The Monochrome Set @ Bowery Electric this week (more by PSquared Photography)

Cibo Matto @ LPR, 2011 (more by Greg Cristman)

today in NYC
* Hearts & Bones @ Barbes
* Secret Chiefs 3 @ The Stone
* Billy Idol @ The Capitol Theatre
* Jorma Kaukonen @ City Winery
* Bill Carney's Jug Addicts @ Barbes
* The Wildhearts @ Gramercy Theatre
* Slow Hands, Tanner Ross @ Le Bain
* Cobalt, Lord Mantis @ Saint Vitus Bar
* Body Language (DJ) @ Tammany Hall
* Charli XCX, Little Daylight @ Glasslands
* Fan-Tan, Noble Hunter @ The Rock Shop
* BOYTOY, Reputante, Toons @ Union Pool
* Cibo Matto, Shoko and Satoshi @ Littlefield
* Gaslamp Killer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry @ Jones Beach
* The Dandy Warhols, The Shivas @ Terminal 5
* Slava, blk.adonis, Roberto Piqueras @ 285 Kent
* "The Beach Boys" @ Bergen Performing Arts Center
* Azari & III, jozif, JDH & Dave P @ Highline Ballroom
* Shadow of the Destroyer, Belus, Anicon @ Acheron
* Cosby Sweater, Amerigo Gazaway @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Unsacred Hearts, Higgins, Mount Sharp @ Union Hall
* Snowden, We Barbarians, Steel Phantoms @ Cameo Gallery
* The Futurebirds, Bird Dog, The Doorbells @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Front Bottoms, Youngman Grand, The Everymen @ Maxwell's
* High Contrast, DJ Dara, Eshin, Trigon, Alex English @ Webster Hall
* Darlings, LODRO, Air Waves, EULA, DJ Mr. Ad Hoc @ Shea Stadium
* Crosss, Eidetic Seeing, Patchy Drizzle, Dull Edges @ Death By Audio
* The Nuclears, Paperhaus, Electric People, Youthquake @ Paper Box
* Sweet Cyanide, Dead Rocking Horse, Ode to No One @ Mercury Lounge
* Wolff and Tuba, Spires, Slonk Donkerson, Hard Nips, Honduras @ Pianos
* Rachel Yamagata, Matt Sucich, Lake Street Drive @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Aye Nako, Fucking Dyke Bitches, Dick Binge, Yva Las Vegas @ Silent Barn
* Cee Lo Green, Skylar Grey, Busta Rhymes, Goodie Mob @ Barclays Center
* Speedy Ortiz, Sleepies, Slam Dunk, Bennio Qwerty, Babysitter @ Cake Shop
* xxxy, Jaw James, Paul Raffaele, Dan Wender, Blacky II @ Secret Brooklyn Venue
* Octo Octa, Profilgate, Golden Donna, Standish/Carlyon @ Body Actualized Center
* The Monochrome Set, Math & Physics Club, Cassolette, The Very Most @ Knitting Factory
* Soon-To-Be-Inocent Fun, Moon Boots, Heathered Pearls (DJ), Speakerbot @ Glasslands
* Bill Bartholomew, Meaner Pencil, And The Kids, Bird Courage, U Say USA, STUVOODOO @ Brooklyn Fireproof
* L.I.E.S., LEGOWELT, Beautiful Swimmers, Marcos Cabral, Willie Burns, Bookworms, Professor Genius, Jahiliyya Fields, Shawn O' Sullivan, Kerri Chandler @ Output

Last year, The Beach Boys went on a 50th anniversary tour with a lineup that saw them reunited with Brian Wilson for the first time in a long time, and also included Al Jardine and Dave Marks. As discussed, after that tour ended Mike Love and Bruce Johnston continued touring as The Beach Boys without Brian, Al or Dave. That tour without Brian hits the NYC-area this weekend for shows in NJ tonight at Bergen PAC and Saturday (6/1) at Stamford, CT's Palace Theater.

