We just posted about Austra who's coming back to North America (including 9/19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg) after a tour of Europe. She's also one of many artists playing the 2012 Osheaga Festival in Montreal which happens August 3 - 5. Tickets are still available for the three-day event.

In addition to Austra, Osheaga plays host to The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Justice, Metric (who play Radio City Music Hall soon), Sigur Ros (who play Prospect Park and are streaming their new LP), Florence & The Machine (who plays Jones Beach this summer), The Weeknd, Passion Pit (who play Governor's Ball soon), The Jesus & Mary Chain, MGMT, Santigold (who just played Irving), Zola Jesus (who just played the Guggenheim) and many many more.

Full Osheaga lineup is below.

Continue reading "Justice, Metric, The Black Keys, Sigur Ros and more playing Montreal's Osheaga Festival in August "

"Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Presents and Starr Hill presents, in a partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, are proud to announce the lineup for the fifth annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival. The world's only gourmet music festival will once again take place in San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park August 10 - 12, 2012. Tickets will go on sale Thursday April 19 at 12 noon PDT via www.sfoutsidelands.com. A significant portion of every ticket sold will directly benefit San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department."

Continue reading "Outside Lands 2012 lineup (Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Beck, Skrillex...)"

Lollapalooza (more by Grant MacAllister)

Chicago Sun Times reports:

Lollapalooza has revealed its official 2012 list of performers -- a typically wide-ranging smorgasbord of genres and styles topped by nearly a dozen mainstage headliners: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, freshly reunited bands Black Sabbath and At the Drive-In, the Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + The Machine, the Shins and Passion Pit, plus spotlighted electronic music including Swedish house titan Avicii, French dance duo Justice and DJ-producer Bassnectar.

The annual music festival is scheduled for Aug. 3-5 in Chicago's Grant Park.

Rumored lineups have circulated widely, as they usually do, and Lollapalooza itself stoked the speculation in recent weeks via a series of CTA and online advertisements that seemed to hint at who would be playing.

The ads featured lyrics from such acts as Sigur Ros, Santigold, Jack White, Kimbra, Twin Shadow, the Weeknd, Bloc Party and more -- all bands that wound up on the bill.

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2012 lineup (Jack White, At The Drive-In, Sigur Ros, Black Keys, RHCP, Afghan Whigs, M83, Weeknd, SBTRKT, Black Sabbath & more)"

photos by Amanda Hatfield & others

Pond @ Hotel Vegan on Saturday

Australian band Pond (not to be confused with Portland band Pond), who include two members of Tame Impala, just hit SXSW and are now on tour with Oberhofer. That tour arrives at Bowery Ballroom TONIGHT (3/21) for what will be Pond's first-ever NYC show (at a venue Tame Impala have headlined and sold out). Tickets are still on sale, so go out and give them a proper welcome (and then stick around for Oberhofer too). Afterwards head to Tribeca Grand for the afterparty. Flyer, details and more tour dates below.

I caught Pond once in Austin, at our own show at Hotel Vegan, and it was one of the most memorable of the week, in part from the performance, and in part from all the fun everyone/friends around me were having as the band rocked the intimate and packed Volstead space on Saturday afternoon.

Stereogum posted some SXSW awards, and Pond won for...

BEST BARE FEET: Nick "Paisley Adams" Allbrook, the perpetually shoe-bereft bassist for Tame Impala, who was recast this week as the perpetually shoe-bereft livewire frontman for Australian classic riff-rock vamp band/Tame Impala spinoff POND. What he lacks in shoes he makes up in HEART (and amphetamine-y spasms and contortions). -Amrit

Continue reading "Pond killed it at SXSW, touring with Oberhofer, in NYC now (Hotel Vegan pics & video, NYC afterparty info)"

UPDATE: Okkervil River added!

DOWNLOAD: Fat Tony - Wife Plot (MP3)

pictured: Diamond Rugs, Action Bronson & eXquire

As you know, BrooklynVegan is taking over ALL THREE STAGES at connecting Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead for FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT this week, and it's all 100% FREE (no RSVP or badges either). There's a big outdoor stage, and smaller stages inside Hotel Vegas & Volstead. Collectively we're calling the four day long party "Hotel Vegan" (located at 1500 E. 6th St, Austin, TX).

