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Big Freedia @ Brooklyn Bowl


Big Freedia spent last night (1/25) teaching the US how to bounce at home as part of a live appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The diva performed "Excuse" and "Na Who Mad" from her recent EP, but unfortunately did not perform the new single "Booty-Whop" which was released this week via iTunes. Check out video of the New Orleans bounce phenom below, and if you're in LA then head to Bootleg Bar TONIGHT (1/26) to catch the booty-clapping in the flesh.

Big Freedia headlined Brooklyn Bowl on January 21, bringing her patented bounce to the venue along with support from Nicky Da B and Rusty Lazer. Pictures from the appearance adorn this post too. More below...

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Sebadoh @ MusicFestNW 2011 (more by Autumn Andel)

today in NYC
* NY Comedy Festival
* MGMT @ Guggenheim Museum
* Martha Wainwright @ City Winery
* Prince Rama @ Issue Project Room
* Steven Wilson @ Best Buy Theater
* Sebadoh, Mazes, Risk/Reward @ Maxwell's
* Scott Amendola, Charlie Hunter @ The Stone
* Absu, Infernal Stronghold, Villains @ Europa
* Plaid, Gamelan Dharma Swara @ Le Poisson Rouge
* AIDS Wolf, Unicorn Hardon, DJ Dog Dick @ 92YTribeca
* Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Bonerama @ Terminal 5
* The Liz, Supersonic Piss, Alien Whale @ Death By Audio
* Bubbles, Nils Bech, J. Penry (DJ set) @ Santos Party House
* ARMS, Hospitality, Franz Nicolay, The Building @ Glasslands
* Blue Scholars, Bambu, The Physics, Gen.Erik @ Bowery Ballroom
* Kurt Vile & the Violators, Widowspeak, The Young @ Webster Hall
* Slowdance, Ava Luna, Phonetag, Rifle Recoil, Zula @ 285 Kent Ave
* None More Eleven: A Spinal Tap Appreciation Event @ The Rock Shop
* Anenzephalia, Pharmakon, Omei, Kama Rupa, Lussuria @ Public Assembly
* Frontier Ruckus, Hold Your Horses!, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper @ Littlefield
* Corsair, Mainland, American Darlings, Moonmen On The Moon, Man @ Cake Shop
* Girl in a Coma, The Coathangers, Clinical Trials, Sunday Masquerade @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Matthew Dear, Spinoza, Jacques Renault, Donor(Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival) @ Public Assembly
* Reggie Watts, Eclectic Method, Babe Rainbow, Beacon, Dominique Keegan(Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival) @ Cameo Gallery
* Schlachthofbronx, Dubble Dutch, Dre Skull, Shawn Reynaldo, Matt Shadetek, NIKKO(Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival) @ Zablotski's
* Gino Washington, Andre Williams, Melvin Davis, Reigning Sound, Jackie & The Cedrics(Norton Records 25th Anniversary) @ The Bell House
* Fischerpooner (DJ set), Diamond Rings, Cubic Zirconia, Party Supplies, Decades, Doldrums(Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Daedelus, Ander, Comandante Zero, PROGRAMS, Sarah Dahnke/Round Tuit Dance Project, tehn, n0izmkr(In/Out 2011: Digital Performance Festival) @ Knitting Factory

Feist and friends performed on Kimmel. Videos below...

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Megadeth at Yankee Stadium (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Coming off of their recent appearance at "The Big Four" Megadeth have announced the latest iteration of Gigantour and this time they've roped in the great Motorhead in addition to appearances from Volbeat and Lacuna Coil for the North American trek. The dates kick off in late January in Camden, NJ, eventually making its way up to Theater at Madison Square Garden on 1/28. Ticketing and VIP package deals for the Theater at MSG are forthcoming. All dates are listed below.

Megadeth welcomed their thirteenth LP TH1RT3EN (get it?) TODAY (11/1) via Roadrunner Records. TH1RT3EN is the follow-up to 2009's Endgame, and features "Public Enemy No. 1" which the band performed last night (10/31) on Jimmy Kimmel... in full costume! Video of that, alongside all dates and additional video is below...

