Doveman @ Mercury Lounge in January (more by )

tonight in NYC
* Air, AM @ Terminal 5
* John Mulaney @ Caroline's
* Something in Spanish @ Coco 66
* Doveman & Nico Muhly @ The Kitchen
* Weasel Walter (QWOC) @ The Stone
* Nation Beat @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
* The Anvil Experience @ Gramercy Theatre
* Jolie Holland, Rain Machine @ 92YTribeca
* Joseph Arthur, Kevin Devine @ City Winery
* Alex Terrier, Amayo's Fu-Arkist-Ra @ Zebulon
* Fake Blood, Surkin, Boy 8 Bit @ Webster Hall
* Allman Brothers Band @ United Palace Theatre
* Roy Haynes 85th Birthday Celebration @ Blue Note
* Magik Markers, Mick Barr, Spectre Folk @ Union Pool
* The Wood Brothers, Joe McGuinness @ Bowery Ballroom
* Gospel, Pollution, Giancarlo Bracchi @ Death By Audio
* Portugal. The Man, Port O'Brien, The Dig @ Highline Ballroom
* Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona @ Prudential Center
* Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Black Hollies @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Archipelago w/ Matt Marks's The Little Death, Build @ Galapagos
* Oneida, Sightings, The Library Is On Fire, Spreaders @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Cudzoo & The Faggettes, El Diablo Robotico, Meet Me in Norway, DJ Sambaraella @ Glasslands
* Under The Elephant, Atlantic/Pacific, Earth Minor, Katia, Mike Falzone @ Studio at Webster Hall

Sorry about not getting as many posts on the site as I wanted to this week. Today is the third day of SXSW and the third day in a row of BV day parties in Austin. This afternoon you can find us at Club DeVille.

We had two competing shows yesterday - one with 19 bands at Spider House, and an intimate metal show in the backyard of a Hoeks Death Metal Pizza. A video from the latter below...

What else?

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tonight in NYC
* Amos Lee @ Bell House
* House of Pain @ Nokia Theatre
* Joanna Newsom @ Town Hall
* Mary Halvorson @ Roulette
* Scissor Sisters @ Bowery Ballroom
* Roy Haynes 85th Birthday Celebration @ Blue Note
* Allman Brothers Band @ United Palace Theatre
* King Missile, Mixel Pixel @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Holler, Tam Lin, Jason Anderson @ Pete's Candy Store
* FIXED w/ Annie Mac, JDH & Dave P @ Santos Party House
* Good Luck, Emilyn Brodsky, Thousandaires @ Death By Audio
* Yaya Herman Dune, Turner Cody, The Fisherman Three @ Union Hall
* A Storm of Light, Rumanian Buck, Batillus, Via Vengence @ Union Pool
* Steve Shiffman & The Land of No, The Psyched, Mr. Dream @ Bruar Falls
* Des Roar, The Bali Shag Vipers, The Dead Sparrows, Doppelganger @ Glasslands
* Secret History, The Ballet, Murder Mystery, Tyburn Saints @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Mahogany, Autodrone, The Instant Classic, Red States, Bluepages @ Studio at Webster Hall

Air plays Terminal 5 Friday.

Anvil plays Gramercy Theatre Friday.

Portugal. The Man plays Highline Ballroom Friday.

SXSW continues in Austin. Two competing BV day parties today (one all metal in a 50-cap pizza place backyard). One off the strip, also at a restaurant, but with plenty of room and three stages (and Turbo Fruits instead of Human Eye). Those flyers are below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday? (SXSW Day 2) "

Scissor Sisters @ Mercury Lounge in 2008 (more by Kevin Tachman)

