Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Fiona Apple, whose current tour schedule already included Denver's Paramount Theatre on 7/20, the Seattle Paramount Theatre on 7/25, Terminal 5 in NYC on 10/16 & 10/17, and Wellmont Theater in NJ on 10/12, has just announced a few more shows including 10/13 at The Paramount in Huntington, NY (aka Long Island and another Paramount), 10/16 at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, and 10/19 at the Palace Theatre in Albany.

Tickets for the Long Island show go on general sale on Friday, 7/13, at 10am, but first a venue pre-sale will start on Wednesday at 10am (PASSWORD = PULSE). Albany and Red Bank tickets also go on sale Friday. Tickets are still available for the Wellmont show, and for both Terminal 5 shows.

An updated list of tour dates (with possibly more TBA), all with Blake Mills (who opens and plays in her band), below...

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Fiona Apple at Governors Ball on Sunday (more by Amanda Hatfield)

As mentioned earlier today, Fiona Apple has been scheduling new dates, including two in NYC which happen on October 16 and 17 at Terminal 5. Those dates are part of an expanding tour which will be opened by guitar great and solo artist Blake Mills, who is also member of her touring band and also opened for her in NYC earlier this year. That tour now includes another NYC-area date, which happens on October 12 at Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ. Tickets for that show, and for the T5 shows, go on general sale Friday (6/29) at noon.

Blake Mills recently recorded a 'Sound & Vision' video for Red Bull Soundstage, which you can check out HERE.

An updated list of Fiona Apple tour dates is below.

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photos by Amanda Hatfield

Fiona Apple just played Governors Ball on Randall's Island on Sunday (6/24) and photos and setlist from her performance are in this post.

Fiona just announced that her next NYC appearances will be two shows at Terminal 5 on October 16 and 17. Tickets for the two T5 shows go on sale Friday (6/29) at noon with an AmEx presale starting on Wednesday (6/27) at noon. The new dates are an addition to her already-announced North American tour which hits Washington, D.C. tonight. UPDATE: And She's playing Wellmont in NJ too.

All Fiona Apple tour dates are listed below along with more pics from her Governors Ball set.

Continue reading "Fiona Apple played Governors Ball (pics, setlist); adds 2 Terminal 5 shows (updated dates)"

As mentioned, Governors Ball goes down in NYC this weekend on Randall's Island from June 23-24. You can check out the full schedule for both days HERE. The lineup includes a number of bands who haven't played NYC in a while, like Passion Pit, who have a new LP coming out which you've heard two songs from; Modest Mouse, who also play the Metallica-headlined Orion Music & More festival in Atlantic City this weekend, Beck, Devendra Banhart, and more.

Fiona Apple did play in NYC pretty recently, but those shows were her first in a while and were also small venues for her and sold out instantly. Fiona also just finally released her new album and it's great, which is all the more reason to catch her set this weekend. She also recently announced a ton of new dates and performed on Fallon with the Roots.

Other bands playing include Built to Spill, Explosions in the Sky, K.Flay (who also plays Glasslands on 7/13), James Muprhy & Pat Mahoney DJ Set, Cults, Phantogram, and still many more. In addition to the music, there will be some other activities like ping pong, beer pong, silent disco, lawn games (bocce ball, croquet, etc), and from looking at the weather forecast, probably the most important of them all: free water refill stations. Tickets for the festival are still available.

Shuttles to the festival from Brooklyn and Philly are sold out but regular ferry tickets ($25), and parking passes if you plan to drive are still available. If you are heading down there by car, subway, bike or foot, here are some directions from NYC, Long Island, Westchester, and Jersey. Once you've found your way there, this map should help you get around the festival grounds. Leave your nunchucks at home.

