Live From Daryl's House, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates's TV show, which Sharon Jones has starred on, is hitting the road for some live dates including 4/11 @ Wellmont Theater, 4/14 @ the Borgata, and 4/21 @ Beacon Theatre. All three are with special guests Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Allen Stone. Tickets for the NYC show and for the NJ show go on sale today at noon.

speaking of Beacon Theater, Magnetic Fields tickets also go on sale at noon.

All dates for Daryl and John Oates, and the Wellmont show poster (which points out a chef will be there too), below...

Continue reading "Daryl Hall bringing 'Live From Daryl's House' & Sharon Jones on the road (dates)"

photos by Tamara Porras

"I hope people don't expect a lot because all I do is go out there and be me," [Sharon Jones] says. "The band comes out, they introduce me, I come out, I dance, I sing, I interact with the audience. I love when I can get people up to dance. I dance, I jump around. I don't know. I just be guided. Before I go on that stage every night I have that prayer. Me and my girls say a prayer with me before I walk on, I say that extra prayer. That prayer is: "Give me the right things to say, Lord. The right things to come out of my mouth." And that's what I do." [Syracuse New Times]

Continue reading "Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings completed their 7-NY-show run @ Bowery Ballroom (pics)"

photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings play their last of four NYC shows (seven NY shows total) this evening (12/14). Like last night, they're back at Bowery Ballroom. Their first two shows were at Music Hall of Williamsburg, and one day after those they played the seated Tarrytown Music Hall with the Starlight Girls. Here are some pictures from that one.

Earlier on tour Sharon and band opened some shows for My Morning Jacket who play Madison Square Garden with Band of Horses tonight (12/14).

More pictures from Tarrytown below...

Continue reading "Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings played 3 NYC shows & 1 in Tarrytown (pics)"

Sharon Jones & Naomi Shelton - 12/6/2011 (photo by dianna_2ns)

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens opened for Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings at their first of four NYC shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (12/6). They are the openers again at the last sold out show which is at Bowery Ballroom on 12/14.

Meanwhile you can catch Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens at the Bell House tonight:

Farmers, Shoppers, Cooks and Neighbors unite for a night of revelry December 7, 2011

Join Greenmarket and Harvest Home for an end-of-season party to wring out a soggy year and plant some hope for a strong harvest in 2012. Warm up to winter and dance our regional farmers into the night with music by Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens and Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band at the Bell House on Wednesday, December 7 from 7 - 10 p.m.

Groove to sensational gospel music and soul-rattling Balkan beats, bid on books in our 'Cookbook Library' silent auction, enjoy light hors d'oeuvres prepared with locally grown ingredients and $3 Brooklyn Brewery brews all night. Proceeds will benefit participating Greenmarket and Harvest Home farms that were devastated by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in September. Come shake it with us as we bid good night Irene once and for all.

The Sugarman 3 open for Sharon Jones at Music Hall tonight (12/7). A video of Sharon from last night can be watched below...

Continue reading "Sharon Jones NY run underway, Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens playing Greenmarket event @ Bell House tonight"

Lee Fields @ Summerstage (more by Bryan Kremkau)

While the Budos Band (and special guest TBA) are ringing in the new year in Williamsburg, Dig Deeper will be presenting Lee Fields & the Expressions along with Sugar Pie Desanto over at the Bell House for a soul party closer to Park Slope. Tickets are on sale.

Meanwhile, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will be helping Daptone Records celebrate 10 years with a run of special NY shows that include 2 at Bowery and 2 at Music Hall. The NYC gigs are now all sold out, but in case you were wondering, here's who they have as openers so far:

12/6 @ Music Hall: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
12/7 @ Music Hall: The Sugarman 3
12/13 @ Bowery: The Sugarman 3
12/14 @ Bowery: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens

Those four Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings shows happening in NYC in December (special guest openers TBA) go on sale via Ticketmaster at noon, but there's also still a special presale underway.

Ends up the occasion for the shows is that Daptone Records is celebrating 10 years, and that presale comes with some special merch that marks the occasion....