tonight in NYC
* Good for Cows @ The Stone
* The Chieftans @ Town Hall
* Scissor Sisters @ Bowery Ballroom
* Cinema 16 w/ Sabrina Chap @ Coco 66
* Roy Haynes 85th Birthday Celebration @ Blue Note
* Mr. North, Audio Fiction, Suddyn @ Mercury Lounge
* The Ataris, Don't Panic, Washington Square Park @ Maxwell's
* Atakke, Capsule, Mutilation Rights, Death First @ Cake Shop
* White Suns, Weasel Walter Trio, Buckets of Bile @ Silent Barn
* Gang Green, Cerebral Ballzy, Born Loose, World War IX @ Europa
* Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona @ Madison Square Garden
* Big Terrific Show w/ Max Silvestri, Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate @ The Cameo
* Sxip Shirey, Avi-Fox Rosen, The Nightmare River Band, Veveritse @ Spike Hill
* Toomai String Quintet, Dan Joseph Ensemble, Thomas Buckner @ Issue Project Room
* Drink Me, Brian Dewan, Taigaa!, Frankenpine, Lucky Chops Brass Band @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Murphy's Law, Hub City Stompers, Joe Coffee, Hell Bent Hooker, The Bullys, Blackout Shoppers @ Trash Bar

This site looks different.

Murphy's Law at Trash Bar is a fine St Patrick's Day show option if there ever was one.

Speaking of hardcore legends, Gang Green is playing Europa.

Scissor Sisters play two nights in a row at Bowery Ballroom and then head to Austin.

Tonight's Knitting Factory show is a benefit for Brooklyn's City Reliquary with Lucky Chops!, Frankenpine, Brian Dewan, Drink Me and Cecilia Brauer.

I'm pretty excited to hear NYC Taper's recording of the Wave Pictures set from our pre-SXSW show at Knitting Factory Monday night.

The city is going to be deader than normal this week and weekend due to SXSW in Austin where ten zillion bands have converged to play ten zillion shows. As mentioned a few times, seven of those are BrooklynVegan shows including two happening today. Flyers for those are below.

What else?

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Andrew WK & Ted Leo in 2008 (more by Ryan Muir)

tonight in NYC
* No Bra, Blush Response @ Glasslands
* Neighbors, Milly Beau @ Mercury Lounge
* Allman Brothers Band @ United Palace Theatre
* FIXED w/ Aeroplane, Blondes @ Santos Party House
* Peter Evans Quintet, Craig Taborn @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* International Contemporary Ensemble @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Apache Beat @ Bowery Ballroom
* Andrew WK, The Dirty Pearls, Chainsaw Trio @ Irving Plaza
* Emanuel And The Fear, Sunflower & The Seeds, Peasant @ Maxwell's
* Sean Bonnette, Bomb the Music Industry!, Jason Anderson @ Silent Barn
* Ches Smith, Trevor Dunn, Jonathan Goldberger, Harris Eisenstadt @ Zebulon
* Pika Yuka, Preacher and the Knife, Water Fai, Hard Nips, Moon Mama, Boats @ Pianos

Wednesday is St Patrick's Day (no Pogues tour this year) and the first day of SXSW Music.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/sxsw/ is the place to find information on all seven BV events happening in Austin this week. http://twitter.com/bvsxsw is where you can follow some of the action.

Andrew WK plays Irving Plaza tonight and then one of those mentioned BV parties in Austin on Saturday.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour play Bowery Ballroom tonight and then multiple shows in Texas too.

Scissor Sisters don't get to Austin until Saturday. You can catch them first at Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday and Thursday.

Duck Down Records is celebrating their 15th anniversaray this year with a big showcase at SXSW. Among their lineup is Buckshot who also plays a BV day party on Saturday.

On Friday March 12, Duck Down kicked off anniversary celebrations at the Red Bull space in New York City. The event doubled as Dru Ha's birthday party. Video from the show of Buckshot performing his verse off the Black Moon classic "I Got Cha Open", below....

What else?

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Olof Arnalds @ Rockwood Music Hall (more by Vincent Cornelli)

tonight in NYC
* Olof Arnalds @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Cocoon @ (late) (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Les Paul Tribute w/ Jeff Washburn @ Iridium
* Allman Brothers Band @ United Palace Theatre
* The Lovely Feathers, Silvertone @ Mercury Lounge
* Marina & The Diamonds @ (early) (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Resurrection Sorrow, Maegashira, Archon @ Lit Lounge
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Hockey, The Postelles, The Constellations @ Bowery Ballroom
* Small Beast w/ Greg Garing, Cassis and the Sympathies, Vera Beren, Volvete @ The Delancey
* A Classic Education, Golden Ages, Starring, Million Young, Butterfly Explosion @ The Cameo
* The Depreciation Guild, Pirate Love, Hanne Hukkelberg, The Megaphonic Thrift @ Santos Party House
* WhoMadeWho, Let's Wrestle, Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, Banjo Or Freakout @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Free PBR from 7-9 @ Knitting Factory tonight. NO LET's WRESTLE. :( Tickets still on sale. We're working on a replacement. Stay tuned.