We announced Wednesday and Thursday in full. Friday is coming. Now finally here isSaturday at Hotel Vegan (March 17, 2012)

Stage 1 (Hotel Vegas Outside)
12:00 Field Report
12:45 Ivan & Alyosha
1:30 Father John Misty (J Tilman, ex-Fleet Foxes)
2:15 J. Roddy Walston
3:00 Lucero
4:00 Heartless Bastards
5:00 Diamond Rugs (John McCauley of Deer Tick w/ members of Los Lobos, Black Lips & more)
6:00 Okkervil River (Just added!)

Stage 2 (Hotel Vegas Inside) (hip hop stage)
12:15 - Lushlife
01:00 - Main Attrakionz
01:45 - Cadence Weapon
02:30 - Rittz
03:15 - Fat Tony
04:00 - Spaceghostpurrp
04:45 - Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
05:30 - Action Bronson

Stage 3 (Volstead)
12:00 - Patrolled By Radar
1:00 - Emily Wells
2:00 - Phantom Family Halo
2:45 - Lumerians
3:30 - Hundred Visions
4:15 - Pond (mem. of Tame Impala)
5:00 - GUARDS

In addition to the completely FREE lineup of great music, we will also have complimentary drinks courtesy of HobNob Wines, our official wine partner and The Original Moonshine, our official spirit partner. We will also have FREE VEGAN TREATS courtesy of NadaMoo! and FREE Honest Tea. Arlo's great Vegan Food truck, located right next door, will be at all four days of Hotel Vegan selling food.

And we'll have some awesome giveaways from Partisan and KF Records, as well as cassette compilations from Young One Records (Including the above track "Wife Plot" by Fat Tony).

Listen to a playlist of artists playing this party on Spotify.

Special thanks to all of our partners and sponsors for making this party possible - including Vox, Blackstar and Korg, our official backline partners, as well as ASCAP, HobNob Wines, The Original Moonshine, NadaMoo!, Honest Tea, Partisan Records, KF Records & Young One Records!

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This is just one of four full days at Hotel Vegan. Wednesday lineup HERE. Thursday lineup HERE. Friday coming in a second.

We also have THREE official BrooklynVegan showcases (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday), and a Saturday metal day party at Lovejoys, AND a just-announced bridge show.

Continue reading "full Hotel Vegan Saturday lineup (BV/Partisan/KF/Young One present Heartless Bastards, Lucero, Action Bronson & more)"

DOWNLOAD: Oberhofer - "HEART" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Oberhofer - "Gotta Go" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Pond - "Fantastic Explosion of Time" (MP3)

Oberhofer at MHOW in 2011 (more by Bryan Bruchman)

Oberhofer, who signed to Glassnote for his debut LP, has announced that the album will be called Time Capsules II and it will be released on March 27. We've already posted the new wave-y album cut, "Gotta Go," which you can also grab at the top of this post. He just revealed a second track from the album, "HEART," which you can download above and stream below. The album also includes a number of tracks from his o0Oo0Oo EP, including the EP favorite, "Away FRM U." Album art and tracklist, and some video footage from the making of the album are below too.

They'll be touring in support of the album with Pond supporting most dates. That tour hits NYC on March 21 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are on AmEx presale now and go on sale to the general public Friday (1/20) at noon. The tour also includes the sold out Coachellas and a number of other dates. All dates are listed below.

If you're unfamiliar with Pond, they formed a few years ago in Australia and have released three full length albums since 2009. Members Nick Allbrook and Jay Watson have since been playing in another band that you're probably more familiar with; Tame Impala. After Nick and Jay returned home after extensive touring with Tame Impala, they've decided to release another album with Pond, called Beard Wives Denim, and it's coming out on March 6 via Modular, who also put out the Tame Impala album. You can download the single, "Fantastic Explosion of Time," above, and stream it and watch the video for it below.

