Wow...Public Image Ltd, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, Fever Ray, Devo, Hot Chip, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Mew, Camera Obscura, Gil Scott-Heron, The xx, John Waters, Dillinger Escape Plan, Deer Tick, Gary Numan... Full Coachella 2010 lineup below....

Continue reading "2010 Coachella line up announced (Faith No More, Pavement, Muse, Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, Jay-Z, LCD Soundystem, ???)"

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall.

Little Dragon is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 25th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon).

The Morning Benders are playing Mercury Lounge on April 22nd. Tickets are on sale.

Shearwater are playing Bowery Ballroom on March 27th. Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon)

Tickets are on AmEx presale for the new Hot Chip show at Terminal 5.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Midlake shows at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the new Miike Snow show at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Quasi show at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Kaki King shows at Bowery Ballroom & Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Kings of Convenience are playing 2 NYC shows - both on sale.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Black Lips/Box Elders show at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are on general sale at noon for the gig at Maxwell's.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Lee Fields/Charles Bradley/Menahan Street Band show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Pierced Arrows/Lullaby Arkestra show at Mercury Lounge.

The Hot Rats play Bowery Ballroom on Thursday

Still Life Still continue their Mercury Lounge residency tonight (1/13). Their video for "Pastel", below...

Continue reading "Spoon, Shearwater, Midlake, Little Dragon, Hot Chip, Miike Snow, Kaki King, Quasi, Lee Fields & other tickets "

Greg Dulli's Top Ten of 2009: (via)
1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
3. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions
4. Wussy - Wussy
5. Various Artists - Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura
6. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
7. Handsome Furs - Face Control
8. The Aliens - Luna
9. Dam-Funk - Toeachizown
10. Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon: The End of Day

photos by Matthew Taplinger

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material.

A set of pictures from a Little Dragon show at Le Poisson Rouge are continued below...

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DOWNLOAD: Crystal Fighters - I Love London (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Douster remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: CRYSTAL FIGHTERS - KITSUNE 1 HR RADIO MIX (MP3)

Crystal Fighters looking sexy in the woods

Crystal Fighters - 2009 NYC Tour Dates
Thursday Nov 19 @ Santos Party House
Friday Nov 20 @ Glasslands w/ Tanlines & Lemonade
Saturday Nov 21 @ Le Poisson Rouge w/ Little Dragon & Body Language

Continue reading "Crystal Fighters (their name) are here from the UK/Spain - MP3s, videos, 3 NYC shows, other 2009 tour dates"

photos by Toby Tenenbaum

"Central Park SummerStage is a tradition in New York, one in which music lovers flock to in order to catch a free show from an array of artists. This past weekend Q-Tip took to the stage, after performances by openers Benji B, Little Dragon and Max and D.A. of pop band Chester French and rocked the park at the Giant Step sponsored event.

The 'Renaissance Man' ran through his set with the energy and exuberance he's known for but it was his impromptu dance partner who stole the show.

While fans surely won't forget the SummerStage performances of Tribe classics, including 'Bonita Applebum,' 'Award Tour' and 'Sucka N---a,' it was Diddy's participation on Tip's solo hit 'Vivrant Thing' that made the crowd go wild. Sean "Diddy" Combs took it back to the '90s with the Puff Daddy two-step/shuffle as he danced alongside Tip. Anything and everything can happen in New York!" [The Boombox]

Continue reading "(Diddy joined) Q-Tip, Little Dragon & Chester French @ Central Park Summerstage - pics & video"

Q-Tip @ Highline Ballroom in December (more by Leia Jospe)

Ballantine Books will publish Industry Rules by Q-Tip, world-renowned artist, producer, DJ, and lead MC of hip-hop's legendary A Tribe Called Quest...Q-Tip was inspired to write Industry Rules as he acknowledged upcoming milestones in his personal life and professional career--most notably, 2010 marks the twentieth anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest's first album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive Records, 1990). The main idea for the book grew from a verse Q-Tip penned a year later, in the group's critically acclaimed 1991 release The Low End Theory. In the song "Check the Rhime," he raps, "Industry rule number 4080: record company people are shady." The book will expand on the 4080th rule and include more of Q-Tip's thoughts on the entertainment business, fashion, love, and morality.

Little Dragon will also be at the The Freedom Party NYC at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Friday (tonight). Tickets are on sale.

Q-Tip album art, tracklist, book info, and Little Dragon tour dates, below...

Continue reading "Q-Tip - an album, a book (Industry Rules) & a Summerstage show Saturday (w/ Little Dragon who is @ LPR tonight)"

Three years after their triumphant show at the Prospect Park Bandshell, TV on the Radio will return to the same Brooklyn stage, but this time it will cost money. As you may have noticed in the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn schedule, the show takes place on August 11th. That's a little over a month after the band play their sold out show at Central Park Summerstage with Dirty Projectors. Brooklyn ticket and opener info TBA. All dates below...

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Gang Gang Dance @ the Studio (more by Gabi Porter)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Jim Gaffigan @ Town Hall
* Dr. Lonnie Smith @ Iridium
* Slick Rick @ Highline Ballroom
* Harry Connick Jr. @ City Center
* Little Dragon @ (le) poisson rouge
* Mr. Brownstone & Satanicide @ Irving Plaza
* Phosphorescent & Virgin Forest @ Bell House
* El Ten Eleven & Abigail Warchild @ 92yTribeca
* Gang Gang Dance, Marnie Stern & Zs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Amazing Baby, Suckers, Tigercity & Kristina Lieberson @ Mercury Lounge

Rakim's show at Southpaw tonight was cancelled, but he is playing Knitting Factory on December 19th.

Chicks on Speed's show at Highline Ballroom tonight was cancelled, but they are DJing at Le Royale on Saturday.

Little Dragon share a country, a record label, and band members with Jose Gonzalez. They're currently on a tour of the United States that includes a show at Le Poisson Rouge tonight.

Jimi Hendrix's birthday was yesterday. He was born in 1942. He died September 18, 1970 at age 27. BB King's is having a tribute tonight.

Happy Buy Nothing Day. Dance Your Debt Away at Union Square at 3pm.

Some videos for Black Friday below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday? (Black Friday / Buy Nothing Day)"