Bouncing Souls

today in NYC
* Nas @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* The Fab Faux @ Terminal 5
* Yo La Tengo & ??? @ Maxwell's
* Kimya Dawson & friends @ Bowery Ballroom
* Weston, Latex Generation, Catjaw @ Mercury Lounge
* Joe Jack Talcum & The Black Angels @ Rehab
* The Bouncing Souls @ Convention Hall in NJ

Tonight is the first of three Bouncing Souls shows in Asbury Park.

Tickets went on sale for the Cat Power Apollo shows.

You can win a Jazzmaster signed by everyone that played that Jazzmaster 50th anniversary show.

James Mercer was born today in 1970.

What else?

photos by Lori Baily

"There was really nothing to complain about if your expectations were correct when you got there. Verlaine did the same boring crap he has been doing for 10 years. The SY set could have been longer and contained at least SOME melody. Their set was the only disappointed of the night. Nels set was great, but only because of the pairing with Norton Wisdom. Very nice. J ripped it like always, he was never one to noodle. Dave Schools of Widespread Panic ripped it up on bass." [Anonymous 1]

vs.

"wtf that review is just WRONG. It was cool and fun to see all these guys doing their Jazzmaster thing. Lee and Moore's set disappointing I don't think anyone there would agree with that. Mascis was more disappointing after setting up 3 huge stacks of amps on stage to get just an ok sound out of all that. Nels Cline nothing without the painter? come on man, get off your ass and listen." [Anonymous 2]

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I asked an Edison Glass representative how the Long Island band got on this bill of guitar legends (that now also includes Lee Ranaldo). They replied, "You're the millionth person to ask. Fender loves them, so they put them on."

I have one pair of tickets for tonight's sold out show at Knitting Factory in NYC. To win....

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Thurston Moore in Battery Park - July 4, 2008 (more by Jason Bergman)

It's happening September 12th @ Knitting Factory in NYC and tickets are on sale!

Feist listens to J Mascis rock out (CRED)

Rock out like J. Mascis with the new J. Mascis Jazzmaster Fender guitar. Rock out with J. Mascis at Webster Hall on September 3rd - Dinosaur Jr. just added more tour dates, and tickets for the NYC show go on sale Wednesday.

J's friend Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene just posted a new streaming "exclusive b-side" to his MySpace. That makes three new songs total that you can hear there - two of which will appear on his new album 'Spirit If'. That's the album he'll be performing at McCarren Park Pool with a band supposedly known as 'Broken Social Scene', and a bill that includes his girlfriend Feist, and Brooklyn's own Grizzly Bear.

Kevin also made a new video for one of those new songs, and J. Mascis sings and plays guitar in the song, and in the video. VIDEO & TOUR DATES BELOW....

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