Entries tagged with: Langhorne Slim

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Phosphorescent at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)
Phosphorescent

As mentioned, Newport Folk Festival is returning this year to Fort Adams State Park from July 26 to 28, and since we last spoke, the lineup has been revealed. This year's fest includes Beck, The Avett Brothers, Feist, Jim James, Colin Meloy, Andrew Bird, The Mountain Goats (who just announced a tour), Father John Misty, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Dawn McCarthy, Justin Townes Earle, Felice Brothers, Jason Isbell, Amanda Palmer, Phosphorescent, Beth Orton, John McCauley, Michael Kiwanuka, Lord Huron, Frank Turner, Black Prairie, Langhorne Slim, TIft Merritt, Spirit Family Reunion, Blake Mills, Houndmouth, Cold Specks, and others, plus more TBA.

Hope you acted quick back in January. 3-Day passes and 2-day passes are sold out, as are single day tickets for Saturday and Sunday, but you can still get single day tickets for Friday.

Speaking of the Rough Trade-signed, Lumineers-like Houndmouth, you have two chances to catch them in NYC this week before they become as big as the Lumineers. They're at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday (4/10) and Rockwood Music Hall on Thursday (4/11).

Full initial Newport Fest lineup below...

Continue reading "Newport Folk Festival -- 2013 lineup (Beck, Feist, Jim James, Phosphorescent, Father John Misty, Bonnie Prince Billy, Houndmouth & more)"

Rock Lottery

Please welcome the third annual Rock Lottery to Knitting Factory on December 1st:

The premise is simple, but effective. Twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evenings performance venue. These volunteers are organized into five groups through a lottery-based chance selection. The five separate groups are then released to practice at different locations. The musicians have twelve hours to create a band name and three to five songs (with a one cover-song limit). The groups will then perform what they have created that evening in front of a waiting audience.
This year's event will be MC'd by Corn Mo (MC TBA) and performers (so far) include current/former members of My Morning Jacket, Against Me!, Blonde Redhead (who are playing Irving Plaza on NYE), Javelin, VHS or Beta, YUCK, and Hospitality (who have a Bowery show coming up). Lineup is below and tickets are on sale now.

2012 lineup for Rock Lottery and video from previous events are below.

Continue reading "Members of My Morning Jacket, Against Me!, Hospitality and more participating in third-annual "Rock Lottery""

photos by Chris La Putt

John McCauley w/ Diamond Rugs @ Zankel Hall 10/27/2012
John McCauley and Friends - Live at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall

It was an evening with "John McCauley and Friends" on Saturday (10/27), the kickoff event to WFUV's 2012/2013 Live at Zankel Hall series that takes place in the downstairs listening room of Carnegie Hall. As the show's title implies, the night was hosted by the Deer Tick / Diamond Rugs frontman who brought out a variety of guests (Jason Isbell, Mark Sultan, Langhorne Slim, comedian Adam Cayton-Holland) for short sets, including ones from both of McCauley's bands, culminating in a group jam. Pictures from the show -- including a few from backstage -- are in this post.

The day before (10/26), McCauley played with Justin Townes Earle and Joe Pug as part of JTE's two-day Woody Gutherie tribute.

The remaining shows in WFUV's Live at Zankel Hall series are: Lisa Marie Presley on November 17 (tickets); Loudon Wainwright III on January 26, 2013 (tickets); and The Flatlanders on April 13, 2013 (tickets).

Deer Tick will next play in the general NYC area on December 27 opening for My Morning Jacket at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester and tickets are still available. Diamond Rugs have a few shows coming up as well, though none in the NYC area, and all dates for both bands are below along with more pics from Saturday night's show.

Mark Sultan will also play NYC again on December 7 at Union Pool with Ex Humans and Pampers. Ticket info for that show is TBA.

More pictures from the evening, including a few backstage, are below.

Continue reading "John McCauley and Friends played Zankel Hall (pics); Deer Tick opening for My Morning Jacket at Capitol Theatre"

Deer Tick @ Red Hook Park, 6/21/2012 (more by Tracy Allison)
Deer Tick

The previously discussed John McCauley & Friends show at Carnegie Hall on October 27 has expanded considerably, with McCauley roping in both his Deer Tick and Diamond Rugs projects while enlisting Jason Isbell, Mark Sultan (BBQ), and Langhorne Slim into the fold. Tickets are still available. The show goes down the day before McCauley teams with Justin Townes Earle as part of a Woodie Guthrie celebration at Pace University.