All dates, videos, streams and more below...

Continue reading "Oberhofer going on tour with Pond (featuring members of Tama Impala) -- dates & MP3s"

today in NYC
* Yellowman @ B.B. King's
* Queen Latifah @ Wingate Field
* Outernational @ Bowery Electric
* Risk! Storyslam w/ Kevin Allison @ The Pit
* Health and Beauty, Names Divine @ Zebulon
* The Woes, Bird Dog, Turner Cody @ The Rock Shop
* Demilitia, Northless, Mortals, Prostitution @ Lit Lounge
* Avon Ladies, Dawn of Humans, Nomos, Bortgang @ 538 Johnson
* Beat People, Backwords, Norwegian Arms, Royal Forest @ Cameo Gallery
* The Jay Vons, Party Lights, The Naked Heroes, Xylofaux @ Mercury Lounge
* From Ashes Rise, Fuck the Facts, Night Birds, Fuck the Facts @ Public Assembly
* Heavy Birds, The Invisible Kid, ohnomoon, Charles Wallace @ The Delancey
* Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost, Andrea Belanger @ The Living Room
* Teddy Kumpel Loopestra with Mark Guiliana, Shawn Pelton and Tony Scherr @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Ashcan Orchestra, Unicorns in the Snow, Solace Media Corporation Tourists, Silent Isle @ Death By Audio

According to Death By Audio's Facebook, tonight's "SHOW IS AT DEATH BY AUDIO NOT AT THE SILENT BARN. THE SILENT BARN IS A CRATER IN THE GROUND FILLED WITH RUBBLE AND UNDERNEATH THAT RUBBLE IS SALT AND UNDERNEATH THAT SALT IS MORE RUBBLE AND UNDERNEATH THAT RUBBLE IS NOTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS STOLEN."

Norwegian Arms, who plays Cameo tonight, is the project of one "Keith Birthday" (aka Brendan Mulvihill) and Dr. Awkward (aka Dr. Dog drummer Eric Slick).

Tame Impala played "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind" on Fallon Friday night (8/12). Video of that performance below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Monday?"

The MTK: Music To Know Festival planned for Saturday - Sunday, August 13 - 14, in East Hampton, New York, is cancelled. A statement is as follows:

"It is with heavy, heavy heart that we regret to inform you that the inaugural MTK: Music To Know Festival in East Hampton will not take place. Despite our unique vision and arranging a world-class line-up, ticket sales were not adequate to allow the event to continue. We wanted to let everyone know now before engaging more deeply.

Along with our ticket holders, vendors, sponsors, business associates, colleagues and friends in the community, we too are filled with deep disappointment. We pledge to endure during this difficult time with the same integrity and professionalism displayed throughout the creation of this event.

Ticket holders should check www.musictoknow.com next week for more information.

The MTK Fest's lineup included Vampire Weekend, Chromeo, Dawes, Bright Eyes, M Ward, Ra Ra Riot, Fitz and the Tantrums, Matt and Kim and more.

Truck America, another NY Festival, was cancelled last week (though no official announcement has been made about that yet).

As mentioned, Music to Know Fest makes its debut in East Hampton, NY over the weekend of August 13-14, and features artists such as Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Dawes, and others. Set times have been announced for the festival, which you can check out below.

MTK, not to be confused with Escape to NY, have also teamed up with MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) to add an official westbound train for concertgoers:

The train, departing from the LIRR East Hampton station at 10:56 PM, is aptly timed to ensure concert goers will have sufficient time to enjoy the day's line-up and festivities and will be making all the local stops on Long Island into Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The fashion pop-up tents will be set up in a "retail village" and the merchants are anything but your average festival brands. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were first to purchase pop-ups from MTK: Music To Know - planning to debut their much-anticipated website StyleMint and their successful contemporary line Elizabeth & James to the crowd of almost 10,000 people gathered at the event in the Hamptons during the height of the season.

