The rumored two-day NJ Metallica festival is true, and it's happening on June 23 & 24, 2012 in Atlantic City, NJ. 22+ artists (music and comedy) will play with Metallica headlining both nights with special setlists. Metallica will play the Black Album in its entirety on one of the nights "for the first time ever on US soil", and... Ride The Lighting on the other night! The venue is Bader Field (an abandoned airport).

Other bands are:

Arctic Monkeys • Avenged Sevenfold
Modest Mouse • The Gaslight Anthem
Cage The Elephant • Fucked Up • Best Coast
Hot Snakes • Titus Andronicus
Gary Clark Jr. • Lucero • Roky Erickson
The Black Angels • The Sword
A Place to Bury Strangers • Liturgy
+ more TBA

"More than just music, the festival will also feature a lifestyle element showcasing the band's individual interests - and allowing fans to interact directly with each of the band members. More details soon!"

The festival is in partnership with C3 who also does Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.

Radiohead @ Roseland Ballroom in 2011 (more by Bao Nguyen)

Coachella which is taking place over the course of two weekends this year (April 13-15 and 20-22) revealed their 2012 lineup. Last week, Azealia Banks was the first artist confirmed, and earlier today they confirmed The Weeknd (maybe he found a band?), and before that, Jimmy Cliff, Breakbot, and Housse De Racket. The reunited Pulp then announced itself. The full lineup also includes headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, not to mention, as predicted, the reunited At the Drive In and the reunited Mazzy Star (!), and Madness and Refused (!) and Jeff Mangum and many, many more that you can see below...

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The Black Keys @ Summerstage 2010 (more by Jessica Amaya)

"They made every right step, and they never rushed it," said John Moore, the founder of Bowery Presents, in a telephone interview. "It seems like the perfect rise."

Mr. Moore, whose company is promoting the Madison Square Garden show and first presented the Black Keys at the Mercury Lounge in 2002, mentioned Arcade Fire as the only other rock band of their generation with comparable arena status. [NY Times]

The Black Keys @ the 2009 Roots Picnic (more by Tim Griffin)

Just announced:

The Black Keys will embark on the first leg of their U.S. tour this March, with shows in arenas such as New York's Madison Square Garden, Boston's TD Garden, and Chicago's United Center, with special guests Arctic Monkeys opening. The shows are in support of The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, due out December 6 on Nonesuch Records. In advance of the release, five tracks from the record are currently streaming on the band's web site. El Camino is available for pre-order at www.theblackkeys.com, www.nonesuch.com, and iTunes, with an instant download of the single "Lonely Boy" included. Concert ticket and album packages are available at the band's site. Additionally, The Black Keys are teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans access to some of the best seats in the house. Proceeds will benefit Community Support Services in Akron, OH and W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, TN.

As previously mentioned, the band will also be in NYC this week to play a bunch of TV shows and a show at Webster Hall (which will also be streaming online). The main way to get free tickets to Webster Hall still hasn't been revealed, but you can win a pair from us. All tour dates are listed below...

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Josh T Pearson @ BV-SXSW 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Check out Rough Trade's list of the Top 100 Albums of 2011 (yay Josh T Pearson!), below...

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words by Andrew Sacher, photos by Toby Tenenbaum

At 10:15 PM on Wednesday night (10/19), the lights dimmed over the packed Music Hall of Williamsburg, save for a single spotlight shining over the empty stage, as the demonic organ intro of Arctic Monkeys' "Pretty Visitors" rang through the club's PA. Shortly after, the band entered the stage and Alex Turner, decked out in Gene VIncent-style leather jacket and hair, grabbed the mic and leaned over the crowd as he and the band went directly into the song's frantic first verse. Alex stuck to the mic for most of the song, only arming himself with a guitar for the song's sludge-drenched ending. Keeping up with the sludgefest they had just created, the band followed "Pretty Visitors" with "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" off this year's Suck It And See.

At this point Arctic Monkeys are used to playing much larger venues, but they still fit perfectly in the small club environment of Music Hall of Williamsburg, where they ended their North American tour. Demand from fans might be sending these guys to huge stages, but for a band whose genre of music connotes playing in a garage, smaller venues will always feel like home.

