photos by Kellyann Petry

Idle Warship at Culture Shock 4/28/12

The 20th annual Culture Shock festival went down at SUNY Puchase from April 27-28. Day 1 (4/27) kicked off with the Stooges-meets-Jesus Lizard punk of Pissed Jeans, followed by California rapper Casey Veggies, who played SOBs a few days earlier. Day 1 of main stage wrapped up with an entrancing live-band IDM set from Tycho followed by Islands, both of whom played unexpected, crowd-demanded encores. Afterwards, Big Freedia packed Purchase's student center (The Stood) for an ass-shakin' afterparty, complete with nonstop dancing both on and off stage, and one of the biggest/craziest shows The Stood has seen in years.

Day 2 began with Cleveland rockers Cloud Nothings, who played almost the entirety of their powerful January LP Attack on Memory. Up next were two completely opposite sides of the folk spectrum; the foot-stomping Felice Brothers and the melancholic, distortion-drenched EMA. Day 2 ended with a headlining set from Idle Warship, the project of Talib Kweli and Res in full rock band mode. Idle Warship drew the largest crowd of the entire fest, and delivered an unfaltering set of Idle Warship originals, Talib classics, and a few covers (including the Stooges' "Search and Destroy").

Big Freedia and Casey Veggies will both be at Bamboozle this weekend and you can also catch Freedia in NYC at Santos TONIGHT (5/17).

More pics from the fest (excluding Pissed Jeans and Casey Veggies) below...

Continue reading "SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2012 pics (Idle Warship, EMA, Big Freedia, Tycho, Cloud Nothings, Islands, Felice Brothers)"

Tickets are now on AmEx, Chase and "Internet" presale for Metric's Radio City Music Hall show.

Talk Normal, Religious to Damn & ATM are playing Glasslands June 22. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets are still on sale for Unknown Mortal Orchestra's show with Doldrums and Field Mouse at Glasslands on 6/8. The show is part of a tour for UMO and Doldrums that also hits Mercury Lounge.

UMO also play Googa Mooga this weekend.

Tickets are on sale for Young Magic & Quilt's 6/28 show at Glaslands. Young Magic recently remixed Doldrums and also play Mercury Lounge on their tour with Quilt.

Though it wasn't in our last-posted list of dates, Zambri, who joined Bear on Heaven on state at MHOW (a show Doldrums opened), have a show coming up at Brooklyn Bowl on 5/23 with Caged Animals, and AIMES Tickets are on sale.

Tickets go on sale at noon for for Lemonade's big show.

The Musical Box, "the exclusive, authorized by Peter Gabriel, recreation of Genesis" are performing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway with "all 1,100 original slide projections from the '74-'75 tour" this year. Tickets for an 11/23 show at the Grand Ballroom go on AmEx presale at noon. Regular sale starts Friday at noon which is also when you can get tickets for the 11/21 Wellmont Theater show.

The Felice Brothers are playing Brooklyn Bowl on 6/15 as part of the Northside Festival. Tickets are on sale.

Maybe the Felice Brothers will play one of Deer Tick's THREE curated Newport Folk Festival after-shows at the Newport Blues Cafe this summer. Deer Tick curated and play all three nights, July 27, 28 & 29, with special guests. All three just went on sale.

Tickets are still on sale for the Violens show happening at Le Poisson Rouge tonight (5/16).

Levon Helm lost his long battle with cancer on April 19, and his life and legacy will be celebrated at a couple of upcoming events, starting with a show by The Band tribute band The The Band Band at BB King's tonight (5/8). A portion of ticket sales will go to The American Cancer Society in honor of Levon Helm.

Brooklyn Bowl is hosting "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down": A Celebration of the Life and Music of Levon Helm on June 4. Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, Scott Metzger and Joe Russo (of Zeppelin tribute band Bustle in Your Hedgerow and other projects) form the core of the tribute, with special guests including Craig Finn & Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), members of Guster, members of The Felice Brothers, Nicole Atkins, Phosphorescent, Family Band, Diamond Doves, Kelli Scarr, Yellowbirds, and Tom Hamilton of American Babies. Tickets are $20 and on sale now, and proceeds will go to benefit Helm's "The Barn" studio.

Dave Dreiwitz meanwhile can be found tonight (5/8) at City Winery backing... Michael Moore, and Wednesday (5/9) backing Aaorn Freeman aka Gene Ween at 92YTribeca.

The flyer for the Brooklyn Bowl event is below, as is video of Bruce Springsteen's recent live performance of The Band's classic "The Weight."

