photos by Bao Nguyen

I've been hesitant to fully accept the lineup change in Brazil's Bonde Do Role, so I didn't make a huge effort to get to one of the two NYC shows they just played (and I didn't personally go to Coachella), but after seeing these pictures and hearing about the shows from a few people (lots of "awesome"s), now I definitely don't want to miss them next time I have the chance. Wednesday night the show was at Europa. Last night it was Bowery Ballroom (May 15, 2008). More pictures from the latter below...

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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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photos by Ryan Muir

Sadly Marina is gone, but Ryan said that the new lineup was actually good. According to Entrtainment Weekly:

Then Josh wanted a veggie corn dog. As he munched, we listened to the cacophany of Brazilian hip hoppers Bonde Do Role-- whose sound I will equate to the foreign-language street fights outside my old apartment in Queens, combined with the bass thump of a thousand souped-up cars in the East Village on a hot summer day-- before moving to the Outdoor Stage for grownup time with Steven Malkmus and the Jicks.

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TheDeathSet @ a VICE day party, SXSW 2008

TheDeathSet were yet another one of my favorite bands playing 10 million shows in and around Austin two weeks ago. I managed to catch them once. It was the daytime Friday VICE party, and I think I picked a good one because they ended the show with "thanks guys. it was just like home".There was lots of crowd participation - especially for the afternoon, and I agree it felt like home. (even though I've never actually saw them play in Baltimore, but I think Brooklyn/NYC is maybe their home away from home). Catch them in Brooklyn tonight (March 28, 2008) @ Glasslands w/ Ninjasonik. It's the Lolita Party...

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Bonde Do Role's new lineup

Bonde Do Role follow the announcement of their Coachella appearance with the news of a run of U.S. tour dates from late April and the confirmation of their new line up. Featuring not one, but two new female singers who were chosen via auditions held in conjunction with MTV Brasil, Ana Bernardino and Laura Taylor will join the band for a ramped up set featuring new songs, covers, and old Bonde classics.

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Tegan's 2007 list below....

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the 11th in a series where we asked comedians to tell us what was good this year....

Kurt Braunohler is one of the greatest, though sadly lesser-known, comedians in this city. His super-human comedic abilities cover everything from improv to stand-up to teaching to hosting to acting to being in videos. His first project was called Kurtbot which featured street comedy sketches and a website that delivered them to the masses. He then got involved in a street theater project called Chenguin. Following that, his work with Neutrino Video Projects got substantial acclaim and ended up traveling to the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as to the Edinburgh Theater Festival in Scotland. These days he is better known as the co-host of the Hot Tub Variety Show with Kristen Schaal and co-star of the series Penelope Princess of Pets, also with Schaal. He also teaches classes at The Pit. And the stand-up I've seen him do lately is some of the funniest stuff I've seen in ages. Simply put, he's one of my favorite comedians around. Here's what he was into in '07 - Klaus

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Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - A highlight of my summer was driving into Montreal for the first time ever blasting this album (I know they're from Georgia, but still.) Every song on this album, I love.

Tegan and Sara, The Con - This year, I spent some time in a city that demands you sit in a car for long periods of time every day (it rhymes with "Smell-A.") I would have murdered many more people if not for this album.

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If I didn't go to Austin this past weekend, I for sure would have tried to see Bonde Do Role at either the Museum of Natural History (9/14), or at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (9/15). How were those shows? I loved them at the Oya Festival (Aug 8) - WAY tighter and better than when I saw them the year before at Warsaw. The Norweigian crowd was going wild - it had just rained a bit - here are the pictures...

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TheDeathSet @ Whartscape 2007 - July 21 (CRED)

If Todd P shows aren't your thing, but you want a taste of the Baltimore-via-Australia band TheDeathSet, then this Friday (July 27) is not only your chance to see them, but to see them for free at South Street Seaport with the legendary 'art-rock, synth-pop' band Suicide. In August TheDeathSet will play a bunch more shows including a few in Brooklyn and NJ, and then in October they're going on tour with Bonde Do Role.

Stream TheDeathSet's new CD "Rad Warehouses Bad Neighborhoods" right here. It includes remixes by Dan Deacon and Bonde Do Role. You can also download the Bonde Do Role remix as an 'aiff' file at their site. All tour dates below...

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After I finished writing this entire post, I realized that the September 8th show at Studio B that I was going to link to on Ticketweb has been "postponed"! Did you get a refund?.....

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Diplo @ the NYC Apple Store - July 13, 2007 (CRED)

All this talk of M.I.A., so how about some Diplo? As you can see in the picture above, he just played a midnight party in a NYC Apple store this past weekend. More pics @ Flavorpill's Flickr. Next up for Diplo is a September tour that has him playing some dates with Switch (you know) - an impressive double bill for those who like to dance. All tour dates below....

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Bonde Do Role have two shows coming up in NYC - one at the Museum of Natural History on September 14th, and another in Brooklyn the next day. Their debut LP With Lasers is out on Domino now. All tour dates below...

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