Continue reading "East Hampton MTK Fest announces set times, a special LIRR train,... Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen..."

alternate headline: Vampire Weekend headlining Hamptons Music Fest, go figure

Vampire Weekend @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir)

MTK: Music To Know Festival announces its inaugural line up headlined by Vampire Weekend on Saturday, August 13th and Bright Eyes on Sunday, August 14th. Other confirmed bands include Matt & Kim, Cold War Kids, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, Fitz & The Tantrums, Tom Tom Club, Dawes, M Ward, We Are Scientists, The Limousines, Naked and Famous, Francis and the Lights, Suddyn, Nicos Gun and Young Empires -- 18 of today's most critically-acclaimed and successful new, emerging and well-known bands. The music begins at noon each day, ending at 10PM.

According to Co-Founder Chris Jones "The Hamptons are a unique market to say the least -- full of decision makers, trend setters, and taste generators who have always been eager to embrace the best and the brightest in our culture -- whether that is in literature, film, fashion or music. We are excited to bring this collection of artists together in our community, and hope this is the first of many annual events."

Without knowing how willing people are to travel to the Hamptons, how many people are already in the Hamptons, and how many tickets they need to sell (possibly only "9,500 people over both days"), it's hard to guess how successful the fest will be (from a business/longevity point of view) (Bing is a sponsor so that probably helps), but it definitely beat expectations so far (relatively speaking). More details below...

Continue reading "Music To Know Fest announces lineup (Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes, Matt & Kim, CWK, Chromeo, M Ward, more)"

photos by Toby Tenenbaum

"Last night Yawn opened for Yuck. Indie rock has officially become an Abbott and Costello routine." - Simon Vozick-Levinson

"Had this awesome dream where Tame Impala covered Angel by Massive Attack. No wait...that actually happened." - Peter Sununu

Tame Impala @ Webster Hall

Tame Impala and Yuck and less-advertised opener Yawn brought their tour to a sold out Webster Hall in NYC last night (4/25). It was the headliner's only NYC show this time around, though Yuck will be back soon to headline their own show at Bowery Ballroom on May 27th. Tickets are still on sale for that. Oh, AND Yuck play a free in-store at Other Music TONIGHT.

About last night...

"[Tame Impala] had 9 flat screen monitors behind them that featured a light show that responded to the music. As you can imagine, it was a pychedelic delight. Aside from "I Don't Really Mind," Tame Impala played the entire "Innerspeaker" album as well as a cover of Massive Attack's "Angel." They even dug deep and played "Skeleton Tiger" and "Half Full Glass of Wine" off their debut EP (which is quite hard to find in the United States). The set was just about 70 minutes long and it was awesome." [According to G]

Continue reading "Tame Impala played Webster Hall w/ Yuck, Yawn -pics, setlist"

photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

Yuck @ Stubb's

Yuck last and first visited NYC during a blizzard in January to play Glasslands after cancelling their Mercury Lounge show that was scheduled one day earlier which came after they cancelled CMJ due to similar visa issues. Earlier this month the UK band returned to America for a string of shows at SXSW that included a BV Day Party and a showcase at Stubb's which is streaming at NPR and which is the source of the pictures in this post.

The band are now already back on home soil, but Daniel Blumberg of Yuck will be back here soon to play Glasslands on 4/7 and a sold-out Bowery Ballroom show with Sebadoh on 4/9 as part of his side project Oupa (who also played SXSW). The Oupa shows precede a Yuck tour with Tame Impala that include Webster Hall on 4/25, after which Yuck will play their own, just-announced NYC date at Bowery Ballroom on May 7. Tickets for that show are on AmEx presale now with regular sale starting on Friday at noon.

The Oupa show at Glasslands on 4/7 is with Porcelain Raft, who played a few NYC dates in late February, and with Young Magic and Computer Magic. Tickets are still available. Oupa have a new record on the way, Forget, and you can stream the title track below.

All tour dates, the new Yuck video for "Get Away" and, UPDATE: a new streaming track called "Doctors in My Bed", and more SXSW pictures, also below...

