PREVIOUSLY: BK venue Bodega is closed 'for the foreseeable future

ALSO PREVIOUSLY: Adventure is playing Bodega Sunday

DOWNLOAD: Ariel Pink - L'estat (According To The Widows) (MP3)

Ariel Pink was already an accomplished illustrator when he first gained recognition for what had always been his true passion, music. He had been writing and recording songs since age ten and by seventeen had accumulated hundreds of his own cassette recordings. It was during this time, while working in virtual isolation, that Ariel Pink began to develop a cult following in his hometown of Los Angeles and around the world. In 2004, at the behest of New York's Animal Collective, Pink received his big break and was projected into a much broader arena.

Since then, Pink has been working to assemble a band of musicians to do the near impossible: to recreate the rich sonic universe of his records in a live setting. Finally, he has succeeded in this task; Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is comprised of accomplished music scene veterans including keyboardist Kenny Gilmore (Lilys), bassist Tim Koh (White Magic, Lavender Diamond, Miho Hatori/Cibo Matto, All Night Radio, My Barbarian), drummer Jimi Hey (Beachwood Sparks, All Night Radio, Devendra Banhart, Mark Olson/The Jayhawks, Chris Robinson, Indian Jewelry, The Rapture, Strictly Ballroom), and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (Ethnik Klensr, Young & Natural, The Samps).

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Mixel Pixel @ Cake Shop, NYC - Feb 14, 2008 (Lori Baily)

* Anti-Folk Fest
* learn to protest @ NYU
* Yelle @ Knitting Factory
* De Novo Dahl is at Pianos
* Spice Girls played MSG last night
* Foo Fighters & Against Me! are playing MSG tonight
* Tina Dico and Pagoda are playing The Living Room

Tina Dico is from Denmark and is best known for singing the song "Home" on Zero 7's When it Falls album. Pagoda is Michael Pitt's band, and is signed to Thurston Moore's label.

A video of Okkervil River playing in a black cab below. What else?What else?

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