Austra @ Santos in Feb (more by Vincent Cornelli)

Cocorosie @ MHOW in Sept (more by Amanda Hatfield)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* John Mulaney @ UCB
* Cumbiagra @ Barbes
* CocoRosie @ Glasslands
* Dive Comedy @ Freddy's
* Thurston Moore @ Other Music
* OUTMUSIC Awards @ Irving Plaza
* Elvis Costello @ Beacon Theatre
* Rob Paravonian @ The Bell House
* Carol Wincenc, Tali Roth @ Barbes
* Tony Scherr Trio @ The Living Room
* Glasvegas, The Dig @ Bowery Ballroom
* Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield
* Manzarek-Rogers Band @ Highline Ballroom
* Caucus, Persian Rugs, Smilelove @ Cake Shop
* Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy @ Gramercy Theatre
* Jim Campilongo Electric Trio @ The Living Room
* Tidal Arms, Memory Map, Slothbear @ Bruar Falls
* Tribeca New Music Festival @ Merkin Concert Hall
* Laura Goldhamer & the Silvernail, Wrest @ Coco 66
* Karl Berger's Stone Workshop Orchestra @ The Stone
* Andy Friedman, Paul Curreri, Matty Charles @ Union Hall
* Diarrhea Planet, Liquor Store, Battle Ave. @ Shea Stadium
* Filmstrip, Company, Shark?, The Denzels @ Death By Audio
* Battle Circus, Moonlight Towers, The Mantra ATSMM @ Pianos
* Austra, Trust, Silver Swans, Spanish Prisoners @ Mercury Lounge
* Tune-Yards, Eugene Mirman, Elizabeth Wurtzel @ The Greene Space
* J-Roddy Walston & The Business, Gunfight!, Brothers @ Brooklyn Bowl
* High Priest, Beauty Apes, Solus, Goldie Luxx (Precious Metal) @ Lit Lounge
* Crinkles, Golden Girls, Future Shuttle, Jefferson High, Octo Octa @ Cameo Gallery
* Sherlock's Daughter, Bronze, Edelweiss, Bear In Heaven (DJ set) @ Knitting Factory

Ray Manzarek of the Doors plays Highline Ballroom tonight (the was moved from BB King's).

It's an all NYC Popfest bill at Cake Shop tonight (2 bands from Japan, 1 from Canada).

Panda Bear's new video for "alsatian darn" can be watched below...

What else?

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by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (Zip)
DOWNLOAD: Pet Milk - Cherry Outline (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Gold-Bears - Record Store (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sea Lions - All Right (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Go Sailor - Windy (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Soda Shop - Farewell (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Days - Simple Thing (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Days - Downhill (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine - Julu Road (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Kids on a Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Secrets (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Anyone's Ghost (the National) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Mother of Pearl (MP3)

Go Sailor

This week is the fifth-annual NYC Popfest which happens Thursday - Sunday (May 19 - 22) at a variety of NYC and Brooklyn venues, playing host to around 30 bands from around the world. Previous years have seen the likes of The Radio Dept, Pelle Carlberg, The Drums, Love is All, Allo Darlin' and more.

Festival passes are sold out at this point -- as are tickets to Thursday's show at Cake Shop with Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Gold-Bears -- but you can still get tickets to any of the other individual events.

We're also giving away pairs of tickets to the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday shows. Line-ups for each night are at the bottom of this post. We've got:

1 pair of tickets for Friday night at Cameo
3 pais of tickets for Saturday night at Santos
5 pairs of tickets for the all-day Sunday show at The Rock Shop.

To enter, just send an email to BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM with the subject line "POPFEST" and the day you want tickets for, aka "POPFEST FRIDAY." We'll pick winners at random. Please note many of these shows are 21+.

This year's Popfest is a nice mix of new and old, jangly and loud. Every year at Popfest I've discovered at least two bands I'd never heard of before who've gone on to be favorites. I imagine this year will be no different. There are some MP3s above, plus a swell 24-song mix the Popfest folks made for your downloadable enjoyment. For this year's preview I'm just going to go through the events day-by-day. Keep reading below...

Continue reading "a guide to NYC Popfest 2011 (with lots of MP3s, day by day analysis & chances to win free tickets too)"