Action Bronson at Bamboozle 2012 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)

today in NYC
* ROMA! @ Joe's Pub
* Leni Stern @ Barbes
* Paloma Faith @ Le Baron
* Aaron Novik @ The Stone
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Brian Lopez Band @ Joe's Pub
* Never Sleep Alone @ Joe's Pub
* Brazilian Girls @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Beanie Sigel @ Apple Store Soho
* Led Er Est (DJ) @ Nitehawk Cinema
* Face To Face, Nat Rufus @ Maxwell's
* Joe Purdy, Giving Tree Band @ City Winery
* Matt Marks-Shame Remixes @ The Stone
* Smashing Pumpkins @ iHeart Radio Theater
* Destroyer, Sophia Knapp @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples @ Wellmont Theatre
* Walk the Moon, Vacationer @ Mercury Lounge
* Ani DiFranco, Melissa Ferrick @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Dukes of Brooklyn, Chris Ayer @ Mercury Lounge
* Wintersleep, Jeff Beam, Soft Bullets @ Knitting Factory
* Future of the Left, Freshkills @ Generation Records
* The Tallest Man On Earth, Strand of Oaks @ Town Hall
* MMOTHS, Young Yeller, Jacob 2-2, Cult Fever @ Glasslands
* The So So Glos, Carnivores, Darlings, Big Ups @ Shea Stadium
* Anamanaguchi, Yellow Dogs, Hooray For Earth @ Tammany Hall
* Das Racist, Action Bronson, Trouble Andrew, Brenmar @ Red Hook Park
* Terrible Feelings, Death First, Plastic Cross, These Days @ Death By Audio
* The Dirty Pearls, This Good Robot, The Click Clack Boom, Dana Alexandra @ Santos
* The Pendulum Swings, Erin Barra, Mitchell Grey, Zoe Sundra, The Great Apes @ Cake Shop
* The Black Box Revelation, Ambassadors, Ghost Beach, Mannequin Party @ Gramercy Theatre
* Mr. Coconuts w/ Gabe Delahaye, Ted Leo, Michael Che, Emily Heller, Taylor Negron @ Union Hall
* Love As Laughter, This Frontier Needs Heroes, The Heaven's Jail Band, The Blank Tapes @ Union Pool
* Tell Your Friends w/ Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, Bryan Tucker, "secret famous comedian" @ Lolita
* Diamond Terrifier presents Charlie Looker, Marc Edwards & Slipstream, Time Travel, Jeananne Dara, Glockabelle, The Oracle DJ's @ Zebulon

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Liam McEneaney's long-running comedy show Tell Your Friends! is hosting its LAST-EVER show at Lolita Bar tonight. I don't know if it's the last ever 'Tell Your Friends!' but it's definitely the last one at the Manhattan bar it called home up until now. Guests tonight include Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal and her Hot Tub Partner Kurt Braunohler (who we just mentioned has an upcoming Night of the Living talk show with Amanda Palmer and Tim Heidecker), Bryan Tucker and a "SECRET FAMOUS COMEDIAN." This is not to be missed. If you can't make it to Lolia, you can also catch Kurt tonight at SWEET with Bryan Callen, Jessi Klein, and Greg Barris, plus a surprise guest.

We're giving away a pair of tickets to see Liars at Webster Hall on Wednesday, June 20. Visit our Facebook page for details.

Twin Shadow debuted his video for "Five Seconds" last night on the Jumbotron in Times Square. Now you can watch it on the tiny screen on your laptop below.

Fiona Apple was on Jimmy Fallon last night. Videos from that (including a web exclusive performance) are below.

Also below... Mr Rogers remixed! It's pretty awesome if you haven't heard it yet.