Continue reading "Yuck played SXSW (pics & stream), add NYC show (dates) ++ side project Oupa is playing shows too"

Tame Impala at Bowery Ballroom (more by Lionel Bergeron)

Tame Impala has been confirmed to play the sold-out Coachella Festival, and now the Aussie band is filling in North American dates around that time with Yuck, including April 25th at Webster Hall. Tickets for the NYC show go on AmEx presale Wednesday at noon and regular sale 48 hours later.

Tame Impala recently dropped the Erol Alkan remix of "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind", which is currently available via iTunes and a video for "Expectation" which you can watch, alongside all tour dates, below...

Continue reading "Tame Impala going on tour w/ Yuck (playing Webster Hall)"

today in NYC
* Hanukkah
* Ute Lemper @ Joe's Pub
* Peter Evans @ The Stone
* Hot Tuna @ Beacon Theatre
* Antibalas @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Chocolate Genius @ Joe's Pub
* Yo La Tengo & ?? @ Maxwell's
* Red Hot & New Orleans @ BAM
* Jim Gaffigan @ Best Buy Theater
* The Figgs, Diehard @ Bruar Falls
* 'First Saturday' @ Brooklyn Museum
* Menorah Horah @ Highline Ballroom
* Ben Weaver, Sarah Jaffe @ Rock Shop
* Mark Dresser, Raz Mesinal @ The Stone
* Beer & Cable, Fast Death @ ABC No Rio
* Diamondsnake, Bambi @ Mercury Lounge
* The Sword, Karma To Burn @ Webster Hall
* Pint Shot Riot, The Sights @ Rock Shop (late)
* Danny Ross, Sim Redmond Band @ Mercury Lounge
* PS I Love You, Holiday Shores, Arches @ Pianos
* Matisyahu, DJ Rekha @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Badly Drawn Boy, Justin Jones @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Meta and the Cornerstones, Pink Noise @ 92YTribeca
* Jeff Tweedy, The Autumn Defense @ Bowery Ballroom
* Minus The Bear, Tim Kasher, Twin Tigers @ Terminal 5
* Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Icarus Himself @ Zebulon
* A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor @ Town Hall
* Diamond Rings, Body Language, Austra, ArpLine @ Glasslands
* Jim Staley, Kyoko Kitamura, Ikue Mori, Nate Wooley @ Roulette
* Owen, Brian Bonz, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves @ Knitting Factory
* Oren Ambarchi, Keith Rowe, Crys Cole, Loren Connors @ Littlefield
* Nightfall, Lost Tribe, Bloodkrow Butcher, Nomad @ Tommy's Tavern
* Mahavatar, No Remission, New Madrid @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Eric Duncan (DJ set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Suckers, Tim Kasher, Joe Mande @ Le Poisson Rouge (Radio Happy Hour)
* Walter Schreifels, Pablo, The Amber Jets @ Cargo Cafe (Staten Island)
* 5th Annual Happy Drunk Xmas Party featuring Peelander-Z @ Asbury Lanes (NJ)
* Rogyapa, The Communion, Misanthropic Noise, Kevin Hufnagel @ Silent Barn
* Biblioball w/ Harry & the Potters, Crazy Pills, Raindeer & more @ Bell House
* Robert Fripp performing 'Soundscapes' @ World Financial Center (12:30pm and 7pm)
* The Beets, Wild Yaks, Gunfight!, Spirit Family Reunion, Raccoon Fighter @ Don Pedro
* Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue, Nat Baldwin, People Get Ready @ DBA
* Ska Massive 2010 w/ Catch 22, Pietasters, Mustard Plug @ Starland Ballroom (NJ)
* Patrick Bower & The World Without Magic, Marisol Limon, The Rotary Club, The Snow @ Pete's Candy Store
* JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, The Above, Fred Thomas, Gospel Queens, Poor But Sexy @ Public Assembly
* Darmstadt Essential Repertoire: Philip Glass, Knee Plays from Einstein on the Beach (1976); Tom Johnson: An Hour For Piano (1971) @ Issue Project Room
* Ghostface Killah, Curren$y, Redman, The LOX, Sheek Louch, 9th Wonder, The Kid Daytona, Diggy Simmons, Thee Tom Hardy, Rocky Business, Phil Ade @ St. John's Center Studio

Craft fair @ 3rd Ward today.

