by Bill Pearis

Leeds indie rock outfit Sky Larkin are gearing up to release their third album later this year. It's been almost three years since the group dropped the terrific Kaleide and since then the band have gone through some line-up changes. Bassist Doug Adams left the group for non-rock life pursuits. In regrouping, the onetime trio are now a four-piece with new members Nile Marr and Sam Pryor augmenting singer/guitarist Katie Harkin (who spent time as a touring member of Wild Beasts) and drummer Nestor Matthews. The new, as yet untitled album, was produced in Seattle by longtime collaboratore John Goodmanson. No release date for the record yet but you can stream the first single, "Motto," below.

The band are currently road testing new LP material across the UK with Dutch Uncles and later Marnie Stern. No North American shows lined up yet, but all dates are listed below.

Continue reading "Sky Larkin ready new LP (stream a track)"

Marnie Stern @ BVSXSW 2013 (more by Kevin Figueroa )

Marnie Stern is currently wrapping up her North American tour that hit SXSW and NYC and all points in-between. She'll then head to Europe and, upon her return, with barely a couple days to get over jetlag she'll play the Village Voice 4Knots fest here in NYC on June 29 with Kurt Vile, The Men, Parquet Courts and more. She's then got NC fest Hopscotch in September and hopefully some time to chill in between. Updated tour dates are listed below.

Marnie's trek to SXSW -- including her appearance at one of our BV day parties -- is chronicled in the next episode of MTV Hive's online music video show Weird Vibes which they've titled "I Am Marnie Stern." Marnie is also in correspondent mode (talking to Mac DeMarco, Cole from DIIV, and more) and does a great job of it too. The episode premieres on Monday (5/6) but we've got the trailer for it premiering in this post. Watch it below.

Continue reading "watch trailer for Marnie Stern's 'Weird Vibes' documentary ++ updated tour dates"

One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin' (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others. Three-day wristbands are on sale now with individual day tickets going on sale in June. Full lineup is below.

Continue reading "Hopscotch announces 2013 lineup (Big Boi, Sleep, Spiritualized, Kurt Vile, Wolf Eyes, John Cale, more)"

Kurt Vile at Coachella, 4/14/2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)

We already knew that The Men would be playing this year's 4 Knots Music Festival, but the Village Voice have just announced a few more acts: Kurt Vile, Parquet Courts, and Marnie Stern. With two stages and seven hours for each, there are lots more bands still be be announced. Village Voice's 4Knots Music Festival goes down June 29 at South Street Seaport from 1 - 8 PM. It's free and all-ages. Flyer is below.

Continue reading "Kurt Vile, Parquet Courts and Marnie Stern added to 4Knots Fest 2013 line-up"

photos by Kevin Figueroa

Marnie Stern @ BVSXSW 3/13/2013

Marnie Stern just released the video for "Immortals" from her new album, The Chronicles of Marnia. The clip features some woodland faery types who may or may not be immortal. There's also crowdsurfing and slow-motion destruction of feather pillows (a music video staple). You can watch it below.

As you may know, Marnie played the first of our four SXSW day parties a couple weeks ago and we've got another set of photos from her hammered-on performance below. You can see her here in NYC at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 11 with Talk Normal and Speedy Ortiz opening. Tickets for that show are still available. That's the start of her upcoming tour and all dates are listed below.

Continue reading "Marnie Stern made a video for "Immortals" ++ more pics from her BV SXSW day party set"

photos by Sarah Frankie Linder, words by Andrew Sacher

Delorean / Savages

We kicked off our free BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties yesterday (3/13) in Austin at the Main & The Jr (aka the old Emo's location, aka 603 Red River St) with sets from Delorean, Robyn Hitchock, Savages, Camper Van Beethoven, Caveman, Braids, Maserati, Caitlin Rose, Anamanaguchi, Indians, Marnie Stern, Team Spirit, Torres, and Deep Sea Diver. Pictures from the party are in this post, and more are on the way soon.

The biggest surprise for me personally was Torres (aka Mackenzie Scott), whose self titled debut is great, but she really takes it to another level live. Her band is super tight, loud, and confident (her guitarist has some rock star moves) and Mackenzie has some serious pipes that she doesn't even fully reveal on the album. It was a much heavier show than I expected, and if you can catch her at one of her other upcoming SXSW shows, highly recommended.