In other McCauley news, road trippers can look forward to catching Deer Tick outside of the five boroughs for New Year's Eve this year. Look for the band to bless The Sinclair in Boston, MA on New Year's Eve (12/31) as part of a two day stint in New England. All Deer Tick dates are below.

Diamond Rugs recently released a NSFW video for "Blue Mountains" from their self titled debut. Check out that video alongside all tour dates, including a free Sailor Jerry-presented NC show, below.

Continue reading "Deer Tick adds shows; John McCauley & friends Carnegie Hall lineup expands w/ Diamond Rugs (dates & new video)"

lemur

Tickets for the Os Mutantes shows at LPR went on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Junip show at LPR went on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Perfume Genius and Dusted show at LPR go on sale Monday (8/6) at 10 AM. Tickets for their MHOW show go on sale Friday, August 10 at noon.

Jozef Van Wissem and Noveller are playing Le Poisson Rouge on September 10. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Mono shows at LPR and Glasslands are on sale now.

Tickets for the Mount Eerie show at LPR are on sale now.

Tickets are still available for John Talabot (DJ) and Jamie xx's LPR show on Saturday (8/4). Tickets are also still available for John Talabot's live show at the same venue, which happens on September 27.

Langhorne Slim plays Brooklyn Bowl on October 25. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

The Circa Survive tour which Touche Amore is supporting on, has been expanded and now includes a second NYC area show, which happens on October 27 at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Tickets for that show went on sale today at noon.

Missy Higgins, one day before she opens for Gotye in Camden, three days after she opens for him at Radio City, and one day after Gotye plays Williamsburg Park (which she does not open), plays her own NYC show at The Bell House on September 28 with Butterfly Boucher. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Those Darlins (who recently opened for Best Coast) and Heavy Cream play Glasslands on October 26. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

As mentioned, Sonny & the Sunsets are touring with Magic Trick and hitting NYC for three area shows this month. We're giving away a pair of tickets for the Maxwell's show (8/15). Details on how to enter are below.

Hospitality are playing Brooklyn Bowl on August 31. It's FREE with RSVP or $5 at the door. The show is right in the middle of a tour that Hospitality is going on with TEEN.

Sonny & the Sunsets contest details are below.

Continue reading "tickets on sale: Os Mutantes, Junip, Perfume Genius, Noveller, Missy Higgins, Those Darlins, Hospitality, Sonny and the Sunsets, Langhorne Slim & more"

These United States

Rootsy Brooklites (and North Carolinians) These United States release their fifth album on June 12 and the self-tiled long player is being streamed the week prior to it's release and you can listen to it below. It features guest appearances from Deer Tick, Langhorne Slim, and Phosphorescent.

The band are set to spend the summer on the road promoting the new record including a stop at the Northside Festival, playing the Knitting Factory on Friday, June 15 with Grand Rapids (who play Big Snow tonight) and Your 33 Black Angels. Tickets are still available, or if you have a Northside badge you can use that but entrance is based on capacity.

All These United States tour dates are below, along with the album stream.

Continue reading "These United States releasing new LP (stream it); going on tour, playing Northside Fest (dates)"

Langhorne Slim & band (which does not include Danger Mouse)
Norah Jones

Norah Jones, whose new Danger Mouse-produced album Little Broken Hearts is out now, is playing the Bell House Friday, May 11. Tickets for the Brooklyn show go on sale at noon today (5/8). Norah also has a much larger show coming up at Central Park Summerstage in July and other dates which are listed below.

Cory Chisel is one of the many artists playing the upcoming Dylan Fest at irving Plaza and the Do Division Festival in Chicago. He's also opening for Murder By Death at the previously mentioned Webster Hall show which is part of a larger tour for the two artists. In August he hits the road with Norah Jones. All tour dates are listed below.

Some of Murder by Death's dates are with Ha Ha Tonka, who just played the Kentucky Derby and meanwhile will hit the road with Langhorne Slim for a tour that visits Bowery Ballroom on June 14. All dates are listed below...

Continue reading "Norah Jones playing Bell House, touring w/ Cory Chisel who tours w/ Murder by Death who tours w/ Ha Ha Tonka who tours w/ Langhorne Slim (dates)"

photos by Eric M. Townsend

Langhorne Slim

Langhorne Slim and band brought their brand of folk pop to Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday (8/6) with an opening set by The Woes. The show was the same day that Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal (aka List Christee) DJ'd the venue, which was one day before Of Montreal didn't play Escape to NY.