Join Daptone Records this December to celebrate their 10th anniversary with four very special performances by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, with support from special Daptone guests (to be announced - stay tuned!) in New York City. Choose your tickets and combine them with one of our 3 exclusive 10th Anniversary bundles below for one all-in, fan-only price!

Tickets must be collected from the venue's Will Call window the evening of the show. All merchandise will be shipped on November 1st.

Sharon Jones at Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings have been making booties shake across the continent and will continue to do so through the bulk of the fall, eventually looping back to New York for SEVEN shows, FOUR of which are in NYC. On December 6th and 7th the band will hit Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Then after shows in Tarrytown, Oneonta & Syracuse, they return to the city to play December 13th and 14th at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for all four NYC shows go on AmEx presale at noon on Wed (10/5) with regular sale hitting two days later. All dates are listed below.

Sharon Jones will compete with their West Coast touring partners My Morning Jacket on 12/14 when the Louisville band headlines Madison Square Garden with Band of Horses. Tickets are still available.

The Budos Band and one more band TBA play Music Hall of Williamsburg on New Year's Eve. Charles Bradley plays Bowery Ballroom on 12/3.

All tour dates and some recent live videos, below...

Continue reading "Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings announce 7 NY shows, 4 in NYC (dates)"

The Budos Band in Prospect Park (more by David Andrako)

Lee Fields & The Expressions are headlining a benefit show at Brooklyn Bowl on Monday night (9/26). Tickets can be had for as low as $15 and as much as $100. Proceeds support NYC's non-religious suicide hotline run by Samaritans of NY. Corey Glover (Living Colour), Danielia Cotton, and The Smyrk are also on the bill. It's one of only three upcoming shows right now for Lee. The other two are in Chicago and Michigan and are listed below.

Other upcoming Daptone-related shows include the previously-mentioned Charles Bradley show at Bowery Ballroom in December (tickets), and the not-yet mentioned Budos Band show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on New Year's Eve (with "very special guests to be announced"). Tickets are on sale.

One thing I can assure you is that the MHOW NYE special guest is not Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings who are due to announce another NYC show of their own soon. Meanwhile they have scattered tour dates scheduled, some with My Morning Jacket. All dates for all of them, below...

Continue reading "Lee Fields playing a benefit @ Brooklyn Bowl, Budos Band & special guests playing NYE @ Music Hall (and other dates)"

My Morning Jacket at Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant McAllister)

My Morning Jacket are hitting the road this fall/winter and will return to where they spent New Year's Eve in 2008. After a stint in the EU with The Head & Heart, the fourseome will return for a leg of US dates with varying openers including Delta Spirit and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. They play the final show of the US leg at Madison Square Garden on December 14th with Band of Horses. Tickets for the NYC show go on sale 9/23 at noon. Check out the video tour anouncement, a KCRW live session, and all other tour dates below.

Both My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses have been on the road. Band of Horses hit MusicFestNW last weekend and My Morning Jacket hit Austin City Limits this past one. Band of Horses' prior/side projects have shows coming up too.

Continue reading "My Morning Jacket announces tour, MSG show w/ Band of Horses (2011 dates)"

by BBG

I followed the music and ended up in the middle of the park, surprised that there weren't too many people there- maybe a few hundred? He deserved a few thousand, at least. During his last song there were flashes of lightning illuminating the night sky followed by a torrential downpour at the end of the song. Some ran away, some (including me) ran for a few small tents that were set up for the sound guys and stayed for the encore song (undoubtedly worth it- wet clothes dry but his voice will stay in my mind forever).

Even from a ways away, I could see his bright smile and feel the positive energy shooting out of him. He was wonderful and the kind of singer who's meant to be heard live, in his element there. I feel so lucky that I heard even a few of his songs in person. -[blogonlyknows]

Charles Bradley was fresh off a July 21st appearance on Jay Leno where he helped The Tonight Show's bandleader Rickey Minor pay tribute to Marvin Gaye by performing "What's Going On" with Grace Potter, Sharon Jones, and The Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles. Video from that appearance is also below. Charles' other recent accomplishments include covering Nirvana for SPIN's new Nevermind tribute album.