After a few of their lighter songs, Alex took off his jacket and said, "Alright, enough fucking about," before the jackhammer drums and strobelight craze of "Brainstorm." Refusing to slow down, the band went into the one-two punch of Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not's "The View From The Afternoon" and "I Bet You Look Good Dance On The Floor," which began with Alex jumping off the bass drum as he struck the song's first chord. The familiar songs gave the band a chance to work in some sillier antics, like extra-long pauses (something they did quite often), but these were delivered with a slick confidence that only increased the crowd's constant approval.

The band pummeled through more excellent cuts, and though they've undergone some changes in sound over the last few years, they effortlessly blended new and old tracks with a setlist that tore down the boundaries of each album's overall sound. Before leaving the stage, Alex Turner began the crowd-singalong intro of "When The Sun Goes Down," leading directly into the band's abrupt entrance which yielded the most intense push pit of the night.

After a short break, the Arctic Monkeys returned for a three-song encore, beginning with the choppy energy of "Teddy Picker" and leading into the britpop meets stoner jam "Crying Lightning." Ending their set the way it began, keyboard samples floated through the air as Alex crooned the lyrics of their closing track, "505." Upon finishing the song, Alex flung his guitar onto the stage and walked off, ending the show after about an hour and fifteen minute set which easily could have been far longer without any complaint from the crowd.

The Smith Westerns opened the show. More pictures, video and setlist below...

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Arctic Monkeys @ Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister)

Remember how I was saying that one of the shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg during CMJ was not part of CMJ? It has now been announced:

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce a special registered members show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York on Wednesday 19th October 2011.
U.S. fans on the band's mailing list should keep an eye on their inbox for ticketing information.
This show is limited to 500 fans.

The Smith Westerns open the show like they are currently doing on the rest of the tour.

"hate me, but listening to the new Radiohead material reminds
me just how mainstream I really am." - Megumi Terui

"I've never even heard 'OK Computer', but anything by Radiohead doesn't make much sense to me. Everyone's going on about Radiohead pushing things forward, but the only thing they're famous for really is songs like 'Creep' innit?" - Liam Gallagher

Radiohead says:

"Some ticket holders for this week's New York shows have chosen to re-sell one or both of their allocation on auction sites. Using a 2 ticket limit and will-call only access with ID, we have tried to ensure that more tickets go to the people who prefer to see the show than to cheat fellow fans with re-selling tickets at exorbitant prices.

For those of you who have to pay over the face value of the ticket, PLEASE make sure that you are certain you can get into the show before parting with your money. A ticket is only valid with its matching credit card details and the ID of the purchaser, after which the ticket holder will be escorted straight through. "

KEXP posted a 17 minute Arctic Monkeys in-studio performance that you can watch below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Wednesday?"

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Lolla 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* The Necks @ Roulette
* Molotov @ Irving Plaza
* Big Daddy Kane @ BB King's
* The Bad Plus @ City Winery
* Marc Maron @ The Bell House
* Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre
* Mother of Fire, Raya Brass Band @ Zebulon
* Scott H. Biram, Rayland Baxter @ Mercury Lounge
* Karl Berger's Stone Workshop Orchestra @ The Stone
* Meek is Murder, Tiger Flowers, State Graves @ Saint Vitus
* Tune-Yards, The Suite Unraveling @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Hannibal Montana, Morrow, Caravela, Neur @ Don Pedro
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Eternal Summers, Reading Rainbow, The Hairs @ Glasslands
* Tony Scherr Trio, Jim Campilongo Electric Trio @ Living Room
* Dead Rider, Radio Shock, Lushes, Mrs Adam Schatz @ Cake Shop
* Liam Finn, Generationals, Marques Toliver @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Twin Sister, Wildlyfe @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Courtesy Tier, Minor Stars, Blood Revenge, Gold Streets @ Death By Audio
* The Morning After Girls, The Black Box Revelation, Those Mockingbirds @ Maxwell's
* Sky White Tiger, Kidding on the Square, Chris Cubeta & Liars Club @ BrooklynBowl
* Talk Like a Pirate Day w/ The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Supercute!, Scurvy Pirates, New Beard, Gotham Beard And Moustache Team @ Public Asembly

Talk Like a Pirate today.

The Bad Plus play City Winery tonight and tomorrow.

Twin Sister open for Pains at Bowery tonight.