More pictures of Langhorne Slim (and Kevin Barnes) and videos from that show, below...

Continue reading "Langhorne Slim (and DJ Kevin Barnes) played Brooklyn Bowl (pics & video)"

Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham)
Outside Lands

San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival 2010 takes place in Golden Gate Park from August 14th-15th. Headlining acts for the fest include Kings of Leon, Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Phoenix, Social Distortion, Levon Helm and Al Green. Other acts include Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, The Budos Band, Dawes, Gogol Bordello, Cat Power Janelle Monáe and Tokyo Police Club. The full lineup (which will be added to) is below.

Two-day passes go on sale Tuesday, June 2nd at 1pm EST. Single day tickets go on sale Sunday, June 6th.

Check out pictures from all three days of Outside Lands 2009 (which as you may have figured out was one day longer than this year's).

A video trailer for this year's fest and the lineup is below...

Continue reading "Outside Lands 2010 lineup announced"

DJ Lance Rock @ Brooklyn Bowl Thursday evening (dada_rocks)
Lance Rock

Tickets are on sale at noon for Pavement's Brooklyn show at Williamsurg Waterfront.

Tickets go on sale at noon for the Grizzly Bear/Walkmen/Gang Gang Dance show at Governors Island.

Tickets go on sale at noon for the Jim James (actually Yim Yames, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore) show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. My Morning Jacket has upcoming shows too.

Tickets go on sale at noon for both of the just-announced Gayngs (Justin Vernon Included) shows in NYC.

Tickets are on AmEx presale for the Yo Gabba Gabba shows at Radio City and elsewhere. The picture above is from the private party Yo Gabba held at Brooklyn Bowl yesterday from 4:30-6:00 pm to celebrate/promote the tour announcement.

Cyndi Lauper is playing Town Hall on July 21st. Tickets go on sale at noon.

Lady Gaga now has a total of five MSG shows coming up. Only fake tickets are left for the shows in July, but real tickets to the February shows go on sale Saturday at noon (with one of those two 2011 shows on presale now).

Tickets are still on Citi and Internet presale the Alice in Chains/Mastodon/Deftones show at MSG. General sale starts Saturday at 10am.

Langhorne Slim is playing Brooklyn Bowl on July 15th. Tickets go on sale at noon.

Tickets are on sale at noon for the Minus the Bear show at Webster Hall.

Tickets to the Two Door Cinema Club show at Webster Hall go on sale at noon.

Tickets are on sale for the newly-added Unrest show at The Bell House.

Tickets go on sale at noon for the Maps & Atlases / Cults show at Mercury Lounge.

Pee Wee Herman tickets are on sale.

Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) @ Canal Room (more by Eric Townsend)
Drive-By Truckers

Drive-By Truckers, now on ATO Records, will be releasing a new album, The Big To-Do, their tenth, on March 16th. In support of that, the band has a slew of tour dates around North America from now till May. The first leg goes through the South to SXSW. After that, they continue on for shows that include a date at Webster Hall on Thursday, April 1st. Langhorne Slim opens Webster Hall and others on the tour. Tickets to the NYC show go on sale Friday, Friday 5th at noon.

The Secret to a Happy Ending is a documentary on the band that has screenings coming up (including one at Noise Pop in San Fran this February). Two dates are below and more are expected. Patterson also contributed songs to the film That Evening Sun, starring Hal Holbrook, which is out in limited release now. If you sign up for Patterson's mailing list, below, you can get the song "Depression Era" from its soundtrack.

Patterson is hosting his Sixth Annual Robert Osborne Classic Film Festival Benefit - Athens Songwriter Guitar Pull on Wednesday, February 24th at Athens' 40 Watt Club. Also appearing will be Don Chambers, Daniel Hutchens, Dave Marr, William Tonks, David Barbe, John Neff and Brad Morgan. Tickets are on sale.

Booker T. Jones's 2009 album Potato Hole, on which he's backed by Drive-By Truckers, is up for two Grammy's this year: Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Last year also saw a solo album from Patterson.

Langhorne Slim recently stopped by NPR's Mountain Stage for a live set. His most recent album, Be Set Free, came out last October on Kemado Records. The new animated video for its title track" is below.

All tour dates, videos and more are below...