Continue reading "upcoming Levon Helm tributes w/ Benevento, Russo, Dreiwitz, members of the Hold Steady & many more"

DOWNLOAD: Gold Leaves - The Ornament (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Gold Leaves - Cruel/Kind (MP3)

AA Bondy @ Highline Ballroom in 2008 (more by Lori Baily)

Gold Leaves, aka Grant Olsen of Seattle band Arthur & Yu, released "The Ornament" on 8/16 via Hardly Art (which is also home to Arthur & Yu). You can download the title track and "Cruel/Kind" from that album above. Gold Leaves has been on the road supporting AA Bondy whose previously announced tour comes to an end at Bowery Ballroom in NYC tonight (11/22). Tickets are still on sale. Check out a recent "All Things Considered" feature on AA at NPR.

Both AA and Gold Leaves are done with American touring after tonight, but both will fly to Europe before December starts for more traveling. Gold Leaves will be supporting Fruit Bats. AA will be opening for the Felice Brothers. All tour dates below...

Continue reading "AA Bondy finishing tour w/ Gold Leaves (aka Grant Olsen of Arthur & Yu) -- MP3s, NYC show tonight"

DOWNLOAD: The Felice Brothers - "Patty" (MP3)

Felice Brothers at Newport Folk Fest 2011 (more by Jim Brueckner)

The Felice Brothers have been revealing one track off their Poughkeepsie Princess EP each Wednesday. The first four are available for the price of an email address at their website and we've got a premiere of the fifth and final track, "Patty," which you can download at the top of this post. To quote the band, "make sure to get it quick as we'll be taking the EP down off the internet on Sunday. Collectors item." The artwork for the new track is below.

The Felice Brothers are currently on a tour that will bring them to NYC's Webster Hall on September 29 with Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea. Tickets for this show are still on sale and we're also giving away a pair. Details on how to enter are below.

All dates, a new video that premiered at Rolling Stone yetserday, artwork, and contest details below...

Continue reading "Felice Brothers giving away new EP, 1 song at a time --- we've got the final track! (and a chance to win tix to Webster Hall)"

photos by Jim Brueckner

Mavis Staples

Newport Folk Festival took place in Rhode Island this past weekend (7/30-31). Day one featured performances by The Felice Brothers, Delta Spirit, Gogol Bordello, Tegan and Sara, Gillian Welch, Mavis Staples (who was joined by Colin Meloy), The Decemberistsand others. Pictures from that day are in this post. If you missed the fest, you can listen to archives of the sets at NPR.

The Felice Brothers, who are no longer playing Truck America, added Nicole Atkins as an opener to their 9/29 Webster Hall show. Tickets are still on sale. You can also catch Nicole tonight (8/3) at Bowery Ballroom when she opens for Fountains of Wayne.

The PS22 Chorus also played day one. Pictures and videos of their set are HERE. Sallie Ford pics & video HERE. More pics from the rest of day one below...

Continue reading "Newport Folk Fest 2011 - Day 1 in pics (Decemberists, Mavis Staples, Gogol Bordello, Tegan & Sara, Gillian Welch, more)"

AA Bondy at FYF Fest 2010 (more by Chris Jaurez)

AA Bondy is set to release his third LP for Fat Possum Believers on September 13. According to a press release, the songs "were conjured during and between dreams, in bare rooms, and on the late night streets of America." The album was recorded with Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Kevin Devine) and features guest musicians Ben Lester and Macey Taylor. We can't wait. The art and tracklist is below.

AA Bondy doesn't have any shows coming up, but his friends and fellow Fat Possum folk rockers The Felice Brothers do. They'll be on a North American tour this summer/fall which includes the Newport Folk Festival and an NYC date on September 29 at Webster Hall. Tickets are still on sale.

AA Bondy album info and updated Felice Brothers tour dates below...

Continue reading "AA Bondy announces new album, Felice Bros add more dates"

photos by Eric M. Townsend

B.O.M.B. Fest went down over Memorial Day Weekend at Comcast Theatre in Hartford, CT. You already saw the Dan Deacon pictures from the first day of the two day fest. Now here are the rest from that Saturday (May 28th) (we have no pics from Sunday). They continue below...

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Felice Brothers at Spiegelworld in 2008 (more by Faith-Ann Young)

The Felice Brothers just finished up a tour in support of the recently released Celebration, Florida which started with two shows at Maxwell's in March and culminated in two sold out nights at The Bell House last week (some videos of that below). After a number of festivals this summer, including Clearwater Festival and Newport Folk Festival, The Felice Brothers return to New York to play Webster Hall on September 29. Tickets go on sale Thursday (5/26) at noon. The show is currently their last US date before heading out on a European tour in late November.

In related news, ex-Felice Brother Simone Felice's The Duke & the King have signed with Anti- Records, who will release their self titled LP on August 2. The album is made up of previously released material from the group's first two albums that were released in the UK but never officially in America. Check out the album art, tracklist, and a video below.

All tour dates, some videos, and other stuff below...

