photo from Les Savy Fav's show Friday night (more by Natasha Ryan)

tonight in NYC
* Allman Brothers @ Beacon
* Zach Galafianakis @ Housing Works
* Peter Bjorn and John @ W New York
* Herman Dune, Toby Goodshank @ Mercury Lounge
* The Courteeners, Hot Melts @ Mercury Lounge
* David Thomas Broughton & friends @ The Living Room
* Jon Hopkins, Casiokids, BM Linx @ The Annex
* Oh Land, Your Nature (formerly Frankpollis) @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Daniel Higgs, Matt Manderson (DJ) @ Santos Party House
* 18th Dye (DJ Set), Ingrid Olava, Sprengjuhollin, Shelley Green @ Cake Shop
* Tahiti Boy & the Palmtree Family (w/ Tunde Adebimpe), Demonlover, Echo Echo @ Pianos

Ingrid Olava is here from Norway. She kicks off a three-night residency at Cake Shop tonight. Strangely, she is not also going to SXSW.

TV on the Radio's Tunde makes a guest appearance at Pianos tonight.

Zach Galafianakis at Housing Works tonight, for free.

SXSW Music starts tomorrow - two BV shows included. There's the day party at Emo's (flyer below), and the official showcase in the evening at Club De Ville. Thursday is another day party.

David Thomas Broughton performing live, in the video below...

What else?

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Herman Dune & the Pratts @ Central Park Summerstage (everlovingpix)

Herman Dune, with Kelly Pratt and Jon Natchez as members of his band, will be touring Europe throughout November and December, but first they'll play two NYC shows which happen to be this Wednesday (11/12 @ The Bell House with Motel Motel) and Thursday (11/13 @ Highline Ballroom with Jolie Holland). All dates below...

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DOWNLOAD: Team B - On My Mind (MP3)

Team B is the new musical endeavor of Kelly Pratt. While written and recorded primarily on tour with Arcade Fire and Beirut in 2007 and 2008, help was also found with his amazing friends Pat Mahoney on drums (LCD Soundsystem), Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut, and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) on a track or two.

We don't have a label yet, but the cd is available now through this website, and will be available in a couple of weeks through other online outlets. If you want a copy just click on the link below and ye shall receive. Price is only $10 plus $2.50 for shipping (in the U.S). If you live outside the US please include $6.50 for shipping.
[Team B]

Check out the three songs streaming at MySpace. Download one of them above. Check out Team B live, TONIGHT (November 10th) at Union Pool in Brooklyn (11 pm). It's their first show ever, and they're promising it will be their last this year. The full band looks something like this:

Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire)
Tracy Pratt (Beirut)
Ryan Smith (Twin Thousands, Stars Like Fleas)
Jon Natchez (Beirut, Stars Like Fleas)
Jason Poranski (Beirut, FreeTime)
Mike Fadem (The Jealous Girlfriends)

Special guests have also been promised.

Jon Natchez's credits also inlude Shugo Tokumaru's live band, Bishop Allen, The Citizens Band, Escort and.... Skavoovie! Jon and Kelly also sometimes play together at venues like the Stone.

Mike Fadem's band The Jealous Girlfriends are going on tour with Nada Surf and have a NYC show coming up (Dec 10) at The Studio at Webster Hall where they also played during CMJ.

Stars Like Fleas have a track on Habitat, "a two disc set including 29 artists, covering the various manifestations of 'electronic music,' and produced as a benefit for Habitat for Humanity." You can get that at Asthmatic Kitty.

A video of Kelly, Tracy and Jon playing with Herman Dune at Union Hall below...

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Thanks for the reminder. I meant to post about this a while ago. Herman Dune is playing at Union Hall in Brooklyn tonight (Aug 30). Check out the video below....

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