today in NYC
* Earth Day
* Tribeca Film Fest
* Delorean & Fiat thing?
* Mopdtk @ Zebulon
* Phyllis Chen @ Barbes
* The Pipettes @ Maxwell's
* The Bad Plus @ The Blue Note
* Sanda Weigl @ 92YTribeca
* Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard
* Horse Bladder @ The Stone
* Schurt Kwitters @ The Stone
* Dave1 from Chromeo (DJ Set) @ AMoNH
* Zemog El Gallo Bueno @ Barbes
* Personal and the Pizzas @ Cake Shop
* Thousands, Thieving Irons @ The Rock Shop
* Publicist, Big Gold Belt, Pam Finch @ Zebulon
* Pantha Du Prince, The Sight Below @ Good Units
* Kid Cudi, Chip Tha Rippa @ Roseland Ballroom
* Beacon, The Young Friends, Kosovo @ The Gutter
* Red Bull Thre3 Style @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Naked on the Vague, Silk Flowers, TRUST @ Coco66
* Atlantic/Pacific, Haroula Rose, The Dardys @ Union Hall
* Re-Ree, Sour Soul, Daylighting, Rebecca Perl @ Lit Lounge
* Celebration, Man Forever Duo, Turn To Crime @ Union Pool
* Jowe Head, The Mad Scene, The Surprisers, Cuffs @ Bruar Falls
* Organs, The Siberians, The Baxx Sisis, The Jigglers @ Don Pedro
* My Chemical Romance, Neon Trees, The Architects @ Terminal 5
* Woman, Degreaser, The Sediment Club, Bezoar @ Death By Audio
* Seaweed, All Eyes West, (Damn) This Desert Air @ The Bell House
* The Can't Tells, Sea of Bees, The Fancy, Robin Bacior @ Spike Hill
* Pearson Sound/Ramadanman, Zed Bias/Maddslinky @ Public Assembly
* Michael Chapman, Steve Gunn, Hans Chew, Bob Bannister @ Littlefield
* Sagittarius A-Star, Second Family Band, Trulofa Trio @ Issue Project Room
* Bass Drum of Death, The So So Glos, Xray Eyeballs, Web Dating @ Glasslands
* Dead Phones, JM Airis, Blue Angel Lounge, Karkwa, Friend Roulette @ Pianos
* Secret Twins, Deadbeat Beat, Easter Vomit, Night Manager, DILIAN @ Silent Barn
* Hayes Carll, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Shovels and Rope @ Bowery Ballroom
* Zion I & The Grouch, One Be Lo, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Charlie Buko @ Knitting Factory
* John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders, Allison Moorer, Mike Doughty, Tanya Donelly, Craig Wedren, Eugene Mirman, Rick Moody, Mary Gaitskill @ City Winery

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What else?

Check out EarthDayNY.org for a list of stuff happening in NYC on Friday and Saturday, including the annual EarthFair Outdoors at Grand Central Terminal which includes some free music. Tompkins Square Park is also hosting a free 'Rock Against Poverty' concert. Nothing that exciting.

Hot Chip @ Highline Ballroom in Feb (more by Vincent Cornelli)

tonight in NYC
* Lesley Gore @ Joe's Pub
* Hot Chip, The xx @ Terminal 5
* Questlove (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Dosh, White Hinterland @ Union Hall
* Fixed w/ Javelin @ Santos Party House
* Quasi, Let's Wrestle, Blair @ Bowery Ballroom
* Harlem, Girls At Dawn (early) @ Mercury Lounge
* Owen Pallett, Extra Life, The Luyas @ Webster Hall
* Ribbons, Literature, NT, Brian, The Hairs @ Bruar Falls
* Jonathan Moritz trio, Leo Carrillo, Baby Copperhead @ Zebulon
* The Wayward, Vaz, Pfisters, Twin Stumps @ The Charleston
* Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina @ Knitting Factory Front Bar
* The Church (30th anniversary acoustic show) @ City Winery
* Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Adult Themes, Stethoscopes, Lost Boy, Liquor Store @ Coco 66
* We Are Country Mice, Thomas Function, White Wires @ Cake Shop
* The Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers (late) @ Mercury Lounge
* Jamie & Romy xx (DJ), Finger on the Pulse @ (le) Poisson Rouge
* Diehard, Ghost Ghost, Cat Tent, Digit Dealer, Beacon @ Matchless
* Pterodactyl, Weekends, X-Ray Eyeballs, Coasting, Birthdays @ Don Pedro
* Gang Gang Dance, Light Asylum, Prince Rama @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* MATA Festival w/ L'Arsenale and Argento Chamber Ensemble @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Hussle Club, My Gold Mask, Rafter, C-mon & Kypski, DJ Free Magic @ Public Assembly Loft
* Nude Beach, Supergoose, Hair Rocket, Bananas Symphony, Hermit Thrushes, Hosannas, Doomstar @ Glasslands

Los Campesinos' show at Irving Plaza that was to happen tonight has been moved to Monday, April 26th.