Jorma Kaukonen (of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane, and whose debut solo LP, Quah, is a '70s gem) is doing a two-night run at City Winery, which includes shows at the Manhattan venue tonight and Saturday (6/1). Both are sold out, but if you didn't get tickets, you can "sign up for the wait list to be alerted if tickets become available."

There's a great bill at Cake Shop tonight. Vancouver bands Babysitter and Slam Dunk, who just brought their tour to The Rock Shop last night (5/30), are hitting the Manhattan venue tonight for a lineup which also includes great local(ish) bands Speedy Ortiz, Sleepies, and Bennio Qwerty. $10 at the door gets you in.

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TEEN just made a video for their track "Carolina" from the new EP of the same name. You can watch that below.

What else?

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Mikal Cronin in Chicago in February (more by Kristie Shanley)

This summer, MoMA will be hosting the return of their MoMA Nights series every Thursday in July and August. In July we get the indie rock stuff (curated by MoMA's PopRally), with shows from Ex Cops on 7/4, TEEN on 7/11, Mikal Cronin on 7/18, and Ducktails on 7/25. Then in August, it's the contemporary composer/modern art type performances from Pauline Oliveros, Tristan Perich and more. Each MoMA Night runs from 5:30 to 8 PM with the music beginning at 6:30. Regular museum admission applies.

Mikal Cronin also has an upcoming sold out Bowery Ballroom show, Ducktails has an upcoming free show with Titus Andronicus, and TEEN have an upcoming show with Eleanor Friedberger.

More info on MoMA Nights at MoMA's site. Full schedule below...

Continue reading "MoMA Nights 2013 schedule (Mikal Cronin, Ducktails & more)"

Kendrick Lamar at SXSW (more by Tim Griffin)

Tickets for the individual shows of Downtown Music Festival (5/10-11), which were just announced are on sale now, in addition to passes.

A whole bunch of other tickets just went on sale too.

Day-by-day schedule for Downtown Music Festival below...

Continue reading "individual Downtown Music Fest shows on sale now"

TEEN @ Glasslands. Sept. 2013 (more by Courtney Dudley)

The Downtown Music Festival happens in two weeks (May 10 - 11) at NYC venues on or below Houston St. A few artists have been added to the fest's line-up: Nguzunguzu, Antwon, TEEN, Branchez, Mess Kid, Jade <3 & Blind Benny, Anais Mitchell, Crush Distance and Nire & Nani. Tickets (single day and two-day passes, and VIP passes) are still available.

The festival has also announced the daily line-ups, so we now know things like that Black Hippy and Fat Tony will be playing at Capitale on Friday night (5/10); Earl Sweatshirt, Ryan Hemsworth and Antwon will be at Element on Friday; and Ratking, Black Dave, Vashtie, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire and Jade <3 & Blind Benny will be at Tammany Hall on Saturday night (5/11), to name a few. Check out the full schedule below.

Continue reading "Downtown Music Festival adds more artists (Antwon, TEEN + more), announces daily schedule"

TEEN at BV SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

As mentioned, Eleanor Friedberger will release her new solo album, Personal Record, on June 4 via Merge. If you haven't checked out first single, "Stare at the Sun," you can do so below.

While there's been no tour announcement yet, Eleanor will play Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 28. Tickets to that show go on AmEx presale on Wednesday at noon, with the regular on-sale happening Friday at noon. She's also playing the 2013 edition of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry at BAM in April.

That show is with TEEN, who played one of our SXSW day parties last week. The band have a new EP, Carolina, out May 28. You can stream the title track off that EP below. The band are heading to Europe for a tour this week and all dates are listed below.

UPDATE (3/20): Full tour announced, all with TEEN, dates below.

