Elvis Perkins @ SXSW (Austinist party @ the Mohawk) (by Chad Wadsworth)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Leela James @ SOB's
* Peggy Sue @ Sidewalk Cafe
* Bloc Party, Longwave @ Terminal 5
* Camera Obscura @ Mercury Lounge
* Micachu & The Shapes, The Grates @ Pianos
* Morrissey, The Courteeners @ Webster Hall
* Elvis Perkins in Dearland @ Bowery Ballroom
* Pronto (w/ Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco), Shortstack @ Maxwell's
* Human Highway, The Magic, Cotton Jones @ (le) poisson rouge
* USAISAMONSTER, Uke of Spaces, Weirding Module, more @ Death By Audio
* Janeane Garofalo, Mike Birbiglia, Wyatt Cenac, Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel @ UCB

I hear Mike Birbiglia will also be appearing at 92YTribeca tomorrow.

Tortoise shows coming up.

Powersolo played Santos Party House before SXSW. Video from that show below...

What else?

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by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: 18th Dye - Soft the Hard Way (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Powersolo - Pirates of the Oblivion (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Snake and Jet's Amazing Bullit Band - Ten Cities Beyond (Mp3)

Powersolo

South by Southwest is kind of like other people's dreams. If you're not apart of it, you may not want to hear about it. But at least for those in NYC, we do get some of SXSW's runoff, with many bands from Not America making pit stops here before or after the Austin onslaught. We did a rundown of Australia's offers last week, so in this few-part series I'll highlight some of the more notable bands from the UK and elsewhere in Europe who'll be visiting us over the next three weeks.

We started with Mumford & Sons, Peggy Sue and Jay Jay Pistolet. Let's continue with three bands, who if nothing else, have at least two things in common. They are all signed to Copenhagen indie label Crunchy Frog, and they're all playing that label's showcase at Santos Party House in NYC on March 16th (Jon Spencer is DJing). More info on that show and 18th Dye, Powersolo, and Snake and Jet's Amazing Bullit Band, below...

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