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Subway music auditions | Berlin's street musicians

ANYONE KNOW HIS NAME OR WEBSITE? Gothamist says auditions to become a licensed NYC subway musician are today. NPR talks about Berlin’s organized street musicians…

Controversies @ Hot 97 & Power 105 | Howard Stern not moving

“A popular radio personality was fired yesterday after making a series of shockingly ugly, racist and violent on-air remarks – including a threat to sexually molest the young daughter of a rival deejay…

Art Brut & Dirty on Purpose playing Siren too | Wilco on Conan

DIRTY ON PURPOSE Thx Nora for pointing out the press release which adds Art Brut & Dirty on Purpose to the previously announced 2006 Siren Festival lineup…

Damon & Naomi + Ghost playing Joe's Pub

DAMON AND NAOMI WITH KURIHARA FROM GHOST WITH SPECIAL GUEST BRIDGET ST. JOHN @ Joe’s Pub in NYC – Thursday April 27 @ 7:00 PM – $12.00. Damon and Naomi and Ghost are also playing Terrastock 6 in Rhode Island a few days earlier…

Rock Stars Are Not DJs

“Madonna is not a DJ. But this didn’t matter to the few hundred people who crowded into the West Village club Luke and Leroy for the popular weekly party MisShapes a few months ago to watch her ‘spin…

Will Sheff (Okkervill River) | Tour Dates

Will Sheff is playing some solo shows… TOUR DATES 02/01/06 Tucson, AZ – Plush 02/08/06 San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord 02/14/06 Portland, OR – Towne Lounge 02/24/06 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s 03/02/06 Brooklyn, NY – Southpaw Previously Okkervil River Taking Requests | new MP3

Kanye West as Jesus (on Rolling Stone)

Kanye West as Jesus on Rolling Stone. Strangely Gawker reported on this without pulling in Blackface Jesus. More commentary at the Village Voice courtesy of Riff Raff…

Limited Edition Sufjan Stevens Bowery Posters

Asthmatic Kitty is selling the above two posters. The one on the left “was sold at Sufjan’s Bowery Ballroom shows in August of 2005. The butterflies represent the bands that played with Sufjan (Smoosh, Half-handed Cloud, Castanets, Bunky, Feathers, Liz Janes and Danielson Famile…

Editors on KCRW | Watch or Listen

“Editors did a full-band 35min session on KCRW’s MBE earlier this week. Watch it here or just stream the audio. And if you’re computer-savvy and know all about FLAC and BitTorrent you can download it here…

Catching Up.... MP3s.

DOWNLOAD RIGHT HERE: Fraud in the 80’s (new Mates of State MP3) …..AND….. I guess I’m Floating has rare live Arcade Fire, Alec Ounsworth, Sia remixes, new Vines, new Elefant, and new Built to Spill…
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