Yo La Tengo @ Pitchfork Fest in July (more by Joseph Juechao Xu)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Gordon Gano @ Le Posssion Rouge
* Rorschach & ?? @ The Charleston
* Tiesto @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Suckers, Wild Yaks @ Glasslands
* Organized Konfusion @ BB King's
* Savoir Adore @ Permanent Records
* White Lies, Violens @ Webster Hall
* Bear Hands, Cale Parks @ Cake Shop
* KMFDM, Angelsplit @ Gramercy Theatre
* Welcome Wagon, Ben & Vesper @ Sycamore
* Joseph Arthur, Rene Lopez @ City Winery
* The Rifles, Still Flyin' @ Mercury Lounge
* Sing for China tour @ Columbia University
* Julian Plenti, I'm In You @ Guggenheim Museum
* Wavves, Ganglians, Beach Fossils @ Market Hotel
* Marco Benevento Trio, Nathan Moore @ 92YTribeca
* Alter Ego, DJ Twitch @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Gonzales' Piano Talk w/ Jamie Lidell @ Joe's Pub
* Ryan Adams & Mary-Louise Parker @ NY Public Library
* Phoenix, Passion Pit @ Central Park's Rumsey Playfield
* HellBastard, Resistant Culture, Atakke, Rabia @ Europa
* Daniel Francis Doyle, Pterodactyl, Fiasco @ Silent Barn
* Big Bang TV, Kittens Ablaze, Hooray For Earth @ Southpaw
* Rorschach, Celebrity Murders, The Degenertics @ Santos Party House
* Violent Bullshit, These Arms Are Snakes, DD/MM/YYYY @ Shea Stadium
* Child Abuse, SubArachnoid Space, oVo, Gnaw @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Jupiter One, The Subjects, Demander, Nite Club @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Effi Briest, Electroputas, Regattas, Chuck Bettis, Mario Diaz De Leon @ DBA
* Yo La Tengo, The Black Lips, Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co, John Oliver (MC) @ Roseland Ballroom
* New Languages w/ Tim Berne: los totopos, Positive Catastrophe, Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh @ McCarren Hall
* The Ghost of Tony Gold, Zoos Of Berlin, Ponderosa, J Roddy Waltson & the Business, Field Recordings, Dexter Scott @ Pianos

It's the live debut of Julian Plenti (Paul Banks of Interpol) at the Guggenheim. He's also got shows November 24th and 25th at Bowery Ballrom and Brooklyn Bowl. On the bill tonight are I'm In You, authors Rivka Galchen and Hampton Fancher, and host Eugene Mirman. And there will be strings.

Yo La Tengo play Roseland Ballroom with a string quartet. The Black Lips, Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co and host John Oliver will also be there. And there will be strings.

"The Ditty Bops have canceled due to illness. Refunds at point of purchase." - Union Hall

Savoir Adore play a free show at Permanent Records in Greenpoint.

The BrooklynVegan CMJ official showcase went on sale.

Ryan Adams speaks with Mary-Louise Parker at the Bryant Park NYPL. He just opened his ongoing art exhibit at the Morrison Hotel Gallery.

Phoenix and Passion Pit play two nights at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield.

Wavves returns to the Market Hotel, playing tonight with Ganglians and Beach Fossils. Wavves' NYC debut was at the venue only eight months ago.

Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po perform as Organized Konfusion at BB King's.

The Rifles and Still Flyin' play Mercury Lounge.

Sing for China tour (Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark and Casino Demon) visit Columbia University.

Gonzales' Piano Talk is sure to have some surprises at @ Joe's Pub tonight (Jamie Lidell and...Andrew W.K.)

These Arms Are Snakes play Shea Stadium with Violent Bullshit and DD/MM/YYYY.

New Languages Festival hosts avant-jazz saxist Tim Berne (as los totopos), Positive Catastrophe and Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh at McCarren Hall. The fest ends tomorrow.

Guitarist Joseph Arthur joins Rene Lopez for the last of his three special engagements at City Winery.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

by Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: Danielson - Animal In Every Corner (Version) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Zimmerman - Symbols In This World (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Zimmerman - Everyday In My Heart (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dan Zimmerman - Either Or (MP3)

Danielson (top, middle)& Dan Zimmerman (bottom)

Upon hearing Dan Zimmerman's music, his rich, distinctive, roasted baritone, somewhere in between Lee Hazelwood and Tom Waits, will be your first impression. It's all character, with nothing pretended or imposed. Dan's been singing since he picked up the guitar in 1957, and his resonance is pure experience. He's a Methodist preacher's kid turned '60s art-school van-gypsy, married by a swami, turned Northwestern mountain-man singing at lunch-hour for fellow workers at a tree-packing plant... And that's just the groundwork. Six years in the making, his new album, Cosmic Patriot, features Daniel Smith (Danielson), Emil Nikolaisen (Serena-Maneesh), Josiah Wolf (Why?), Joshua Stamper, Jason Kourkounis (Bardo Pond) and many more. It captures the band and the man perfectly.[Glen Galloway @ Sounds Familyre]

Dan Zimmerman has scheduled two upcoming gigs with label founder Danielson to celebrate the release of his new album, Cosmic Patriot, out April 21st on Sounds Familyre. One is at NYC's Mercury Lounge on Friday, May 15th. (Tickets are on sale now.

Zimmerman's new disc is his first since 2001's Great Small, which was the Sounds Familyre label's first non-Danielson (and second overall) release. As on that record, Danielson and "Famile" appear in supporting roles on Cosmic Patriot.

Last year Danielson released a retrospective album, Trying Hartz, and played a Halloween show at NYC's Knitting Factory.

All Danielson/Zimmerman tour dates, and an episode of Breakfast at Sulimay's where Danielson gets the Philly diner treatment, below...

Continue reading "Dan Zimmerman & Danielson - albums & shows "

by Black Bubblegum

You see, dreams DO come true. Harvey f'n Milk have added a show at Club Europa in Brooklyn on November 2nd. Tickets are on sale.

In related news, the REAL Harvey Milk is set to get a bio-pic of his own. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy), Milk stars Sean Penn as the late Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. The film also stars Josh Brolin, James Franco, and Emile Hirsch and is set to hit theaters on December 5th. Trailer below.

So what would possess the band to name themselves after this politician? Here's how drummer Kyle Spence explained it:

Although Spence wasn't in the band at its beginning, he recalled that "Creston had watched this documentary about Harvey Milk and just thought he was a cool guy. It's not meant in disrespect or anything purposefully funny or ironic. They were trying to make names for the band, and it came down to either that or Rip Torn.

"Now, it's funny, though, because we couldn't have timed it better: We're getting the most attention in our career because of that movie coming out."

I don't know.... Rip Torn is a pretty good band name.

A few elderly folks reviewed Harvey Milk's "Death Goes To The Winner".... check it out below.

Continue reading "Harvey Milk (the band) is playing Brooklyn, Harvey Milk (the man) is getting a movie (starring Sean Penn)"