Dirty Projectors @ Lollapalooza 2010 (more by Josh Darr)

today in NYC
* Douglas Detrick @ The Stone
* Golden Palominos @ Living Room
* Vivian Girls @ Andrew Edlin Gallery
* Bikes in the Kitchen @ Rock Yard
* Mandingo Ambassadors @ Zebulon
* Meta & the Cornerstones @ 92YTribeca
* Colour Revolt, Turbo Fruits @ Union Hall
* Dirty Projectors, Owen Pallett @ Terminal 5
* Arms, Radical Dads, The Pass, Brahms @ Pianos
* Loren Conners, Bill Baird @ Issue Project Room
* Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars @ Knitting Factory
* Boogie Brains, Triple Hex, Lil Miss Lixx @ Cake Shop
* Hank Roberts, John Stetch, Jim Black @ The Stone
* Brutal Knights, Heartpunchers, Runny @ Bruar Falls
* DATA (Underworld release party) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Charlatans UK, Sherlock's Daughter @ Maxwell's
* The Airborne Toxic Event, Calder Quartet @ Town Hall
* Moby, Klaus Kinski, Dave Hill & Jake Fogelnest @ UCB
* The Soft Pack, Oberhofer, Sundelles @ Bowery Ballroom
* Vaz, Pygmy Shrews, Dadfag, Dope Body @ Death By Audio
* The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Ice T, DJ Evil E, Par City, Menace, D-Money @ Knitting Factory
* Twin Shadow, Zambri, My Gold Mask, Distractions @ Glasslands
* The Slackers, 100dBs @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise - The Temptress
* VDRK, Free Magic, Marcos Cabral, Bad Decision @ Santos Party House
* Fluffy Lumbers, Coasting, The Surprisers, Dutch Treat @ Dead Herring
* Sisters, Dinosaur Feathers, Inoculist, Su (of Susu) @ The Bushwick Starr
* Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Flower Orgy, Carla Baker @ Red Hook Bait & Tackle
* Robbers On High Street, Voxhaul Broadcast, How I Became the Bomb @ Rock Shop
* Despised Icon, Misery Index,Revocation,Judas Syndrome, Everythings Ruined @Europa
* Panda Bear, Avey Tare (DJ set), Teengirl Fantasy, Gala Drop @ The Beach at Governors Island
* Kristeen Young, Cherie Lily, Aleister X, Me Talk Pretty, DJ Andrew W.K. @ Santos
* Excepter, Zs, Justice Yeldham, Chmmr When Agitated, Opponents, Andy & Zeus, Rust Worship, Solypis @ Silent Barn
* Growing, Coconuts, Warm Ghost, McDonalds, Highlife, David Poh (Summer Thunder Free Backyard Show) @ Union Pool
* Uncle Leon & The Alibis, Jessica Rose & The High Life, Jack Grace Band, Spirit Family Reunion, The Roulette Sisters (Brooklyn Country Music Festival) @ Southpaw
* Arthur's Landing (performing songs by Arthur Russell, featuring Mustafa Ahmed, Joyce Bowden, Ernie Brooks, Steven Hall, Bill Ruyle, John Scherman, Peter Zummo, and special guest Nomi Ruiz of Hercules and Love Affair and Jessica 6) @ Tompkins Square Park

Daytime shows are underway at Union Pool and the Rock Yard.

It's Saturday night during Fashion Week so there are probably lots of other glamorous things going on too (like the Varvatos party and Hole at Don Hill's). Leave tips in the comments.

Panda Bear talks about his feelings on playing a show on 9/11 and other topics in our recent interview. Catch him tonight on Governors Island. You need to take a ferry there:

Governors Island ferries will begin running from PIER 11, South Street & Wall Street, beginning at 6:00 pm.
THERE WILL BE NO CONCERT FERRIES DEPARTING FROM THE BATTERY MARITIME BUILDING.
Will call & box office will occur on the island at the venue main entrance.
Show time is 8:00PM.

Golden Palominos were added to the Living Room last minute for tonight.

There's a beard and mustache competition in Coney Island.

What else?

Tony Scherr

The Golden Palominos, a multifarious project led by drummer Anton Fier, got together for their first shows in 23 years in May. The group, fronted again by singers Syd Straw and Robert Kidney, will be performing on September 10th at City Winery. Tickets are on sale.

Also in the group's lineup are guitarists Jim Campilongo and Tony Scherr, who will be opening the show with their own trios. Meanwhile you can catch Tony at three Mondays this month at Living Room, and Jim at two of them. They're both there every Monday in September too

All Jim & Tony Living Room dates, and videos from the Palominos reunion show at (Le) Poisson Rouge on May 7th are below...

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The Golden Palominos @ LPR

The Golden Palominos, led by drummer Anton Fier, played their first show in 23 years at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Friday, May 7th. We weren't there, but a pair of high quality videos turned up on YouTube. Check out those (one with the band's 1985-87 singer Syd Straw, one with guest vocalist Robert Kidney) below.

Miss it? There's a second chance to catch the band tonight (Tuesday, May 11th) at the Living Room. Tickets are on sale.

Videos are below...

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Reuniting to play live for the first time in more than two decades, The Golden Palominos 1985-87 lineup with Syd Straw will join local literary rockers in unveiling Electric Literature's 4th fiction anthology. Featuring The Wingdale Community Singers, with author Rick Moody on guitar and vocals, and Brooklyn indie-rockers The Walking Hellos, featuring Myla Goldberg (best-selling author of Bee Season) on banjo and accordion, celebrating their CD release. Electric Literature's mission is to use new media and innovative distribution to keep literature a vital part of popular culture.

The Golden Palominos are centered on drummer/percussionist Anton Fier and have featured a ton of guest members over the years. The initial lineup was Fier with singer-guitarist Arto Lindsay, saxophonist John Zorn, bass guitarist Bill Laswell and violinist/guitarist Fred Frith. The Syd Straw-era, referenced above, featured guest spots by John Lydon, Michael Stipe, Jack Bruce and Richard Thompson. Outside of the group, Fier's credits are plenty, and include drumming on the Feelies' Crazy Rhythms and Pere Ubu's Song of the Bailing Man.

Videos of the Golden Palominos live from the '80s are below...

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