DOWNLOAD: AA Bondy - There's a Reason (MP3)

Holly Miranda @ Mercury Lounge 2/18/09 (more by Tim Griffin)

Jealous Girlfriend gone solo Holly Miranda has been added to AA Bondy's June US tour. That includes the Saturday, June 6th show at Brooklyn's Bell House. Tickets are still on sale.

AA Bondy is in the process of finishing the follow-up to his 2007 debut, American Hearts, which was re-released in 2008 on Fat Possum. An MP3 from his debut is above; more news on the new disc to come. Bondy will also be at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo this year.

Holly Miranda comes off a string of NYC shows, including a CD release show at the Mercury Lounge for her self-released Sleep on Fire EP, which took place on May 5th (with Illinois).

A video of that release show at the Mercury Lounge, with all tour dates, below...

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photos by Ryan Muir

Holly Miranda @ Zebulon

Holly Miranda, known most for her part in the Jealous Girlfriends, has at least four NYC shows coming up. Tonight (2/13) you can catch her at Southpaw, part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival, with Motel Motel, The Canon Logic, and Ro Agents.

Wednesday (2/18) she opens for White Rabbits at the the first of their two shows at Mercury Lounge. Tickets are on sale. Ravens & Chimes are also on that bill. Bell and Polite Sleeper are the White Rabbits openers on Thursday.

Fast forward a month: Thursday March 12th you can catch Holly at Zebulon in Brooklyn (that's the venue I last saw her in, and where the pictures in this post came from). Tall Firs and Sharon Van Etten are also on that solid bill.

A month after that: Holly Miranda is opening for Nada Surf at the Bell House on April 15th. Tickets are not yet on sale.

Holly has a solo album coming out some time soon (probably when she finds a label to release it) . It was produced by TV On the Radio's Dave Sitek and Celebration's Katrina Ford. Holly said,

..its been a truly magical journey and a family affair, for sure. between katrina and dave producing, sean (of celebration) playing everything with ivory (including a pipe organ in baltimore we sent him to with a midi recorder), stewart and eric (from antibalas) killing it with the sax, trumpet and clarinet, and i think by the time we are done every member of tv on the radio will appear on the album..how sweet is that. plus katrina and i sing two songs together. OH and brendan (from ludlow lions) sings and plays on 'forest green oh forest green' ( a song we wrote together years ago)... there may still be a few guest appearances still to come.

More pictures and all dates below...

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DOWNLOAD: Team B - On My Mind (MP3)

Team B is the new musical endeavor of Kelly Pratt. While written and recorded primarily on tour with Arcade Fire and Beirut in 2007 and 2008, help was also found with his amazing friends Pat Mahoney on drums (LCD Soundsystem), Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut, and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) on a track or two.

We don't have a label yet, but the cd is available now through this website, and will be available in a couple of weeks through other online outlets. If you want a copy just click on the link below and ye shall receive. Price is only $10 plus $2.50 for shipping (in the U.S). If you live outside the US please include $6.50 for shipping.
[Team B]

Check out the three songs streaming at MySpace. Download one of them above. Check out Team B live, TONIGHT (November 10th) at Union Pool in Brooklyn (11 pm). It's their first show ever, and they're promising it will be their last this year. The full band looks something like this:

Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire)
Tracy Pratt (Beirut)
Ryan Smith (Twin Thousands, Stars Like Fleas)
Jon Natchez (Beirut, Stars Like Fleas)
Jason Poranski (Beirut, FreeTime)
Mike Fadem (The Jealous Girlfriends)

Special guests have also been promised.

Jon Natchez's credits also inlude Shugo Tokumaru's live band, Bishop Allen, The Citizens Band, Escort and.... Skavoovie! Jon and Kelly also sometimes play together at venues like the Stone.

Mike Fadem's band The Jealous Girlfriends are going on tour with Nada Surf and have a NYC show coming up (Dec 10) at The Studio at Webster Hall where they also played during CMJ.

Stars Like Fleas have a track on Habitat, "a two disc set including 29 artists, covering the various manifestations of 'electronic music,' and produced as a benefit for Habitat for Humanity." You can get that at Asthmatic Kitty.

A video of Kelly, Tracy and Jon playing with Herman Dune at Union Hall below...

Continue reading "Team B (Kelly Pratt + Jon Natchez & other Beirut members) - an MP3, a Brooklyn show Monday"

photos by Tim Griffin

It's been a minute since Asobi Seksu played a NYC show. Catch them tonight, Saturday November 8th, @ Santos Paty House. They're sharing a bill with the Jealous Girlfriends who played some shows during CMJ including one at the new Studio @ Webster Hall. That's where the pictures in this post are from. More of them below...

Continue reading "The Jealous Girlfriends - CMJ Studio pics, a show Saturday @ Santos w/ ASOBI SEKSU "

photos by Tim Griffin

Shudder to Think is an American Post-Hardcore/Alternative rock group. Formed in 1986, they released three albums on the Washington, D.C. Dischord Records label and have been labeled a punk band, though they drew upon a wide range of stylistic influences, including pop. Their music is characterized by a complex mix of these stylistic influences, as well as by technical precision and melodic virtuosity. Singer Craig Wedren's characteristic operatic singing style set the band apart from other post-punk D.C.-area bands. [Wikipedia]

Though they quietly made some appearances here and there over the past year, Shudder to Think played their first official NYC reunion show at Webster Hall on Saturday night (Oct 4, 2008). I unfortunately had to miss it, but Craig promised a "fucking amazing show". Was it? Openers were Pattern Is Movement and The Jealous Girlfriends. More pictures and the official setlist below...