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Fleet Foxes @ Newport Folk Fest 2009 (more by Jim Brueckner)

today in NYC
* DUMBO Arts Fest
* Max Weinberg @ Iridium
* Particle @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Deke Dickerson @ Rodeo Bar
* Steely Dan @ Beacon Theater
* Fool's Gold @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Superhuman Happiness @ Zebulon
* Fucked Up, Wavves @ Webster Hall
* Ivy, Tahiti 80 @ Gramercy Theatre
* Bill Carney's Jug Addicts @ Barbes
* Men Without Hats @ Mexicali Live (NJ)
* Lotus, NiT GriT, Mux Mool @ Terminal 5
* Yo La Tengo @ Mayo Performing Arts (NJ)
* Megafaun, Doug Paisley @ Mercury Lounge
* Rhett Miller, Jim Ward @ Highline Ballroom
* Allen Otte, Bonnie Whiting Smith @ The Stone
* Susan Howe, David Grubbs @ Issue Project Room
* Rubulad Presents Swamp Things @ 171 Lombardy St
* Wild Beasts, BOBBY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Evangelista/Carla Bozulich, Household @ Bruar Falls
* Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen @ Williamsburg Waterfront
* Spank Rock, Blu Jemz, Lloydski, Eli Escobar @ Le Bain
* These United States, Southeast Engine @ The Rock Shop
* RVIVR, Witches, P.S. Eliot, Nude Beach @ Death By Audio
* Mahogany, Brief Candles, Oceanographer @ Bowery Electric
* Liturgy, Ed Schrader, Nonhorse, Parquet Courts @ 285 Kent
* Malignancy, Sexcrement, Ex Dementia, Legionary @ Saint Vitus
* Grace Potter & The Nocturnals @ Central Park Rumsey Playfield
* Dom, Adventure, Vacationer, True Womanhood (DJ set) @ Glasslands
* Cave, Amen Dunes, K Holes, PC Worship @ Live with Animals Gallery
* Word, Rock, & Sword: A Musical Celebration of Women @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., People Get Ready, Jump Into The Gospel @ Bowery Ballroom
* Sudden Infant, Carlos Giffoni, C. Spencer Yeh, Okkyung Lee, Yellow Tears @ Public Assembly
* Beast Make Bomb, The Death Set (DJ set), New York Rivals, Town Hall @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Celestial Shore, Night Manager, Heaven's Gate, Secret Mountains, Land and Peoples, Black Girls, Tiberius, Jeff Kesse @ 1031 Grand St

Lightsaber battle today

Radiohead is on SNL tonight.

Tonight is the first of two Megafaun shows at Mercury Lounge.

Sunday is the Beats in Space 12th Anniversary party on North 6th.

Indian Larry Block today:

Jimmy Kimmel asked people what they thought about R.E.M. breaking up. Video below...

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Ron Sexsmith @ Highline Ballroom

In the documentary film about Ron Sexsmith, "Love Shines," Elvis Costello casts the Canadian musician in the same realm as one of rock 'n' roll's historic performers.

"I think Ron has got one of the purest seams of melody, that he has access to exclusively, since Paul McCartney," Costello says.

There's no higher praise, but some folks are undoubtedly saying "Who's Ron Sexsmith?"

...He's just released a fantastic album, "Long Player Late Bloomer," which features the production of Bob Rock, best known for his work with Metallica, Bon Jovi and Motley Crue. The biopic "Love Shines" premiered recently at South By Southwest, and Sexsmith made a national television appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

Sexsmith admits he's excited, a far cry from the melancholy that haunted him after his previous album, "Exit Strategy of the Soul," more or less tanked. When Rock agreed to produce "Long Player" Sexsmith's joy was leavened by a sense of disbelief. -[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Speaking of Elvis Costello, who is playing a solo set at this year's Newport Folk Fest, he's playing a small, late show at Gramercy Theatre tonight (4/1), and probably something before that too. Those staying home can catch him on TV.

Ron Sexsmith played Highline Ballroom on Monday (3/28), part of his US tour with Caitlin Rose in support of the new LP Long Player Late Bloomer which is out now.