The show was one of two scheduled for Beans in the past week. He opened for Buck 65 at Bowery Ballroom a few days earlier.

Charles & The Menahan Street Band continue on tour this summer. Their festival-filled schedule includes Osheaga, Outside Lands, Bumbershoot, MusicFestNW, Austin City Limits, and POPPED!, all before they head to Europe.

An updated set of tour dates, video from Leno, and more pictures & video from Fort Greene below...

Continue reading "Charles Bradley played Fort Greene Park w/ Beans (pics), played Leno w/ Grace Potter & Sharon Jones (video)"

photos by Josh Darr

Wilco / Guided By Voices

"Wilco never makes the second record twice, which makes it doubly remarkable that so many of them are tremendous. As formidable as frontman Jeff Tweedy's catalog is, the sonically inventive rock band really stands out on stage -- the place where extreme technical skill meets the chemistry and rousing showmanship of passionate rock veterans. Of course, it helps that the group has the luxury of drawing highlights from seven very different records when it performs. To see Wilco on stage is to hear the best of the best."

And with this post, our 2011 Sasquatch basically concludes. Previous posts contain The Decembersts, Noah and the Whale, Rebecca Gates, Day 3 pictures, Archers of Loaf, Day 2 pictures, and more Day 2 pics with Day 1 too. The rest of the pictures from Day 4, below...

Continue reading "Sasquatch 2011 - the rest of Day 4 in pics (Wilco, Guided by Voices, Sharon Jones, Deerhunter, Chromeo & more)"

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Black Joe Lewis himself brings a classic James Brown howl and a raunchy sense of humor to some great talking blues moments, but what makes these guys much more than just a gimmick are the musical skills that underlie everything they do. They just groove. With another year of shows under their belt, white dude band mates Zach Ernst (guitar) and Bill Stevenson (bass) have ratcheted up their swagger enough to share the stage comfortably with their charismatic frontman.-[Hippies Are Dead]

After a couple weeks off, Black Joe Lewis will reemerge in Mississippi at the tail end of April for a few dates before heading out on tour with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. Those Darlins will still be going strong with their seemingly neverending tour. Both bands will eventually loop back to the NYC-area to play Maxwell's within a day of each other; Those Darlins play Maxwell's on 6/11 (tickets) and Black Joe Lewis hits Maxwell's on 6/12 (tickets). Neither has a NYC show scheduled at that time, but both have plenty of free days right around then (free summer shows TBA?).

Both Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and Those Darlins recently dropped some new material. BJL's new and-Jim-Eno-produced LP, Scandalous, as well as the new Those Darlins LP Screws Get Loose, are out now. All dates and a couple of videos, below...

Continue reading "Black Joe Lewis & Those Darlins still on tour, schedule more shows (including gigs @ Maxwell's a day apart)"

"Art is made up of moments. Moments of inspiration. Power. Emotion. Grace. Passion. These moments collided in Paris in 1911 and changed the path of art and conventional creativity. There will be another spectacular convergence exactly 100 years later.

Philadelphia, April 7, 2011 - May 1, 2011. Introducing the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

Together we will create a city inspired, featuring artistic expression from across our region and around the world. And the world will be invited to join us in a new moment of innovation, collaboration and creativity."

The Philly show is currently scheduled as a one-off for the Portland band who will have finished a European tour eight days earlier and who don't start their tour with Matt & Kim until after Sasquatch at the end of May. That tour ends in Boston on 6/30, one day after they play a sold out show at Terminal 5. One day later, July 1st, the Thermals return to NYC to play their own headlining show at The Bell House. Tickets are on sale now.

Continue reading "The Thermals add Brooklyn show after Matt & Kim tour, playing Philadelphia Int Festival of the Arts w/ Sharon Jones"

Big names and regulars aside, there are a few bands I want to highlight on the just-announced Sasquatch lineup: Wolf Parade ("indefinite hiatus" rumors be damned), The Flaming Lips (performing "The Soft Bulletin"), Death From Above 1979 (now three reunion shows total), Guided By Voices (they're not done yet), and... Archers of Loaf (!). The full lineup of the fest that goes down in Gorge, Washington in May (Memorial Day Weekend), is below...