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Destroyer at Pitchfork Fest 2011 (more by Josh Darr)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Brain Cloud @ Barbes
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Now, Now @ Mercury Lounge
* Blues Control @ Other Music
* Brazilian Girls @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Worst Audition Ever @ Joe's Pub
* Heavy Cream, Hunters @ Death By Audio
* The Heavy, The Skins @ Mercury Lounge
* Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield
* Ziggy Marley @ Apple Store Upper West Side
* BLACK. Curated by Colman Domingo @ Joe's Pub
* Destroyer, Sandro Perri @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
* Joe Purdy, The Giving Tree Band @ Bowery Ballroom
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Steve Gunn, Michael Chapman, Nathan Bowles @ Zebulon
* Steve Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra @ The Stone
* JEFF The Brotherhood, Uncle Bad Touch, Skimask @ Maxwell's
* The Dig, NinjaSonik, Black Cobain, Maren Morris @ Santos Party House
* Brazos, Landlady, Deer, DJ PG Companion (Pepi Ginsberg) @ Glasslands
* Future of the Left, I Hate Our Freedom, With Knives, Freshkills @ Saint Vitus
* So Percussion's International Night of Awesome(ness) @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Oxzana, Electric Sun, Riot !n Paris, Emergency Service, McLovins @ Cake Shop

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Fiona Apple will be on Fallon tonight.

McLovins, who play Cake Shop tonight as part of the New Music Seminar have nothing to do with McLovin's band who played Glasslands on Saturday (6/16) as part of Northside Fest.

If you happen to be in Times Square at 8:45 tonight, look up at the Jumbotron and you'll see the premiere of Twin Shadow's new video, "Five Seconds." Twin Shadow will intro the video, but no performance, unfortunately.

Twin Shadow's video for "Five Seconds" will premiere on a Jumbotron in Times Square today at 43rd Street and Broadway at 8:40. Twin Shadow will no longer be performing after the screening though.

Sigur Ros have a new NSFW video for "Fjögur Píanó" which stars Shia LeBouf. Check it out below.

What else?

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Fiona Apple at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

After returning to the stage earlier this year, with shows at SXSW and two BV-presented shows in NYC, Fiona Apple announced a new album (which you've heard a song from). That album, which is titled The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do, comes out next week (6/19) and you can now stream the entire thing on NPR.

FIona also kicks off a tour the day of the album's release, which hits NYC on June 24 for Governors Ball. Tickets for the Randall's Island festival are still available.

The video for "Every Single Night" is below...

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Tokyo Police Club at House of Vans in 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair)

today in NYC
* Big Apple BBQ
* Treble @ Joe's Pub
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Rachel Lee @ Barbes
* Julian Lage @ The Stone
* Sasha Lazard @ Joe's Pub
* Jesse Harris @ The Stone
* Neil Diamond @ Jones Beach
* Stephanie Wrembel @ Barbes
* Lana Del Rey @ Irving Plaza
* The Fixx @ Knitting Factory
* Clark, Shigeto @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Bad Girlfriend @ The Manhattan Inn
* Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory
* Civil Twilight, Carousel @ Maxwell's
* Idle Warship @ Herbert Von King Park
* The Doc Marshalls, Benyaro @ Mercury Lounge
* Prairie Empire, Jo Schornikow @ Mercury Lounge
* Antisect, Morne, Perdition, Death First @ Europa
* Mutant Genes, Dozers, Bone, Monkey Junk @ Cake Shop
* Jon Sandler, Clinton Curtis, Mira Stroika @ City Winery
* Ed Askew, Kath Bloom, Cave Country, Fancy That @ Zebulon
* Tokyo Police Club, Hollerado, Team Spirit @ Bowery Ballroom
* Dan Neustadt plays The Strokes' 'Is This It' @ Le Poisson Rouge
* CSC Funk Band, People's Champs, Mitra Sumara @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Of The Opera, Coy Kids, Brett Gleason, The Alckemists @ Pianos
* The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Kurt Braunohler @ Galapagos Art Space
* Great Elk, Waking Lights, The Courtesy Tier, The Bailey Hounds @ Glasslands
* Iron Chic, Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Low Culture, Swearin' @ Death By Audio
* RYAT, Gemini Wolf, Something in Spanish, Altered Ego Collective @ Cameo Gallery
* Tough Shits, Andy Animal Band (with Anna Copacabana, Tommy Volume), Breedlove, Pretty Quick, Strange Haze, Ex Humans, Daddy Long Legs, GAMES, The Babyshakes @ Union Pool

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Today is Joey Santiago and Kim Deal of the Pixies' birthday (and of course Kelley's birthday too).

