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This Is Not This Heat played Brooklyn (review, setlist) after Pitchfork (video)
Featuring two thirds of the post-punk band’s original lineup, plus members of Sunn O))), Thurston Moore’s band and more, This is Not This Heat are still playing with fire.
Just For Laughs announces 2018 New Faces lineup (see some of them in NYC)
Montreal’s Just for Laughs fest just announced it’s 2018 New Faces lineup of rising comic talent and many of the performers can be caught regularly in NYC…
Parquet Courts played a Rocks Off cruise with Hailu Mergia (pics, review)
The show was the “sea” component in Parquet Courts’ three-night “Land, Sea, Air” run in NYC.
UCB's Del Close Marathon is moving to L.A. in 2019
“After 20 years of hosting the Del Close Marathon in NYC and with much thought and consideration, we felt it was time to pass the torch to our left coast partners, UCBTLA, and let the chaos run rampant on Franklin Avenue and Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles.”
Comedy roundup (5/21): Tig Notaro, Michelle Wolf, Darrell Hammond, Barry Ferns, more
Plus: John Mulaney, John Hodgman & Jean Grae, Greg Proops, Brett Davis presents John Gentle, and more funny stuff.
The Sea and Cake played @ Elsewhere w/ James Elkington (pics, review, setlist)
The veteran indie/post-rock band are currently on tour in support of their terrific new album, Any Day.
Comedy Roundup: Vulture Fest (Tracy Morgan, Retta, Samantha Bee), Hannibal Buress, more
Plus: “Dr. Gameshow” and more Vulture Fest, “Tinder Live,” Todd Barry, Seth Herzog, and more funny stuff.
Comedy Roundup (5/7): Nick Thune, Michael Ian Black, Mo Welch, Hari Kondabolu, more
Plus: Martin Short & Steve Martin, “Running Late with Scott Rogowsky,” Conner O’Malley, John Lutz & Scott Adsit, the 5th Annual Grist Comedy Extravaganza, Sasheer Zamata, and more funny stuff.
Comedy Roundup (4/30): John Mulaney, Hasan Minhaj, Carol Burnett, and more
Plus: Janeane Garofalo, Seth Meyers Writers, Two Minutes to Late Night, The Hard Times Showcase and more funny stuff.