Continue reading "Sasquatch 2011 lineup announced (Archers of Loaf, Guided By Voices, Wolf Parade, DFA 1979 & "The Soft Bulletin" included)"

"i can't win... Prince apparently at Darby. i'm in BK at Bk Bowl. maceo parker consolation prize? and i turned down Darby... #EPICFAIL" - chinisha

"Can someone explain why #Prince and Maceo Parker were serenading Leighton Meester onstage at MSG tonight? #SoWrongForSoManyReasons" -Miguel Gonzalez

Prince, Maceo & Leighton Meester @ MSG - Jan 18, 2011 (photo by NPG 2011)

Did Prince pull the ultimate con? Maceo (who played with Prince again at Madison Square Garden last night) and Questlove (who was at the Prince show at MSG again last night, tweeting pictures of his co-worker Jimmy Fallon dancing on stage with Prince) were both on the bill of a late-night show at Brooklyn Bowl last night. The Brooklyn Bowl show was set to run later than Prince's MSG show and rumors spread that Prince would play the Brooklyn Bowl show too (the bill even said "very special guests"). Prince is known for playing late-night shows after his main shows. The rumor not only made sense, it worked. Brooklyn Bowl was packed with Prince fans still waiting after 1am for the purple one to appear on stage.

Apparently it even said "Maybe Prince?" on Maceo's setlist. Maybe Maceo didn't even know if he would show up, or maybe he was in on it. Either way, by 1:15am word started to spread that Prince couldn't be playing at Brooklyn Bowl because he had arrived at the (groupie-free?) real afterparty at the Darby on 14th St in Manhattan. Those who ended up seeing Brooklyn Bowl headliner and jam band Lettuce and Dr. John instead of Prince can at least take solace in the fact that Prince didn't actually perform at Darby, though MSG opener Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings did (and of course Questlove was there to see that too).

Sharon Jones on stage w/ Prince @ MSG - Jan 18, 2011 (by Questlove)

You have another chance to see Prince at MSG in February. A picture of the 1/18 MSG setlist, another pic of Prince, Maceo & Leighton, a rough list of what he actually played, and some videos, below...

Continue reading "Prince played MSG, but not Brooklyn Bowl. Sharon Jones played MSG & the real afterparty at the Darby"

Sharon Jones & Lee Fields at Prospect Park (more by David Andrako)

It's only been a few days since Lee Fields funked up Bowery Ballroom and already lots more Daptone updates to report on!

In addition to their previously discussed date with the purple one at MSG on 1/18, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings have a proper set of East Coast dates scheduled a few weeks later - none in NYC, but there's the 1/29 show at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, and a CT show on 2/12. Charles Bradley also plays that show, and others this month with Sharon Jones. He also has his own previously discussed appearance scheduled for 1/25 at Southpaw (tickets are still on sale).

The full lineup of Charles's Southpaw show also includes the Menahan Street Band, "The Electric Sound Of Johnny Arrow" featuring Cochemea Gastelum, DJ Honeydripper, DJ Dave Griffith. Members of the Menahan Street Band also play in The Del Reys who play with Eli Paperboy Reed at Brooklyn Bowl TONIGHT (1/12). Spiritkid is also on the Finger on the Pulse-presented "Soul Bowl" show. Tickets are still on sale.

Charles Bradley recently posted a video for "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)", check out a behind the scenes video for that clip below and look for a longer version to appear on his Facebook later this week.

The Budos Band (who also share members with Menahan Street Band and The Del Reys) have various US tour dates scheduled through June. The band plays NYC again on March 11th at The Bell House. Tickets are on sale.

Prince recently announced another show at MSG on February 7th (no opener info yet). Tickets for the new show go on presale at 11AM on 1/13, and general sale at 10AM on 1/15.

All tour dates and some video is below...