Fiona Apple has a new video for "Every Single Night," the single off of her upcoming album. Check it out below.

Japandroids, who have a tour which hits NYC later this month, performed "Fire's Highway" and "The House that Heaven Built" on Fallon, the latter with help from The Roots guitarist "Captain" Kirk Douglas. Check out videos of those performances below.

What else?

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Listen to "Every Single Night", below...

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photos by Chris La Putt

Fiona Apple @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Fiona Apple completed a short tour in March with shows in some major cities including NYC (Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg), Chicago and Austin for SXSW. She also announced a single June show taking place in NYC as part of Governors Ball on Randall's Island. Now that show is part of a tour that begins on 6/19 at Ithaca's State Theatre, vists CT for two shows, returns to Boston and Chicago and eventually ends in LA on July 29.

All dates are listed, along with a previously unposted set of pictures from the March Brooklyn show, and the tracklist from her new album, below...

Continue reading "Fiona Apple announces 2012 tour -- dates ++ more MHOW pics"

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, words by Rachel Kowal

A long line of hopefuls extended down the block outside the Bowery Ballroom Monday night for Fiona Apple's second sold-out show in New York. (The first was Friday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.) Given Apple's reluctance to perform and the long gap of silence since her last album (7 years), seeing her perform was surreal - especially since she opted to skip Terminal 5 in favor of more moderately sized venues.

Say what you will of her music or her decision to tour and record again, Apple's impact on the alternative scene, and really on an entire generation of female music fans and musicians, should not be downplayed. In a world rife with Sarah Mclachlans and Natalie Merchants, artists like PJ Harvey and Fiona Apple helped to establish a much-needed alternative - something that wasn't quite punk, mainstream, precious, or sugarcoated. Her lyrics were dark, intimate, and deeply personal. Guys wanted to date her. Girls wanted to be her. The pressure was on.

As she approached the mic, Apple visibly shook. "Yes! 1996!" Someone cried out behind me. And as if in on the joke, Apple wore her long, straight hair pulled back with a scrunchie. Accompanied by a competent but low-profile four-piece backing band (which included opener Blake Mills), Apple didn't waste anytime with a slow build, opting instead to open with the punchy "Fast As You Can."

With only a mic stand to hide behind, Apple seemed ready to explode and after giving a few tugs to her scarf, pulled it off, and began to whip it around, sending glittering dust particles into the white spotlight.

After the opening song, she walked over to the piano, took a few gulps from a ceramic mug, then marched back to the mic, shaking her head. "Ok. I was going to say this to myself," she quickly mumbled. "But I thought it'd be interesting for you to hear what I was going to say to myself. Ok. I don't want to go through this whole fucking show where it's like six songs into it, and I'm finally relaxed. I'm just going to skip that part."

Though her voice exuded an aggressive confidence, her wild eyes and stilted speech sent a different message, one of deep vulnerability. But the ecstatic crowd (who sang along to the majority of the set) was quick to forgive her nervous ticks. "THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK, FIONA!" came one cry. "Thank you for wanting me back," Apple replied.

To reward the crowd of long-time fans, Apple's set (which was nearly identical to what she played on Friday night, save for the second to last song) was heavily weighted with crowd pleasers (yes, she played "Criminal" and "Paper Bag"). But she also threw in a couple of new songs and covers, including a lovely rendition of the old Conway Twitty song, "It's Only Make Believe."

We posted one set of pictures from the Bowery show this morning. Here is a second. More them with the setlist below...