Torres was followed by other great sets on the outdoor stage (Glasslands Stage), like the noisy math rock of Marnie Stern (who played a lot of her great new album), the danceable video game punk of Anamanaguchi, and a set from post-rockers Maserati, who along with Caveman, cooled things down for a bit. But that cooling down didn't last long, because once Savages took the stage, they were possibly even more intense than CMJ. They played some new stuff that they didn't have back then, and once that album finally drops, I've got pretty high hopes for it. Finally, Delorean wrapped up the outdoor stage with a dancey set. It was nice to end the day with some familiar tunes like "Real Love." Then Maserati came out and joined Delorean for a cover over Gary Numan's "Cars." Not really.

Meanwhile, indoors Deep Sea Diver kicked things off around the same time as Torres outside and they were followed by the fun-rock of Team Spirit, Copenhagen's Indians (who were a 3-piece and were better that way than when I saw him solo), a rousing country set from Caitlin Rose, the new electronic sound of Braids (which we also heard at CMJ), and the show ended with sets from two musical veterans: Camper Van Beethoven and Robyn Hitchcock. Robyn was great and he is especially funny on stage with his in-between song banter. He referred to the overheard sounds of Delorean from the other room as the sounds of devils, and "if they had been heard 200 years earlier, marches of men would have been sent to destroy these fiends," (or something like that).

In addition to the music, Onkyo was there, sampling their new headphones which hit stores next month. mophie, maker of invaluable iPhone chargers, were giving away discount cards good at their pop-up shop which was set up right across the street on Red River. We were also serving complimentary Jameson, and Zico coconut water, and free vegan queso and chips from Food For Lovers. We also had BrooklynVegan t-shirts for the first 50 people in the door, thanks to American Apparel. Also thanks to our other sponsors, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, Creative Recreation, Signazon, WILLCALL, Mirrored Media, and Redigi.

Our day parties continue today (3/14) with sets from Cloud Nothings, Parenthetical Girls, Death, METZ, Milk Music, Beach Fossils, Widowspeak, and more.

More pictures from yesterday's party below...

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan SXSW Wednesday day party in pics (Savages, Robyn Hitchcock, Delorean, Camper Van Beethoven & more)"

follow @BVSXSW on Twitter. here's another BVSXSW lineup announcement...

As you know, BrooklynVegan is returning to Austin for SXSW this year and throwing four days of day parties at The Main & The Jr aka 603 Red River Street at the corner of 6th aka the old Emo's location. Those happen Wed (3/13), Thurs, Fri and Saturday (3/16). All shows are 100% FREE with RSVP.

We announced the Saturday lineup, and then the Friday lineup, followed by the Thursday lineup, and finally, here is the fourth and final one: the WEDNESDAY LINEUP...

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan free SXSW 2013 Wednesday day party lineup (Robyn Hitchcock, Delorean, Savages, Camper Van Beethoven, Caveman, Marnie Stern, Anamanaguchi & more)"

by Andrew Sacher

Talk Normal at Maxwell's last week (more by PSquared Photography)

As mentioned, Marnie Stern is going on a tour this year which hits NYC on April 11 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Though many shows on that tour are with Roomrunner, they won't be in NYC until two days later to open for Pissed Jeans, but the openers for Marnie's MHOW show have just been announced, and they're pretty great too. The show will be supported by Talk Normal (who are currently on tour with Chelsea Light Moving) and Speedy Ortiz. Tickets for the show are still available. Marnie's tour also hits Austin for SXSW, where she plays a BrooklynVegan day party on Wednesday (3/13).

The tour is in support of Marnie's upcoming album, The Chronicles of Marnia. That album's not due out until March 19 via Kill Rock Stars but you can now hear the whole thing ahead of its release on NPR. Like the early singles have hinted, it's less spastic than her previous work, but the songs are strong on their own, noodling or not.