Continue reading "more Daptone news (Budos Band dates, behind the scenes w/ Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones, Del-Rays tonight & more)"

Sharon Jones @ Prospect Park (more by David Andrako)

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings will open for Prince at MSG on 1/18! I don't know who will open for Prince at MSG on on 2/7 yet, but Erykah Badu will open for him at a fundraiser in Dallas on 2/4 (two days before the Superbowl in the same town).

The Black Eyed Peas are playing the Superbowl Halftime show this year. Prince played it in 2007.

Sharon Jones & friend @ Best Buy Theater on New Year's Eve (Dara Weinberg)

"The disarming warmth of the Dap Kings' homegrown sound translated well in the 2,100-capacity venue. Against the usual Dap Kings backdrop of bright horns and funky percussion, Jones sustained her boundless energy level for much of the two-hour performance. At one point, she even kicked off her high heels and summoned African ancestors for a shamanistic dance medley.

The band was fully synchronized from the opening number, the slinky ballad "If You Call" to a propulsive rhythmic buildup for an encore rendition of "100, Days, 100 Nights." Some of the night's finer moments, of course, alluded to economic hardships. The horn stabs of "Money" and "No Chimmeys in the Projects" carried a raw sense of urgency, while Jones cracked, "Ain't nothin' evil about money because we neeeeed that money." After a suitably cool take on "Auld Lang Syne," Jones pushed herself vocally to wring a double meaning from "Better Things."

"I've got better things to do than remember you," Jones sang. Puffs of fog machine smoke framed her band as balloons and confetti filled the room.

Warming up for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings was New Orleans songwriter Allen Toussaint.

"There's no place I'd rather be tonight. I really mean it," Mr. Toussaint said." [Soul Train]

As previously discussed, fellow Daptone-r Charles Bradley (who shared a bill with Lee Fields in Brooklyn recently) will celebrate the release of his new album No Time For Dreaming at Southpaw on January 25th. Tickets are still available. The date comes right in the middle of a tour Charles is going on with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (who played 12/30 & 12/31 at Best Buy Theater). A review from the 12/31 show is quoted above.

Bradley's new video for new-album song "The World (is Going Up In Flames)", contest details and all dates below...

Continue reading "Sharon Jones played New Year's Eve, Lee Fields plays tonight (WIN TIX) ++ a new Charles Bradley video"

Janelle Monae @ Terminal 5 (more by Matthew Eisman)

With the dates announced for Prince's Welcome 2 America Tour, one of the touring acts, Janelle Monáe, spoke to MTV News about hitting the road with the legendary musician. To sum it up, she's pretty stoked to tour with someone as iconic as Prince.

"Well, I'm excited. We're great friends," Monáe told MTV News on Monday at the Glamour Women of the Year event in New York City. "I'm honored that he had chosen me to be a part of the tour."

Monáe may be somewhat of a rookie compared to Prince, but long before stardom came her way, touring with him was on her to-do list.

"It's definitely one of the things that I wanted to do in my career, is tour with him," she shared. "And it just means a lot that he's a mentor to me and he loves the stuff that we're doing and he's going to help out every way he can to make the show phenomenal."

So, will fans see some collaborations between Monáe and Prince? "We may [collaborate], we may," she teased, adding that she doesn't have a favorite Prince song. "And when that happens, I'll be sure to let you guys know." [MTV News]

Tickets for the recently added Prince show at MSG go on sale at noon.

And in slightly related news, being picked to play with Prince isn't the only thing Lalah Hathaway and Janelle Monàe have in common. They're both also, like Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, on the For Colored Girls soundtrack.

Janelle and Esperanza Spalding also have at least one prior connection. They, along with Patti Labelle and Alicia Keys, paid tribute to Prince on the 2010 BET Awards. Video of that and the full For Colored Girls soundtrack tracklisting below...

Continue reading "Janelle Monae paid tribute to Prince & happy to be playing with him (MSG tickets on sale)"

DOWNLOAD: Charles Bradley - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" (MP3)

Charles Bradley album art (reminds me of something...)

Lotsa great funk and dancefloor grooves are coming to Southpaw and elsewhere for you old soul fans/45 collectors out there.