The Crystal Stilts/1990s/Tanks Amigo show at The Bell House won't happen tonight either. That's been moved to April 30th.

Gorillaz are on Colbert tonight.

Broken Social Scene are on Letterman.

The Luyas continued their NYC run by opening for Owen Pallett at Webster Hall tonight.

Gang Gang Dance headline Music Hall tonight then open for Hot Chip at Terminal 5 tomorrow.

The xx open for Hot Chip at Terminal 5 tonight and then DJ at Le Poisson Rouge.

There's a Toxic Holocaust afterparty at the Charleston tonight. Earlier in the evening they play Knitting Factory with Municipal Waste.

Earlier and in the front room at Knitting Factory is a free show.

Tonight's Morning Benders show at Mercury Lounge is the first of many in the area that the band have scheduled.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday? (Earth Day)"

HEALTH is the secret band at Saturday's free, open to the public, NYU, Earth Day, Cold Cave show at Solar One (thx Mike!). If you miss it, HEALTH are back in June as part of a tour.

Grace Potter played a short 15 minute set in an even shorter shiny purple dress in the middle of Times Square in honor of Earth Day this morning (they went on around 11:30am). The Earth Day festivities continue as I type this. Backed by her band The Nocturnals, there was a cheering crowd in front of her and completely random passerbys to her left - many who didn't even turn their heads to see who was performing to their right. The pictures in this post were grabbed from the live feed.

If you missed it, there's an even longer and also free and more conveniently timed Grace Potter and the Nocturnals show happening outside Grand Central on Friday, also in honor of Earth Day ("6:00PM. 45 minute set. Free Show. Outside of Grand Central Station on Vanderbilt, between 42nd and 45th")

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will then return to NYC again on June 12th for a headlining show at Webster Hall. It's part of a few new dates they announced in support of their new album "set to be released digitally on iTunes on 5/25 and physically on 6/8". The NYC show and a Boston one are on fan presale now. The NYC show then goes on general sale Friday at noon (Boston goes on sale Saturday).

All dates, the band's new video, and couple more screencaps from Times Square below...

Continue reading "Grace Potter played Times Square, playing outside Grand Central, Webster Hall & other shows - 2010 dates "

Stella Connelly

"Little 7 yr. old Stella Connelly with the help of songwriter performer "Hoop the Last Folk Singer" is sending an important message to everyone this Earth Day 2010. Earth day is every day! The message is passed along through the new song "Earth Day Everyday". The song was recorded by Stella Connelly and reggae recording artist Carlos Jones and First Light."

I don't fully know what that means, but it's the bio that goes along with Stella Connelly who, along with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The London Souls, and many more, are performing as part of the Eary Day celebration at Grand Central in NYC on Friday and Saturday. The full schedule and more details below...

Continue reading "Earth Day EarthFair at Grand Central Friday & Saturday - free music, exhibits, art & more (full schedule) "

"Today, on Earth Day's 40th Anniversary, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Earth Day New York will be joined by environmental leaders, business leaders and local and international performers at Times Square, the Crossroads of the World.

The celebration will run from 11am - 2pm. Mayor Bloomberg is expected to make his Earth Day speech at 1:15pm. A special performance by United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and musician Salaman Ahmad and his band Junoon will close the celebration.

Featured speakers and performers include: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, speaker Christine Quinn, Earth Day Network Honorary Chair and one of the founders of the Earth Day 1960 Denis Hayes, President and Executive Director of Earth Day New York Pamela Lippe and actor and founder of Bicycle for a Day Everyday Matthew Modine.

Business leaders, environmental leaders and performers who will also take the stage include: Tim Tompkins, President of Times Square Alliance, Ajamu Brown of The Center of Development of Human Services, Kate Sinding of Natural Resources Defense Council, Alex Matthiessen of Riverkeeper, artist Maya Lin,Gail Cunningham of Keep America Beautiful (KAB), Miss America Caressa Cameron, KAB president and CEO Matt McKenna, KABchairman Barry Caldwell, Lisa Young of the Department of Interior, United Religions Initiative's Global Council Chair Yoland Trevino, and the Environmental Defense Fund's Andy Darrell.

Vice President Al Gore and Wangari Maathai will both share their Earth Day messages virtually on the screens in Times Square. Entertainment will be provided by the cast from the Broadway show Hair, Mandy Gonzalez, Elphaba from Wicked, J. Xavier,Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Blue Man Group and comedian Aisha Tyler."

