photo by Dana (distortion) Yavin

"The Kills at pier 63 were incredible tonight! Jamie Hince you are the king!" - @gibsondaniel

The Kills on Pier 63 - 8/18/12

The Kills wrapped up their tour over the weekend with a free Converse City Carnage show on Pier 63 in NYC with Black Bananas and Viva Viva (which was "sold out") and a show at Montauk's Surf Lodge the next day (8/19). The Kills played material off all four of their full length albums, focusing mainly on 2011's Blood Pressures, and also including a good chunk of their 2003 debut.

More pictures, videos, and the setlist from the show are below.

Continue reading "The Kills played Converse City Carnage on Pier 63 w/ Black Bananas & Viva Viva (pics, videos, setlist)"

photos by Amoreena Lucero

Metallica / Sigur Ros at Outside Lands - 8/11/12

Metallica's headlining set on Saturday featured lots of the band's classic material ("Master of Puppets," "Ride the Lightning," "Creeping Death") paired with a fair amount of pyro and endless shout-outs to San Francisco. "We're very grateful to be playing in the backyard of the greatest city," said frontman James Hetfield. He also noted that a friend of his who lives a good distance from the park told him earlier that he could hear the band soundcheck all the way from his house. "So we're not only playing for you," said Hetfield. "We're playing for all of the Bay Area." [Rolling Stone]

Pictures of day 1 are HERE. More of day 2 are below.

Continue reading "Outside Lands Festival 2012 Day 2 in pics (Metallica, Sigur Ros, The Kills, Tame Impala, Explosions in the Sky & more)"

The Kills at Terminal 5 in February (more by Devan Council)

As mentioned, Montauk vacation spot The Surf Lodge is hosting shows (like the Dirty Projectors one in June) all summer. The summer is nearing its end, but there's still a handful of notable shows left taking place at the venue.

On August 11, Frankie Rose will play, the day after she opens for Little Dragon at Prospect Park (8/10). Then on August 18 it's Chairlift (who tour with The xx this fall) and a day later (8/19), The Kills will play, after playing their free Hudson River Park show (8/18) (which is "sold out"). As mentioned, Nite Jewel plays the Montak venue on August 25, and finally, Ra Ra Riot on September 1. More info at The Surf Lodge's website.

Stevie Nicks came to "CBS This Morning" yesterday (7/11) for an on-air interview, during which she revealed that Fleetwood Mac plan to reunite "next year, so far." "It's the plan. Because that's what we do. I do my thing. And Lindsey (Buckingham is) out doing his thing now." During that interview, Stevie also spoke about the recent suicide of Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch, saying "I can't even tell you what in the world would have pushed him to do something that crazy."

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are both currently on their own solo tours. Stevie hit the NYC area a few times in the past month, including Beacon Theater and she plays tonight (7/12) at Mohegan Sun in CT. Lindsey's tour is ongoing as well, and it hit NYC back in June for a show at BB King's.

As mentioned, there's also a Fleetwood Mac tribute in the works which comes on August 14 and features covers by mostly indie rock artists. Since we last wrote, many of those covers have surfaced on the internet. 10 of the 17 total covers are streaming below, including Lee Ranaldo Band and J Mascis' "Albatross," Antony's "Landslide," Billy Gibbons & Co.'s "Oh Well," Best Coast's "Rhiannon," The New Pornographers' "Think About Me," Lykke Li's "Silver Springs," Karen Elson (produced by Beck)'s "Gold Dust Woman," Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's "Storms," MGMT's "Future Games," and The Kills' "Dreams."

Those streams and lists of all Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham dates are below...

Continue reading "Fleetwood Mac reuniting in 2013; stream songs off their tribute LP; Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham on tour (separately)"

Here's the official word on those free Kills & Sleigh Bells shows:

The Converse City Carnage shows are all ages, standing room only, rain or shine, and free to the public. Although these are free shows, you must have a physical ticket in order to enter the venue.

