Man or Astro-Man? @ West Fest 2012 (more by Zach Pollack)

today in Chicago
* Moby @ The Mid
* Fleetwood Mac @ Allstate Arena
* Seth Meyers @ The Chicago Theatre
* Crystal Fighters, Alpine @ Lincoln Hall
* Priests, Blizzard Babies @ The Burlington
* Taste of Randolph Street Festival (Day 1)
* Kopecky Family Band, Blondfire @ SPACE
* Josh Rouse, Field Report @ City Winery Chicago (Night 2)
* Witchbanger, Mount Salem, Windhand, Lord @ Ultra Lounge
* Santah, Pet Lions, Barber Greene, Landmarks @ Subterranean
* Man or Astro-Man?, Jacuzzi Boys, Big Smoke City @ Empty Bottle (Night 1)

Man or Astro-Man? and Jacuzzi Boys play their first of two shows at the Empty Bottle tonight.

Taste of Randolph Street Festival begins tonight.

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by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Pure Bathing Culture - "Pendulum" (MP3)

Pure Bathing Culture at Webster Hall in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

When Sarah Versprille and Daniel HIndman aren't making pastoral folk in their band, Vetiver, they're off working as a duo on their new dream pop project, Pure Bathing Culture. And when I say dream pop, it's because the band have all the dreamy atmospherics to earn them that title, but they're definitely have more pop ambitions than many of their twee peers. They contributed the cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" to last year's Rumours tribute album, and couldn't have picked a more appropriate song, if that gives you an idea.

Last year, the duo released their self-titled debut EP, and now they're set to put out their debut full length, Moon Tides, on August 20 via Partisan in the US and a day earlier via Memphis Industries in the UK. You can download the new album's very catchy single, "Pendulum," above, or stream it along with streams of all four tracks from their EP, below.

Pure Bathing Culture are currently on a tour which brings the band to NYC TONIGHT (6/7) at Mercury Lounge for a show with Monogold. Tickets are available.

All dates are listed, along with those song streams, below...

Continue reading "Pure Bathing Culture (mems. of Vetiver) on tour, playing NYC tonight, releasing debut LP (dates & streams)"

by Andrew Sacher

Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden in April (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Fleetwood Mac are making a pretty solid comeback this year with the reissue of their classic album, Rumours, and their first new music since 2003, Extended Play, which is actually a not-bad harkening back to the band's late '70s period (albeit without Christine McVie). They've also been on a tour for a while which brought them to Chicago for a United Center show back in April. You'll have another chance to catch the band in the area when they play Allstate Arena on June 14. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Fleetwood Mac's tour was recently expanded to include European and Australian dates later in the year. Updated dates are listed, along with a Spotify stream of the new EP, below...

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Before and after: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

As you surely remember, last October's Hurricane Sandy put a lot of things underwater. One of them was outdoor concert amphitheater Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre. Live Nation has been busy renovating ever since the water receeded:

Along with much of the coastal regions throughout New York and New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy inflicted catastrophic damage on the venue. Sandy generated a storm surge of 8--10 feet, and the ground floor, sub-structures and pathways under Jones Beach Theatre, which sits right on Zachs Bay, were submerged. Much of the 14,000 seat venue was impacted from the surge, from the stage to the seats, the backstage and concessions and VIP areas were all severely damaged.

But before construction could even commence, more than 3 million gallons of sea water had to be pumped out of the venue, which then had to be cleaned from top to bottom. Hundreds of tons of debris and damaged structures and equipment had to be removed from the site...

...The stage and boardwalk and their substructures had to be completely rebuilt from scratch. More than 9 miles of special MCM cable had to be replaced in the tunnels and access ways below the venue. All the doors on the main level, more than 200 in total, had to be replaced. Where possible the venue's infrastructure was redesigned to mitigate any future damages (i.e. the main electrical system was relocated to the second floor, above the 100 year floodplain) and replacement appliances and equipment were upgraded to energy efficient models.

Concerts at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater that you might be more interested in include, Fleetwood Mac on June 22, Bob Dylan/Wilco/Beck on July 27, and Depeche Mode/Bat for Lashes on September 8. The outdoor venue's entire summer schedule is below.