Though Charles Bradley just released the 45 of the same name, he is prepping to release No Time For Dreaming, a new LP for Dunham/Daptone Records. Is Charles Bradley a stranger to hard time?

Charles Bradley is no stranger to hard times. Born in Gainesville, Florida in 1948 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he spent the better part of his childhood living on the streets. One of the more optimistic moments of his childhood came in 1964, when his sister took him to see James Brown at The Apollo. Brown's energy and showmanship would form a lasting impression on Charles. He went home and immediately began practicing microphone tricks with a broom attached to a string, imitating the Godfather's every move.

Forty years later, Charles was still trying to make ends meet, still trying to make it as a musician. He was performing his James Brown routines under his alter ego "Black Velvet" when Gabriel Roth of Daptone records happened upon his show at the Tarheel Lounge in Bedstuy. Roth recognized his raw talent and directly brought him into the studio for a session with The Sugarman 3.

Charles Bradley's last show was with Lee Fields at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 11/20, and Lee Fields & The Expressions have another show in the immediate future: 1/7 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are now on sale. Still no opener listed. I'd suggest Budos Band but they just headlined AND SOLD OUT the same venue recently themselves.

Speaking of Daptone, legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint will join Daptone queen Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings at Best Buy Theater during their two day stint at the venue (tickets for both Dec 30 and Dec 31 are still available).

Toussaint collaborated with The Meters in the 70s, who will also be in NYC in the coming months (the "Funky" version anyway) (tickets available for Feb 15th, 16th, and 17th shows billed as "The Funky Meters").

A soulful New Years Eve can also be had outside of Manhattan at the Bell House thanks to Dig Deeper who are bringing Marva Whitney, Billy Prince (of the Precisions) and the Sweet Divines to the Brooklyn venue that night.Tickets are still on sale.

Start the New Year at the Bell House too. The Detroit Cobras headline the venue on January 1st, one night after they ring in the New Year at Maxwell's with the Fleshtones.

Dig Deeper hosts soul singer Lenis Guess at Southpaw on January 22nd with The Solid Set. Tickets are on sale.

Dig Deeper most recently hosted Syl Johnson at Southpaw. Syl also played a show with Yo La Tengo one night later.

Milwaukee's Kings Go Forth will play Southpaw on 2/19 as part of a stint of East Coast dates in late February. Tickets are on sale, and their full tour schedule with some videos and stuff is below.

Continue reading "soulful New Years Eve options, Kings Go Forth tour dates, Allen Toussaint, Detroit Cobras, new Charles Bradley & more"

today in NYC
* Das Racist @ Mishka
* Bomb X @ Barbes
* Josh Groban @ Town Hall
* The Radiators @ Sullivan Hall
* Andrew Bemkey @ The Stone
* Newman Taylor Baker @ The Stone
* U.V.A., Sick Cell, CAVES @ Littlefield
* Jay-Z, Charlie Rose @ Brooklyn Museum
* Workout, The Walk Ons @ Mercury Lounge
* Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye @ Barnes & Noble
* King Charles, John Shade @ The Rock Shop
* Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra @ Iridium (2 shows)
* Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Nick Kroll @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (2 shows)
* Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set) @ Santos Party House
* Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Feathers @ Mercury Lounge
* Ben Folds, Lady Danville @ The Wellmont Theatre
* Reel Big Fish, the Aquabats @ Starland Ballroom, NJ
* Hess Is More, Sky White Tiger, Jessica 6 @ Union Pool
* The Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults @ Webster Hall
* CFCF, Teebs, Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set) @ Glasslands
* Loren Connors, High Aura'd, Tom Carter @ Issue Project Room
* Bells, Hubble, Wooden Waves, Video Daughters @ Shea Stadium
* Alex Winston, The Shining Twins, Francis Rose @ Bowery Electric
* Tame Impala, Stardeath & White Dwarfs, Kuroma @ Bowery Ballroom
* Electric Tickle Machine, Web Dating, Pet Ghost Project @ Death By Audio
* Skull Orchard w/ Jon Langford of The Mekons, Chris Mills @ The Bell House
* Weird Owl, The Stoned Ambassadors, Bad Girlfriend @ Secret Project Robot
* Free Blood, Headless Horseman, Quinn Walker of Suckers, Kria Brekken, Yanqui @ Pianos
* Aloe Blacc, The Grand Scheme, Maya Jupiter, The Stepkids, Small Change @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Cocoa Sarai, Astro Kid, Blkvampires, The Thang, The White House Band, Fresh Daily, Da Youngfellaz @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Not much happening today in This Week in Indie, but check it out anyway for tomorrow.