Tickets for the July 21st Sleigh Bells show can be ordered for free via Ticketmaster by visiting www.bowerypresents.com/conversecitycarnagesleighbells anytime after 12:00 PM EST on Friday, June 22nd. There will also be a limited amount of physical tickets available at the following Converse retail stores as of June 22nd at 12:000 PM EST. All tickets are subject to availability.

-Converse SOHO 560 Broadway New York, NY 10012

-Converse GARDEN STATE Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall 1 Garden State Plaza Paramus, NJ 07652

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Tickets for the August 18th The Kills show can be ordered for free via Ticketmaster by visiting www.bowerypresents.com/conversecitycarnagethekills anytime after 12:00 PM EST on Friday, June 22nd. There will also be a limited amount of physical tickets available at the following Converse retail stores as of July 13th at 12:000 PM EST. All tickets are subject to availability.

-Converse SOHO 560 Broadway New York, NY 10012

-Converse GARDEN STATE Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall 1 Garden State Plaza Paramus, NJ 07652

All tickets are subject to availability.

Sleigh Bells at Terminal 5 in Feb 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)

Sleigh Bells and The Kills will separately headline two Converse City Carnage concerts/skateboard events happening at Hudson River Park. The Sleigh Bells show happens Saturday July 21 and is with Jel and Mr. Dream; The Kills show happens August 18 and is with Black Bananas and Viva Viva.

Both shows are free but you do need physical tickets which can be ordered via Ticketmaster on June 22 starting at noon. You can also pick up tickets at Converse's Soho and Garden State Plaza retail locations.

Both shows are part of two-day events. The skateboarding part will take place on Fridays (July 20, August 17) and features Converse Skateboarding Ambassadors Kenny Anderson, Nick Trapasso, along with the entire Converse Skateboarding team. You can read more about it here. Leading up to City Carnage, Hudson River Park's Pier 62 Skate Park will get a facelift courtesy the sneaker folks.

The City Carnage show is part of Sleigh Bells expanded summer tour and all current dates -- some of which are opening for Refused -- are listed below.

In related news, The Kills are featured on a new Fleetwood Mac tribute album titled Just Tell Me That You Want Me. The Kills tackle karaoke favorite "Dreams" and elsewhere on the compilation you can hear Mac songs covered by Lee Ranaldo & J Mascis, Antony, New Pornographers (streaming below), Washed Out, Matt Sweeny & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Best Coast, Lykke Li, Craig Wedren & St. Vincent, Tame Impala, MGMT and more. The album's out August 14 -- tracklisting and bad cover art is below.

Continue reading "Sleigh Bells, The Kills and more are playing free shows in Hudson River Park; new Fleetwood Mac tribute LP on the way"

"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...)"

photos by Devan Council

Alison the red haired JEFF member hood

We already posted a set of pictures from The Kills' show with JEFF the Brotherhood @ Terminal 5 on Saturday night (complete with opener Hunters and the setlist), but here's another. More below...

Continue reading "more pics of The Kills & JEFF the Brotherhood @ Terminal 5"

photos by Amanda Hatfield

The Kills @ Terminal 5 - 2/11/2012

"The Kills' show [Saturday] night at Manhattan's Terminal 5 was billed as a 10th anniversary concert, but the band hardly acknowledged the occasion over a 90-minute set focused mainly on material from their two most recent albums. There were a few surprises particular to this show: They were joined by four additional percussionists in matching black leather and red bandanas whose drumming was more ornamental than audible, and they revived the seldom-performed No Wow gem "At the Back of the Shell." But for the most part, this was business-as-usual for a band more invested in their present than their past." [Rolling Stone]

Here are the pictures from Terminal 5. More of them with the Kills' setlist, below...