Continue reading "Hurricane Sandy-ravaged Nikon at Jones Beach Theater re-opens this weekend for 2013 summer concert season"

Fleetwood Mac at MSG earlier this month (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

When Fleetwood Mac played Madison Square Garden, we mentioned that the new material they played would be coming out on a new EP this year. That EP, simply titled Extended Play, just came out and can be downloaded at iTunes.

Fleetwood Mac's tour brings them back to the NYC-area for a show on June 22 at Jones Beach. Tickets for that show are still available.

Watch them play the EP's opening track, "Sad Angel," at MSG below...

Continue reading "Fleetwood Mac's new EP is out now"

Big Boi @ Austin Fader Party, Nov. 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

Ghostface Killah @ MHOW, Oct. 2012 (more by Gretchen Robinette)

today in NYC
* Spank @ UCB
* Ideal Bread @ Barbes
* Ashley Davis @ Joe's Pub
* Ghostface Killah @ The DL
* Maceo Parker @ Blue Note
* Furthur @ The Capitol Theatre
* Talib Kweli @ The Greene Space
* Sky White Tiger @ Manhattan Inn
* Fleetwood Mac @ Prudential Center
* Big Boi, Killer Mike @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* Pickwick, Basia Bulat @ Mercury Lounge
* Pictureplane, Lil Internet, Musa @ Le Bain
* Kendrick Lamar @ Secret Manhattan Venue
* Weird Womb, Barren Girls, Prima @ Cake Shop
* Steve Coleman and Five Elements @ The Stone
* Slow Magic, Beat Culture, Bright Future @ Glasslands
* Big Terrific Comedy Show w/ Max Silvestri @ Cameo Gallery
* Sons of Fathers, El Sportivo & The Blooz @ Mercury Lounge
* Ryan Montbleau, ALO, American Babies @ Highline Ballroom
* Lelia Broussard, Bess Rogers, In The Round @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Owen Cohen (ex. Black Kids), Colorform, Dalton @ The Bowery Electric
* Dogwater, Slonk Donkerson, The Veda Rays, Acrobat Twin @ Silent Barn
* Tesla Boy, HITS, Teams, Future of the Party @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* The Warlocks, The Vandelles, Wreaths @ Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ)
* Hockey, Monogold, Black Light Dinner Party, Late Guest at the Party @ Pianos
* All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Mayday Parade, You Me At Six @ Best Buy Theater
* Akron/Family, Eric Copeland of Black Dice, M Geddes Gengras @ Bowery Ballroom

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Phosphorescent was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, playing Muchacho's "Song For Zula," complete with a mini-orchestra. Watch it below.

Thee Oh Sees made a video for their new track "Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster" and you can watch that below too.

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today in Chicago
* CHIRP Record Fair
* Talib Kweli @ Double Door
* Fleetwood Mac @ United Center
* Widowspeak, Twin Peaks @ Schubas
* Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Akbar @ Metro
* Phosphorescent, Strand of Oaks @ Lincoln Hall
* Billy Bragg, Kim Churchill @ City Winery Chicago
* Redd Kross, Outer Minds, Circles @ Empty Bottle
* Jonathan Toubin, Velcro Lewis, Basic Cable @ Hideout

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Stevie Nicks / Lindsey Buckingham

Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood) are back this year and are currently on an extensive tour that stopped in NYC for its first area show last night (4/8) at Madison Square Garden. They, not surprisingly, played more from Rumours than any other album, with huge hits like "Dreams," "Don't Stop," and "Go Your Own Way," in addition to some of its much-loved non-singles like "The Chain" and "Never Going Back Again." More interestingly, the album they tapped into second most was Rumours' "weird" followup Tusk, which has gained much of the credit it deserves over the years.

They also played a new song, "Sad Angel," which will appear on the band's new EP. Consequence of Sound points to a video of the band playing that song at their Philly show (4/6) where Lindsey said the EP would be out "in a few days." That video and the full setlist, pictures, and a video from the MSG show are in this post.

Fleetwood Mac's tour returns to the NYC area two more times this month for shows at Mohegan Sun on April 20 and Prudential Center on April 24, and after heading around the rest of the country, makes one more stop for their big outdoor show at Jones Beach on June 22. Tickets for all three of those shows are still available.

More pictures, setlist, and videos below...