The Kings of Leon show at Izod Center tonight was cancelled.

The Radiators play their final NYC show tonight? UPDATE: no, someone told me they will be back in June.

Jay-Z speaks at Brooklyn Museum tonight. On Monday he appeared at New York Public Library. Video from that appearance below.

Speaking of the NYPL, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (who have two public NYC shows coming up) play a private NYPL event at Brooklyn Bowl tonight. You probably can't get in, but you can go to the afterparty at the same venue.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday?"

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings in Prospect Park (more by David Andrako)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are probably in an airport or mid-air right now, as the band kicks off their European tour tomorrow with a TV appearance in Germany. The following European dates will take them through the first week of Novemeber, when the band will head home and then get ready to head back out on the road. This time Australia is the target. The band will be there for the better part of the month of December.

That's a fair bit of time on the road, but even with all that jet-setting, the band will still make time to appear in their native NYC to celebrate the New Year with a pair of shows at Best Buy Theater on 12/30 and 12/31. Best Buy Theater, formerly Nokia Theater, is in fact in Times Square (aka 12/31 is a Times Square New Years Eve show - be prepared) . Tickets are currently on fan presale (password "SJDK") as well as on AMEX presale (12/30 here, 12/31 here) and will go on sale to the public at noon on Friday (10/22).

Also:

While we have your attention, check out Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings performing as the house band on Night of Too Many Stars a Comedy Central special Benefit Show for Autism Education. The program airs Oct 21, 2010 and is hosted by Jon Stewart and filled with performances, sketches and short films from an amazing roster of comedy all-stars including Steven Colbert, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, and Sarah Silverman.

Continue reading "Sharon Jones announces New Years shows & other dates, in short film (watch it) "

Gorillaz @ Coachella 2010 (more by Rachel Carr)

Slayer @ the Izod Center in August (more by Samantha Marble)

today in NYC
* NY Comic Con
* Iron Dog @ The Stone
* moe. @ Beacon Theatre
* The Subdudes @ BB King's
* James Hunter @ Joe's Pub
* Louie Belogenis @ The Stone
* Kraft @ Avery Fisher Hall
* Yann Tiersen @ The Concert Hall
* Bleu Edmondson @ Mercury Lounge
* Semi Precious Weapons @ Irving Plaza
* Lord of the Rings @ Radio City Music Hall
* Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 @ Living Room
* Ratatat, DOM, Bobby Birdman @ Terminal 5
* Gorillaz, N.E.R.D. @ Madison Square Garden
* Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax @ Nassau Coliseum
* Pierced Arrows, Tunnel of Love @ Mercury Lounge
* Kimya Dawson, Your Heart Breaks @ Knitting Factory
* Swans, Baby Dee, Ben Frost @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
* Red Baraat, Javelin, Chances With Wolves DJs @ Southpaw
* A Frames, Pop. 1280, Nice Face, Imaginary Icons @ Cake Shop
* Teen Inc, SFV Acid, Blood Orange @ Monster Island Basement
* Revival Times, Teen Face Control, DJ Chris Anderson @ Zebulon
* Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs (DJ set) @ The Insound Design Store
* Wanda Jackson, The Lustre Kings, Jonny Corndawg @ Knitting Factory
* Bells (ex-Jawbox), The Caribbean, Video Daughters, Y/Y @ Bruar Falls
* Sharon Van Etten, Julianna Barwick, She Keeps Bees @ The Rock Shop
* I Love Lightning Bugs, Me You Us Them, The Prids, Grandfather @ Spike Hill
* Starfucker, The Octopus Project, Philip Seymour Hoffman @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Necro plus Q-Unique, Slaine of La Coka Nostra, NEMS, Skam Dust @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Barbara Lynn, Vernon Garrett, Don Gardner, Eli Paperboy Reed (Brooklyn Soul Festival) @ The Bell House
* Kronos Quartet (music of Michael Gordon, Maria Schneider, Bryce Dessner, Missy Mazzoli, and Aleksandra Vrebalov) @ Le Poisson Rouge