Meanwhile, you can catch Speedy Ortiz in NYC even sooner when they play Big Snow Buffalo Lodge on March 29 with Schwervon!, The Due Diligence, and Thomas Patrick Macguire; and another show a day later (3/30) as part of Aputumpu Festival at Loft 594 (594 Bushwick Ave) with Eula, Life Size Maps, and more. They also have another NYC show happening on April 27 at Shea Stadium.

All dates for all three bands are listed below...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern streaming new album; Talk Normal and Speedy Ortiz opening her NYC show (and playing other dates)"

Tame Impala @ MHOW, Aug. 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Jonathan Richman, Feb. 2010 (more by Andrew Friscano)

today in NYC
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* BEASTMASTERS @ UCB East
* Alex Skolnick Trio @ The Stone
* Tegan & Sara @ Beacon Theater
* Oh Land @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Alec Spiegelman Quartert @ Barbes
* Jonathan Richman @ The Bell House
* Tame Impala, The Growl @ Terminal 5
* Gasoline Silver, Forts @ Cameo Gallery
* Melissa Ferrick, Will Dailey @ City Winery
* New Atlantic Youth, Bueno, Baked @ Big Snow
* Black Onassis, Junior Prom @ Mercury Lounge
* Gojira, Devin Townsend, Atlas Moth @ Irving Plaza
* Les Bicyclettes Blanche, Flesh @ The Grand Victory
* inc., Zomby, Kelela, Total Freedom @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Doubting Thomas, Cruise Control, Jet W. Lee @ Cake Shop
* The Mary Onettes (solo), Ski Lodge, Vox Pop @ Glasslands
* Various Cruelties, The Can't Tells, The Wives @ Webster Hall
* The Jukebox, Christian Finnegan, Lizz Winstead @ Union Hall
* Xenia Sky, Bethel Steele, Deering & Down @ The Living Room
* Jim James, Dean Wareham @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Baby Copperhead, Lullabies for Falling Empires @ Mercury Lounge
* Nico Vega, Eytan & The Embassy, Spirit Animal @ Santos Party House
* Jason Sanford (of Neptune), Patrick Higgins (of Zs) @ Public Assembly
* Hunters, Heliotropes, Sky Picnic, Justin Dean Thomas @ Bowery Electric
* Kenny Roby, Charlotte Cornfield, The Dream Show @ Pete's Candy Store
* Harry & the Potters, Uncle Mosterface, Call Me Ishmael @ Death By Audio
* Dan Friel, Yvette, Guardian Alien, Tyondai Braxton (DJ Set) @ The Knitting Factory
* Teletextile, Salt Cathedral, Baby Alpaca, Doris Cellar (of Freelance Whales) @ Pianos
* Fred Armisen, Michael Lerner (Telekinesis), Marnie SternHeather Lawless @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Moon w/ Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Agostino, Damien Lemon, Tammy Hart, Iron Curtain @ Union Pool

It's an exceptionally busy Tuesday for shows here in NYC. Go see some music!

Marnie Stern, who will soon have a new album out, was just added to tonight's Fred Armisen extravaganza at Bowery Ballroom.

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Tame Impala, who play tonight at Terminal 5, made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, performing "Elephant." watch that below.

Sure the Unwound reissues are sexy and exciting, but Justin Trosper and Brandt Sandeno have another project up their sleeve as well. Enter Survival Knife, who will release a debut 7" via Sub Pop on March 5. Check out the b-side from that single, "Name That Tune," below.

Continue reading "What's going on Tuesday?"

Marnie Stern at Santos in 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair)

Looks like it's unofficial math rock day on BrooklynVegan. After we just posted that Tera Melos and TTNG are touring together, Marnie Stern (who's also toured with Tera Melos) announced a tour too. Hers is in support of her new album, The Chronicles of Marnia, which is due out on March 19 via Kill Rock Stars. The tour hits NYC on April 11 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets for that show are not on sale yet but check ticketmaster for updates. The tour also includes a Chicago date, which BrooklynVegan Chicago is presenting. Many of the shows are with Roomrunner, but no opener has been announced for the NYC show yet. All tour dates (via Pitchfork) are listed below.