Andrew WK plays Irving Plaza Tuesday.

Retribution Gospel Choir's new video for "Workin' Hard" below...

What else?

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The Megaphonic Thrift @ by:Larm 2010 (more)

tonight in NYC
* Louis CK @ Caroline's
* ACME @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Kronos Quartet @ Zankel Hall
* Al Green @ the Wellmont Theatre
* John Zorn Improv Night @ The Stone
* Stupid Party, Gourmet Scum @ Don Pedro
* WFMU's Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia @ Maxwell's
* Todd, Sewerkraut, Drunkdriver @ (late) Cake Shop
* Marina and The Diamonds, Samuel @ The Bell House
* Lord Jeff, Truman Peyote, Julie Bryne @ Silent Barn
* Talib Kweli (DJ), DJ Jujitsu, DJ Eque @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Rufus Wainwright: Blackoutsabbath @ Park Avenue Armory
* Red Hook Ramblers, The Hot Johnsons @ Knitting Factory
* Standard Fare, Little Big, Jack Skuller @ Death By Audio
* Darren Hanlon, A Classic Education, Electricians @ Bruar Falls
* David Daniell & Douglas Mccombs Duo, Alan Licht & Loren Connors @ Union Pool
* Carolina Chocolate Drops, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens @ Bowery Ballroom
* Casiokids, The Good The Bad, Spleen United, The Megaphonic Thrift @ Littlefield (starts 1pm)
* Sissy Spacek, Gerritt Witmer and Paul Knowles, Sean Meehan, Dim Diamond @ (early) Cake Shop
* Field Mouse, Hailey Wojcik & Her Imaginary Friends, Gregory & The Hawk, Julie Peel @ Glasslands

pre-SXSW Scandanavian week continues at Littlefield this AFTERNOON (which is even earlier-feeling than normal thanks to us losing an hour last night. Did you set back your clocks yet?).

Oh, also MGMT is apparently playing Mercury Lounge tonight (as The Smirking Worm).

"The most-talked about aspect of Lady Gaga's Beyonce co-starring, Jonas Akerlund-directed music video for "Telephone," which premiered Thursday night, was not the singer's flagrant partial nudity, girl-on-girl kissing or mass-murder sequence in a diner featuring Tyrese Gibson. It was the product placement. At least nine different brands make appearances in the nine-minute music video, from Gaga's own Heartbeats headphones to a "Beats Limited Edition" laptop, from HP Envy to "telephone" partner Virgin Mobile, and from Miracle Whip and Wonder Bread to Diet Coke. [Ad Age]"

The Lonely Island is Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone. Last night on SNL they debuted the video for "Boombox" featuring Julian Casablancas. Watch it below...

What else?

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Priestess @ Webster Hall, 2009 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)

casiokids @ South Street Seaport, 2009 (more by Tear-N Tan)

tonight in NYC
* Louis CK @ Caroline's
* Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Puscifer @ Apollo Theater
* Henry Rollins @ Irving Plaza
* Kronos Quartet @ Zankel Hall
* Vetiver, Scout Niblett, Arp @ 92YTribeca
* Alkaline Trio & Cursive @ Starland Ballroom
* Jarrod Gorbel, Arms @ (le) Poisson Rouge
* Tracy Bonham, The Old Ceremony @ Joe's Pub
* Allman Brothers Band @ United Palace Theatre
* Treasure Fingers, VDRK, Free Magic @ Santos Party House
* Balkan Beat Box, Bajah & The Dry Eye Crew @ Webster Hall
* Q-Tip (DJ), DJ Jazzy Jeff, Peanut Butter Wolf @ Nokie Theatre
* Priestess, The Giraffes, Bison, Naam @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Cheeseburger, Hard Nips, Valley Lodge, Jon Glaser @ The Bell House
* Sissy Spacek, Gerritt Witmer and Paul Knowles @ Issue Project Room
* PC Worship, Wild Nothing, The House Floor, Second Life @ Shea Stadium
* Casiokids, Spleen United, Banjo Or Freakout, A Classic Education @ Pianos
* Oberhofer, Twin Shadow, Pocketknife, Hundred In The Hands @ Cameo Gallery
* Radio Happy Hour w/ Cursive, Arthur Phillips, John & Molly Knefel @ (le) Poisson Rouge
* Darlings, Whatever Brains, The Invisible Hand, Total Slacker, My Teenage Stride, The Sundelles, I'm Turning Into, Big Troubles @ Cake Shop

Priestess headlines Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight. Catch them there and/or at one of of our BV day parties in Austin.