The Martha Stewart Craft Fair is today too.

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A new Tame Impala video below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Saturday?"

photos by Lionel Bergeron

Tame Impala

[At their first of two shows at Bowery Ballroom (11/18)], Tame Impala wowed a very sold out crowd... Though lead singer, Kevin Parker, gripped his throat throughout the set due to his strained voice, no one could complain about the band's gripping presence... Coupled with a stellar projector show of squiggles that danced to Parker's riffs, the band completely blew everyone's collective wig off with grinding guitar squeals and hardened, rhythmic percussion... Had Parker's voice been in perfect form, no one would have noticed. Lyrics are back-benched here in favor of psychedelic washes of sound. There was a wall of finely controlled squall that held us all rapt. [A Heart is a Spade]

More Bowery pictures and some videos below...

Continue reading "Tame Impala, Stardeath & White Dwarfs and Kuroma @ Bowery Ballroom (night 2 pics & video)"

photos by Jessica Amaya

"I'm glad I scrapped 6 different remixes for Tame Impala, because the one I have almost finished is 1000 times better then the last one" - Erol Alkan

"why the fuck would anyone even bother remixing tame impala? its like saying "this 1990 La Tâche would be better with more bubbles"" - Acid Jacks

DOWNLOAD: Tame Impala - Lucidity (Pilooski Remix) (MP3)

"head hurts from headbanging so much tonite @ tame impala/stardeath. pa' la cama to have sweet psyched out dreams of swimming in guitar riffs" - [cheep de ville]

Continue reading "Tame Impala, Stardeath & White Dwarfs and Kuroma played their 1st of 2 shows @ Bowery Ballroom (pics & setlist) "

Tame Impala (photo by teapot)

Although tickets may still available for their appearance at Bowery Ballroom on 11/18 (though presumably not for long), Tame Impala has added a second show at the venue the next night (11/19), and also with Stardeath and White Dwarfs & Kuroma. Tickets for the 11/19 date are currently on AMEX presale, and go on general sale at noon on Friday (10/15). More dates HERE and below.

Tame Impala's trek begins a few days before the first Bowery show, but the Aussie band has a new Daytrotter appearance, that you can listen to now, where they ran through four songs from their new LP, Innerspeaker.

Their new video for "Lucidity" with updated dates below...

Continue reading "Tame Impala add a show --- updated dates, Daytrotter, video "

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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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings performed "Money" on Jimmy Kimmel. Video below...

Tame Impala have a new video for "Lucidity". Video below...

What else?

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Tame Impala will return to our shores in November, this time as a band big enough to headline Bowery Ballroom which they'll do on November 18th. Stardeath and White Dwarfs and Kuroma will be on the road with them and both play the NYC show too. Tickets for the Bowery show go on AmEx presale Wednesday at noon with general sale beginning Friday. All dates below...

Continue reading "Tame Impala announce 2010 Tour Dates"

Stereogum listed the "40 Best New Bands of 2010". They have a lot more detail, but you can also check out their list, alphabetically, below...

Continue reading "Stereogum lists the "40 Best New Bands of 2010" "

by Bill Pearis

a day by day Week in Indie-like guide to this week's Northside Festival...

Northside HQ (freedubya)

When I was looking at the full Friday Northside Festival schedule, I was a bit overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches available to indie rock fans tonight. I felt like writing "Basically just go anywhere tonight and you're going to run into a good show." Which is mostly true. If you have a badge, you can flit between venues and make up your own killer bill.

Some of these shows are going to be crowded though. Like I bet Glasslands will be packed out the wazoo for Tame Impala, so if that's one you're interested in you might just want to plant yourself there early (advanced tickets are sold out). Do they have air conditioning at Glasslands yet? It might get so hot in there you'll start seeing things, which would go well with those Aussies' rhythm-heavy psych rock.