Marnie also just revealed a third track off of The Chronicles of Marnia called "Nothing is Easy." It starts off with Marnie's trademark math-rock-meets-Van-Halen tapping, but quickly turns into a subtler art rocker. You can stream that song below, and revisit the two previously revealed cuts, "Year of the Glad" and "East Side Glory," HERE.

Continue reading "Marnie Stern announces tour, has a new song (dates, stream)"

by Andrew Sacher

Marnie Stern at Santos in 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair)

The February 2013 taping of the "Beginnings" podcast at UCB East (2/5) is set to feature a pretty stellar lineup with musicians Andrew W.K. and Marnie Stern, comedians Opus Moreschi (The Colbert Report) and Chris Gethard, and "special unnameable guest." $5 reservations are available now.

Besides "Beginnings," Andrew WK has his Superbowl halftime show at Santos and Skate and Surf.

As for Marnie Stern, she doesn't have too many dates coming up, but she will release her new album, The Chronicles of Marnia, on March 19 via Kill Rock Stars. The album is her first without drum maniac Zach Hill (who is now occupying his time in Death Grips) and was instead recorded with Kid Millions of Oneida behind the kit. Two of the tracks, "Year of the Glad" and "East Side Glory," have been revealed from the album, and while they don't sound as mathy and all over the place as her previous material, they're just as characteristically weird in their own way. You can listen to both, check out the album art and tracklist, and see a list of upcoming shows below.

Continue reading "Marnie Stern releasing new LP, appearing at UCB East w/ Andrew WK, Chris Gethard & more (dates, streams)"

Obama hugs Bruce Springsteen (pre-election night)

A selection of tweets reacting to Obama's big win last night....

":)" - Grizzly Bear

"YES" - Amanda Palmer

"yeah!!!!" - Laurel Halo

"FUCK YES" - HEALTH

"fuck yeah." - Colin Meloy

"FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!! #OBAMA" - King Tuff

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Continue reading "Artists react to Obama's win"

Marnie Stern at Santos Party House (more by Andrew St. Clair)

Marnie Stern and No Joy, who coincidentally shared a bill at one of the BrooklynVegan day parties during CMJ, are heading out on a North American tour together in September. The dates haven't been announced yet but a few of them have been revealed, including September 29 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets for the NYC show are on sale now.

Marnie and No Joy both have some other upcoming dates this summer too. Though they won't be at the same show, they'll both be in Chicago on July 8, when Marnie Stern hosts a guitar clinic before she opens for the Flaming Lips at Aragon Ballroom. No Joy play the Empty Bottle that night.

Speaking of the Flaming Lips, they played multiple shows last weekend in Atlantic City

"On June 23rd and 24th The Flaming Lips played in Atlantic City - including on the latter night their new arrangement of The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety with highlights from The Wizard of Oz. The next day they were scheduled to travel seven hours northwest to play in Rochester, New York. That show however - a late addition to The Flaming Lips Peace and Punk Rock Summer Tour - was postponed. Its promoters needed more time, so Wayne flew to his home state Oklahoma - where he is shooting a role in a new movie with Melanie Griffith." [psych explorations]

All tour dates and some other videos too, below...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern going on tour w/ No Joy, opening for the Flaming Lips (who played 'Dark Side' in AC, didn't play Rochester)"

photos by Andrew St. Clair

"it is only basic human decency that is keeping me from bum rushing the stage and hugging marnie stern." - Lindsay Hood

"Marnie Stern at Santos Party House. Holy Holy Holy Shit." - mattroiberger

DOWNLOAD: Marnie Stern - Transformer (MP3)
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The Marnie Stern & Tera Melos train hit Santos Party House in NYC last night (3/4). After the show Marnie and friends headed to Chinatown for some karaoke at Winnie's. More pictures from the party and the afterparty, below...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern on tour w/ Tera Melos, played Santos Party House (and then karaoke) -- pics"

Marnie Stern at the BV Day Party @ Public Assembly (more by Andrew St. Clair)

"With the advent of punk, epic, virtuosic music was seen as both formally pompous and politically élitist. But instrumental prowess is no more or less primal than a three-chord crunch. Stern and her inspirations, like the drums-and-guitar cascade of the nineties indie-rock band Don Caballero, have rescued the exuberant excess of progressive rock by filtering it through punk's dissonance and speed. It was an elegant leapfrog--now bands like King Crimson are more relevant and widely referenced (by musicians as unlikely as Kanye West, who sampled Crimson on "Power") than formerly dominant post-punk figures such as Elvis Costello and Paul Weller." [Sasha Frere-Jones]

Tera Melos are prepping a new six-song EP, Zoo Weather, due via Sargent House in February. The cassette/digital release will feature a three new songs alongside three remixes, including a remix from Japanese noise greats Melt Banana.