Continue reading "Drive-By Truckers new album, documentary, lots of shows (SXSW, Webster Hall) - 2010 tour dates w/ Langhorne Slim"

Anti-Pop Consortium @ ATP NY Day 2 (more by Ryan Muir)
Anti-Pop Consortium

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Bebel Gilberto @ The Box
* Fever Ray, Vuk @ Webster Hall
* Mono, Maserati @ The Bell House
* Obituary, Goatwhore @ Gramercy Theatre
* Au, Bell, Julianna Barwick @ Union Hall
* Anti-Pop Consortium @ Santos Party House
* Langhorne Slim CD release show @ The Cameo
* Sister Suvi, Afuche, Suite Unraveling @ Sycamore
* The Jealous Sound, The Spanish Prisoners @ Southpaw
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Services @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Peter Evans Quartet, Mike Pride's Bacteria to Boys @ Zebulon
* Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog with Eszther Balint @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Angela Jaeger, Alan Licht, Pat Irwin, Cynthia Sley, Chris Brokaw @ Issue Project Room
* The Coathangers, Nervehunt, X-Ray Eyeballs, Swimmingcitiesoceanofblood, Red Dawn II, Queening @ Death By Audio
* Wizard of Oz screening & show w/ ?uestlove, Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough, Bilal @ Rumsey Playfield

Anti-Pop Consortium have a CD release show for their newest album, Fluorescent Black (out October 6th) at Santos Party House.

Sound Fix is hosting a release show for Langhorne Slim's latest, full-band record out today, at The Cameo at 7pm. "Free" show with purchase of $10 CD. Full album is streaming at Spinner. His new video is below...

Sister Suvi member Tune Yards is on her way to being more popular than her band. Catch them (Sister Suvi) tonight at Sycamore.

Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Services. It's a venue much smaller than the show they just played the other day.

Karen Oberlin is at Iridium Jazz Club.

Karin A aka Fever Ray and Vuk play for a second night at Webster Hall.

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog featuring violinist Eszther Balint performs at (Le) Poisson Rouge.

Mono play the Bell House with Maserati, who have some new records you might be able to pick up.

The Maze at Death By Audio hosts The Coathangers, Nervehunt (ex-member of WAVVES one-off show), Teeth Mountain), X-Ray Eyeballs, Swimmingcitiesoceanofblood, Red Dawn II and Queening.

There's a Wizard of Oz screening & show with ?uestlove, Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough and Bilal performing music from the film at Rumsey Playfield.

Tiesto just completed a three-night run at Hammerstein Ballroom this past weekend. His new song featuring Priscilla Ahn is below.

Andrew W.K. played, and will play again, at Joe's Pub. A video of him below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Tuesday? (Karen O vs Karin A)"

Fever Ray @ Sonar 2009 (more by Zach Dilgard)
FEver Ray

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Whiplash @ UCB Theatre
* Fever Ray @ Webster Hall
* Rev. Vince Anderson @ Union Pool
* Mono, Maserati @ Bowery Ballroom
* Wild Yaks, Mia Riddle, The Holy Experiment @ Zebulon
* Destroyer 666, Negative Plane, Open Grave, Agrath @ Europa
* Gemma Ray, Gregory & The Hawk, Sarah Elena Palmer @ Cake Shop
* Precious Metal w/ Death Mold, Unmen, Led to Grave, The Alienz @ Lit Lounge
* Telecult Powers, Syn Toffs, Dubknowdub, Adventure, Bassoo @ Death By Audio
* Great Lake Swimmers, Nina Nastasia, Sharon Van Etten @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Whiplash is at UCB Theatre tonight with host Leo Allen and Pete Holmes, Craig Baldo, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, and (musical guest?) Langhorne Slim. Langhorne's new album "Be Set Free" is out Tuesday, and he also plays a free (with CD purchase) show at Cameo on Tuesday.

Great Lake Swimmers follow up their Bowery show last night with a gig at MHOW tonight. Nina Nastasia and Sharon Van Etten open.

Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife) brings her stage show to Webster Hall tonight and tomorrow. She also sings on Royksopp's new song "This Must Be It" - the video for that track is below.

Mono and Maserati are on a four-week North American tour. They play Bowery Ballroom tonight and Bell House tomorrow.

Australian metal guys Destroyer 666 play their first NYC show in three years at Europa (originally Public Assembly) tonight, with Negative Plane, Open Grave and Agrath.

The Roots are NOT at Highline Ballroom tonight. You can see them at Brooklyn Bowl Thursday, October 1st, or just ?uestlove at the Central Park Wizard of Oz party tomorrow.