You could also go to Death By Audio (which does have A/C, and now two working bathrooms) for a rock-solid bill of guitar-centric bands brought to us by Less Artists More Condos. The lineup includes voluminous duo Sisters and their giant stack of amps; the under-appreciated and poppy Darlings; skilled noise merchants Grooms; and art punks Regal Degal who I definitely think are a "band to watch."

Moon Duo @ the Big Sur Woodsist Fest on June 12 (more by Rachel Carr)

Moving away from the corner of S. 1st and Kent, the Woodsist Showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg is kind of a no-brainer. That said, headliners Woods and Real Estate play all the time here. I say go early for the San Francisco triple threat of Moon Duo, Sic Alps and The Fresh & Onlys, then skip off to something else.

Moon Duo, an offshoot of Wooden Shjips, play two chord (at most) psych-drone not unlike Spacemen 3 or Loop. I saw them the last night of SXSW when I was cold and tired, not the state of mind I'd recommend experiencing them. Not that the cold part will be an issue in this weather. There's not a lot to watch, so maybe locate a seat upstairs and bliss out.

Sic Alps are back to a duo after a short stint with Ty Segall on drums.  They haven't released anything in a year -- a long time for what was a pretty prolific band -- but that shouldn't hamper their live show, usually powered by a Jenga-like monolith stack of amps in the center of the stage. Their sound is thick and sludgy, but carefully prepared. It feels like a bog in July -- in a good way.

And I'm really looking forward to hearing The Fresh & Onlys with MHoW's sound system. While many of their many recordings have been decidedly lo-fi, these guys can really play and I think it's time they shake loose the "garage rock" tag that never really fit them in the first place. This is pop music. They are really a case of the whole adding up to more than their parts -- the whole band is great -- but if you go tonight, be sure to watch lead guitarist Wymond Miles. The guy is a genius and has a rack of pedals that would impress Kevin Shields. The sounds he gets deserve high fidelity. As do their great songs. I'm a huge fan, is it obvious?

Down the street from MHoW, at Cameo Gallery: Kanine Records, Wao Wao Records & Insound are presenting another great lineup under the venue's psychedelic Snuffelupagus. There's a bunch of really good locals (Dream Diary, Grooms, We Are Country Mice) but you might want to swing by to catch Roanoke, VA's Eternal Summers who really impressed me when I saw them at Glasslands a couple months ago. Also: If you like the Pastels, Field Mice and all things indiepop, Dream Diary are your new favorite band if they haven't attained that already.

Madison of Dream Diary is pulling double duty tonight, as she is half of Coasting who'll play at Matchless as part of a bill curated by Georgia of blog Microphone Memory Emotion. Coasting's debut 7" is worth picking up, and if you're lucky you'll get a copy printed on lavender vinyl. Also playing are Family Portrait, Fluffy Lumbers and Bermuda Bonnie.

Over at Coco 66, there's a benefit for 826NYC (badges are accepted despite it being a benefit) with Sondre Lerche and Oberhoffer, plus a reading from author Shalom Auslander. Sondre usually plays MHoW or Bowery Ballroom these days, so to see him in such a small venue will be a treat. Anyone who's seen him before knows what a charmer -- and tunesmith -- he is. Plus, there's up-and-comers Oberhoffer who I wouldn't be surprised if they're playing much bigger venues very soon. Also there's an open vodka bar at 8PM.

Meanwhile at Union Pool, there's an early show (doors at 7PM) that features my new favorite band on Captured Tracks, MINKS. They've only got a single out so far, the Cure-esque "Funeral Song," which doesn't really represent what they do live. The six piece performing MINKS do have some Cure/New Order tendencies, but I'd say Felt is probably just as strong an influence, with clean jangly guitars and jazzy arrangements. Both times I've seen them live, my only complaint has been they didn't play long enough. Not sure of set time for MINKS, but there's not a lot else going on then, you can hang in the backyard of Union Pool and get some tacos from the El Diablo truck to recharge for the night ahead.