Continue reading "Eleanor Friedberger touring with TEEN who have a new EP coming out (dates, streams)"

photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher

Austra / APTBS / the crowd

We wrapped up our stay at The Main and The Jr (aka old Emo's) with our fourth and final BrooklynVegan SXSW day party on Saturday (3/16). Unfortunately, Foxygen had to drop off at the last minute because the singer lost his voice. They would have played the outdoor stage (Pianos Stage), where we still saw sets from the arty synthpop of Empress Of, the loudest set of all of our day parties from A Place to Bury Strangers, and a super fun set from catchy UK rockers Palma Violets. Then came the sexy R&B of Autre Ne Veut, followed by a set by Austra, who were previewing expansive material from their upcoming sophomore album, Olympia. Then finally, the outdoor stage was wrapped up with a set from psychedelic pop New Zealanders Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Inside, the show kicked off with the catchy indie pop of TEEN, followed by rockin' UK band Peace, and then three consecutive synthpop groups, Feathers, MS MR, and Doldrums. Then the show took a louder turn with an adrenaline-pumping set from White Lung, bouncy young garage punks The Orwells, and finally King Tuff.

In addition to the music, we had an interactive photo and video booth set up by Oxygen tattoo show, "Best Ink". The second season (hosted by Pete Wentz who made a surprise appearance in their booth) premieres April 3rd. Onkyo was there, sampling their new headphones which hit stores next month. mophie maker of invaluable iPhone chargers, were giving away discount cards good at their pop-up shop which was set up right across the street on Red River. We were also serving complimentary Jameson, and Zico coconut water, and free vegan queso and chips from Food For Lovers. We also had BrooklynVegan t-shirts for the first 50 people in the door, thanks to American Apparel. Also thanks to our other sponsors, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, Creative Recreation, Signazon, Zazoo, and Redigi.

More pictures from Saturday's party below...

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan SXSW Saturday day party in pics (UMO, King Tuff, Austra, Orwells, APTBS, Palma Violets & more)"

This is Day 4 of four BrooklynVegan SXSW Day Parties this year...

As you know, BrooklynVegan is returning to Austin for SXSW this year and throwing four days of day parties at The Main & The Jr aka 603 Red River Street at the corner of 6th aka the old Emo's location. Those happen Wed (3/13), Thurs, Fri and Saturday (3/16). All shows are 100% FREE with RSVP

We've announced Thursday and Friday. Wednesday is on the way. HERE IS SATURDAY..

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan free SXSW 2013 Saturday day party lineup (UMO, Austra, King Tuff, Autre Ne Veut, Foxygen, APTBS, White Lung, Palma Violets, Doldrums & more)"

As mentioned, Callers are about to start a March residency at Williamsburg venue Union Pool and we now know the rest bills for each show. The kickoff show on March 7 features Olga Bell and TEEN; the March 14th show is with Fang Island; and on March 21 it's Here We Go Magic's Luke Temple and still-to-be-revealed "special guests." Tickets for each show are $8 and and advance tix for the 3/7 show are on sale now.

Flyer for the residency is below.

Continue reading "Callers announce line-ups for NYC residency (Olga Bell, Luke Temple, Fang Island, TEEN and more)"

The Thermals in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

As mentioned, scrappy pop punks The Thermals will release their sixth album, and first for Saddle Creek, Desperate Ground, on April 16. The band just revealed their first taste of the new album with "Born to Kill," a quick, unrelenting ripper that benefits from John Agnello's thick, raw-but-clear production. You can watch a lyric video for the track and download it exchange for your email address below (via SPIN).

As mentioned, The Thermals will be touring this year and hitting the NYC area for a BrooklynVegan-presented show on March 7 at 285 Kent with Habibi and Hilly Eye (tickets) and March 9 at Maxwell's with TEEN (tickets).

Song stream below...

Continue reading "The Thermals reveal new song, "Born to Kill" (download)"

DOWNLOAD: TEEN - Ambient (MP3)

TEEN @ Webster Hall, Sept. 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Brooklyn's TEEN are going on the road this month, and part of that trip will be spent opening on Memory Tapes' tour, including the previously-announced Glasslands show on February 6 to which tickets are still available. (Denitia and Sene have been added to that show as well.) They'll then do a few dates on their own before heading back to the NYC area to open The Thermals show at Maxwell's on March 9 . Tickets are still available for that show as well. All TEEN tour dates are listed below.

To hype you up for their upcoming jaunt, TEEN have let loose a previously-unreleased instrumental, "Ambient," which you can download above or stream below.