The ever-changing Arctic Monkeys played their new song "Cornerstone" on Craig Ferguson last week. Video is below....

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Monday?"

Musicfest NW

Willamette Week's Musicfest NW announces this year's festival line-up which will be held at various venues around the Portland, OR metropolitan area on September 16, 17, 18 & 19. On the heels of the most successful MFNW to date, MFNW 2009 launches with nothing but the hope of a bigger and better festival. MFNW's ultimate aim is to provide Portland with a unique and special musical experience that features all types of acts including nationally renowned artists while still honoring and supporting the special musical scene of the Northwest.
Four-day passes to the fest are on sale now.

The lineup so far, including the newly-reunited Sunny Day Real Estate, is below...

Continue reading "Musicfest NW in Portland, OR (Sept 16-19) - lineup"

Newport Folk FestivalThe 50th annual Newport Folk Festival will take place at Rhode Island's Fort Adams Park on Saturday, August 1st and Sunday, August 2nd. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 6th at 10am

Pete Seeger, who is a cofounder of the Festival and who just celebrated his 90th birthday with a show at MSG, will be playing both nights. On Sunday, he'll be joined by Judy Collins, who is also performing a free Folks on the Island show Sunday, July 26th on NYC's Governors Island.

Saturday acts at the Fest include Billy Bragg and Tom Morello, who just shared a stage with Iggy Pop at NYC's Nokia Theatre, and the Decemberists, who have a big summer tour that's stopping at NYC's Radio City Music Hall on June 10th, Fleet Foxes, who have tour dates including All Points West, and the Avett Brothers, who are on tour and playing NYC's Irving Plaza on June 12th and 13th. Langhorne Slim will be there too (he's also at Lollapalooza this summer). Iron & Wine are playing both this, and ATP NY.

Sunday's show is heavy on big-name folkies with Collins (mentioned above), Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie all performing. Arlo Guthrie is also playing a free show at Castle Clinton in NYC this summer.

Neko Case, playing Sunday, just did two nights at NYC's Nokia Theater and will be at All Points West, among other festivals.

Elvis Perkins in Dearland will be there. Perkins and Co. played the Bowery in March, and their summer tour includes a May 20th show at the Bell House in Brooklyn (tickets), and the Clearwater Festival (another project founded by Seeger) on June 20th and 21st in Croton-on Hudson, NY.

Also on Sunday is Deer Tick, whose big summer includes opening for Jenny Lewis at MHoW on June 9th, headlining the Bowery on July 24th (tickets go on sale Friday, May 8th at noon), and playing a free Celebrate Brooklyn show at Prospect Park on August 7th.

Full Newport Fork Festival info below...

Continue reading "Newport Folk Festival - 2009 lineup & tickets info (Pete Seeger, Neko Case, Iron & Wine, The Decemberists & more)"

Lollapalooza

"Though promoters around the country report strong early ticket sales for festivals and summer tours, the recession is causing jitters. This year Coachella, which has the most glamorous reputation of all American festivals, began selling tickets on layaway, and 18 percent of its customers took that option, Mr. Tollett said.

The proliferation of big festivals, like Bonnaroo near Nashville and Lollapalooza in Chicago, has not been without casualties. This year Langerado in Miami shut down, citing the economy. The Pemberton Festival in British Columbia is on hiatus after only one year, although its promoter, Live Nation, said the problem was permit delays." [NY Times]

With all the leaks of bands playing Lollapalooza this year, there are almost no surprises in the official lineup announcement, except maybe the Animal Collective DJ set... The whole thing below...

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2009 - the official & complete lineup"

by Andrew Frisicano

Langhorne Slim @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Nathan Miller)
Langhorne Slim

Check out Langhorne playing songs live on Air America [Friday, April 3rd]!!!

3pm - Break Room Live

4pm - Doing Time with Ron Kuby

Tune in and then we will see you later that night at The Bell House in Brooklyn!!!!

Xoxo,
Team Langhorne

Langhorne Slim plays tonight (4/3) at The Bell House in Brooklyn with Jason Trachtenburg (of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players), The Woes, and Sam Lowry.

Langhorne hits the West Coast at the end of May. All tour dates, with two videos from Langhorne's latest, self-titled record, which came out on Kemado Records in 2008, below...