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Nada Surf @ Bumbershoot 2008 (more by Chris Graham)

Don't forget that Fountains of Wayne and Nada Surf (Matthew and Ira acoustic) play a benefit for Kelly Buchanan at Knitting Factory in NY this Wednesday night. Also,

New US tour dates have just been added and include Nada Surf's first show ever in Mexico. Joining the band on most of the dates will be the excellent Delta Spirit and our friends the Jealous Girlfriends. Most of the shows go on sale on Sept 12th.

Nicole Atkins is putting out a digital rlse, covers album that includes a version of "Inside of Love." Go to her myspace site for more info.

While on tour last spring, the music/cooking site Cooking with Rockstars recorded a segment with Nada Surf at our friend Jo's house. It's up and you can check it out.

Tickets for December Nada Surf / Delta Spirit shows at Bowery Ballroom (Dec 6) and Webster Hall (Dec 7) go on sale Friday (like they said). No word yet on tickets for a show at Maxwell's (Dec 8).

Delta Spirit are currently on tour with Dr. Dog and will also play NYC during CMJ in October.

Nada Surf (the acoustic duo version) is also playing a show for kids at The Living Room on Novmeber 9th. Daniel is currently on the sidelines due to an injury (he didn't play Bumbershoot), but he should be all better and back in the band by the time they play their next full band shows. All dates and a letter from Daniel below....

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In the shadow of the famous and brooding Kentile Floors sign in the burgeoning and classic neighborhood of Gowanus, The Bell House, a gorgeous new and unique music venue and lounge, will open its doors on September 18 at 6pm with free admission to the public. The Bell House is a magnificent two-room music and events venue located at 149 7th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues. It was crafted out of an old 1920's warehouse once used as a printing press, but more recently used as a fly-by-night shipping company.

Conceived and created by the friends behind Union Hall (Park Slope) and Floyd (Brooklyn Heights), The Bell House are thrilled to be pioneers of sorts adding a prominent performance space to Brownstone Brooklyn. The main space boasts 25 foot wooden arched ceilings, a 450 square foot stage, and unobstructed views from any part of the room. "Brownstone Brooklyn needed a major music venue and event space, and we found a beautiful old building near the Gowanus that was seemingly designed for live music," said co-owner, Jim Carden. "We'll be able to graduate the bands we've championed at Union Hall to a space like no other in New York City and be able to host acts that were simply too big for the stage there", adds co-owner and talent buyer Jack McFadden

Press release continued, and an updated initial lineup, below...

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Pattern is Movement

Tonight's show was supposed to be at Studio B and was supposed to have The Jealous Girlfriends on the bill (August 20). Instead, Pattern is Movement, Jukebox the Ghost, Bryan Scary and "a very special unannounced guest" (not Sarah Silverman) are playing at Le Royale on 7th Ave in Manhattan. Is the special guest The Jealous Girlfriends or is it The XYZ Affair or is it somebody completely different? I don't know.

On September 10th, Pattern is Movement kick of a tour in Canada and keep going through October when they eventually meet up with the reunited Shudder to Think to play a few shows including the October 4th one at Webster Hall. The Jealous Girlfriends are also on that bill. Less than a week later The Jealous Girlfriends go out on tour with the Wedding Present. That tour does not currently include the two NYC WP shows. All PIM and TJG tour dates (and the Le Royale flyer) below...

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DOWNLOAD: Sea Wolf - AOL Interface podcast (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sea Wolf - You're a Wolf (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Sea Wolf - Black Dirt (MP3)

Alex Brown Church (Sea Wolf) recently contributed an exclusive track, "Song of the Magpie," to the audio book for Augusten Burrough's new novel, "A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father." The song, along with exclusives from Patti Smith, Tegan Quinn (Tegan and Sara) and Ingrid Michaelson, can be heard on Burroughs' site here.

Tour dates & live video below....

Continue reading "Sea Wolf & The Jealous Girlfriends - 2008 Tour Dates"

proposing at a Rosebuds show, Rock and Roll Hotel - Jan 17, 2008 (CRED)

The Jealous Girlfriends @ Maxwell's - Nov 1, 2007 (Paul Bachmann)

UNGDOMSKULEN

* Tim Fite is playing Joe's Pub
* Antibalas is playing Southpaw
* The Rosebuds are playing Maxwell's
* Apes & Androids play Mercury Lounge
* Mission of Burma are playing Music Hall
* The Queers are playing Knitting Factory
* Luna Lounge celebrates 1 year w/ Michael Imperioli
* The Jealous Girlfriends are opening for Kevin Devine @ Bowery
* Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes & School of Seven Bells @ Terminal 5
* UNGDOMSKULEN & The Shapes are playing Union Hall

"It's pronounced "UNG - DOM - SCHOOL - IN". They're from Norway. They play Cake Shop tomorrow, and they're touring the U.S.

"Don't Smash" is a cute cartoon by Asthmatic Kitty family member Tom Eaton. Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) is the voice of the bunny. The video is below. What else?

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