Marnie Stern released her self-titled LP in 2010 and celebrated with a show at Rock Shop, She called Tera Melos's Patagonian Rats her favorite LP of last year. Stream it below and decide for yourself, and check out all other tour dates while you're at it...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern & Tera Melos -- 2011 Tour Dates"

most photos by Andrew St. Clair, Jamie Lidell photos by Leia Jospe
videos by Bleary Eyed Brooklyn

Jamie Lidell / Marnie Stern

"As a sucker for daytime events, I headed to Williamsburg's Public Assembly around noon for a show curated by BrooklynVegan. First up (and by "first", I mean, "the first artist I woke up in time to see") was Ted Leo. Performing skeletal, solo versions of his Pharmacists material, Ted more than compensated for the sparse arrangements with furious strumming and hilarious banter. It was nice to see an older, established artist opening a free show designed to showcase rising stars; it sort of set the tone for the rest of the day. His hit-heavy set spanned the full-duration of career, touching on high-water marks like "The High Party" and "Bottled in Cork", and closing with a cover of Euro-dance phenom Robyn's "With Every Heartbeat". This was a perfect set to open the day, and my only recommendation is that the next synth jam he covers be "Chewing Gum", by Annie...

...Closing the show, metal prodigy Marnie Stern dominated stage two, directly opposite neo-funkster Jamie Lidell headlining the main room. While she reveled in the loose atmosphere, dropping hilariously lewd stage banter and slamming PBR's, Lidell tried a throwback set reflecting his early, robotic Warp Records catalog." [MTV Music Blog]

Hopefully you got there early on Saturday to catch Morning Teleportation who went on when we opened the doors around noon. If so, you may have also grabbed one of the free EarPeace earplugs we gave out, and grabbed a free V-Spot empanada. Hopefully you also had your fill of the free Firefly Vodka + Bourbon and Magic Hat beer we were giving out, snacked on free Raw Revolution bars, bought a free t-shirt or poster for charity (email if you still want one - we have more left). If you weren't there, maybe you caught the live stream (if we can ever make it available for podcast, I will let you know).

Thanks to Line 6 and Vinny's Music for providing gear. Thanks to Vinnie's Pizza for helping feed our bands!

Speaking of the bands, hopefully Titus Andronicus's short set didn't bum you out. And if it did, hopefully Big Freedia cheered you right back up.

Like for the Friday party, there are two sets of pictures for this one. The second one is on its way. The first one, along with a bunch of videos, continues below...

Continue reading "BV Saturday day party in pics & video - part 1 (Marnie Stern, Dominique Young Unique, Heavy Cream, No Joy & more)"

by Andrew Sacher

CMJ (pic by thewildhoneypie)

The 2010 CMJ Music Marathon took place in NYC from Tuesday, 10/19 through Saturday, 10/23. Here's what I did, broken down by day...

Tuesday

I started day one of CMJ, my first-ever CMJ, at the 'Future of the Music Business, Really?' panel. It was really interesting and I learned a lot. The panelists discussed potential ways to keep the industry of recorded music alive, and from what I gathered, most of them agreed that if there was some way to pay a fee for unlimited music downloading, it would probably result in the most positive reception.

From there I hit the 'American Hardcore and the Rise of Modern Rock' panel. This was probably the most interesting panel I went to all week. It was moderated by American Hardcore: A Tribal History author Steven Blush and the panelists talked about how so many aspects of modern rock really are directly influenced from the early '80s hardcore scene, especially regarding the relevance of indie record labels, street teams, and samplers.