Continue reading "TEEN offer unreleased track, touring, including separate dates with Memory Tapes and The Thermals (MP3, stream)"

by Bill Pearis

Hospitality @ Brooklyn Bowl, 8/31/2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

While I haven't revealed by Favorite Albums of 2012 list yet, I'll let it slip that Hospitality's eponymous debut album is pretty high up there. If you've yet to hear it's many guitar pop pleasures, you can stream it below. Wondering what the band have listened to the most in 2012? They've offered up their Top 10 of 2012 which you can peruse below. It's actually nine new albums and then the last slot goes to Led Zeppelin which singer Amber Papini admits she's been gorging on ever since Hurricane Sandy.

Sandy caused the band's headlining show at Bowery Ballroom to be postponed and the make-up date is right around the corner on January 10 with TEEN and Household. Tickets are still available and we're also giving away a pair.

Meanwhile, Hospitality next show after that will be as part of the Kidrockers series at Brooklyn Bowl, happening Sunday, February 10 at 11 AM. Tickets are $8 and on sale now -- kids 2 and under get in free. It's all ages on Sundays at Brooklyn Bowl till 6PM when it becomes 21+ like the rest of the week.

Kidrockers have announced a few other 2013 shows as well: Caveman (who just announced a big tour, including Webster Hall on 4/10) play on January 27 (tix); and Hooray for Earth play on February 3 (tix, they also play Knitting Factory next month). There is also the previously-announced DIIV show on January 13 (they play an "adult" show at BB that same night).

Hospitality's list of Top 10 LPs of 2012 is below.

Continue reading "Hospitality list their Top 10 LPs of 2012, playing Brooklyn Bowl for Kidrockers (as are Caveman and Hooray for Earth)"

Peter of HWGM @ Brooklyn Bowl, 9/18/2012 (more by Sarah Gainer)

Here We Go Magic's A Different Ship has made a few Best of 2012 lists, including ones from The Fly, Q, Johnny Beach of Bowery Presents and Freelance Whales. But what records did they like this year? Drummer Peter Hale submitted a list to us, with the following note:

Two confessions: I've ordered these very haphazardly, and I added my band's record as number one.

I don't get asked to do this very often (maybe that's why), but I'm honored to do it and humbled (really) by the multitude of beautiful records. I'm probably wrong, but I imagine anyone who's ever worked as hard as he or she could on an album would agree that celebrating it is the best way to let it go; to release it not just to the public, but from those straps -- the emotions and toil -- that bind it so closely to our hearts. Like so many graduation days, this is letting go. What a great year!

You can check out their Pledge Music video below, alongside Peter's Top 11 of 2012.

Continue reading "Here We Go Magic readying live EP, list favorite LPs of 2012, playing NYC in January"

by Bill Pearis

Guards are gearing up for the release of their debut album, In Guards We Trust, which will be out February 5. A couple tastes from the album are ready to scoop into now -- the new single "Coming True" is streamable below, as is the video for "Silver Lining." If you like "whoa-ohs" and instantly sing-a-long choruses (they're not that far from what the Rosebuds do, really), check it out.

They're an engaging live band too, at least when I saw them during CMJ this year. You can find out for yourself as Guards, fronted by Richie Follin (who is also a member of Cults with his sister Madeline), are on a tour now which includes a NYC stop at Knitting Factory on December 15 with TEEN and Your Youth. Tickets for that show are on sale. They'll hit the road with Menomena in February as well, though no dates in NYC for that jaunt.

A list of all Guards dates, video, and streams, below...

Continue reading "Guards releasing debut in 2013, on tour now (dates, streams)"

Hospitality at Brooklyn Bowl, August 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Though copies have surfaced on the road in the days prior, Hospitality released a new 7" via Merge on 10/30 featuring a pair of new jams in "Monkey" (streamable below) and "The Drift". Though the band was forced to cancel an outing at Bowery Ballroom on 11/2 due to some jerk named Sandy, the band is ready to go with another date in its stead: January 10th at Bowery Ballroom with TEEN. TIckets are still available for the show, or you can use the ticket you already had for the cancelled show, or roll the dice and try to win a pair along with said 7". Details on how are below.