Continue reading "Fleetwood Mac played Madison Square Garden, releasing a new EP (pics, setlist, videos)"

The Black Angels at MHOW in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Cumbiagra @ Barbes
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Zoe Sarnak @ Joe's Pub
* Rodriguez @ Beacon Theatre
* Gin Wigmore @ Mercury Lounge
* Alicia Keys, Miguel @ Prudential Center
* Okkervil River @ Grand Central Terminal
* Fleetwood Mac @ Madison Square Garden
* San Cisco, Chaos Chaos @ Bowery Ballroom
* Liam Finn, Celestial Shore @ Knitting Factory
* Frank London's Shekhina Big Band @ The Stone
* Pterodactyl, Writer, Tartufi @ Mercury Lounge
* The 2 Bears (members of Hot Chip) @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Nick Waterhouse, Jonathan Toubin (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* The Black Angels, Allah-Las, Elephant Stone @ Webster Hall
* Half Waif, Yost, Relatives, The Lost Shores @ Cameo Gallery
* Comadrone & Snark, DTROTBOT, Marble Fawn @ Glasslands
* Wyatt Cenac, Kara Klenk, Alex Koll, Kate Berlant, Seaton Smith, Lesley Tsina @ Littlefield
* Hunter and Wolfe, Extra Fingers, Net Cong, Amy Vachal @ Pete's Candy Store
* Big Christmas, Que Linda, Adira Amram And The Experience, Howling @ Pianos
* Birds In Weather, Battle Of The Camel, Robot Princess, Manic Sheep @ Silent Barn
* Admiral Fallow, Freedy Johnston, Pete Donnelly (of the Figgs) @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Sean Hoots (of Hoots and Hellmouth), Small Houses, Yellowbirdd, Chris Kasper @ Union Hall

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Garbage at the Riv on 4.03.2013

On Wednesday night (4/03), Garbage tagged Chicago on their current North American tour with IO Echo for a performance at the Riviera Theatre. Their 21-song set included fan-favorites "I Think I'm Paranoid," "Only Happy When It Rains," and "Stupid Girl," as well as a fair amount of songs from their latest album Not Your Kind of People. Were you there? If so, what did you think? We've got a set of pictures from the 4/03 show, a couple of videos, and the full setlist in this post.

More below...

Continue reading "Garbage & IO Echo played the Riv (pics, setlist, videos)"

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

Beneath hazy blueish-purple lights, Garbage gave show as cleanly produced as their albums and as irresistibly catchy as their most pervasive hits. The strutting thump of Version 2.0 single "Push It" began a set as jam-packed as the venue with a steady stream of songs allowing few breaks. Even the breaks were electric interactions between the charming Manson and the audience as she offered hilarious commentary on barely noticeable technical difficulties, dating horror stories, and items audience members were hoisting into the air for her to notice, like a Scottish flag.

Balancing the old with the new, Garbage seem to have found a nice way of coexisting in both the past and the present. It was endearing to see pairs of parents with their children of a variety of ages sing enthusiastically in sync to everything like the high-energy, raucous performance of 2005's "Why Do You Love Me," which included a healthy amount of fist-pumping from fellow balcony members. Slowing things down, a seductive "#1 Crush" felt like a hauntingly smooth transition to the second half of their pre-encore set that ended with the beautiful final track off of their newest album, "Beloved Freak." - [Village Voice]

Continue reading "Garbage played Terminal 5 with IO Echo (pics, setlist, video)"

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Eels @ Webster Hall, 3/1/2013

On the back of a strong 10th album, Wonderous Glorious, Eels slithered into NYC on Friday (3/1) for a show at Webster Hall. Dressed in matching tracksuits, frontman E and the rest of the band came out for a 20-plus song set that touched on his entire career, plus covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" and Small Faces' "Ichycoo Park." The crowd was warmed up with opening sets from Nicole Atkins and the strange torch songs of twisted clown act Puddles Pity Party. Puddles and Eels also performed an impromptu, post-encore finale as the crew disassembled the stage.

More pictures from Friday's show below....

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Rick Springfield / John Fogerty / Rick Nielson, Taylor Hawkins, Krist Novoselic

As discussed, Dave Grohl made his directorial debut with his new documentary, Sound City, which tells the story of the LA recording studio of the same name, and he brought his star-studded Sound City Players to NYC for show at Hammerstein Ballroom last night. The lineup included Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Lee Ving of Fear, Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Alain Johannes, and Chris Goss, with backing from Dave Grohl himself, along with Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Krist Novoselic, Chris Shiflett, and Pat Smear.