They also discussed how the American hardcore movement really is an art movement, not just a style of music. Among the panelists were Vic Bondi from Articles of Faith and Jack Rabid from the magazine, The Big Takeover. It was great to hear things about the movement from people who had really been there when it was prevalent. The event was one of many recent promotional appearances for Steven Blush. You can catch him again in NYC at The Strand at 7pm on 12/15.

Then I made my way over to the Ground Control showcase at Irving Plaza which was headlined by Jenny and Johnny (who I couldn't stay for). I really enjoyed Times New Viking - my first time seeing them. The drummer has the band move from one song to the next so quickly. I also enjoyed Wild Nothing's set a lot, especially now that I knew their album. I had actually seen them over the summer open for The Morning Benders but wasn't really familiar with them at the time.

continued below...

Continue reading "a college student @ CMJ (a College Music Jounal journal)"

photos by Chris La Putt

""Nobody's been in my vagina for sooo long!" If you haven't been made aware of Marnie Stern's monotone hollers and fiercely angular guitarwork by now, then maybe you've just been purposely ignoring her. Again in the Cake Shop's sweaty, packed, and miserable basement Stern and her two bandmates gave the supportive crowd her thing just so - blast beats and rapid-fire guitar taps meet in perpendicular, with plenty of raunchy between-song banter from the infamously dirty-mouthed and adorable Stern." [City Pages]

Continue reading "Marnie Stern, Baths & more Terrorbird party pics, more Dale"

For those keeping count, BrooklynVegan will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg Thursday night, Public Assembly on Friday day, and Sunday night at Union Pool. Add to that list (as previously mentioned): Saturday day at Public Assembly. And for this one we teamed up with Converse to bring you the following stellar 100% FREE SHOW....

The date: Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
The time: noon-6pm
The place: Public Assembly (70 North 6th St)
the bands:

STAGE 1
12:00 Morning Teleportation
01:00 Ted Leo (solo)
01:45 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
02:30 Wild Nothing
03:15 Titus Andronicus
04:15 Big Freedia
05:00 Jamie Lidell
DJ sets by SUNCELEb

STAGE 2
12:15 Evan Voytas
01:00 S. Carey
01:45 The Crayon Fields
02:30 Heavy Cream
03:15 Dominique Young Unique
04:00 No Joy
04:45 Reggie Watts
05:05 Marnie Stern

* free EarPeace (while supplies last)
* free V-Spot breakfast burritos & empanadas (while supplies last)
* free Firefly Vodka + Bourbon (while supplies last)
* free Magic Hat beer (while supplies last)
* free Raw Revolution bars

Can't make it? We'll be streaming select sets live on Converse Radio. Tune in.

Converse is doing a lot lately to help support music, and has especially hooked up Brooklyn. You might have heard about this:

"Converse announced details for an unprecedented initiative that directly supports artistic creativity and the music community in a unique way through the opening of a new, state-of-the-art recording studio in Brooklyn, NY later this year. Converse Rubber Tracks will provide emerging artists with the incredible opportunity to record music in a high-quality studio alongside a team of experienced local engineers at no cost. Converse Rubber Tracks will provide a platform for new musicians and directly help them overcome one of the biggest hurdles in their career-affording studio time."

Stay tuned to @bvCMJ for even more CMJ news and updates than you'll find on BrooklynVegan.com.

Oh, and if you oversleep, you can also catch Ted Leo later that day at the WFMU Record Fair or in December at Terminal 5 with the New Pornographers.

Thanks to: Zach Jaeger of Tonally Dude Productions for the sweet flyer you see above, and to Vinny's Music for providing us with some sweet gear, and to Underground Press (who have their own day party on Thursday) for getting us some merch printed to help raise money for charity including screenprinted versions of the above poster that we'll have available at the show.

Some videos below...

Continue reading "free BrooklynVegan & Converse Saturday day party @ Public Assembly -- lineup (15 bands, free drinks, food & more)"

Matthew Dear @ MHOW in 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen)

As mentioned, Pitchfork will be hosting three days of shows at Brooklyn Bowl during, but-it-looks-like/probably completely unaffiliated with, CMJ this year (Thursday/Friday/Saturday CMJ week). "Brooklyn Bowl is located at 61 Wythe Avenue between N. 11th and N. 12th streets. The festival starts at 2 p.m. each day, with doors opening at 1 p.m. Tickets are $10, both in advance and day of the show." They're calling it the #OFFLINE Festival.