Hospitality is scheduled to lay low until that Bowery date, but you can still catch TEEN in Brooklyn at Knitting Factory on 12/15 with Guards (tickets). Until then, dig on some streams while entering the contest below....

Continue reading "Hospitality / TEEN reschedule Bowery Ballroom show; Win tickets and a new Hospitality 7""

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Ariel Pink & R. Stevie Moore @ Webster Hall - 9/14/2012

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, complete with R. Stevie Moore in tow, brought its current headlining tour in support of "Mature Themes" to Webster Hall in NYC Friday night (9/14). TEEN and BODYGUARD opened the show which is pictured in this post.

The somewhat unofficial afterparty happened afterwards at 285 Kent, and despite unofficial confirmations and strong rumors, Ariel Pink apparently never confirmed he would play 285 Kent, and he didn't. However, Webster Hall opener Bodyguard (James Ferraro) did play along with rumored secret guest Holy Other (who opened for Amon Tobin at Hammerstein Ballroom earlier in the night) and secret guests and Pink associates Geneva Jacuzzi and R. Stevie Moore (whose set started around 3:45am).

More pictures from Webster Hall, including one of Ariel's pre-encore setlist, below...

Continue reading "Ariel Pink played Webster Hall (but not 285 Kent) with R. Stevie Moore, Bodyguard & TEEN (pics)"

photos by Courtney Dudley; words by Phillip Pantuso

TEEN at Glasslands, 9/5/2012

I recently moved from Austin to Brooklyn, and the main thing I've noticed across the handful of shows I've attended so far is that either Austin is on some apathetic shit, or NYC crowds are, in general, much more lively and appreciative. There's a pervasive bonhomie that would almost be insulting to the bands onstage -- were they oftentimes not its main instigator. Take this all with a pinch of salt; it's been three weeks. But know that I really mean it when I say that TEEN's debut album release show last night at Glasslands was like a love-in for ex-Here We Go Magic keyboardist Kristina "Teeny" Lieberson and her band. You could tell as much when a not-insignificant number of the audience cheered during her mic check, and then got so quiet in expectation of the first song that I actually suppressed a cough.

TEEN opened with "Huh" from their aforementioned debut. It was an auspicious start. A flanged synth chord swirled in repeat over a tsk-tsk cymbal and rumbly tom, Lieberson's open-throated vocals and trebly guitar stabs, and a slinky bass line from Jane Herships (the one non-Lieberson sister in the quartet). It's the kind of vibe-heavy dream pop that's been en vogue since Beach House's first record. Teeny's smoky, melismatic singing style reminded me of Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins: wildly performative and quite loud, which sometimes worked but often, as when she went off-pitch or overdominated the mix, didn't.

Like Here We Go Magic, TEEN's best songs work because they loop and layer earworm melodies until a kind of hypnotic, kraut-like trance is achieved. They take relatively simple parts that perfectly add up, as on "Come Back," a fervid, lovesick slab of jittery pop that inspired at least one straight-up interpretative dance in front of the stage. Or "Better," greeted by the loudest cheers of the night, probably because it features the punchy shout-a-long chorus "I'll do it better than anyone else!" But too many songs overstayed their welcome. "Roses and Wine" started out dirge-y and got even more languid over the course of what felt like ten minutes, whereas "Charlie," despite nailing a bleary, 60s girl-group pose, offered little in the way of fresh ideas beyond verse one.

Still, TEEN offered an at-times entrancing take on psychedelic dream-pop, and at the very least, it's heartening to see a band so warmly accepted while playing in their own (adopted) backyard. Teeny Lieberson was giving shout outs and literally conversing with friends the entire set.

TEEN's next show will be opening for Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at Webster Hall on September 14 and will then head out on the road for a month-long jaunt with Hospitality.

More pictures from Glasslands, including openers Acrylics, are below.