In addition to playing original tunes that the members wrote for Sound City, the show included mini-sets from the people involved. It opened with a set from Alain Johannes, who played "Hangin' Tree" by Queens of the Stone Age, which he co-wrote, and also played some tracks from his band Eleven. Then Masters of Reality head Chris Goss brought out RATM's Brad Wilk for a set of Masters of Reality songs. Fear's Lee Ving did an original Sound City song followed by all Fear cuts. Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick did his set with Nirvana's Krist Novaselic, and the pair did all Cheap Trick songs and his cover of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame". Then Rick Springfield was up, followed by John Fogerty.

Steve Nicks ended the show, doing original Sound City track, and combining that with Fleetwood Mac favorites "Dreams," "Landslide," and "Gold Dust Woman," plus here solo song, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," for which Dave Grohl came out and took over Tom Petty's role in the song. The sets were all backed by Foo Fighters members, and in between performances, clips of the film were played on stage. The entire setlist (incomplete setlist, can anyone help fix it?) and more pictures from the show are below (though unfortunately, photographers were not allowed to shoot the entire show, and there are no pictures of Stevie Nicks & Dave Grohl).

Dave Grohl was also on The Colbert Report last night, where he discussed the Sound City documentary with Stephen Colbert. A video of that is below as well.

Continue reading "Dave Grohl brought 'Sound City' & special guests to NYC (Hammerstein Ballroom & Colbert -- pics, setlist & video)"

Tickets to The Who and Elvis Costello benefit concert at Madison Square Garden go on presale (password: THEWHO) today at 10 AM.

The Killers have rescheduled their canceled MSG show from December which will now happen May 14 and tickets are back on sale. Additionally, the band will play Barclays Center on May 18 and tickets to that show go on sale today at 10 AM.

The B-52s are playing Capitol Theatre on June 6. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the intimate Wavves, FIDLAR, and Cheatahs shows at Glasslands and Shea Stadium go on sale today at 9 AM.

Tickets for the Boris shows at Le Poisson Rouge go on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets for the Fleetwood Mac show at Jones Beach go on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets to see Garbage at Terminal 5 go on sale at noon today.

Tickets to see She & Him and Camera Obscura at Central Park Summerstage go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see James Blake at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Father John Misty and Adam Green & Binki Shapiro show at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Jim James at Webster Hall go on sale at noon today.

Tanlines and Crystal Ark (DJ set) have been added as openers to the Hot Chip show at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets for that show are still available.

Tickets to see The Cave Singers at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see OMD at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Pinback at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Marina & the Diamonds play Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on May 29. Tickets go on sale at noon today

Tickets for the Screeching Weasel and Down By Law show at Irving Plaza go on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets to see Frank Turner at Bowery Ballroom go on sale at noon today.

Tickets to see Opeth at The Wellmont Theatre in NJ go on sale at noon today.

Tickets to the just-added 11th Allman Brothers Band show at Beacon Theatre go on sale todayt 9 AM.

Tickets to see Phosphorescent at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Bonobo and Shigeto at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Bleached at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Besnard Lakes at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see the View at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Quilt at Mercury Lounge in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Brooklyn venue Glasslands will a feel a little more like late '60s San Francisco on February 17, when they host Real Estate side project Alex Bleeker & The Freaks (who are way more psych/blues than Alex's other gig), the Summer of Love vibes of Boston's Quilt, and the drone folk of Weyes Blood. Tickets for what should be an all around great show are on sale now.

In related news, Alex Bleeker just interviewed Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham for Relix. One of the things they spoke about was Fleetwood Mac's influence on Alex and the surrounding indie culture:

AB: I have my own opinion on this, but have you noticed a younger audience showing up at your shows or showing an appreciation for not only Fleetwood Mac records but your solo work? Have you noticed any increase in that [demographic] in the past couple of years?

LB: Well, you know, I guess you can qualify anything I say by saying, "The longer you're around, [the] younger people start to look." But yes, I'd say that it's probably true. Even if you were to take the solo work out of the equation and just talk about the body of work that Fleetwood Mac has. Sometimes it takes sowing those seeds and letting things take root and seeing what is going to make sense to people down the line. What's going [on] in an album like Rumours makes sense to any number of generations on a mainstream level, but then you've got something like Tusk which is going to make sense to people that have a more indie sensibility. That's been very gratifying because that's what that album is all about.