Based on the lineups and start time, it looks like each #OFFLINE day will be about a 12 hour show. No set times yet though, but the full lineups and ticket links are below...

Matthew Dear is one of the biggest names on the list (he plays Saturday), and it will be one of three CMJ week shows for Matthew. His first is Friday night at Webster Hall with Jamaica and Dominique Young Unique. His third is later on Saturday at Public Assembly for the FIXED/Making Time Party with Matthew Dear, Crocodiles, Holy Ghost!, Javelin, Gold Panda, Jamaica, and Kisses.

The FIXED/Making Time party starts after the BrooklynVegan party which is also happening at Public Assembly that same day. Just to be clear:

SATURDAY OCTOBER 23RD
* BrooklynVegan @ Public Assembly 12-6pm (free - more details TBA)
* FIXED/Making Time @ Public Assembly 9pm-late (tickets)
* Pitchfork @ Brooklyn Bowl 2pm-late (tickets)
* BrooklynVegan metal @ Union Pool 7pm-late ($5.00 or CMJ badge at the door)

We (BrooklynVegan) will also be at Public Assembly all day on Friday, October 22nd (details TBA), and at Music Hall of Williamsburg on the Thursday night.

All Matthew Dear tour dates (many of which we previously posted including a November show at MHoW), and the Pitchfork #OFFLINE Fest info, below...

Continue reading "Pitchfork announces #OFFLINE not-CMJ parties, Matthew Dear also playing Making Time & Girls & Boys parties (lineups) "

Marnie Stern @ the Rock Shop on 10/5 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Marnie Stern @ CMJ 2010
Oct 20 2010 6:00P - CMJ Terrorbird @ Cake Shop
Oct 20 2010 11:00P - CMJ Stereogum/PopGun @ Santos Party House
Oct 21 2010 10:30P - CMJ Kanine Records @ The Pyramids
Oct 22 2010 3:30P - CMJ Redeye/Village Voice @ Bowery Electric
Oct 22 2010 5:30P - CMJ Pitchfork @ Brooklyn Bowl
Oct 23 2010 12:00A - CMJ NME @ The Delancey
Oct 23 2010 ?:00P - CMJ Brooklyn Vegan @ PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

(Pitchfork will apparently be at Brooklyn Bowl for Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

(I'll be at Public Assembly, both stages, all day Friday and Saturday)
(and at Music Hall of Williamsburg Thursday night)
(and at Union Pool Saturday night)

(save the dates!)

PREVIOUSLY: Marnie Stern played the Rock Shop w/ Little Scream & the Forms (pics, setlist), playing CMJ & touring (dates)

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Marnie Stern shredding

"[A the Rock Shop, Marnie Stern] told us she's started a new blog called the Vagina Monoblog, which, jesus, she really has. She instigated a drinking game, even, where each time she mentioned her or your or anyone else's lady-part, it was bottoms up for everyone. "No wonder you like her so much," I heard one woman say to her very much in-the-bag male companion.

But of course there are many reasons to like her so much, not the least of which is the very good self-titled album she released yesterday. It's a sprawling, noisy affair that's immediately mesmerizing for its displays of technical proficiency, but it grows more and more likable with each listen, too, as you realize it's the first time her vocal melodies actually qualify as melodies. It adds an element of playfulness to an album that's otherwise just relentlessly pummeling." [L Mag]

During CMJ, Marnie will play at least two NYC shows. Marnie is also on the bill of the just-mentioned Stereogum/PopGun show happening at Santos on 10/20, and Marnie is playing a TBA BrooklynVegan party too. Stay tuned for more details.

Little Scream has more shows coming up too including one at Bowery Ballroom.

