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To quote Gothamist:

Following the Arcade Fire's win at the Grammys, it seemed like half the nation was asking: Who Is Arcade Fire? What started off as a post on BrooklynVegan, grew into its own Tumblr account, and by last night the band themselves caught wind of the meme. At the Brit Awards--while accepting one of their awards (they took home trophies for Best International Album and Best International Group)--Win Butler said, "We're called Arcade Fire--check it out on Google."

Full Brit winner list (Bieber and Mumford & Sons included) and some videos below...

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posted at 3:04 PM on February 16, 2011 in music | Comments (21)

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Todd Barry in the Wrestler

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Les Paul @ Iridium
* Ferraby Lionheart @ Pianos
* Jimmy Eat World @ Terminal 5
* Whiplash @ UCB w/ Patton Oswalt
* It is It comedy @ Pianos w/ Todd Barry

Aziz Ansari was born today in 1983.

And a belated happy birthday to Yoko Ono who was born February 18, 1933.

If Pianos sticks to set times, you could potentially start the night with the free 8PM It is It comedy show . The lineup is Todd Barry (of The Wrestler), Chelsea Peretti, Kevin Williams, and Rob Cantrell. Then you could stick around for most of Ferraby Lionheart's set. It's his last residency show. Then you could jump in a cab and get to the UCB Theatre on 26th St. and see Leo Allen's free weekly Whiplash show. One of this week's guests is Patton Oswalt who just got done playing multiple nights at Caroline's.

As Todd told San Francisco Comedy Blog, he plays Mickey Rourke's boss at his day job. Mickey lost the Best Actor Oscar to Sean Penn at last night's Academy Awards which closed with a recorded cover of Bob Dylan by Beck. Mickey did win the Independent Spirit Award though.

Kate Winslet won best actress for The Reader. Nico Muhly composed the soundtrack to that movie.

M.I.A. did not win an Oscar.

Vicodin earrings.

Cheap Ballet tickets.

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday.

They're giving away 2 VIP tickets to the REM tribute at Carnegie Hall to the the person who uploads the best video of themselves covering R.E.M. to YouTube.

Motel Motel were added to the upcoming Phosphorescent show.

Paul Weller won a Brit Award. U2, who are streaming their new album at MySpace, performed at the ceremony. Video below..

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posted at 2:30 PM on February 23, 2009 in comedy | movies | To Do | Comments (12)

Paul Weller and Adele @ the Brits

Success in the Brits - 18th Feb 2009

Evening all,

As you probably know by now, PW was successful in tonight's Brit Awards winning Best Male Solo Artist. OK so he wasn't there to collect it in person but we did get a video with Adele passing the award over.

What can you say? Well deserved for a top year.

Well done feller.

That message was posted in the news section of Paul Weller's official website. Other 2009 Brit Award winners were Duffy, Kings of Leon, Katy Perry, Iron Maiden (for best live act), Elbow, Florence and the Machine, Kanye West, and Girls Aloud. Pet Shop Boys were also honored at the event.

As previously announced, PW will be visiting the United States to play Coachella on April 19th. Add to that trip a pre-Coachella San Francisco show, and an April 24th show at Nokia Theatre in NYC. Tickets for the latter go on sale Friday at noon. All known dates below...

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posted at 11:55 AM on February 23, 2009 in music | tour dates | Comments (12)

Glasvegas @ Bowery Ballroom - Jan 6, 2009 (more by Ryan Muir)

For all its profile and glamour, the Brits nomination list is never much of a surprise, given how closely it tends to mirror sales charts.

Coldplay and Duffy's four nominations are the music industry's way of acknowledging their contribution to the coffers with the bestselling British albums last year.

It is also the only way to explain the elevation of cheerful, cheesy populists Scouting for Girls.

Critically lauded bands such as Glasvegas, Hot Chip and Portishead have been overlooked, yet a comedy outfit with the boisterousness of a showband at a rugby club have gained three nominations.

Some may cast a suspicious eye on the role played by chairman of the Brits Committee, Ged Doherty, who is also head of Sony (Scouting for Girls' record company). But conspiracy theories about backroom deals are erroneous. [Telegraph]

The nominees for Best International Group are AC/DC, the Killers, Kings of Leon, MGMT and Fleet Foxes.

Glasvegas have added a March 28th show at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. That's two days before their previously-announced show at Webster Hall. Tickets for Brooklyn go on sale Friday. Webster is still currently on sale. All dates below...

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posted at 10:58 AM on January 21, 2009 in music | tour dates | Comments (13)

Kate Nash Brit

* Adele added a March 17th show.
* Kate Nash added an April 24th show.
* Adele, Kate Nash & Adele all went to the same 'Brit' school.

Watch Radio 1 interview Kate Nash after she won a Brit Award, below...

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posted at 1:45 PM on February 23, 2008 in music | tour dates | Comments (9)

Mika and not-Beth Ditto @ The Orpheum - Feb 15, 2008 (Consumable Audio)
Mika

Next another video from the Brits last night (with Beth).....

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posted at 2:57 PM on February 21, 2008 in music | video | Comments (43)

Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse

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posted at 1:23 PM on February 21, 2008 in music | video | Comments (6)

Klaxons and Rihanna

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posted at 11:18 AM on February 21, 2008 in music | pictures | Comments (16)

Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse

The Arctic Monkeys took best British group and album - both for the second year in a row - while Foo Fighters won best international group and album.

The ceremony saw performances from Amy Winehouse and Sir Paul McCartney, who received a lifetime achievement honour.

Kate Nash won best British female and Mark Ronson was named best British male.

Producer Ronson, who performed with Winehouse and Adele at the Earl's Court show, is the first non-singer to have scooped the solo artist prize....

...US star Kanye West, who was unable to attend the ceremony, was named winner of the best international male prize. "I'm sure there's someone who deserves this more than me, but I just don't know who they are," he said in his acceptance video....

...Rihanna followed with a performance of her number one single 'Umbrella', accompanied by Klaxons. [BBC]