...

AB: Well I don't know if [ Relix ] told you anything about me, but I'm not a journalist or writer. I'm 26, I play in a rock band and I can confidently tell you that Fleetwood Mac and of course your solo work has had a tremendous influence and is particularly popular with musicians right now in a more countercultural community.

LB: You know, that's one of the lessons you start to learn. And again, why being in Fleetwood Mac is so helpful and so meaningful is because I can go out there and undermine the brand, if you will.

Some song streams and lists of other upcoming dates for all three artists, below...

Continue reading "Alex Bleeker interviewed Fleetwood Mac, playing w/ Quilt & Weyes Blood playing Brooklyn in Feb"

by Bill Pearis

laughing it up with The Mary Onettes

'80s-loving Swedes The Mary Onettes will release their new album, Hit the Waves, in March via Labrador Records. The record is a decidedly more mellow affair than anything they've done before, trading their love of post-punk guitars for more romo-sounding synths. (It also kinda sounds like Mirage-era Fleetwood Mac.) But their mopey romnanticism remains intact. You can stream the album's first single, "The Evil Coast," below and watch the video.

The last time The Mary Onettes tried to tour North America, a volcano got in their way. No full band dates for 2013 just yet, but frontman Philip Ekström will be performing solo sets in NYC at Glasslands on February 19 (tickets) and Cake Shop on February 20.

Continue reading "The Mary Onettes are releasing 'Hit the Waves' (video, stream); singer performing solo in NYC"

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the 2013 Fleetwood Mac train continues to grow, with new dates added to their previously announced US tour. Those new dates include Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre on June 22. Tickets go on sale February 1. The show is the third area date for the band, who will also take on MSG and Prudential Center in April (tickets). An updated tour schedule is listed below.

The shows are in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the band's landmark LP Rumors. Catch the super deluxe reissue due on January 29, and stream that classic LP in full below.

Continue reading "Fleetwood Mac expands tour, adds NYC-area show at Jones Beach (updated dates)"

Talib Kweli @ SXSW 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

today in NYC
* Bela Fleck @ Pace
* Nora York @ Barbes
* Talib Kweli @ S.O.B.'s
* Gael Rouillhac @ Barbes
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Lea DeLaria @ Joe's Pub
* Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall
* The Juan Maclean @ Le Bain
* Manitou, Sun Club @ Mercury Lounge
* Umphrey's McGee @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Diplo @ The Westway (3:30 AM set)
* Agusti Fernandez Solo @ The Stone
* Egyptian Lover, Salem (DJ Set) @ MoMA PS1
* Tiger Dare, Tuxedo, Tamarin, Vows @ Pianos
* Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Telephoned, Cookies, Tubetops @ Cameo Gallery
* Motherlodge: A Fleetwood Mac Orgy @ Joe's Pub
* The Weeks, Junior Astronomers @ Mercury Lounge
* The Soft Pack, Skaters, Sundelles @ Union Pool
* Toshi Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon @ Joe's Pub
* Cool World, Railings, Jerry Paper, Curtin @ Big Snow
* Infinity Hotel, Squall, Rudy Stoned Band @ Cake Shop
* Agent Trevor, Davie Crolla, Marshallito @ Brooklyn Loft
* Dillon Francis, Anamanaguchi, Gent & Jawns @ Webster Hall
* Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo @ EastVille Comedy Club
* Alejandro Escovedo @ YMCA Boulton Center for Performing Arts
* Agusti Fernandez, Joaquim Badden H, Kyoko Kitamura @ The Stone
* 'The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye' (film screening) @ Barbes
* The Wailers, Groundswell, Frank Viele @ Paramount (Huntington, NY)
* Johnny Winter, Southside Johnny and more @ Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
* Chat Logs, Buck Gooter, Ashcan Orchestra, Gangsta Love, ZmochS @ Death By Audio
* The Toasters, Mrs Skannotto, Nix 86, Survay Says! @ Revolution Bar & Music Hall
* Hannibal Montana, A Fucking Elephant, Noxious Foxes, Multitudes @ Public Assembly
* Hunters & Runners, Derrick & The Black Sea, Chamber Band, The Archive @ Glasslands
* Kool Keith, GDP, The Yes Yes Yalls, Hot Sugar, St. Joe Louis @ Stanhope House (NJ)
* Sean Price, Roc Marciano, Buckshot, Meyhem Lauren, Thirstin Howl 3rd & Rack-LO, Timeless Truth @ Highline Ballroom
* Honkey Toast, Trigger's All Stars, The Waldos, CJ Ramone Band, Sea Monster, Murphy's Law, 2 Man Advantage, Suicide King, Heap, Charm School, Electric Frankenstein, Furious George, Honor Among Thieves, Snake Canyon @ Continental