Grace Potter supposedly goes on at 11:21 [update, as of 11:26, she's still not on - also the stream sucks.... 11:35 - she's on]. There's also vendors set up in honor of Earth Day in Times Square until 4pm. " The event will take place in the newly created pedestrian plazas in Times Square on Broadway between 45th and 46th streets. As part of the celebration, the public plaza between 42nd and 43rd streets will host information booths on a variety of environmental issues."

You can watch the performances at EarthCam's Times Square Cam, and maybe on TV (or in person if you hurry).

by Andrew Frisicano

Cold Cave @ Market Hotel during CMJ (more by Leia Jospe)

Cold Cave and a surprise headliner will top a free concert on Saturday, April 24th at Solar One (same location as the annual CitySol, 23rd Street at East River) as part of NYU Earth Week. Also on the bill are lightly orchestral, layered pop band North Highlands and echo\y, tuneful Oberhofer. The show starts at 4pm and Andrew WK DJs between bands. The headliner will be announced the day of the show.

Columbia University is hosting a show with Of Montreal, Wiz Khalifa and Ghostface Killah the same day.

Cold Cave also playing the WBAR-B-Q the next day (4/25) and LPR on April 29th.

Also NYU-related is the annual Strawberry Festival on Friday, April 30th, noon to 4pm, outdoors on LaGuardia Place between W 3rd and 4th Sts. The show (an "NYU only event") includes music from Hop Along, Little Lungs, Fiasco, Screaming Females and Japanther.

Video from last year's Strawberry Fest and a recent gig by Japanther at Party Expo are below...

Continue reading "Cold Cave, a surprise headliner, Screaming Females, Japanther & other bands playing upcoming free NYU shows"

MSG photos & words by Jacob Blickenstaff, Columbia photos by Jens Schott Knudsen

Pete Seeger @ Columbia in April...

"Clearwater conducts innovative environmental programs, advocacy and celebrations in order to inspire and energize the next generation of environmental leaders.

Clearwater was founded in 1969 by music legend and environmental activist Pete Seeger." [Clearwater]

Pete Seeger's been busy lately, especially for someone who just celebrated his 90th birthday. The event for that occasion took place at Madison Square Garden on May 3rd, and is reviewed in full below, with pictures. A few weeks before that, on Earth Day (April 18th), Pete played a show at Columbia's Teachers College. Photos from that show are below too. Right after that he headed to New Orleans to perform at Jazz Fest. Prior to those, Seeger played the Clearwater benefit with Jeff Tweedy at Beacon High School on March 28th. We also recently noticed his name as the special guest on a show at Joe's Pub.

This summer Pete Seeger is scheduled to play the Newport Folk Festival (August 1st and 2nd), and will perform at his own Clearwater Festival, taking place in Croton-on-the-Hudson, NY this weekend (June 20th and 21st). The Clearwater Fest lineup includes Dr. Dog, A.C. Newman, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Richie Havens, Old Crow Medicine Show, Alejandro Escovedo, Arlo Guthrie and others. Its full schedule is below. Tickets are still sale at the gate.

UPDATE: we can confirm that Pete played his scheduled Saturday morning Clearwater Fest performance "with kids" for those who braved the rain. Pete will perform again at the festival on Sunday afternoon with his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.

A review of Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration at MSG, and all above-mentioned photos, with the full Clearwater Festival lineup & schedule, below...

Continue reading "Clearwater Festival this weekend - full schedule ++ Pete Seeger pics (from his 90th birthday & Columbia University)"

"The pivotal scene in Dumbo (1941), for instance, is the transformation of consciousness and augmentation of capacity -- in this case, the big-eared elephant's motor skills -- via a hallucinatory delirium brought on when the dejected pachyderm drinks a barrel full of water into which, unbeknownst to him, a bottle of spirits had been accidentally spilled. To the foreboding lyrics and serpentine melody of "Pink Elephants on Parade," Dumbo begins seeing things "you know that ain't" (a succession of fractals and geometrical patterns, forms morphing into new ones, and scenes of Oriental mystery and erotica), then passes into oblivion, from which he wakes up in the highest branches of a tree. Thus Dumbo earns his wings not through an act of obeisance to the Ten Commandments but in the throes of a psychotropic-induced visionary state." [psychadelicAdventures.com]

Grand Central Station in NYC is celebrating Earth Day today (4/24) and Saturday. There's food, face painting, yoga, recycling, live music and much more. Dar Williams will be there today at 5:45. Full schedule below.