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photos by Ryan Muir

Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/26/2012

"During [the Music Hall of Williamsburg] show Ms. Apple moved between the microphone at center stage and a piano off to the side with an array of votive candles on top. Slender and toned, she wore a green tank top; her muscles spoke loudly as her body moved in precise ways on each song. On "Paper Bag" she held her hand tight against her stomach, muscles flexing, as she swayed side to side ever so slightly. During "Sleep to Dream" she stretched up against the piano like a cat, yawning with her frame.

These were careful maneuvers that played as a contrast to Ms. Apple's voice, which can be raspy and slithery and unhinged when she so chooses. Her band -- Blake Mills on guitar, Sebastian Steinberg [of Soul Coughing] on bass and Amy Wood on drums -- matched that range, creating a vivid and flexible noise that veered from gnarled rock to dirty blues. Mr. Mills, in particular, was intense, coaxing lust and anguish from his instrument." [NY Times]

Fiona Apple played Bowery Ballroom last night (3/26). It was almost the same hour-length setlist as the Music Hall of Williamsburg show, set-closing cover of "It's Only Make-Believe" included. The most (only?) notable difference was her choice/not-choice to play Beatles song "Across the Universe" 2nd to last (after "Criminal"). It was on the Music Hall setlist, but she didn't play it in Brooklyn. In Manhattan she played it only after a fun argument with Blake Mills who started playing the first notes (without her permission?)... I couldn't fully get what she was mad/fake-mad at him about, but regardless, she played it and it was great. In fact, the whole show was great from start to finish. Music Hall wasn't bad, but Fiona was in top shape for Bowery - her voice seemed so much more on this time, and she delivered in a huge way from start to finish.

Fiona returns to NYC to play Governors Ball in June. Meanwhile she plays Boston tonight.

Here are some pictures from the Bowery show. More of them below...

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photos by Amanda Hatfield

Fiona Apple @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

"Fiona Apple got a warm welcome back to her native city [Friday] night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Born in New York City in the fall of 1977, her last live show here dated back to December 2005 [actually she played NYC in August 2007], so fans --most of whom, we're assuming, probably didn't see her performances at SXSW last week-- were exploding with emotion as the lights dimmed. She came onstage to deafening cheers, her hair in a simple ponytail, wearing a bright green camisole cinched with a silver-y belt that hung stylishly in a bow at her side. She declared that she had two things to say:

1) She missed her dog Janet, so her friend had made her a cardboard cutout of her canine pal that she could bring with her on stage.
2) Even though she wouldn't hear anyone chatting away during the show, she suspected other folks in the crowd wouldn't appreciate any loud talkers.

(On the second point, there would be little to worry about. The crowd hung on her every lyric last night. Talkers? No. But there were plenty of participants, as the set would veer into a full-fledged sing-along at several moments during the hour-long show.)" [VH1]

Guitar great/singer-songwriter Blake Mills opened the Brooklyn show and also addressed talkers ("I can't hear myself think"). He then joined Fiona as a member of her extremely talented live band, as he will again Monday night at Bowery Ballroom (part of a very short North American tour).

Like she did in Chicago, Fiona, who was on stage by 9:45pm (I know at least a couple of people who missed the first 15 minutes of her set), played for just under an hour. Her 12-song, encore-less performance included a couple of new songs, hits like "Fast as You Can", "Sleep to Dream", and "Criminal", and the title track of her 2005 album "Extraordinary Machine" (one of my favorites of the night). She closed with a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins/Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make-Believe" which I thought, despite being a cover, was the greatest, most powerful moment of the too-short show. Video of that & more, with the full setlist and more pictures from Music Hall of Williamsburg, below...

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by Andrew Frisicano

Fiona Apple @ Central Presbyterian Church (via)

So far, Fiona Apple is definitely in the running for most blogged about act at SXSW. She played two shows--at Austin's Stubb's on Wednesday night and Central Presbyterian Church on Thursday night.

