tracks were a pleasant change from all the deejay sets I've caught lately.
The Midnight Juggernauts photos in this post were taken by Ryan at Coachella. More of them, a video, and the flyer for tonight, below....
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May 7, 2008
What's going on Wednesday?
DOWNLOAD: Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (MP3)
tonight in NYC & NJ
* The Jammys
* Sebastian @ Studio B
* Pharoahe Monch @ SOB's
* Mary J Blige & Jay Z @ MSG
* Neil Diamond @ The Bitter End
* Foals & The Ruby Suns @ Maxwell's
* Japanther & The Pharmacy @ Europa
* Yeti Magazine Party @ Cake Shop
* Flight of the Conchords @ Town Hall
* The Night Marchers @ Mercury Lounge
* Dominique Keegan's birthday @ R Bar
* El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li & Anna Ternheim @ Joe's Pub
The 2008 Siren Festival lineup was announced.
My Bloody Valentine are going on tour.
So are Sigur Ros.
Leia Jospe took the pictures of Lykke Li you see at this post (@ SXSW). Lykke Li is playing Joe's Pub tonight and Bowery Ballroom tomorrow. Her debut EP Little Bit is out now. More photos below.
What else?
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Phish & Jay-Z will meet again (sort of/maybe) @ MSG tonight
The 7th Annual Jammy Awards are happening tonight (May 7) at the The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden (jam bands + grammys = jammys), and some people seem to think Phish are going to reunite and play since they're being honored at the shindig. Even more interesting should be the scene outside the venue as Phish fans make their way to the theater while Jay-Z and Mary J Blige fans find their way into the much larger venue in the same building.
And with all of that going on under one roof, I guess anything could happen.....
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Erol Alkan played Studio B // the Wed night in Dance........... (events @ R Bar and/or Studio B TONIGHT)
by Showtrotta
Erol Alkan @ Studio B - May 3, 2008 (CRED)
Lots of good dance went down here last weekend, but I was out of town! Luckily one of my dance partners in crime, Paul (Thump Thump), made it out to Studio B on Saturday for Erol Alkan's set:
"Everything about Erol was great last Saturday. The crowd - packed but not that gross, disgusting, Studio B packed. Most everyone was into it, and then Erol crushed it, but not in a "hit you over the head with bangin' tracks" kind of crush. It was more of a complete set, not banger after banger. I liked it because he selected very good, obscure tracks (very few Ed Banger songs) and made them flow. He teased up tons of build-ups and blended them into other build-ups, and then released. It was really, really, one of the more seamless dj sets that I've heard in a while.The dancing starts early this week with a couple of great events happening tonight (Wednesday, May 7, 2008).........
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May 6, 2008
What's going on Tuesday?
No Age @ an invite-only FADER party - May 5, 2008 (Abbey Braden)
The Acorn @ Pianos (rock n ROFL), NYC - May 5, 2008 (Bao Nguyen)
tonight in NYC
* Jay-Z & Mary J Blige @ MSG
* Sigmund Droid @ Crash Mansion
* Cloudland Canyon @ Glasslands
* Flight of the Conchords @ Town Hall
* Earth & Kayo Dot @ Knitting Factory
* R Stevie Moore & Half Handed Clouds @ Cake Shop
* No Age, High Places & Fiasco @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Acorn, The Cave Singers & Love as Laughter @ Mercury Lounge
Peter Gabriel's web sever was stolen and The Musical Box ("The exclusive authorized authentic Re-creation of Genesis") just happens to be playing Highline Ballroom tonight.
Fuck Buttons @ Mercury Lounge - May 5, 2008 (self-titled mag)
What else?
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Sigmund Droid is playing a free show tonight
Sigmund Droid, secret guest, open bar, Crash Mansion. Tonight (May 6, 2008).
FREE WITH RSVP.
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