Continue reading "TEEN played a record release party at Glasslands with Acrylics (pics and review)"

Altar of Plagues at The Studio at Webster Hall, 2010 (*more by Samantha Marble)

today in NYC
* Cold Fronts @ Cameo
* DANCENOW @ Joe's Pub
* Michael McNeill @ Barbes
* John and Scott @ UCB
* Zoogma, D.V.S @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* The Big Terrific Comedy Show @ Cameo
* Rachel Yamagata @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Heaven, Rumors, Manatees, Leila Adu @ Pianos
* Sondre Lerche, Fancy Colors @ Bowery Ballroom
* TEEN, Acrylics, Bizi Gara, Fabric @ Glasslands
* The John Cage Variety Show Big Band @ The Stone
* Bridget Everett & The Tender Moments @ Joe's Pub
* Chromatics, Oneohtrix Point Never (DJ) @ New Museum
* Altar Of Plagues, Atlas Moth, Sannhet @ Saint Vitus
* Manatees, Call Of The Wild, Behavior @ Death By Audio
* The Rapture, JD Samson & MEN @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Hilly Eye, Big Ups, Black Wine, The Midgetman @ Shea Stadium
* Colleen Green, Team Spirit, Plateaus, The Sanctuaries @ Mercury Lounge
* Cellular Chaos, Martin Bisi, Arc in Round, Invisible Things @ Cake Shop

Tonight marks the second night of a three day tribute to composer John Cage at The Stone on what would have been his 100th birthday! Look for the "John Cage Big Band" featuring Miguel Frasconi, Daniel Goode, Kathleen Supové, Chris McIntyre, Cristian Amigo, Richard Carrick, David Watson, Guy Barash and more.

The Rapture begins its three-night residency with JD Samson & MEN at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (9/5). All three shows are sold out.

Azealia Banks is playing a private Fashion Week party at the Wythe Hotel tonight with Hunters, but she'll play a free, open-to-the-public show tomorrow at M.A.C. Soho as part of Fashion's Night Out.

You've got two days left to check out BrooklynVegan photo show '480 Pixels' which is up at 92YTrbeca until Thursday. Hours for today and tomorrow are noon-7pm.

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The Vaselines were joined by Krist Novoselic at Bumbershoot in Seattle over Labor Day Weekend, where they joined together for "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam." The song was originally recorded by the band and then later covered for Nirvana's MTV Unplugged LP.

As Rolling Stone points out, "Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle is gearing up for the October 16th release of Dept. of Disappearance, his first solo record since 2009's Yours Truly, the Commuter. Now you can check out the video for album cut "Your Final Setting Sun," which Lytle describes as "a kind of fast-paced Western synth rock song."" Video is below.

Neurosis have released a new trailer for Honor Found In Decay. Check that out below.

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photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

Hospitality at Brooklyn Bowl - 8/31/12

As mentioned, Brooklyn bands Hospitality and TEEN are kicking off a tour together this month. That tour doesn't come to NYC but right after it ends, Hospitality will play Bowery Ballroom on November 2. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (9/7) at noon.

TEEN isn't listed on that bill (at least not at the moment), but as discussed, they'll play NYC TONIGHT (9/5) at Glasslands with Acrylics, Bizi Gara, and Fabric (tickets) and will open for Ariel Pink at Webster Hall on September 14 with BODYGUARD (tickets).

Hospitality just played a free show at Brooklyn Bowl last Friday (8/31) with ARMS. They played a new song at that show, which you can watch a video of, plus check out more pictures from the show, and a list of updated Hospitality dates below.

Continue reading "Hospitality played Brooklyn Bowl, adds Bowery Ballroom show to tour (pics, video & updated dates)"

West Coast janglers Craft Spells are heading East next month to play Cincinatti's Midpoint Music Festival (September 27 - 29) which also features the likes of Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, Dirty Projectors, Sleigh Bells and many more. Tickets for the fest are still available and the whole line-up is at the bottom of this post.

Before the festival, Craft Spells will be in NYC for a show at Glasslands on September 24 with new new romantics Ice Choir. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

You can stream Craft Spells' new-ish EP, Gallery, plus check out the whole Midpoint Music Fest line-up, below.