Arctic Monkeys have a new video for "Suck It and See". Check it out below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Monday? (Talk Like a Pirate Day)"

words by Zach Pollack, photos by Grant MacAllister

Sorry for the delay of our third and final installmet of Lollapalooza 2011 coverage, but here it is! Due to the major downpour on the Sunday of the fest, Grant's pictures were almost lost forever in a wet camera, but are now recovered. If you're just joining us, check out parts one and two first. Here is part three...

My third and final day of Lollapalooza (8/7) kicked off at Music Unlimited Stage with an opening set from Titus Andronicus. The Garden State punks began things by playing the opening track "A More Perfect Union" from their incredible 2010 LP The Monitor. Titus generally would make for a fantastic start to the day, but their sound was a bit off, and by the look on frontman Patrick Stickles's face, I think he agreed.

After Titus, I decided to calm things down and went to catch Lia Ices. This was my second time seeing the Brooklyn, NY-based songstress this year, but that did not make her less interesting. Lia's well trained voice fluttered effortlessly over the avant pop she produces. I must admit I was skeptical that she and her band would translate well to an outdoor setting. The four-piece shattered any and all of my doubts.

The next set I caught was Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.'s at the quite favored Google+ stage. The kitschy group are infectious and totally unavoidable. I stuck around for most of their set which included their handmade "Jr. Jr." light boxes on stage and, more importantly, bubble machines.

I then made my way over to watch The Cars, who again consist of their original lineup, except for Benjamin Orr who passed away in 2000. The Cars ran though many of their hits like "Just What I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girl," "Good Times Roll," and a few new ones too. I didn't initially plan on catching their set, am glad that I did.

I then headed to the Sony stage where Portugal. The Man were setting up. I had caught their aftershow with Wye Oak at the Double Door on the first night of Lolla, and they blew me away. I was psyched to hear so many cuts off of their 2009 LP The Satanic Satanist. I was NOT psyched to hear that their van and trailer (gear and all) had been stolen later on that night. The van and trailer have since been recovered... and so has most of the gear!

I left Portugal's set a bit early in order to make it to Best Coast at Google+. Frontwoman Bethany Cosentino entered the stage and jokingly stated, "Fuck you, we're Best Coast." Unfortunately halfway through their set storm clouds that were hanging over Chicago all day finally burst. It poured for a good hour, letting up just before Explosions In The Sky's set.

The Austin, TX-based post rock band entered the stage stating, "I think you just saw 'us,' but now we're going to play some music." I was glad to hear some of my favorite songs like "The Birth and Death of the Day," "Six Days At the Bottom of the Ocean," and "Your Hand In Mine." Their awesome set was more than enough to keep the muddy, sopping festival-goers around.

Everyone legitimately thought the rain had let up, so I headed across to Music Unlimited for Foo Fighters' headlining set. Their set included a handful of songs from the recently released Wasting Light LP and a bunch of older cuts too. A few songs in it started pouring again and I decided to leave the festival along with Grant whose camera had officially stopped working. Unfortunately that meant that I missed Perry Farrell (of Jane's Addiction and founder of Lollapalooza) joining the band on stage for a second during "Everlong," which included the Foos playing a piece of Jane's Addiction's "Mountain Song."

Day 1 pics are HERE and Day 2 pics are HERE. More pictures from Day 3, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Arctic Monkeys included, below...

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2011 -- Day 3 pics & review (EITS, TPOBPAH, Best Coast, The Cars, Portugal the Man, Arctic Monkeys & more)"

Arctic Monkeys at Summerstage in May (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)

Arctic Monkeys, who just headlined Summerstage, are back for another North American tour late this summer and early fall. First they'll play a run of August dates which include Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. Then, after returning to Europe for a few festivals there, the Monkeys will head out on another North American run in September and October with Smith Westerns opening most of the dates. The tour doesn't hit NYC at the moment, but the band will play Atlantic City, NJ on October 14 at Showboat Atlantic City. Check Arctic Monkeys' website for pre-sale info and ticketmaster for general sale, which starts Friday (7/15) at 10 AM. Hopefully the band will find time to stop in NY while they're here.

Arctic Monkeys also recently made a video for Suck It and See track "The Hellcat Spangled Shalala." The video was directed by Focus Creeps, who were also the duo behind the acid visuals of Arctic Monkeys' "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" video.

Check out both of those videos and all tour dates below...

