photos by Alex Reside

Pictures and video from last night's Converse party at Music Hall of Williamsburg continue below...

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DOWNLOAD: Adam Green - Getting Led (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Stereolab - Three Women (MP3)

Bonde Do Role @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir)

tonight in NYC & NJ
* Suicide & Aa @ Europa
* Mugison @ Hiro Ballroom
* Mike Ness @ Irving Plaza
* a free dance party @ BLVD
* The Black Keys @ Terminal 5
* High Places @ Participant Inc
* Kid Rock & Lynyrd Skynrd @ MSG
* The DeathSet @ Bikes in the Kitchen
* Arthur Russel stuff at the Kitchen (and afterparty)
* Los Campesinos @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Bonde Do Role & The DeathSet @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Long Blondes, Drug Rug & Apache Beat @ Studio B
* A Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn benefit at Southpaw
* Snowden, The Epochs, Bell, & The Colour Revolt @ Mercury Lounge
* A.R.E. Weapons, Alan Astor & Cassettes Won't Listen @ Knitting Factory

That new-ish Adam Green MP3 is up there because I just realized they were giving it away and it's too late to add it to the monster Adam Green post.

That new-ish Stereolab MP3 is up there because I just realized they were giving it away and it's too late to add it to the Stereolab tour dates post.

Mugison? I'm not sure how I feel about that (Icelandic) guy.

The new Flight of the Conchords video for one of my favorite Flight of the Conchords songs is below...

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by Finger on the Pulse

DOWNLOAD: Classixx ~ BV Exclusive Mixtape (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Classixx - Cold Act Ill (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms) (Young Americans Remix) (MP3)

Today we have an exclusive new mixtape from LA duo Classixx. We first saw these guys dj last summer in LA when they were known as Young Americans. We aren't sure of the legal reasoning, but they had to switch it up and become their latest moniker (which we feel is a million times better anyway).

Since then they have released a slew of originals and remixes. Our favorites are their remix of group Hellogoodbye and their own banger Cold Act Ill. You may have also heard the remixes they've done for TV On the Radio, Regina Spektor, and Imogen Heap. We are happy to be bringing them out for their NYC debut this Friday (April 4) at Hugs with Alan Astor. The show is free so you have no reason to blow it of... unless your excuse is just that you're catching them the next night because they're playing again at Hugs on Saturday too.

Grab the tracks above. Check out more tour dates below...

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We are happy to invite our north american friends to come and see us when we'll be visiting your countries late february. And this time we are invited to mexico aswell, that feels special. Would be fun to see as many as possible at our shows, spread the word.
[Lo-Fi-Fnk]

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DOWNLOAD: Professor Murder - That's How They Getcha (Chinzuki Riddim Version) (MP3)

Byran Buchman draws bands as robots. That's his work above. A bigger version of the picture is posted on his site.

Two new Professor Murder MP3s recently appeared. The first, the "Chinzuki Riddim Version" of That's How They Getcha is linked on the top of this post. The second, a remix of Free Stress Test, is available at Stereogum.

A second remix of Free Stress Test is also available here. (that makes three remixes total)

Other non-EP PMurder MP3s available include a live WOXY session, and a live 2005 show recording. You can download both below:

DOWNLOAD: Professor Murder live on WOXY (MP3)

LIVE IN NYC - 4.3.05 (MP3s)
+ The Mountain
+ (Too Much) Gun Talk
+ Camron's New Colour (Part 3)
+ Champion
+ Swingzilla

no current tour dates to announce, but the band did just play three shows this CMJ. Attendees included Pitchfork, Pop Tarts and Ben Mirov.

Previously
Professor Murder's CMJ Tour Dates
Professor Murder (starring Alan Astor) @ Cake Shop, NYC | pics

DOWNLOAD: Swingzilla (live in '05) (MP3)

I tried really hard to get Professor Murder to play one of my shows, but those stupid day jobs things got in their way. Here's where you can catch them instead over the next few days:

PROFESSOR MURDER | 2006 TOUR DATES
Nov 1 2006 8:00P Piano's - CMJ SHOWCASE New York, New York
Nov 1 2006 11:00P Syrup Room - DIW Magazine CMJ Party Brooklyn, New York
Nov 2 2006 9:00P 3rd Ward - mega 3-stage show! Brooklyn, New York

Previously
Professor Murder (starring Alan Astor) @ Cake Shop, NYC | pics

DOWNLOAD: Champion (MP3) (more MP3s)

That's right, we came to party. Street by street, block by block

THAT'S ALAN ASTOR ON SAX

It was hotter than a Sleater Kinney concert at Webster Hall during a heat wave down in the packed basement of Cake Shop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in NYC last night (Aug 3, 2006), but that didn't stop the dance party.

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BABY DAYLINER & ALAN ASTOR (no relation)

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
At Least by Baby Dayliner (from his new album out May 2nd)
Fantastic Fantasy (live in NYC) by Alan Astor (classic track)

BABY DAYLINER TOUR DATES
4-14 (FRIDAY NIGHT) - Rare, NYC

ALAN ASTOR TOUR DATES
5-20 - Cake Shop NYC w/Professor Murder, Mixel Pixel
7-12 - Middle East Upstairs Boston w/Corn Mo, Mixel Pixel

Previously
Baby Dayliner, Bling Kong, Hair Supply
I saw Alan Astor in Montreal

Art Brut, Okkervil River, Charles Bissel, The Hold Steady, Thunderbirds are Now, Clogs, Bell Orchestre, DFA 1979, Patti Smith, Cyndi Lauper, New Buffalo, Test Icicles, Xiu Xiu, Broadcast, Ris Paul Ric, The Sharp Things, Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, The Black Keys, Andrew Bird, Brazilian Girls, Beans, Bauhaus, and Alan Astor are just some of the artists playing shows in NYC this week.

ISLANDS @ ACADEMY CLUB, MONTREAL | OCT 1, 2005

Islands, feauturing ex-Unicorns, played twice during the 2005 Pop Montreal festival. They opened for Beck, and they headlined their own Saturday night showcase at Academy Club. I went to the Academy Club show, but I had to drive back to NYC the next morning so I left before they went on (2 AM I think) (I saw openers Alan Astor & Holy Fuck though).

"Islands mixed folk with indie rock. 7 musicians were giving all they had, despite the overwhelming heat. Subtitle and Busdriver did a tag team collabo during one of their songs. The quick flow and rapid tempo worked really well. It was the highlight of the night and put a grin on my face." ['insert clever name' was at the Academy show]

* There's no date in his post, so I'm not clear which of the two shows You Ain't No Picasso posted as MP3s for download.
* Said the Gramophone (who posted a studio MP3) said Islands was the best show he saw at Pop Montreal (also not sure which one he was at).
* Jim Guthrie played with Islands.

(photo courtesy of 'insert clever name')

Previously
Unicorns contribute to Do They Know It's Hallowwen
New Music from the Unicorns (sort of) | Islands | MP3s
Jason Collett @ Main Hall | Pop Montreal | pics
CocoRosie @ La Tulipe | Pop Montreal | pics
TTC Pics & Reviews | NYC & Pop Montreal