Continue reading "Craft Spells playing NYC before Midpoint Music Festival (2012 line-up)"

Sigur Ros at Skyline Stage (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

today in NYC
* Brazzaville @ Joe's Pub
* Harold O'Neal @ Barbes
* Greg Diamond @ Joe's Pub
* Raya Brass Band @ Barbes
* The Do @ Knitting Factory
* EUSH, Tmmrw, Dolores Boys @ Cameo
* All Boy/All Girl, Dewisant @ Cake Shop
* Ollabelle, Cynthia Sayer @ City Winery
* Sigur Ros, Perfume Genius @ Prospect Park
* Our Lady Peace, Mean Creek @ Irving Plaza
* Jason Crigler, David Mansfield @ City Winery
* Jana Herzen with Charnett Moffett @ The Stone
* Keith Murray, Beatnuts @ Tappen Park Summerstage
* Big Sam's Funky Nation, EMEFE @ Highline Ballroom
* Dead Kennedys, Cerebral Ballzy @ Santos Party House
* Tombstalker, Skelptarsis, Consecration @ The Acheron
* Brandi Carlile, The Barr Brothers @ Wellmont Theatre
* Oneman, DJ Soulja Man, Jim-e Stack, J-Cush @ 285 Kent
* Toad the Wet Sprocket, Jonathan Kingham @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Deep Dark Woods, Luluc, Wailin' Storms @ Mercury Lounge
* Eye Ra Haze, Generation Kill, Gunfire-N-Sodomy @ Saint Vitus
* War Cries, Degollado, Chat Logs, METH @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
* With Knives, Your Skull My Closet, Nightmare Air, Cycles @ Union Hall
* Normal Love, Sightings, Weasel Walter Trio, MV Carbon @ Death By Audio
* The Death Set, Anamanaguchi, Hussle Club, Ninjasonik, Figo @ Bowery Ballroom
* Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Justin Miller @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Pool Party Babylon w/ 'Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders of Mars' screening @ The Thompson Hotel
* Talibam!, Diamond Terrifier, Violet Raid, Sun Watchers, GADDFJXR, DJ Dutch E Germ @ Zebulon
* 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' screening w/ post-screening Q&A with Rahshida Jones, Will McCormack and Lee Toland Krieger @ 92Y Tribeca
* Al Madrigal, Steve Rannazzisi, Christian Finnegan, Kurt Metzger, Brendon Walsh, and Ari Shaffir @ Gotham Comedy Club
* Horny & the Dance Machine, Noble Laureate, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Big Butter & The Egg Man @ Glasslands
* Zoo Animal, Little Bombs, Indian Rebound, Elliot & the Ghost, Darrin Bradbury @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Rick Ross is doing signings of his new LP God Forgives, I Don't at J&R Music World at 6 pm today. Stream that LP in its entirety if you're planning on heading down there.

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Welsh band Race Horses release their debut album, Furniture, in August. Check out the video for "My Year Abroad" below.

TEEN have a new video for "Electric" which is viewable below.

Check out a new Neurosis album teaser (!) below.

The Feist/Mastodon Record Store Day 7" gets an interesting twist with a version that merges the two with a crossfader. Check it out here.

The latest episode of Nardwuar features the human serviette taking on funnyman Hannibal Buress. That's below too.

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DOWNLOAD: TEEN - Rumblette Mixtape (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: TEEN - Electric (MP3)

As mentioned before, Brooklyn band TEEN will release their debut album via Carpark on August 28. A second track from the album, "Electric," has now been made available to download which you can do above. The band have also put together a "Rumbelette Mixtape" that features Pavement and Rickie Lee Jones covers, as well as pairing themselves with Aphex Twin and Outkast. You can download that above or stream it below.

The band just played a couple NYC shows (anybody go see them at Union Pool?) and their next local show is a record release party for their debut on September 5 at Glasslands with Acrylics and Bizi Gara. Tickets are on sale now.

TEEN will then open for Ariel Pink at Webster Hall on September 14 and then head out on tour with Hospitality (no New York shows though). All tour dates are listed below.

Continue reading "TEEN released free mixtape (download), playing record release show at Glasslands; going on tour with Hospitality"

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: TEEN - Better (MP3)

Brooklyn's TEEN formed about a year and a half ago, started by Katherine Lieberson (aka Teeny) who used to be in Here We Go Magic, and her sister Lizzie plus pal Jane Herships. The band, expanded since, released the Doodz EP online last year and have now signed with Carpark who will release their debut album, In Limbo, this fall.