Of the Stubb's show, the New York Times writes that "the baleful, anxious, doleful, enraged Fiona Apple was back in full force."

The Austin shows are the first in a short tour for Fiona, which includes stops in Chicago, D.C., Atlantic City and Boston. New York audiences will get to see her March 23rd and 26th at a pair of BV-presented shows, as well as at Governors Ball in June.

Video from Austin and a set list are below...

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She was added to Sunday. The June Randall's Island fest writes:

We are excited to announce the addition of Fiona Apple to Gov Ball 2012! The Grammy award-winning artist will be touring this year behind her first new album since 2005's critically acclaimed Extraordinary Machine. Machine was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as the 49th best album of the 2000s, and was nominated for multiple Grammys. This past Friday, Apple's select six-show club tour (her first live dates since 2007) was met with incredible demand, and sold out in minutes. Apple's addition to the Sunday lineup of Gov Ball will give new fans, as well as her die-hard following, one of the first opportunities to see her perform live in NYC since her sold out show at Central Park in 2006.

Its an honor to have one of the greatest, and most unique, female singer/songwriters in alternative music grace the stage at Gov Ball this year. We can't wait.

Tickets are on sale.

In other NYC festival news, Electric Daisy Carnival is coming.

Here we go again. Tickets on sale at noon:

3/19/12 @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago
3/23/12 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
3/26/12 @ Bowery Ballroom
03/27/12 @ Royale Boston

Atlantic City goes on sale Saturday. DC sold out this morning.

Good luck!

I'm as alarmed as you are that there are currently over 150 alleged Fiona Apple tickets on Stubhub already (over 25% of what was sold today in the presale). That said, there's always the general sale on Friday.

Tickets for both BV-presented Fiona Apple shows happening in NYC, and other March shows, go on PRE-SALE today (2/23) at 10am.

UPDATE: Those sold out quick. Who got tickets? If you didn't, general sale begins Friday.

UPDATE 2: I know a lot of people are calling that presale bullshit (I tried and also couldn't pull up any, so I know how it seemed like there were no tickets),, but remember that Fiona Apple hasn't played NYC in a long time, and Bowery and Music Hall only hold around 600 people each and are way smaller venues than she can play and these shows were well publicized. Let's assume that at least 100 tickets per show are being held by Fiona and her label for friends, press, etc (some of which will probably end up being put on sale closer to the show), I can't confirm exact numbers (or any of these numbers), but it seems reasonable to believe. That's 500 tickets per show to sell, which is actually only 250 sales if everyone buys two. And even less were put on presale, so if the presale got 200 tickets per show, that's 100 sales of two tickets each. Now you have thousands of people trying to buy 200 tickets (per show) all at the same time... it sucks (every time).

UPDATE 3: Scalpers are dicks as usual.

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Passwords for Music Hall of Williamsburg, Bowery Ballroom, and other dates, are listed below...

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BrooklynVegan is more than thrilled to present Fiona Apple's return to the Big Apple NYC on March 23 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg and then again on March 26 @ Bowery Ballroom. Both shows go on sale Friday (2/24) at noon, but we'll have an exclusive pre-sale for tickets starting one day earlier, and an AMEX presale on Wednesday. Stay tuned for the passwords for the Thursday presale. UPDATE: It looks like the Ticketmaster listings were updated. No more American Express presale.

PASSWORDS.
3/23/12 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg: PASSWORD = promise
3/26/12 @ Bowery Ballroom: PASSWORD = shadow

Passwords for other cities HERE.
UPDATE : Damn those sold out quick. Who got tickets? General sale begins Friday.

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Fiona Apple is also playing the Pitchfork showcase at SXSW in Austin this year. To quote LA Reid, "Welcome back Fiona!"

UPDATE: There are a few more dates including Atlantic City and Chicago. They are all listed below...