Continue reading "The Felice Brothers played the Bell House, add Webster Hall show +++ The Duke & the King signed to ANTI"

Fleet Foxes @ Neport Folk Fest in 2009 (more by Jim Bruekner)

Felice Brothers @ Spiegeltent in 2008 (more by Faith-Ann Young)

today in NYC
* Kris Davis @ Barbes
* Maceo Parker @ SOB's
* Big Terrific @ Cameo
* Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* Dave Hill, Dick Cavett @ UCB
* Lykke Li, Grimes @ Webster Hall
* White Mystery @ Generation Records
* WFMU's 7 Second Delay Live @ UCB
* Jon Irabagon's Outright! @ The Stone
* Andrew Sterman Group @ The Stone
* Gruff Rhys, Y Niwl @ Knitting Factory
* Gary US Bonds @ Iridium Jazz Club
* Reggie Watts, Tommy Smith @ PS 122
* Gray Goods, Willy Gantrim @ Cake Shop
* Whitesnake, Evan Watson @ Irving Plaza
* Fornicated from The Beatles @ Glasslands
* Sarah Jarosz, Matraca Berg @ Housing Works
* MyNameIsJohnMichael, Chamberlin @ Mercury Lounge
* Robert Randolph and The Family Band @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Fleet Foxes, The Cave Singers @ United Palace Theatre
* Spirit Animal, NewVillager, Prospector @ Mercury Lounge
* Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers @ Highline Ballroom
* The Felice Brothers, Shovels and Rope, Rig 1 @ The Bell House
* Sam Roberts Band, The Rassle, Anthony D'Amato @ Bowery Ballroom
* Lukas Ligeti, Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa @ Issue Project Room
* Face To Face, Strung Out, Cerebral Ballzy, The Darlings @ Best Buy Theater
* Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors (with Andrew Bird), Mary Halvorson Trio @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Say No! to Architecture, Space Lions In Outer Space, Bones, Funland Superquest @ Bruar Falls
* Hear Hums, Dustin Wong, Dark Sea Of Awareness, Emily Reo, Philip Seymour Hoffman @ Silent Barn

Elvis Costello and the Imposters @ The Wellmont Theatre is cancelled (postponed).

The Felice Brothers play their first of two shows at the Bell House tonight. Win a pair of tickets to tomorrow's show at BV Facebook. Check out their new video for "Ponzi" from their new album Celebration, Florida, below.

We're also giving away tickets to Paul Simon on Facebook

Anna Calvi tickets can be won right here on the site.

What else?

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photos by Chris La Putt

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit @ Bowery Ballroom

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Hayes Carll, and Shovels and Rope played a show together at Bowery Ballroom on Friday night (4/22). The show was part of a tour that ended at Brighton Music Hall in Boston one night later, but Jason is back to join Jonny Corndawg at his final residency show at Brooklyn Bowl tonight (4/25). The previously-undisclosed final lineup looks like this:

Jason Isbell - 8pm
Michael Hurley - 9pm
Stray Dawg (Jonny Corndawg film) - 10pm
Jonny Corndawg - 10:15pm

If you miss tonight's show, Jonny is back on June 1st to open for Roger Alan Wade of Jackass at Mercury Lounge.

Shovels and Rope play the Bell House on May 18th with the Felice Brothers who have added a 2nd show at the same venue on May 19th. Tickets are on sale for both.

Hayes Carll plays Summerstage this summer with Emmylou Harris. More pictures from the Bowery Ballroom show, and Hayes's setlist, below...

Continue reading "Jason Isbell played Bowery Ballroom w/ Hayes Carll (pics), playing Brooklyn Bowl w/ Jonny Corndawg (tonight)"

"The Felice Brothers new and fourth LP "Celebration, Florida", will be in stores May 10. Recorded in the gymnasium and theater of Beacon, NY's old high school, the band explores a multitude of sounds and instrumentation throughout the expansive album. It's inspired, imaginative, heady, menacing, passionate, and rollicking. Most importantly, it's as steadfastly authentic as ever, expanding upon the dark, woozy undercurrent of ramshackle barroom blues, vaudevillian atmospherics, and surreal storytelling of their previous albums."
- says the band

Meanwhile The Felice Brothers are on tour with Diamond Doves and play sold out shows at Maxwell's tonight/Sunday and Monday. That tour brings them all the way to California where they'll play the sold out Coachella. In May they'll hit the road with Shovels & Rope, though the opener has yet to be announced for the show the Felice Brothers will play at the Bell House in Brooklyn on May 18th.

UPDATE: As mentioned in a later post, they added a 2nd show at the Bell House which is on sale.

Like many others, The Felice Brothers were just down at SXSW. NPR has a stream of their official showcacse set. All tour dates below...

