Tickets for the recently added Prince show at MSG go on Internet Presale @ 10am, MSG/Live Nation/Partner Presale Thursday at 10am, and general sale Friday at noon. Password?

Tom Tom Club have scheduled another show, this time at Irving Plaza on January 12th and tickets are on sale.

Tickets for Rush's MSG show are on Citi Cardmember Presale. General sale begins Friday at 10am.

Tickets are on presale for Cake's Terminal 5 show.

Matisyahu just finished playing a bunch of sold out Hanukkah shows at venues much larger than Mercury Lounge where he is billed as part of "An evening with Cloud Runner (Matisyahu & Friends)." It happens January 26th and tickets go on sale at noon.

The Max Weinberg Big Band and" a Special Set By Andy McKee Plus Guests" is happening at Irving Plaza on January 7th. Tickets are now on "Live Nation" and "Music Geeks" Presales. General sale begins Thursday at 10am.

Tickets for the Scott Kelly (Neurosis) / Wino (Saint Vitus) / Man's Gin (Cobalt) show happening at Mecury Lounge go on AmEx presale at noon.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the Broken Records show at Mercury Lounge.

Tickets are on sale for the Drums show at The Studio.

There will be advanced tickets (via Todd P) for the Real Estate / Titus Andronicus show at Ridgewood Masonic Temple.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the Radio Dept show at Webster Hall.

Rush's MSG show is now on Ticketmaster. See above (look closely).

Tickets are now on sale for Henry Rollins shows at Joe's Pub.

Tickets are on sale for the Cold War Kids show at Radio City (if you hadn't noticed!).

Tickets are now on general sale for both Lykke Li shows at Webster Hall.

Punch Brothers are headlining Bowery Ballroom on January 15th. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets to both upcoming Jayhawks shows at Webster Hall are now on sale.

Tickets for the Royksopp show at Webster Hall are on sale.

Tickets are on sale for the Levon Helm show at Wellmont Theater.

by BBG

Rush will hit the road again for the 2011 leg of their "Time Machine Tour" where they'll perform their breakthrough LP Moving Pictures in its entirety. The tour hits Madison Square Garden on 4/10. Full ticket info is still forthcoming, but a fan pre-sale is currently ongoing. The tour's 2010 setlist is below with all dates.

Rush is currently working on their new LP Clockwork Angels for a 2011 release. The LP features "Caravan", which is available at iTunes now along with the "b-side" (is that term relevant in a digital age?) "BU2B".

If you are a fan of Rush, check out their recent documentary Beyond The Lighted Stage which chronicles the band from start to finish. The scene where Alex Lifeson tells his parents that he is quitting High School to become a guitarist is worth the price of admission alone. Pick up a copy.

All dates, the setlist and some videos below...

Continue reading "Rush performing 'Moving Pictures' on 2011 tour (MSG included)"

Tickets are now on AEG presale for the Band of Horses, Grizzly Bear, and Karen Elson show at Williamsburg Waterfront (password = LAREDO).

Washed Out and Small Black have a show coming up at The Bell House which is on sale.

Don't forget that the Crystal Stilts / 1990s show that was supposed to happen last week, was rescheduled for this Friday, 4/30, at the Bell House and combined (or were they always on the old date too?) with The Oranges Band and The Forgery Series. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets are on sale for the June 3rd Nathaniel Rateliff show at Union Hall. The LPR show is still on sale too.

Rush are touring this summer with NYC-area shows at Jones Beach, PNC Bank Arts Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are still on sale for those shows.

Crosby, Stills & Nash, She & Him, The Fab Faux, Al Green, Empire of the Sun, Edward Sharpe, Cake & other tickets recently went on sale.

Faith No More, Silversun Pickups, Ween, Hole, Junip, America, Foreigner, Tears for Fears, Warpaint & other tickets went on sale not too long ago too.

Gainsbourg, Je t'Aime... Moi Non Plus

The Tribeca Film Festival runs this year from April 21st to May 2nd, and the offerings include a number of music flicks, many with in-person Q&A's attached. The schedule includes two new biopics Gainsbourg, Je t'Aime... Moi Non Plus and the life of The Blockheads' Ian Dury Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. There's also Rush:Beyond the Lighted Stage with members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in attendance, and Last Play at Shea, which focuses on the stadium's history as a music venue and includes footage of Shea's last concert, by Billy Joel, who will be at the screening.

Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez directed The Sentimental Engine Slayer which makes its North American premiere at the festival on April 22nd with Omar in attendance. Less than two weeks later Omar headlines a concert at Highline Ballroom. Omar was set to play a NYC show less than two weeks later, but it has been postponed.

Hip Hop related films include Ice Cube's Straight Outta L.A., and White Lines & The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug.

Free programs include Tribeca Drive-In movie series from April 22-24 at the World Financial Center, which will screen Big and other films.

Festival packages are on sale now. For individual films, tickets go on AmEx presale starts today at 11am. Then there's a presale for "downtown" residents only (in person, with proof of zip code below Canal St) on Sunday, April 18th. Finally, tickets go on sale to the public Monday, April 19th at 11am. "Tickets for the Festival will be $16.00 for evening and weekend screenings and $8.00 for daytime weekday and late night screenings. TFF will also offer a selection of screenings that include in-depth panel discussions with filmmakers and talent for $25.00."

Info on the above-mentioned films and more, below...

Continue reading "Tribeca Film Festival 2010 - full schedule, music films, tickets "

Rush are playing a few shows this year.....

Continue reading "Rush - 2008 Tour Dates"

DOWNLOAD: Sloan Wainwright - Silent Night (MP3)

This was maybe going to be a post about how the-band-recently-signed-to-Secretly-Canadian Bodies of Water posted some free Christmas songs for download on their MySpace page, but then this message they posted on the homepage of their regular website seemed even more interesting...

12.21.07 - I can't understand why anyone likes these musical groups and singers:

Wilco
Jeff Buckley
Elvis Costello
The Police
Slint
Rush
Joni Mitchell
Steely Dan
Afghan Whigs

Perhaps you are offended by this. If so, I feel glad. You need to be shaken up. You need to have whatever skewed values you've cultivated over the years CHALLENGED. Listen again to this stuff - you will see that it is junk. (I say all this with the utmost sincerity, but I'm sure that in a year or two 'synchronicity' will be on heavy rotation in my house. This goes for all of these except for Steely Dan. I will never, ever like Steely Dan as long as I live.)

Check out the Bodies of Water take away show @ La Blogoteque (and while you're at it, check out the new Jens Lekman one too).