The Continental, a bar on 25 3rd Ave that used to host shows but no longer does, is throwing their annual reunion tonight with a very similar lineup to last year of The Waldos, CJ Ramone Band, Murphy's Law and more.

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Obits @ Union Pool, April 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Nude Beach @ 285 Kent, July 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

today in NYC
* Sierra Noble @ Joe's Pub
* Sinkane (DJ Set) @ Ace Hotel
* Alejandro Escovedo @ City Winery
* Umphrey's McGee @ Beacon Theatre
* Chris Malinchak, JDH @ Glasslands
* The Fancy Shapes - The Way Station
* Toshi Reagan and BIGLovely @ Joe's Pub
* Lucius, Tall Tall Trees @ Mercury Lounge
* Leapling, Zula, Xenia Rubinos @ Big Snow
* The Abstract Forrest Quartet @ The Stone
* Guster, Yellowbirds @ The Capitol Theatre
* Erin McKeown, Jenn Grant @ Le poisson rouge
* Obits, The Jay Vons, Browns @ The Rock Shop
* Ken Vandermark, Agusti Fernandez @ The Stone
* Motherlodge: A Fleetwood Mac Orgy @ Joe's Pub
* The Hairs, Turnip King, Bear Ceuse @ Muchmore's
* IYEZ, Burglar Fucker, Great War @ Death By Audio
* Nude Beach, Fletcher C. Johnson @ Mercury Lounge
* Gringo Star, Backwords, Radical Dads @ Glasslands
* Blues Control, Sightings, 1-800-BAND @ Cozy Royale
* The Coloursound, The Tracing, Blind Benny @ Pianos
* Spider Bags, Gross Ghost, Lazyeyes @ Cameo Gallery
* Los Encantado, Grand Resort, Chase King @ Union Hall
* Psychobuildings, Steel Phantoms, Howth @ Union Pool
* Total Slacker, Darlings, The Indecent @ 285 Kent Avenue
* Nosaj Thing, Starkey, Alex English, rekLES @ Webster Hall
* Rioux, Heathered Pearls, Certain Creatures @ Ran Tea House
* Rachel Weston, The Ukuladies, Las Rubias Del Norte @ Barbes
* Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friedlander @ Eastville Comedy Club
* Roomrunner, Bambara, Advaeta, Big Ups, Peopling @ Shea Stadium
* John Cale, Wordless Music Orchestra @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
* SpaceLAB Recordings, Jenatari, Petey Boy (DJ set) @ Knitting Factory
* CO LA, Gobby, Rick Rab, Jahiliyya Fields, Toe Ring, R. Mexico @ 285 Kent
* Lily & The Parlour Tricks, ARMS, Time Travelers, Daytona @ The Living Room
* Rifle Recoil, Sam Buck Rosen, Phone Tag, Hello Shark, RElyse @ Silent Barn
* Madteo, Anthony Naples, T'Angelo, Judge Wise, Evan Michael @ Cameo Gallery
* Knyfe Hytes, Call Of The Wild, Prince Rupert's Drops @ Secret Project Robot
* United Nations, Primitive Weapons, Descender, Black Clouds @ Saint Vitus Bar
* Slick Rick, Herbert Holler, DJ Cosi, Marc Smooth, Max Glazer @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, James Dewees, Into It. Over It. @ Knitting Factory
* Mission of Burma, Exclamation Pony (mbrs of The Cribs Here We Go Magic) @ Bowery Ballroom
* PC Worship, People of the North, Arrington de Dionyso, Andrew Cedermark, Peace Season @ Cake Shop
* French Horn Rebellion, JD Samson of Le Tigre, Selebrities, The Dirty Grand (DJ Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl

Tonight is the first of two small shows for Obits this weekend. It's The Rock Shop tonight and tickets are still available. Tomorrow they play Cake Shop which is a benefit for Norton Records.