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(And speaking of artists playing Pitchfork's SXSW show, tickets for Charli XCX's upcoming Brooklyn show are still on sale.)

Continue reading "BV Presents: Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom & Music Hall of Williamsburg (after SXSW and other dates)"

We mentioned that it's unfortunate that Jon Brion's rare show at Le Poisson Rouge on October 2 coincides with ATP NJ. Those hoping to catch both are now in luck. Jon added a second date at the same venue happening on October 3. Tickets are available for both shows.

In related news,

Two-time Grammy Award-nominated composer Jon Brion has signed to create the original score for LAIKA and Focus Features' animated comedy thriller ParaNorman, currently in production at LAIKA's Oregon studios for nationwide release by Focus on Friday, August 17th, 2012. Following LAIKA and Focus' groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated animated feature Coraline, ParaNorman is only the second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D.

Joining the voice cast of ParaNorman are Tucker Albrizzi (Good Luck Charlie), Alex Borstein (Family Guy), and Jodelle Ferland (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse). ParaNorman is being directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, from Mr. Butler's original screenplay. Mr. Fell was director of The Tale of Despereaux and Flushed Away. Mr. Butler was storyboard supervisor on Coraline and storyboard artist on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

Mr. Brion's original score for Focus' Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Score Soundtrack Album, among other honors. He was previously a Grammy nominee in the same category for scoring Magnolia. A highly accomplished singer/songwriter, arranger, and conductor, Mr. Brion is renowned for his production work. He holds co-writing credits on albums by such artists as Kanye West, Beck, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, the Eels, and Dido.

Mr. Knight said, "Jon Brion is so prodigiously gifted it's almost unseemly. His virtuoso compositions are at once moody and imaginative, clever and subtle. Jon's inventive, genre-defying musical storytelling will provide the perfect accompaniment to ParaNorman's groundbreaking visuals and emotionally resonant narrative."

Mr. Brion stated, "I've been waiting for the right animation project for some time now. This production and the people at LAIKA and Focus have an inspiring amount of heart. One can't help being swept up in the passion."

In ParaNorman, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak
with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.

In addition to those actors previously mentioned, the voice cast includes Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show), Jeff Garlin (Toy Story 3), John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.), Bernard Hill (Titanic), Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Leslie Mann (Rio), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How to Train Your Dragon), and Tony and Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch (30 Rock).

Jon is also part of that new "Rave on Buddy Holly" tribute album. He and his old friend Fiona Apple took on "Every Day". Listen to the song and check out the full tracklist below...

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The Posies

The Posies will debut new material for the very first time at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn on September 23rd. That show is sold out, but now there are many more chances to see the band, and with Brendan Benson (of solo and Raconteurs fame) to boot. I also have two pairs of tickets to give away to the Brooklyn show. Details below.

After a month-long tour of Europe, The Posies will kick off a trek with Brendan in Milwaukee on November 5th. Their NYC show together will be at Highline Ballroom on November 13th (ticket on-sale date TBA). The Posies are promising a mix of new material and the hits at the shows. All dates below.

The Posies' Blood/Candy is out September 28 on Ryko. Brendan hasn't announced a new record (yet), but he can be found on Margaret Cho's new album which is out Tuesday...

"Can't wait until later this year for more Brendan goodies? Well, we have something to tide you over.

Brendan is making a cameo on Margaret Cho's comedy music album, Cho Dependent, due out on August 24th. You can pre-order the album now HERE and get an instant download of all 13 tracks, including "Baby I'm With the Band," the song Brendan co-wrote and performs on.

Other artists on the album include Andrew Bird, Grant Lee Phillips, Ben Lee, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Tommy Chong and many more."

All dates below....

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by Klaus Kinski

When it rains it pours, and by golly there's a freakin' monsoon happening over at good ole' Chunklet right now. Where to begin.... Well, first off, Chunklet's milestone 20th Issue is done, printed, and on a pallet bound for Chunklet HQ any second now. It's been three years in the making, but this sucker looks well worth the wait. Readers are greeted by another amazing cover designed by Chris Bilheimer who's done the last 9 covers and who, incidentally, is REM's art director. Inside?