All Marnie Stern tour dates, with more pictures from the Rock Shop, including the Marnie Stern setlist, below...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern played the Rock Shop w/ Little Scream & the Forms (pics, setlist), playing CMJ & touring (dates) "

Boys Noize @ Terminal 5 in April (more by Zachary Alex Stern)

today in NYC
* Gina Leishman @ Barbes
* Kermit Driscoll @ The Stone
* Thomas Morgan @ The Stone
* Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard
* Mose Allison Trio @ Jazz Standard
* La Pompe Manouche @ Zebulon
* Black Francis (solo acoustic) @ Joe's Pub
* Stone Temple Pilots @ PNC Bank Arts Center
* Lord Warddd (DJ Set), Marnie Stern (DJ set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Florida, Far-Out Fangtooth, The Spooks, Behavior @ Cake Shop
* Ralph White, Susan Alcorn, Meg Baird, Pure Horsehair @ Zebulon
* Doppleganger, Des Roar, The Mission Creeps, Dead Sparrows @ Pianos
* The Suzan, Madeline, Miwa Gemini, Don McCloskey @ Bruar Falls
* Cloud Nothings, Psychobuildings, Slow Animal, La Big Vic @ Glasslands
* The JeanMarie, Apollo Heights, Afuche, Ex Norwegian @ Mercury Lounge
* DJ Evil Dee, Mr. Wait, The X-Factor Boogie Blind, New Beatminerz @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Electric Zoo Festival w/ Armin Van Buuren, Bassnectar, Moby (DJ set), Boys Noize, A-Trak, Aeroplane, Diplo, JDH & Dave P & much more @ Randall's Island
* ATP NY @ Kutschers w/ Sunn O))) & Boris (Altar), The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Raekwon, Girls, Fucked Up, Dungen, Wooden Shjips, The Black Angels, Vivian Girls, White Hills

today is ATP NY Day Three. LISTEN ON WFMU.

today is Electric Zoo Day Two.

today is the third day in row that Black Francis is playing Joe's Pub.

Marnie Stern is DJing Brooklyn Bowl tonight, and performing live at the Rock Shop in October.

Monday is Labor Day. There isn't much going on that day, though there are four NYC shows featuring artists that played ATP over the weekend.

What else?

DOWNLOAD: Marnie Stern - "For Ash"

Marnie Stern has a new self-titled LP on the way via Kill Rock Stars, and as such the uptown girl will hit the road for a short string of dates. The five day tour hits Portland on October 1st before scooting back east for a string of dates that will conclude at a record release party at The Rock Shop on October 5. Tickets are on sale now.

Marnie's self-titled LP features the recently released "For Ash", which is available for download above. The LP will feature spazz-drummer extraordinaire Zach Hill, as well as Matthew Flegel of Women across it's 10 tracks. Full listing and tour dates are below...

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Marnie Stern will be one of the bowlers (but not one of the performers) at a Stereogum "Gumbowl" charity event tonight at Brooklyn Bowl. You can't watch her bowl yet, but you can go to the concert afterwards (that she is not playing)....

"While the doors have to be closed during the tournament in order to film it all for charitable posterity -- and be sure we'll present you with the footage -- we're celebrating afterward by throwing open the gates for a FREE CONCERT, headlined by Woods, and featuring an opening set from the 'Gum-beloved rising sextet Effi Briest, DJ magic from Ms. St. Vincent Annie Clark, and loitering by our celebrity bowlers, who may or may not still be wearing the sweet-ass bowling jerseys we're throwing on them. We want you there (if you're 21 or older (sorry, kids!))." - Stereogum

Other charity bowlers include The Blow (who has a show coming up at Joe's Pub), Nick Islands Thorburn Diamonds (who has 3 NYC shows coming up), Alan Neon Indian Palomo (who has multiple NYC shows coming), and Tim Les Savy Fav Harrington (who has a scheduled Brooklyn show too). The full list of bowlers is also below.

If you want to catch Marnie Stern play live, her next show will be at Glasslands on Friday, June 18th along with White Hinterland, Anni Rossi, Translations and True Womanhood. It's not free, but you get a discount if you RSVP to that here.

Anni Rossi will also be playing Pianos the night before (6/17).

More info on the Gumbowl and flyers are below...

Continue reading "Marnie Stern bowls tonight (before the free Woods show), plays in June w/ Anni Rossi who has 2 upcoming shows"