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Weekend @ BV-SXSW (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
*Baby Soda @ Barbes
*Red Rain Trio @ The Stone
*10,000 Maniacs @ City Winery
*Noah and The Megafauna @ Barbes
*King Owl, Israel Nash Gripka @ The Gutter
*Wallpaper, Panic Bomber @ Brooklyn Bowl
*The Wake, Weekend @ South Street Seaport
*Los Lobos, Hello Seahorse! @ Prospect Park Bandshell
*Soundgarden, Coheed & Cambria @ Prudential Center
*Friend Roulette, The Building, Woodsy Pride @ Zebulon
*Nicole Atkins, My Best Fiend @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
*Pure X, Tonstartssbandht, Forma, Run DMT @ 285 Kent Ave
*Hex Machine, Wizardry, Bad Dream, Kevin Hufnagel @ Union Pool
*Cough Cool, Shadowbox, Hilly Eye, Human Resources @ Bruar Falls
*Rifle Recoil, Beacon, Crinkles, GGGHST @ Monster Island Basement
*Habibi, Mickey, The Jigglers, Teardrops, The Siberians @ Cake Shop
*The Milwaukees, Val Emmich, The Bern and The Brights @ Maxwell's
*Fungi Girls, Xray Eyeballs, The Beets, PC Worship @ Death By Audio
*Ken Vandermark, Steve Swell, Sean Conly, Chad Taylor @ The Stone
*Jonas Reinhardt, Bronze, Glowing Pains, Shock Diamond @ Glasslands
*Born Loose, The Pioneers of Seduction, Patrick Salt Ryan @ The Bell House
*Ghastly City Sleep, Right On Dynamite, Golden Bones, Antimagic @ Coco 66
*D. Gookin, Shams, DJ Filetype Swf, Sft Stps, True Womanhood (DJ set) @ Silent Barn
*The Bouncing Souls, The Loved Ones, Iron Chic, Up For Nothing @ Highline Ballroom
*Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees, Booga Sugar, Les Sans Culottes @ Brooklyn Bowl
*Slava, Steve Summers, Ital (members of Mi Ami), Arc Light, Jan Woo (DJ Set), Neon Indian (DJ Set) @ Shea Stadium

Check out This Week in Indie for much more on tonight and this weekend's shows.

Camp Bisco is this weekend. It is sold out. Four Tet plays there today.

Four Tet then plays as part fo the super hot lineup at PS1 on Saturday, but less hot since the cancellation of Matthewdavid.

Yeasayer, DFA1979, and Bassnectar are amont those playing Camp Bisco on Saturday.

Take a bus from Brooklyn to Soundgarden tonight

Neon Indian DJs at Shea Stadium tonight.

Tonight is the first of two 10,000 Maniacs 30th Anniversary shows at City Winery.

Arctic Monkeys have a new video for "The Hellcat Spangled Shalala." Check it out below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

DOWNLOAD: Young Buffalo - "Only We Can Keep You From Harm" (MP3)

Vaccines at Summerstage in May (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

The Vaccines and Tennis are going on a fall together, POPPED! Music Festival in Philly and two NYC shows included. They play September 30 at Webster Hall and October 1 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Young Buffalo open both NYC shows and other dates on the tour. Both NYC shows are on Amex presale now. General sale begins Friday (7/8).

You can also see the Vaccines much sooner if you want to travel to the Hamptons. All tour dates are listed below.

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Young Buffalo @ Bowery Ballroom in January (more by Chris Gersbeck)

Young Buffalo also opened for the Vaccines last time they played Bowery Ballroom (and are not to be confused with Young the Giant who play the Apple Store in SoHo tonight). Check out Young Buffalo track "Only We Can Keep You From Harm" which is from their new EP, Young Von Prettylips, out July 19th on Cantora Records (the band has also released an album on Fat Possum). Young Buffalo will also be around much sooner hitting Pianos on July 21st and Brooklyn Bowl on July 23rd. All of their dates, some with the Arctic Monkeys (who the Vaccines toured with and played Summerstage with), are below.

The Vaccines and Tennis also both play Lollapalooza and MusicfestNW. All tour dates below...

Continue reading "Vaccines, Tennis & Young Buffalo tour dates, MP3 & stuff"

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

Arctic Monkeys brought their live show back to Central Park Summerstage last night (5/24) in support of their forthcoming LP Suck It and See, which Alex Turner told Vanity Fair was written mostly in NYC where he lives with his girlfriend (the album is out June 7 via Domino). They played a hits-heavy set with a pretty even mix of material off all four albums. More about how they put together their setlist (which is listed below) at NY Mag.