.... it promises to be the most brutal issue yet. Featuring interviews with Paul F. Tompkins, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Glaser and Sublime Frequencies. There are also features involving Whirlyball with Arcade Fire, The Shins, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Death Cab for Cutie, Mogwai and countless others. Features also on music journalists, drug appreciation, good guys/bad bands and the usual array of Chunklet insanity (or inanity depending on your outlook).

And not only is Issue #20 about to hit the streets, but so is a Chunklet limited edition 7" that is sure to become a classic. For Side A, Zach Galifianakis joined up with comedian AD Miles, record producer Jon Brion and Fiona Apple to record the ultra-danceable track "Up In Them Guts". Side B features a studio version of the classic Scharpling and Wurster anthem "Rock'n'Roll Dreams'll Come Through" performed by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists. You can get this bad boy as a picture disc, yellow vinyl, or black vinyl and is only available if you purchase something else from the Chunklet store.

You can hear the original, classic Scharpling and Wurster WFMU version on the CD New Hope for the Ape-Eared. A while back Ted Leo did his own version of this tune on the Tom's show. You can hear that version, set to fan made animation, below. This is also not the first time Fiona and Zach have worked together.

Speaking of Ted Leo, did you know that Ted Leo and the Pharmacists put out a downloadable 4-song EP via Touch and Go Records for charity? It's true. The EP costs $4 and all proceeds go to Democracy Now and Minneapolis Food Not Bombs. Ted has a pretty long and engaging explanation about why he did this and you can read that here.

I am also happy to report that Chunklet is celebrating its 15 Year Anniversary! And what better way to celebrate the life and times of this most iconic music and comedy rag than with some supremely ballsy shows at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA. On October 10th Chunklet has lined up Deerhunter, Twin Tigers, Gentleman Jesse & His Men with comedian Brent Weinbach (TIX). Then on October 11th thrill to the majesty of Mastodon, Brian Posehn, It's Casual, and Brent Weinbach (TIX). That Posehn/Mastodon/Weinbach show is like a dream. I am jealous. That should be a national tour.

And last, but absolutely positively not least, I am thrilled to report that The Rock Bible IS AVAILABLE. Penned by Chunklet founder, DJ, promoter, record producer, tour manager, booking agent, cool dude Henry Owings this 144 page masterpiece is basically a rulebook full of dos and don'ts for musicians, wannabe musicians, and rock fans of all ages. And if there's one person I trust to write a book of this nature, it's Henry. Get it on the cheap here and here.

More pictures of this stuff and video below...

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Fiona Apple interviewed @ New Yorker Festival, NYC- Oct 6, 2007 (CRED)

Yo La Tengo @ New Yorker Festival, NYC- Oct 6, 2007 (CRED)

* Be Online B'd
* Tall people took a stand
* Diplo DJ'd at Hiro Ballroom
* Arcade Fire played Randall's Island
* Arcade Fire played in the crown on the Island
* LCD Soundsystem, Blonde Redhead, & Les Savy Fav played too
* Bruce Springsteen was in Philadelphia
* The Melvins played a couple of shows
* Mark Ronson played Webster Hall
* Sigur Ros played three mini shows
* Sharon Jones played the Apollo
* Spoon played Saturday Night Live
* Caribou played Bowery Ballroom
* David Byrne talked about bicycles
* What else went on Saturday & Sunday

Ani Difranco, RZA & Steve Albini @ 2005 New Yorker Festival (CRED)

The eighth annual New Yorker Festival happens in NYC from October 5-7, 2007. Though not completely announced yet, this year's lineup will include all of those you see in the title, and more....

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Chris Thile & Fiona Apple make a cute couple...

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