Continue reading "The Felice Brothers announce new album & more tour dates"

Diamond Doves @ Rock Shop (more by Jessica Amaya)

Last Thursday, Diamond Doves, whose members are the same as Elvis Perkins' backing band, began a residency at Brooklyn venue The Rock Shop which also includes appearances on March 17 and March 24. The March 17 show (tonight) includes openers The Woes and comedian Max Silvestri. The March 24 show is being opened by Last Good Tooth. The March 10th show was with Telekinesis and the Love Language who were touring through.

Diamond Doves then head out on a tour with The Felice Brothers starting March 25 at The Oneonta Theatre, which also includes March 26 at Club Helsinki, and March 27 and March 28 at Maxwell's in Hoboken. Click the links for tickets.

All dates below...

Continue reading "Diamond Doves in residency @ the Rock Shop, touring w/ The Felice Brothers (dates) "

DOWNLOAD: Middle Brother - Me Me Me (MP3)

As previously mentioned, Middle Brother is the alt-country supergroup consisting of Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of Deer Tick, and Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit (each the frontman of their respective bands). As also mentioned, that group is releasing a self-titled album on March 1st. And now the first tour dates in support of that album have appeared.

Middle Brother AND Deer Tick AND Dawes (but not Delta Spirit even though Matt will be there as a member of Middle Brother) will each play a set at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 5th, Bowery Ballroom on March 6th, and Theatre of Living Arts in Philly on March 9th. All three shows go on sale Friday at noon (worth noting: Deer Tick, Dawes and Delta Spirit have all headlined their own shows at Webster Hall already).

Middle Brother will also play the Ground Control Touring SXSW showcase at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Saturday, March 19th with Bright Eyes, the Felice Brothers and Man Man. Stay tuned for more dates.

MEANWHILE, catch John McCauley on his solo tour with The Shivers that kicks off January 14th in Boston, and catch Middle Brother contributor Jonny Corndawg at one of his upcoming shows too. Some of those Corndawg dates are with Dawes this month. All Dawes dates and some videos below...

Continue reading "Middle Brother touring w/ Deer Tick & Dawes (select dates announced - NYC & SXSW included)"

The Felice Brothers...

The Felice Brothers play a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on Tuesday, August 10th with Diamond Doves (Elvis Perkins's backing band). Tickets are on sale now.

The Felice Bros. are back in NYC this fall too, as part of a tour with with Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants). They play at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday, October 31st (spooky!). Tickets go on AmEx presale Wednesday at noon. General sale starts Friday at noon.

The boys are also at the Newport Folk Festival on August 1st, and more shows, including the UK in September, are listed below...

Continue reading "Felice Brothers touring w/ Adam Haworth Stephens of Two Gallants (dates), playing a boat w/ Diamond Doves"

The Duke & the King @ Mercury Lounge in 2009 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff)

Send Your Thoughts & Prayers To Simone Felice
June 2nd at 7:13pm

Hello our beloved friends and fans,

We must tell you all, with a heaviness we cannot convey of the news that our dearest brother Simone Felice has been scheduled for emergency open-heart surgery as a result of Aortic Stenosis. The operation will take place tomorrow at Albany Medical Center. We are devastated, yet hopeful that he will pull through. We will not be playing Mountain Jam and all dates for June and July have been cancelled.
He loves you all more than you could ever know, so please send all of your thoughts & prayers Simone's way.
We will keep you informed of his condition in the coming days.

Love always & forever,

Simi Stone
Bobby Bird
Nowell Haskins

Simone, also an author, left the Felice Brothers to form the The Duke & the King. He is still scheduled to play a solo show at City Winery with Nicole Atkins on August 7th.

The Felice Brothers are currently on tour with Dave Matthews and will be keeping busy playing shows all summer. All dates below...

Continue reading "Simone Felice underwent emergency open-heart surgery (Duke & the King show @ Mountain Jam & other dates cancelled) "

Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

Clearwater Festival, the annual benefit for the Hudson River environmental group of the same name, will be happening this year at Croton-on-Hudson's Croton Point Park on June 19th & 20th. Pete Seeger, the non-profit's founder, plays every year - joining him this year will be Steve Earle, Rhett Miller, Joan Osborne, Buckwheat Zydeco, Felice Bros and more. More of the initial lineup is below. Tickets to the fest are on sale (and currently almost half the door price). Pictures from last year's day one are HERE and day two are HERE.

A bit farther Upstate in Hunter, NY, the three-day Mountain Jam will be happening June 4th-6th. The lineup for that includes Gov't Mule, Levon Helm & Friends, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, Les Claypool, Jay Farrar (of Son Volt), These United States, Justin Townes Earle (note dad, playing above) and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Band (the same, except grandpa). The full current lineup is below, and tickets are on sale.

Later this summer (in July), Camp Bisco will be in Mariaville, NY.

Lineups so far for both fests are below...

Continue reading "Mountain Jam (6/4-6) the Clearwater Festival (6/19-20) have announced initial 2010 NY concert lineups & tickets "