The album was mixed by Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 and while there are bits of the Velvet Underground (and their descendants) as well as nods to girl group pop and post punk to be heard, though those descriptors don't do them justice. (Neither does their name.) In Limbo genuinely has it's own thing going and sound sound quite like anything else at the moment. You can download opening track "Better" at the top of this post and stream it at the bottom of this post. There's a video for the song -- repurposed from Kevin Bacon's cheesy '80s bike flick Quicksilver -- which you can watch at the bottom of this post, along with a video for another album track, "Roses and Wine," as well.

TEEN have a few shows scheduled in the NYC area: July 20 at Le Poisson Rouge, opening for "Dean & Britta do Galaxie 500" (tickets on sale); the next day (July 21) at Union Pool (with Bubbles and Test House) as part of the free Summer Thunder series, and then opening for Ariel Pink at Webster Hall on September 14 (tickets on sale 6/8).

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Dam-Funk at Union Pool in 2011 (more by Erez Avissar)

Dam-Funk will be in NYC this month for Northside Festival, where he'll play the previously discussed Brooklyn Bowl show on June 17 with The Rub. At that show, he'll be debuting his new band, which includes members of The Mars Volta and Macy Gray's crew. Tickets for that show are still available.

Dam-Funk has also been added to the previously mentioned Onra show at Santos Party House (7/17), which also includes Taylor McFerrin, The Doppelgangaz, and DJ Sean Rowlands. Dam-Funk will be DJing at this show. Tickets for that show are still available.

He's also one of the openers on the recently announced Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti tour. He won't be handling any of the support duties on the east coast though. When we first mentioned the NYC show, which goes down at Webster Hall on September 14, we mentioned that TEEN and James Ferraro would be opening, though it appears that James is no longer on the bill and Bodyguard is instead (UPDATE: James Ferraro is Bodyguard). Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (6/8) at noon with an AmEx presale starting TODAY (6/6) at noon.

All Dam-Funk dates are listed below...

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Ariel Pink at Big Apple Circus in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt)

In an interview with SPIN, Ariel Pink revealed plans to release a new Haunted Graffiti record this August via 4AD and tour this September in support of it with James Ferraro. That tour hasn't been announced in full yet but a few dates are beginning to surface including a NYC show on September 14 at Webster Hall with TEEN. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (6/8) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (6/6) at noon.

In the SPIN interview about the new album, he said:

"There are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins. It's so diverse but so different from anything I've done before. In a sense, its really the record I wanted to make back when I made Before Today, but couldn't due to pressures and different factors. We had time to let our hair down and try new things."

Since I write a lot of the stuff in my head, its very difficult to have a drummer translate those ideas," Pink explains. "But [my mouth percussion] became a guide for Cole to beat match with real drum sounds. Essentially, it's me playing drums on the whole record, but not with my hands: by matching my mouth drums to live percussion, you can't tell the difference between me and a live drummer."

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Though tickets for the previously discussed Turing Machine/Violent Bullshit show at Union Pool on 5/18 have flown out the door (it is now sold out), at least you didn't entirely miss the train. Williamsburg, Brooklyn venue Union Pool have announced both bands, along with names like Eric Copeland (Black Dice), Rain Machine (Kyp Malone of TV on The Radio), Bubbles, TEEN, Ryan Sawyer / Nate Wooley / C. Spencer Yeh, LONE WOLF and Test House, as the first batch of artists in their Summer Thunder Series, their annual set of FREE shows taking place on the patio on every other Saturday afternoon from May 26th until August 18th. Summer Thunder 2012 is being curated by the venue along with Ryan Sawyer (Lone Wolf/Tall Firs/Glass Rock) and Summer Thunder creator and artist J. Penry, with each week promising free music, "drink specials, free koozies, T-shirts for purchase by J. Penry, and lots of Jameson". That last part just sold me.

Exact dates are on the poster above. Exact lineups TBA soon.