Fellow UK band The Vaccines opened the show. More pictures from the NYC show are in this post.

Arctic Monkeys in Central Park

Arctic Monkeys appear on Letterman tomorrow night (5/26), the same night they play Detroit. They just played on Jools Holland earlier this month, performing four tracks off the new album. Videos from that below.

They also recently filmed a video for the bluesy sludge track "Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair." The psychedelic video, complete with swirling colors and blurred images of the band playing, was directed by Focus Creeps and shot in the band's hometown of Sheffield.

More pictures from the Summerstage show, the AM setlist, updated tour dates and videos below...

Continue reading "Arctic Monkeys played Central Park Summerstage again ----- (pics, videos & the setlist)"

The Outside Lands Festival, which runs from 8/12 - 8/14 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, released their 2011 lineup in April (and now it's May, so consider this a catch up post). Tickets are on sale.

This year's fest will appearances from The Shins, Muse, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Phish (two sets), !!!, Erykah Badu, Big Audio Dynamite (who played Coachella and are also playing Lollapalooza), Girl Talk and many more. The full lineup is below.

Continue reading "Outside Lands 2011 lineup"

Lollapalooza last year (more by Josh Darr)

Lollapalooza celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with some huge names on its just-announced lineup. See it in full below.

The festival has obviously changed over the years. What started out as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction with a 'touring festival' lineup that included the Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, and Souxsie & The Banshees, has turned into a one-weekend Chicago festival that Lady Gaga co-headlined last year. As leaked a while ago, Foo Fighters, Muse and Eminem all play this year, as will Coldplay, Cee Lo Green, and My Morning Jacket along with the reunited Cars and the continuing-to-be-reunited Big Audio Dynamite and Death From Above 1979, and a bunch of other bands which may or may not be worth the ticket price depending on how you feel about the headliners and generally seeing bands in big, hot, outdoor crowded parks (Lollapalooza happens in Chicago's Grant Park from August 5th - 7th).

Full 2011 Lineup and a couple of videos (one from 1991, one from 2010), below...

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2011 lineup announced"

photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

NME coverstars The Vaccines played a bunch of shows last week in Austin during SXSW. On Wednesday morning at like 10am I accidentally caught them playing/soundchecking on an outdoor AOL stage surrounded by GIANT Vaccines and AOL banners and a giant camera crew and AOL employees and security guards and lots of other people working at the early morning high budget production (you can watch the results HERE). I was actually on my way to the BrooklynVegan day party at Emo's where we had them playing later in the afternoon (and where they ended up playing a super short set due to worry about the singer's voice being strained or something). The pictures in this post are from a show they played later in the week at Filter's Cedar Street Courtyard.

The Vaccines were last in NYC when they made their U.S. debut at shows at Bowery Ballroom and Glasslands. They'll be back when they hit the road to support the Arctic Monkeys whose previously announced tour brings both bands to a sold out Central Park Summerstage on May 24th, a week before the Vaccines LP "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" drops via Columbia Records here in the U.S. The Vaccines play Letterman on June 7th.

A few more pictures, some videos and all dates below...

Continue reading "The Vaccines played SXSW (pics), touring w/ Arctic Monkeys"

DOWNLOAD: Simian Mobile Disco - Flea in Your Ear (Flange Bliss remix) (MP3)

As previously announced, this Friday and Saturday (3/18-3/19) at Terminal 5 is the pre-Ultra Music Festival HARD Weekend 2011 in NYC. Crystal Castles will play a sold out show at Terminal 5 on Friday with Teengirl Fantasy. On Saturday (3/19), Simian Mobile Disco will take over the Manhattan venue with Skream, Benga, and Fake Blood. Tickets are still on sale for that one.

In honor of those shows, we're giving away the Flange Bliss remix of SMD's "Flea in Your Ear" (a bonus track from "Temporary Pleasure"). Grab the MP3 above.

SMD is on tour now with Blondes and Juan Maclean (who is DJing). All dates are below.

James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco produced the upcoming, fourth Arctic Monkeys album Suck It and See. The album comes out June 7 on Domino. Video for the James Ford-produced track "Brick by Brick" below.