More pictures from that show (including one of the setlist), tour dates, videos from Kimmel and SXSW, the documentary trailer & more, below...

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Mike Birbiglia & Michael Showalter @ Mirman Fest (more by David Andrako)

Mike Birbiglia, you know, the guy from the subway ads that has a book out, celebrates, well, that book, at Caroline's on Tuesday, November 2nd. Tickets are on sale.

Amazingly there are also still tickets left for Birbigs' November 22nd "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" show at UCB. That's a Monday which is convenient because then you can stick around for Whiplash.

One week earlier, Nick Kroll does the pre-Whiplash show for only $5.00 which is cheaper than the shows he'll be practicing for.

The New York Comedy Festival presents "Louie: A Conversation with Louis C.K.", at the Paley Center this Wednesday, November 3rd. Tickets are on sale.

Louis plays Carnegie Hall one day later which is almost three months before Aziz Ansari plays Carnegie Hall with Eugene Mirman, but only two days before Aziz plays Beacon Theatre.

Who knows who will show up to play later that night, and the night after that, at UCB for two special non-Monday editions of Whiplash, aka "The Best of Whiplash."

Also Wednesday: "The world premiere of Dave Hill's Rock Shop with special guests PAT KIERNAN of NY1, MICHAEL SHOWALTER, and DOUG GILLARD (Guided By Voices/Nada Surf)!" I mean, I don't think you need to know more than that to immediately want to buy a ticket, but just in case:

Dave Hill's Rock Shop is a new comedy "talk" show which will hopefully happen the first Wednesday of each month at Park Slope's newest buzzworthy club, The Rock Shop. The show will run approximately an hour and will feature comedian/guitarist and Ohio native, Dave Hill hosting the shit out it. Dave Hill's Rock Shop will feature interviews with a famous or semi-famous or not so famous person, a famous or semi-famous or not so famous comedian, plus the focus of the show: Dave challenges a famous or semi-famous rock musician to a guitar duel (possibly to the death). The show is being produced by Caroline Creaghead (Tearing The Veil Of Maya / Eugene Mirman's Comedy Festival / The Rope Swing) and Jack McFadden (The Bell House / The Rock Shop booking guru) and is sure to have South Brooklyn peeps peeing in their seats (don't worry, we clean them, sorta).'

Our debut show will be on Wednesday, November 3 at 7:30pm and features Pat Kiernan of NY1, comedian Michael Showalter, and guitar hero Doug Gillard of Nada Surf & Guided By Voices. The show will cost $7 and you'll feel pretty good about getting your 7 dollars worth. There will be no refunds.

One of Dave Hill's bands, the one with Moby in it, plays Mercury Lounge on December 4th. 21+. No refunds.

PREVIOUSLY: Tim & Eric add a show, Eugene Mirman & Hannibal Buress every Sunday & other comedy stuff too

Mike Birbiglia was on Jimmy Kimmel last week. Video of his segment below...

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Modest Mouse @ the 2010 Pitchfork Festival (more by Weekly Dig)