Cheeseburger also plays a Brooklyn show tonight, and then a BV show at SXSW.

Follow @bvSXSW on Twitter for more about SXSW than we post here or on @brooklynvegan, and check out our new SXSW party Facebook event page.

Casiokids & Banjo or Freakout play Pianos tonight, and they're both on the bill of our pre-SXSW show in NYC on Monday at Knitting Factory where we now have confirmed free PBR from 7-9 (there's a Facebook event page for that too).

A video of Alec Ounsworth playing an NPR 'Tiny Desk Concert' below...

What else?

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Henry Rollins @ Gramercy Theatre in 2007 (more)

tonight in NYC
* Louis CK @ Caroline's
* Jay-Z @ Nassau Coliseum
* Allman Brothers @ United Palace
* hip hop for Haiti @ SOB's
* Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Henry Rollins @ Irving Plaza
* Alkaline Trio & Cursive @ Nokia Theatre
* The National, Buke & Gass @ Bell House
* Glass Ghost, Inlets, Bell @ 92YTribeca
* Vaz, Todd, Pygmy Shrews @ Death By Audio
* Joseph Arthur, Nicole Atkins @ City Winery
* The Magnetic Fields, Darren Hanlon @ Town Hall
* My Robot Friend, Kingdom, Alex Moulton @ Galapagos
* Scout Niblett, Picastro, Center Divider @ Union Pool
* Hussle Club, Maluca, TV Baby @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Foreign Born, Free Energy, CLOVERS @ Knitting Factory
* Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue @ 174 Mott Street
* Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear & Departed @ Nokia Theatre
* The Very Best, Theophilus London @ Museum of Natural History
* Kronos Quartet w/ Matmos & more @ Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
* Girls & Boys w/ Wolfgang Gartner, Designer Drugs @ Webster Hall
* Levon Helm, Donald Fagen, The Duke & the King @ The Wellmont Theater
* Water Fai, Talk Normal, Moon Mama, Hard Nips, Olivia Mori @ Bruar Falls
* Ensemble Dal Niente, Jeremiah Cymerman, Toby Driver @ Issue Project Room
* Tragedy, The Upper Crust, Les Sans Culottes, The Blondest @ Bowery Ballroom
* Woods, Real Estate, Happy Birthday, Wild Nothing @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* New Madrid Faults, I Am The Heat, The Courtesy Tier, Ben Franklin @ Matchless
* Brit & The Cavalry, The Nouvellas, Beluga, The Anabolics, KC Quilty @ Spike Hill
Drink Up Buttercup, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Million Young, No Place, Bruce Peninsula @ Pianos

Spike Hill hosts a tribute to Joan Jett & the Runaways Tribute.

W.A.S.P. was scheduled to play Gramercy Theatre in NYC last night, but cancelled last minute.

"My sons and I were waiting for the doors of the theater to open when [W.A.S.P. mainman] Blackie [Lawless] walked by in what seemed to be a foul mood. Shortly after, I was told by a person waiting on the line that the show has been cancelled. Then we found out that Blackie was at the tour bus and would sign autographs for everyone. And to his credit, he did. He signed many autographs and allowed pictures to be taken.

"Blackie was very nice to everyone but upset that the band would not be performing.

"I do not know the details but from what I overheard, the [band] was [not] at fault." [Blabbermouth]

Levon Helm's show at Wellmont Theatre tonight was originally scheduled during a snow storm.

Tickets go on general sale today for the Levon Helm / Willie Nelson show happening at Radio City Music Hall.

The all metal Bee Gees tribute band Tragedy is breaking up. Tonight at Bowery Ballroom is the last chance to see them.

