photos by Chris La Putt

I posted a few pictures yesterday without even realizing that our own Chris La Putt was in attendance on the beach of Coney Island on New Year's Day. His pictures from this year's Polar Bear Swim continue below...

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Coney Island, Jan 1, 2012 (bklynpolar)

Coney Island, Jan 1, 2012 (thegirlsny)

Coney Island, Jan 1, 2012 (bklynpolar)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Little Feat @ City Winery
* New Music Observatory @ The Stone
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Dan Neustadt performs Arcade Fire's "Funeral" @ Knitting Factory
* Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier & Rob Jost @ Living Room, Jim Campilongo Electric trio w/ Stephan Crump & Tony Mason w/ Erik Deutsch @ Living Room
* Xray Eyeballs, Heaven, Sun Ladders, Bloodflowers, Brother Reverend @ Mercury Lounge

Hundreds of people took a swim with the polar bears in Coney Island on New Year's Day. Were you one of them?

What else?

by Black Bubblegum

Pegboy circa 1990s

Pegboy are hitting the east coast with recently reunited left-coast pop-punks face to face and Polar Bear Club in September. The tour includes a pair of NYC dates including Gramercy on 9/17 (here) and Irving Plaza on 9/22 (here). Both shows go on sale 7/9 at 1PM.

Pegboy was founded by ex-Naked Raygun guitarist John Haggerty, and both bands are scheduled to play Riot Fest Chicago in October. Five day passes for Riot Fest are sold out, but individual shows are still available. Naked Raygun are coming to NYC in September.

face to face recently returned from a European tour and played Bamboozle East. Founding member Trever Keith recently twittered that he is working on material for a new Face To Face LP, with the band rehearsing the tunes in July.

All dates below...

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