AM are touring North America in May. Tickets for the May 24 Central Park show are sold out. Video, dates and stuff below...

Continue reading "Simian Mobile Disco on tour, James Ford produced Arctic Monkeys (remix MP3, video, dates & stuff)"

Beady Eye news, and now Arctic Monkeys all in one day. Arctic Monkeys will kick off a tour at the 9:30 Club in DC on May 17th and return to Central Park Summerstage (aka Rumsey Playfield) on May 24th. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday or Saturday. NYC tickets will cost $35+fees in advance, and go on Fan Club Presale Wednesday at 10am, and AmEx presale that same day at noon.

In related news:

A 6-track EP of songs by Alex Turner from the film Submarine, will be released by Domino Records on Monday 14th March 2011. The EP will be available on CD/10" and via digital download.

Tracklisting below:

1. Stuck On The Puzzle(Intro)
2. Hiding Tonight
3. Glass In The Park
4. It's Hard To Get Around The Wind
5. Stuck On The Puzzle
6. Piledriver Waltz

Submarine, the debut film from Richard Ayoade, based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne will be show nationwide in UK cinemas from the 18th March 2011.

Continue reading "Arctic Monkeys announce North American tour, Alex Turner releasing 'Submarine' EP on Domino"

photos by Chris La Putt

Screaming Females / Arctic Monkeys

When Arctic Monkeys' first single went to No 1 in 2005, everyone had a bash at trying to define them. Alex Turner was crowned the coolest person in the world and the young four-piece were variously described as the sound of young Sheffield, Yorkshire's answer to the Streets, and the first internet superstars.

Barely four years later and these portrayals seem myopically quaint. The Monkeys have made the big leap; they are undeniably an International Rock Band. Better still, three albums down the line they have managed it while staying true to themselves and without becoming formulaic. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not reeked of hometown late-night drinking escapades, thwarted attempts at pulling and kitchen-sink dramas. Their latest, Humbug, recorded in the Californian desert with Josh Homme, reveals a more mature, assured band.
[Guardian names Arctic Monkeys newcovers of the Decade]

Continue reading "Arctic Monkeys & Screaming Females @ Terminal 5 (night 1) - pics & setlist"

The December issue of Q Magazine is an 'Artists Of The Century' special edition, covering all of the acts that the fine staff of the good ship Q feel are the most important of the century so far. As befitting a special edition of the UK best selling music monthly requires a special cover was commissioned world renowned photographer John Wright has spent over a year shooting 34 artists to fit on triple fold out cover.

The issue is packed to the gills with pieces written by Russell Brand on Noel Gallagher, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis on Coldplay and Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on The Arctic Monkeys. In addition it also includes exclusive interviews and photos from the likes of Amy Winehouse, Dizzee Rascal, U2, Dave Grohl, Lily Allen, Rihanna, Sir Paul McCartney, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Brandon Flowers from The Killers, Elbow's Guy Garvey, Pink, Muse's Matt Bellamy, Murdoc from Gorillaz, The Kings Of Leon, Mark Ronson, Mika, Nick Cave, Robert Plant, Florence Welch, Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Tom Chaplin of Keane.

Continue reading "Q Magazine's Top Albums of 2009 "

Screaming Females @ Above the Auto Parts Store, Oct 24 (more by Leia Jospe)

Screaming Females are headed out on tour with Arctic Monkeys this December, and they've just added an extra NYC show to that tour. Before their previously planned Friday, December 11th show at Terminal 5 (now sold out), they'll play the venue on Thursday, Dec. 10th. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 30th at noon.

Passion Pit just added an extra show at the big NYC venue today too, except for them it was their third.

Screaming Females just played Above the Auto Parts Store on Saturday (10/24). A pair of videos from their Sept. 26th Death By Audio show are below...

Continue reading "Arctic Monkeys & Screaming Females add 2nd T5 show"

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Arctic Monkeys show happening at Terminal 5.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Fanfarlo show happening at Webster Hall.

La Roux, who plays a sold out show at Highline Ballroom on Monday (10/26), is headlining Webster Hall on February 11th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon).