An (((unartig))) video from last night's Krallice show at Shea Stadium, below...

New Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings video for "If You Call", below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

Belle & Sebastian in Battery Park in 2006 (by Tammy Lo)

today in NYC
* rain
* Dollshot @ The Stone
* El Guincho @ Zebulon
* Markia Hughes @ Roulette
* Snehasish Mozumder @ Zebulon
* Mary Halvorson Quintet @ Barbes
* Autre Ne Veut, Zambri @ Cameo Gallery
* Ellie Goulding, Penguin Prison @ Hiro Ballroom
* Elysian Fields, Justin Bond @ Le Poisson Rouge
* fun., Steel Train, Jarrod Gorbel @ The Bell House
* Diminished Men, Tartar Lamb @ Issue Project Room
* Psychic, The Royal Chains, Nite Flights @ Bruar Falls
* Justin Nozuka, Alex Cuba, Ry Cuming @ Webster Hall
* Sonny & The Sunsets, Kelley Stoltz @ Mercury Lounge
* Best Coast, Male Bonding @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Ed Kowalczyk, Thriving Ivory, Miggs @ Bowery Ballroom
* Revival Times, The Waylons, Zachary Cale @ Union Pool
* Davila 666, Vermilion Sands, Liquor Store @ Knitting Factory
* Joey Baron, Robyn Schulkowsky, Kenny Wollesen @ The Stone
* Juliana Hatfield & Evan Dando, The Candles @ Mercury Lounge
* Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub @ Williamsburg Waterfront
* Buzzoven, Black Tusk, Javelina, Ramming Speed @ Public Assembly
* Laurie Anderson (performing Delusion) @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
* CALLmeKAT, Todd Gaynor Band, Jason Anderson @ Pete's Candy Store
* Film School, The Depreciation Guild, Home Video, Bronze @ Glasslands
* Afuche, The Sheepdogs, The Suite Unraveling, Cuddle Magic @ Cake Shop
* The Temper Trap, Delphic, Hundred In The Hands @ The Wellmont Theatre
* The Gaslight Anthem, Rival Schools, Fake Problems @ Radio City Music Hall
* Envy, Trash Talk, Touche Amore, And So I Watch You From Afar @ Santos Party House
* Expo '70, Burning Star Core, La Otracina, Ancient Ocean, Future Hunter @ Santos Party House

Tonight's Buzzoven show is happening at Public Assembly which is especially a good thing considering the weather.

On the other hand, Belle & Sebastian might be a wet one.

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Lee Fields at the waterfront (more by Tear n Tan)

The above picture comes from Lee Fields' recent Pool Party shindig with !!!. Lee Fields & The Expressions also opened for the Black Keys at Terminal 5 in the past month. And now comes word that Lee Fields & The Expressions will headline a NYC show, this time at Music Hall of Williamsburg on 11/20 with Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band. Members of Antibalas, El Michels Affair, the Dap-Kings and the Budos Band make up the members of both soulful bands. Tickets go on sale Wednesday (9/1) at noon.

The Dap Kings, whose most recent NYC show was a headlining one in Prospect Park, meanwhile will head out on tour with Sharon Jones in September. US and European dates below.

The Budos Band have a few shows coming up too, one of which is the release party for their new album ("The Budos Band III") at Southpaw in Brooklyn on September 18th. Tickets for that show are on sale. All dates below.

And last but not least, Daptone's Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens can still be found at Fat Cat every Friday night, and have some upcoming tour dates including Pop Montreal in October. All dates for everyone, below...

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