Henry Rollins does spoken word at Irving Plaza tonight and tomorrow.

A PUNKCAST video of The Thrills performing "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?" at Bar 13 in NYC on August 10, 2003, below...

What else?

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The National @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham)

tonight in NYC
* Louis CK @ Caroline's
* WASP @ Gramercy Theatre
* Puscifer @ Grand Ballroom
* ETHEL Plays JacobTV @ Merkin Hall
* Blasco, Open Ocean @ Zebulon
* Gilberto Gil @ Nokia Theatre
* Jesse Malin @ Bowery Electric
* Allman Brothers @ United Palace
* Prong & Soulfly @ Starland Ballroom
* Care Bears on Fire @ Barnes & Noble
* Chubb Rock, Dres of Black Sheep at SOB's
* Zombi, Titan, Bassoon @ Europa
* Yacht, MNDR, Bobby Birdman @ Bowery Ballroom
* Soulive w/ Questlove & Rahzel @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Magnetic Fields, Darren Hanlon @ Town Hall
* Choir of Young Believers, Arms, Anni Rossi @ Pianos
* Shrinebuilder, Wolves In The Throne Room, Salome @ NYU
* Dangles, Fuzz Orchestra, Invisible Circle @ Death By Audio
* Jenny Owen Youngs, Bess Rogers, Allison Weiss @ Union Hall
* The National, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra @ The Bell House
* Kronos Quartet plays Terry Riley @ Carnegia Hall's Zankel Hall
* Neckbeard Telecaster, Big Honey Mama, Brown Bird @ Union Pool
* Foreign Born, Free Energy, Clovers, Linfinity @ Mercury Lounge
* Diehard, Standard Fare, Makeout Videotape, Sally Head @ Cake Shop
* Fluffy Lumbers, Wild Nothing, Miho Hatori, Blissed Out @ Market Hotel
* FIXED w/ Simian Mobile Disco (DJ), JDH & Dave P @ (Le) Poission Rouge
* Iran, Arboretum, War of Northern Aggression @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Exit Music, Timber Rattle, Jason Anderson, Maya Solovey @ Pete's Candy Store
* Mustard Pimp, Hesta Prynn, The Willowz, The Auctioneers @ Santos Party House
* Dillinger Escape Plan, Darkest Hour, Iwrestledabearonce, Animals as Leaders @ Irving Plaza
* ArpLine, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Home Video, Million Young, Love Like Deloreans, Mystery Roar @ Glasslands

Zombi is coming all the way from Pittsburgh to play Europa in Brooklyn tonight. We have two pairs of tickets to give away. If you want them email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Zombi). Include your first and last name.

After their set at NYU (tickets to non-NYU students available at the door), Al Cisneros and Dale Crover of Shrinebuilder will scoot over to The Charleston to play DJ for the after party.

Puscifer play Grand Ballroom tonight and The Apollo on Saturday.

The National play their first of two shows at The Bell House tonight. Last night they were on Fallon. Video below..

What else?

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Broken Bells

tonight in NYC
* Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Men, Light Asylum @ Mercury Lounge
* Dam-Funk, DJ Spinna @ Bowery Ballroom
* Emanuel And The Fear @ Gramercy Theater
* John Brown's Body, Echo Movement @ Maxwell's
* Capsula, Cavalier Rose, Orange Opera @ Pianos
* The Magnetic Fields, Laura Barrett @ Town Hall
* Glass Ghost, Flotilla, Jason Anthony Harris @ Cake Shop
* The Silent League, Brasstronaut, Callmekat @ Littlefield
* Jessica Sligter, Which Way East, Black Sea Hotel @ Zebulon
* Broken Bells, Plants & Animals @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Big Terrific Show w/ Max Silvestri, Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate @ The Cameo
* Santino Santino, Himalaya, The Shining Twins, Baby Fangs @ (late) Glasslands
* Choir of Young Believers, Spleen United, The Loom, The Right Ons @ Union Hall
* Total Slacker, Prince Rama, Quiet Hooves, Bubbly Mommy Gun, Ambergris @ Silent Barn
* Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Suckers, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Dream Diary, Cloud Nothings, Fluffy Lumbers, McDonalds, Free Kisses @ Monster Island Basement

She & Him's new video for "In The Sun" below...

What else?

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