Arctic Monkeys @ Highline Ballroom over the summer (more by Bao Nguyen)

"Arctic Monkeys will also be releasing "Cornerstone" as the second single from their latest album, Humbug, which debuted at #1 on the UK charts. The 10" release will feature three new b-sides ("Catapult," "Sketchead" and "Fright Lined Dining Room"), and will be available digitally on Tuesday, November 17th and physically on Tuesday, December 8th. The band recently performed the song at their guest appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

In December, the Arctic Monkeys will return to North America to play a few shows. All but one of those shows is in the United States and features Screaming Females as opener! That means Screaming Females will play Terminal 5 for the third time on December 11th (the first two times were with Jack White and band).

Screaming Females also have a bunch of local shows scheduled even sooner including some CMJ ones, like Mercury Lounge on October 21st. Tickets for Terminal 5 go on sale next Friday. All dates and those videos, below...

Continue reading "Arctic Monkeys & Screaming Females - 2009 Tour Dates"

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks @ Knitting Factory in June (more by Lori Baily)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* 50 Cent @ Governors Island
* NY Burlesque Fest @ BB King's
* Lucinda Williams @ Irving Plaza
* Bootleg w/ Lady Gaga @ Santos Party House
* The Do @ Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel
* Micachu & The Shapes, ACME @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* A-Bones, The Fleshtones, The Above @ Union Hall
* Wallpaper, Mystery Roar, Bodega Girls @ The Cameo
* The Choke, Foster Care, Images, Corn Mo @ Bruar Falls
* Christina Courtin, Henry Wolfe, El May @ The Bell House
* Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ Giants Stadium
* The Antlers, Holly Miranda, Family Of The Year @ Maxwell's
* Amazing Baby, The Entrance Band, Psychic @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Besnard Lakes, Acrylics, The Cinnamon Band @ Mercury Lounge
* Cheap Time, Sediment Club, Guinea Worms, Uzi Rash @ Silent Barn
* 50 Cent, Kid Cudi, Wale, Mike Posner @ Beach at Governors Island
* Chain and the Gang, Fiasco, Preacher and the Knife @ 171 Lombardy Street
* The Jaguar Club, My Teenage Stride, pow wow!, Raise High The Roof Beam @ Cake Shop
* Dick Hyman, Ted Rosenthal, Aaron Diehl, Mike Lipskin, Ethan Iverson, Spike Wilner @ Smalls
* Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Depreciation Guild @ Webster
* Bling Kong, Motel Motel, Arms, Noel Heroux & Paul Holmes, Holas, Ivana XL, Grub Animal @ The Bell House
* WFMU Fest w/ Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Sightings, Drunkdriver, Talk Normal @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Antlers are currently on tour with Holly Miranda. They play Maxwell's tonight with Family Of The Year. You can also see the Antlers on October 20th at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Sightings, Drunkdriver and Talk Normal play the WFMU Fest at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Last night Pissed Jeans was the headliner of the same festival at the same venue. The night before that was Faust.

Chain and the Gang was supposed to play Market Hotel - the show's now at 171 Lombardy Street...

...a wonderful, big (but cozy) new space in a dramatic location w/ a beautiful roof patio overlooking the Midtown skyline, the Greenpoint industrial district & the Kosciusko Bridge -PLUS- it's air conditioned & heated & has a killer soundsystem & great dance floor lights & no neighbors. Djs outside on the patio if it's warm / dry enough! - Todd P

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band do Born In The USA at Giants Stadium tonight.

Micachu & The Shapes join ACME at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Last night they were at Littlefield. The night before that we hosted them at Pop Montreal which is still going on up in Canada all this weekend.

Speaking of going on this weekend, ACL is happening in Austin.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Depreciation Guild perform at Webster Hall. The same local lineup probably wouldn't have sold out Mercury Lounge a year ago.

Canada's Besnard Lakes skip Pop Montreal for NYC this weekend. Tonight they're at Mercury Lounge with Acrylics and The Cinnamon Band.

Lucinda Williams plays two sets, one of which is material only from her 1979-1989 catalogue, at Irving Plaza. Her next two shows cover the following two decades.

NY Burlesque Fest continues, tonight at BB King's.

The Dø follow up their Pop Montreal show with a gig at Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel.

The new season of Saturday Night Live continues tonight with musical guest Lady Gaga.

Tennessee's Cheap Time headlines tonight at Silent Barn (the same venue they played last night) with Sediment Club, Guinea Worms and Uzi Rash.

A video from the recent Coathangers show at Cake Shop, below...

Arctic Monkeys played Last Call Thursday. That and other videos below.....

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