tonight in NYC
* The Mugs @ The Bell House
* Wakey! Wakey! @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Summer Blondes @ Cedar Mansion
* Lez Zeppelin @ Gramercy Theatre
* Sadhu Sadhu, Mad Scene @ Zebulon
* Keepaway, Violens @ Bowery Electric
* Bear Hands, Darlings @ Whitney Museum
* Modest Mouse @ Williamsburg Waterfront
* Dawes, Dylan LeBlanc (early) @ Maxwell's
* Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Webster Hall
* Martial Carternal, Automelodi (late) @ Glasslands
* Perfume Genius, Metali Malay (early) @ Glasslands
* Hooray For Earth, Twin Shadow, Regal Degal @ Coco 66
* Curren$y with Dom Kennedy, Rich Hil @ Public Assembly
* Batusis, The Pioneers of Seduction, Sister Anne @ Europa
* The Main Ingredient with Cuba Gooding Sr. @ Rochdale Park
* Free Energy, Best Coast, Loose Limbs @ South Street Seaport
* Gary War, Super Vacations, K-Holes, Sultan @ Death By Audio
* blood pudding: a play by Sharon Bridgforth @ Springfield Park
* The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ Central Park SummerStage
* The Sadies, Garth and Maud Hudson, Chicken Snake @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Ettes, Hans Condor, Suuns, Parlovr @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Speed The Plough, Arbouretum, Little Gold, Heaven's Jail @ Cake Shop
* Big Troubles, Doug Gillard, Apollo Ghosts, Lame Drivers @ Bruar Falls
* White Trends, Sexy Crimes, Guts for Garters, Marching Teeth @ The Acheron
* The Abrams Brothers, M Shanghai String Band, Joy Kills Sorrow @ 92YTribeca
* Wolff, Emok, The Netherlands, Porfirio, Starcrossed Signs, Kreisor @ Pianos
* Medications, Deleted Scenes, The Royal Chains, The Sanctuaries @ Littlefield
* Uniconicopia, 12,000 Trees, Imaginary Weapons, Follower @ Monster Island Basement
* GBH, Outernational, Razor Blade Hand Grenade, Cerebral Ballzy @ Highline Ballroom
* Jim Jones Revue, The Ribeye Brothers, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers (late) @ Maxwell's

Batutsis (Syl Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome) tonight originally scheduled for Irving Plaza is at Europa.

Free Energy & Best Coast co-headline the free show at South Street Seaport today.

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M.I.A. headlines the two-stage show at Governors Island tomorrow. Set times HERE.

Double Rainbow guy went on Jimmy Kimmel (again). Videos below...

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Massive Attack @ Terminal 5 (more by Chris La Putt)

Massive Attack's American holiday continues. Last night the band made their U.S. televesion debut, along with Martina Topley-Bird, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Three videos from the "mini-outdoor concert" below...

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"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and i will miss him, and so should you" - Johnny Rotten on Malcom McLaren

Public Image Ltd's upcoming US tour kicks off Tuesday night, April 13th in LA before continuing to Coachella for a show on Friday. The trip was scheduled to end with a show at Terminal 5 on Tuesday, May 18th - tickets for that are still on sale, but the band has added a second NYC date for the same venue on Wednesday, May 19th. Tickets for that go on sale Friday at noon (and they'll probably be an AmEx presale before then too).

PiL played Jimmy Kimmel Live on April 7th (reactions to the performance were mixed). Jimmy's interview with Johnny Rotten and an April 9th interview on Fox's Red Eye (where Johnny Rotten talks about the recent death of Malcolm McLaren) are posted below...

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Public Image Ltd gave us a taste last night of what to expect on their semi-reunion tour that kicks off with a pre-Coachella show at Club Nokia in LA on April 13th. In what was their "first television performance in 18 years", the John Lydon-led group performed "This is Not a Love Song" and "Rise" on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Videos of both songs and updated tour dates below...

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Not only has Regina Spektor already headlined the very large McCarren Pool venue, she has since gone on to gain extra exposure thanks to a duet she recorded with Ben Folds for his new album. It goes without saying then that the show she's playing at the medium-sized Bowery Ballroom on January 22nd will sell out very quickly. The show is called the "3rd Annual Roe On The Rocks", and all the money goes to Planned Parenthood. $35 tickets go on American Express and Planned Parenthood presale on Wednesday at noon. Regular Ticketmaster sale starts Friday.

Speaking of dueting with Regina Spektor and Bowery Ballroom, tickets are still on sale for the NYC show Sondre Lerche is playing there on November 20th.

The official Ben Folds video for the Regina song, and video of Regina and Ben performing it on Jimmy Kimmel, below...

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DCFC @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ruan Muir)

Death Cab for Cutie were the live wires on this week's album chart, debuting on top with 144,000 units sold for their seventh full-length album, Narrow Stairs. That's a broad step up from the 90,000 that their last album, Plans, opened with in 2005. In retrospect, releasing an eight-and-a-half-minute single ('I Will Possess Your Heart') doesn't seem like such a disastrous move after all, does it? [EW Hollywood Insider]

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Radiohead wasn't the only 'biggest band in the world' on TV last night.....

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