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Kansas City instrumental musician Umberto released a horror-style video for "The Locker Room," from his 2012 LP, Night Has a Thousand Screams. You can watch it below.

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Phoenix at MSG in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair)

As mentioned, Phoenix are finally releasing the followup to 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix this April and yesterday they revealed on facebook that the album will be called Bankrupt!. It was recently revealed that they will be will be playing German festival Rock am Ring & Rock im Park and they've now just revealed that they'll be at this year's New Orleans Jazz Festival, which goes down from April 26-28 and May 2-5 (Phoenix play May 4), their first announced US date in over two years.

Other artists playing include Frank Ocean and Fleetwood Mac (who will be on their first tour in a while), who both play the same day as Phoenix, Patti Smith, The Black Keys, Band of Horses, Andrew Bird, Calexico, Gary Clark Jr., Jill Scott, Earth, Wind and Fire, BB King, Willie Nelson, Roy Ayers, Jimmy Cliff, and many more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now. The full lineup is below.

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by Andrew Sacher

The members of UK dance duo Psychemagik, Danny McLewin and Tom Coveney, met six years ago at a music festival and after recording a track, "Valley of Paradise," the two decided they needed to make an album together. Psychemagik make the kind of disco synth-funk that we've heard from Daft Punk and Justice, and it's also the kind of thing that would feel at home on DFA Records. They've been spending the last few years dropping remixes left and right, including ones of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" and Talking Heads' "This Must Be The Place" -- two songs that you could already make a case for throwing on at a party, but Psychemagik's remixes seal the deal without making them sound like that shitty "Somebody That I Used to Know" remix that you keep hearing on the radio.

In December, Psychemagik released their first EP of original material, Lunar Escape, which consisted of three songs written and produced entirely by the duo without any samples, and the only outside help coming from string arranger Richard Chester on one of the tracks. This year, they're finally set to release that full length album they've been talking about. You can stream all three EP tracks, the Fleetwood Mac and Talking Heads remixes, and that early recording, "Valley of Paradise," below.

Psychemagik are set to make their way over to the USA in February to support the Lunar Escape EP with a five-week long DJ tour. That tour hits NYC for a FIXED party on March 2 at Glasslands. Tickets for that show are on sale now. It's a late show at the Brooklyn venue which happens after The Night Marchers play an earlier one the same night.

Song streams, a list of all dates, and the tour flyer below...

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Gardens & Villa at Webster Hall in October (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Santa Barbara indie pop crew Gardens & Villa haven't given us an album since their 2011 self titled debut on Secretly Canadian, but they did treat us to some music this year with a cover of "Gypsy" for the the Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me, and a remix of their tourmates Polica's "The Maker" for Polica's remix EP.

We asked the band for a list of their top 10 songs of 2012, and like their own sound, most of the artists they chose lean on the indie pop side of things like Beach House, Ariel Pink, Peaking Lights, Pure Bathing Culture, and others. You can check out their full list below.

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Just a reminder that tickets to see Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden (4/8/2013) and Prudential Center (4/24) go on sale today at 10 AM. Good luck!

As mentioned, Fleetwood Mac are going on a tour in 2013 which hits the NYC area on April 8 at MSG, April 20 at Mohegan Sun in CT, and Prudential Center on April 24 in NJ. Tickets for those shows went on AmEx presale earlier this week and Live Nation presales begin today (12/14) at 10 AM (password: "FMAC"). General on-sale starts Monday (12/17) at 10 AM.

In related news, in honor of the tour Fleetwood Mac will release a 35th anniversary reissue of their classic album, Rumours. The reissue is due out on January 29 via Rhino. The reissued vinyl album will include the Rumours-era b-side, "Silver Springs" There's also an expanded edition which includes a disc of live recordings from the Rumours tour and a disc of early takes and demos from the recording sessions. Plus, there will also be a deluxe edition with everything in the expanded edition, in addition to another disc of outtakes and a DVD documentary about the album called The Rosebud Film.

In more related news, Stevie Nicks just told NME that she'd love to headline Glastonbury 2013:

When we were there [in the UK] in 2011, I watched it. I watched Beyonce and it was pretty amazing! I had just got home from the Hyde Park thing, so I was just home from my own show and I turned on the TV and we had a pretty big screen in the hotel where we were, so I sat and watched like three hours, four hours of it, so would I love to do it? I'd Love to do it!

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