That seems like plenty for one night. A video from one of Tame Impala's sets at Pianos last night, below...

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Here's Andrew from MGMT jumping on bass during Tame Impala's last song at Coco66 tonight. Congratulations. (amrit singh)

Australia's Tame Impala, who are in town for shows at Pianos and Glasslands, played an invite-only (sort of) show at Coco66 last night (6/23). As you can see above, Andrew from MGMT sat in with band. If you're looking for a connection, the band's just finished a three-week tour together. All current Tame Impala dates below.

Also last night, the Rapture played a semi-secret show at Union Pool, where they debuted a pair of new songs. They play Friday in Philly and Saturday at NYC"s Milk Studios.

In Manhattan, UK singer Estelle, who performs in Miami tonight, stopped by Talib Kweli's show at S.O.B.'s and performed her single "American Boy." Estelle sings on the new Reflection Eternal (Talib and Hi-Tek) track "Midnight Hour". You can listen to that song below.

Some grainy tweet pics of both Estelle and the Rapture are also below. There's also an unrelated video of someone asking MGMT & Tame Impala for directions as an excuse to talk to them on the street before a show posted below...

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Sam Amidon @ LPR in 2009 (more by Fresh Bread)

tonight in NYC
* Talib Kweli @ SOB's
* Questlove on a boat
* Brand Nubian @ Crotona Park
* Villagers @ Joe's Pub
* Phil Collins @ Roseland Ballroom
* Victor Wooten @ Highline Ballroom
* Taking Back Sunday @ Irving Plaza
* Juana Molina @ Stuyvesant Town Oval
* Goldfrapp & Cults @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Sam Amidon, Partyface @ Mercury Lounge
* Tortoise, Aethereal Bace @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Steve Hackett and Renaissance @ Rockefeller Park
* The A-Bones, Girls At Dawn @ Rocks Off Concert Cruises
* Susu, The Naked Hearts, Arc in Round, Tami Heart @ Cake Shop
* Punch Brothers, Julian Lage Group @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Harper Blynn, Jenny Owen Youngs, Pearl & The Beard @ Maxwell's
* Sound Bites Luchtime Series w/ The Beets @ South Street Seaport
Kevin Barker & Tiny Vipers, Leif Vollebekk, Dormant @ Littlefield
* Big Terrific w/ Max Silvestri, Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate @ The Cameo
* The Babies, Narwhalz of Sound, DJ Dogdick, Shams, Nonhorse, Sewn Leather @ Silent Barn
* Extra Life, Sam Mickens' Ecstatic Showband & Revue, Apollo Heights @ Death By Audio
* McCoy Tyner Quartet w/ Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Francisco Mela, The Stanley Clarke Band w/ Hiromi @ Central Park

The Beets play South Street Seaport at 1pm.

Two members of Genesis are in town.

Tame Impala are playing a private show at Coco66 tonight. It'll be their first NYC show ahead of their sold out ones at Pianos at Glasslands this week. It's invite-only, but the venue posted the info.

As previously reported, tonight is Irving Plaza's official first night with its old name: Taking Back Sunday play.

Sam Amidon plays Mercury Lounge. He's got a song on The Builder 'foundtrack', and one as part of the BV Katrina & The Waves series which is now posted in full.

A video of Monday's Make Music NY performance of Iannis Xenakis' "Persephassa" played around the lake in Central Park to a crowd in boats is posted below.

What else?

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The Pianos show is sold out so Tame Impala added a 2nd gig on the same night at the same venue. Tickets for the new show are on sale. Tickets are also still on sale for the show the next day at Glasslands. Dates & more info HERE.

Panda Bear, Eels, Drive-By Truckers, Spoon, Arcade Fire & other tickets recently went on sale too.

Oakley Hall will open for She & Him at Governors Island on July 4th. The show is free!

Currently on tour with MGMT, Australian band Tame Impala (who got Best New Music today) will play two NYC shows in June. In addition to the previously mentioned gig at Pianos on June 24th (tickets still on sale), you can catch them at Glasslands on June 25th (tickets on sale). All dates and a video below...

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