Strangely, today's Grand Central schedule also includes a "BREAK" due to "Noise Ordinance" today from 2-5pm. This is fueling rumors that The Dead, who are in town (again) to play Nassau Coliseum tonight (4/24) and MSG tomorrow (4/25) will show up for a secret show (again). It's probably not true, but if you have nothing better to do and want to head over there based on that, at least there are plenty of other eco-friendly diversions to keep you busy.

The Dead played Letterman last night. Video of that, and full Grand Central music schedule below...

Continue reading "It's Earth Day @ Grand Central - live music included + the Dead played Letterman - Nassau tonight, MSG Saturday"

photo by C. Taylor Crothers

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips surfing the crowd on the Mall in his giant bubble.

The Earth Day On The National Mall event was emceed by Chevy Chase. Other prominent speakers included actor Matthew Modine and actress Joy Bryant, Kathleen Rogers, President of the Earth Day Network, Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor and others. Performers included The Flaming Lips, Los Lobos, moe., and DJ Spooky.

A larger version of the photo can be seen HERE. Videos from Sunday's event (4/19), below...

Continue reading "The Flaming Lips played The National Mall in DC - pic, videos"

The Flaming Lips @ Webster Hall '06

The Flaming Lips are playing a free show on Sunday, April 19th in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Earth Day Network/Green Apple Fest show also has moe., Los Lobos, DJ Spooky and others on the bill. Chevy Chase is acting as emcee, and the entire event will be streamed online, from 1-6pm that day, via EarthDayTV.net

Other cities, including New York, will also be hosting Green Apple Earth Day weekend events on April 17th - 19th. So far, the only official NYC concert planned is an Earth-Day-volunteer-only "thank you" show with Deep Banana Blackout at the Bowery Ballroom on Sunday, April 19th.

Green Apple Fest brought acts like Islands and Ghostface to different NYC venues on Earth Day weekend in 2006. Last year the Fest with the Earth Day Network coordinated concerts in eight different cities. Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and Big Head Todd and the Monsters played the New York one.

Also this summer, the Flaming Lips will be playing the Pitchfork Festival on Sunday, July 19. The band is also co-curating and headlining a night of ATP NY in September.

All upcoming Flaming Lips dates, with the full Earth Day fest press release, below...

Continue reading "The Flaming Lips playing Earth Day in DC & streaming online"

"Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival have announced their 2009 plans for "America's Largest Earth Day Action" - simultaneous events in ten US cities over Earth Day Weekend - April 17 through 19 - that will this year focus on environmental volunteerism. The service events, coupled with Earth Day on the National Mall in Washington, DC and free "Thank You" concerts for volunteers in each city, introduce "The Green Generation", a two-year initiative that will culminate with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010."

More details TBA.

2009 is also the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock.

A video promo from the 2008 Green Apple festival below...

Continue reading "Green Apple Earth Day Festival: April 17-19, 2009"

Tapes n Tapes street team, Irving Plaza, NYC - Apr 18, 2008 (cred)

tonight in NYC
* She & Him AT WEBSTER HALL
* 9th Wonder & Buckshot @ SOB's
* Jay Reatard is playing Europa
* Mum @ Blender Gramercy Theater
* Tokyo Police Club @ Bowery Ballroom
* Destroyer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Tim & Eric @ Highline Ballroom (early & late)
* The Cinematic Orchestra @ Jazz Standard (early & late)
* Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Mercury Lounge
* Lucy Wainwright Roche record release party at Union Hall
* Gigantour w/ Megadeth & High on Fire @ Hammerstein Ballroom

We've announced most of the lineup for the next Rock n ROFL party at Pianos. Rock n ROFL is the new series of music & comedy shows presents by this very website. This will be our third at Pianos on the Lower East Side. Tickets are on sale.

Speaking of Pianos, they finally have a brand new website.

Tickets are also on sale for the Black Dice show at Music Hall this Friday.

Tickets are also on sale for the !!! show at Muaic Hall of Williamsburg on July 27th.

Tickets are also on sale for the Adele show at Highline Ballroom on June 10th.

What else?

Green Apple Festival in DC, 4/20/2008 (Arthur Shim)

Today in NYC
* 420
* TMBG @ Town Hall
* Monotonix @ Cake Shop
* Earth Day in Central Park
* Tokyo Police Club & Smoosh @ Bowery Ballroom

What else?

Apr 19 - Record Store Day, Passover night 1, Tapes n Tapes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Mission of Burma @ Solar 1, Bicycle Day, Suge Knight's birthday

Apr 20 - Earth Day, Passover night 2, Tokyo Police Club @ Bowery Ballroom, They Might Be Giants @ Town Hall, smoke pot

Please list more Earth Day & Record Store Day events in the comments.

Continue reading "Eight Free Simultaneous Earth Day Festivals"