Continue reading "Langhorne Slim - on the radio, Brooklyn tonight, other dates "

Photos by Nathan Miller

Langhorne Slim

"Slim, in his tight gray floodpants, black boots, and porkpie hat, looked like he had hopped off a train cart filled with hobos to get to this show. But while there seem to be a lot of alt-folk rock acts out there today aching to perfect the outward persona of the Dust Bowl refugee with a busker's ingenue, Slim actually has the songs and the showmanship to pull it off without reducing himself to mere novelty." [a review from St. Louis]
Langhorne Slim, Heartless Bastards, and Those Darlins played both Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg this weekend. More pictures from the Bowery show below...

Continue reading "Langhorne Slim, Heartless Bastards & Those Darlins @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics"

photos by Kyle Dean Reinford

Heartless Bastards

Fat Possum Records is excited to announce that the Heartless Bastards are set to release their third record on January 20, 2009. The record is called The Mountain and was produced by Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead, Patty Griffin). The Mountain delivers the swamped-up rock howl that fans have come to love from the critically acclaimed Heartless Bastards, but it also weaves in an adventurous sonic evolution, expanding their three-piece rock palate by adding pedal steel, mandolin, banjo and strings, all in support of Erika Wennerstrom's transcendent voice that Rolling Stone once described as "channeling all the swagger and spit of a young Robert Plant."
Heartless Bastards are on tour and will play two NYC shows with NYC's own Langhorne Slim this weekend. Friday night they'll be at Bowery Ballroom. Saturday it's Music Hall of Williamsburg. Those Darlins open both shows. More dates and pictures from their performance at the recent Austin City Limits music festival, below...

Continue reading "Heartless Bastards - 2008 Tour Dates, 2009 album, ACL pics "

McCarren Pool this past Sunday (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
McCarren Pool Parties

2008 POOL PARTIES Line Up (free shows)

JULY 27: MGMT, Black Moth Super Rainbow & Ting Tings

AUGUST 3: Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan + His Shrines & Tall Firs

AUGUST 10 (the new one): The Felice Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Eli "Paperboy" Reed The True Loves , Deer Tick & DJ Kool Kear

AUGUST 17: Aesop Rock, Chin Chin & Panther

AUGUST 24: TBA

It was also just announced that Sonic Youth will play a show there.

photos by Rae Holtsabum

DOWNLOAD: Elliott Brood - Second Son (MP3)

Sled Island

Unlike Wednesday night's Grizzly Bear show, very few people left their seats during the changeover. Okkervil River took the stage to deafening applause and immediately played "The President's Dead" and "A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene," a pair of rockers that got the crowd going.

Decked out in a black and white suit and glasses, singer/guitarist Will Sheff paused briefly after the third tune to address the audience.

"I didn't know we were playing in a church and I thought this might go against my Catholic upbringing," he joked. "But then I saw the flat screen TV and thought this might turn out alright." [Chart Attack]

Okkervil River are touring in the fall. Tickets are already on sale for a NYC show at Webster Hall.

Some of the other artists that played Sled Island on Thursday night (June 26, 2008) were Jonathan Richman, Extra Golden, Blitzen Trapper (again), Crookers, Chad VanGaalen, Langhorne Slim and Elliott Brood. Rae caught the last two downstairs at the Royal Canadian Legion #1 after the Okkervil show.

Langhorne Slim has a concert streaming at NPR. Elliott Brood is the name of a three piece band from Toronto. The rest of the pictures are below....

Continue reading "Sled Island 2008 day two (Okkervil River, Langhorne Slim & Elliott Brood), Calgary, Alberta, Canada - pics"

DOWNLOAD: Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven (MP3)

Langhorne Slim

Langhorne Slim is shooting a video for "Rebel Side of Heaven" this Monday, March 31st at The Box (189 Chrystie, between Rivington & Stanton.)

Simple concept - live video in a beautiful, ornate venue which is being shot by Crackerfarm (who also took the above photo) + Paul Manza. From 2:30 PM until 6:00 PM they want to bring in a little audience for that live show kinda vibe.

We're looking to get about 50+ people down to the venue at about 2:30 PM until appx 6:00 PM. Anyone who's interested in being in the video should send an email to slimvideo@kemado.com and we'll send them the details by Friday afternoon or Monday morning.

Langhorne Slim also plays Maxwell's in Hoboken tonight (March 29), Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 28th, and Mercury Lounge two days after that to celebrate his new self-titled CD (out April 29). All tour dates, and a video of his recent network television debut, below....

Continue reading "LANGHORNE SLIM - be in his video (Monday), watch him on Letterman (video), new MP3 & 2008 Tour Dates (tonight)"