Continue reading "The Kills celebrated 10 years @ Terminal 5 with JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters (pics, setlist)"

today in NYC
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Omar Lords @ Zebulon
* Laura Veirs @ Joe's Pub
* Ed Vallance @ The Ace Hotel
* Fred Armisen, Azita @ Union Pool
* Bjork @ New York Hall of Science
* Cherish The Ladies @ City Winery
* Pretty Good Friends @ Union Hall
* Theologian, Alberich @ The STone
* School of Rock @ Highline Ballroom
* Screaming Females @ Generation Records
* Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Il Abanico, Dear Lions, The Split @ Spike Hill
* Guns N' Roses, The Chelsea Smiles @ Terminal 5
* The Queens of FELA on Broadway celebrate the Grammy's @ Knitting Factory
* Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
* Soft Spot, Parmaga, Buffalo Stance @ Death By Audio
* Beast Make Bomb, Shake the Baron, Sea Monsters, Flagland @ Glasslands
* James Blake (DJ set), The Chain, Airhead @ Le Poisson Rouge
* English Dogs, The Casualties, Toxic Holocaust, Havok @ Europa
* Psychobuildings, Amil Byleckie Band, Trip Dicks @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
* Daniel Neumann, Maria Chavez, Alfredo Marin, Zeljko McMullen, Doron Sadja, Tristan Shepherd, Mario Diaz de Leon, Ben Vida, Sabisha Friedberg @ Roulette
* Communion featuring David Wax Museum, Aoife O'Donovan, Jones Street Station, Julia Easterlin @ Public Assembly

Check out some photos from Arcade Fire's 2004 show at Mercury Lounge on the BrooklynVegan Facebook.

Hopefully Bjork is feeling better.

Follow @BrooklynVegan on Twitter.

In case you were wondering, no Slash (pictured above) is not in the current lineup of Guns N Roses that plays Terminal 5 tonight.

The Grammys, now overshadowed/advertised by the tragedy that is Whitney Houston's death, air tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. EST. A last minute Whitney tribute was put together for the TV show and will include Jennifer Hudson and Chaka Khan.

In related and also sad (no disrespect to Whitney!) news, Foster the People and Maroon 5/Adam Levine are performing with the reunited Beach Boys at the Grammys. Adele will also be peforming on the show, but Justin Vernon will not be (because he refused to agree to whatever horrible collaboration they wanted him to do).

As previously mentioned...

Bon Iver was nominated for four high profile Grammys (though not "Album of the Year" which is what Arcade Fire won). Adele & Katy Perry nominated for a zillion, and other nominees include The Black Keys, Foster the Peepee, Cee Lo, Duck Sauce, Robyn, Cut Copy, Skrillex, Deadmau5, Coldplay, Radiohead, Mumford & Son, Mastodon, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Civil Wars, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Patton Oswalt, Louis CK, Weird Al, Danger Mouse, Memory Tapes, TV On the Radio, and A Tribe Called Quest.

The Kills played a 10th Anniversary show at Terminal 5 last night. More about that later, but you can check out the video from their performance on Letterman two nights earlier, below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Sunday? (Grammys)"

photos by Andrew St. Clair

Death By Audio - Wednesday night - 2/8/2012

The Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters play their sold out NYC show at Terminal 5 on Saturday, 2/11, a date that coincidentally (probably not) falls right during Fashion Week. If we had put two and two together earlier, we probably would have theorized that the band that contains Kate Moss's husband would be playing more than one show while in town. Who caught the invite-only show at The Standard last night?

Who caught JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters (Uncle Bad Touch got stopped at the Canadian border) at Maxwell's instead? We didn't, but we do have a second set of pictures from the show they played one night earlier at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. They continue below...

Continue reading "The Kills played the Standard; Jeff the Brotherhood played Maxwell's (here's more pics from Death by Audio)"

JEFF The Brotherhood at Stubb's (more by Tim Griffin)

Jeff The Brotherhood are currently on the road with The Kills and Hunters. Check out pictures from both Wednesday's Austin show and last week's Chicago date. The tour hits a now-sold-out Terminal 5 in NYC on 2/11.

Don't have tickets to Terminal 5? Rather see JEFF the Brotherhood somewhere smaller? The band also have a pair of other NYC-area dates, both with Uncle Bad Touch. In addition to the previously discussed Maxwell's on February 9th (with Devin), JEFF & UBT will play Death By Audio on February 8th (with The Numerators). Advanced tickets for Death By Audio go on sale at noon, while tickets for Maxwell's are still on sale now.

Speaking of Devin (formerly Devin Therriault), you can also catch him at Shea Stadium tonight (1/27) w/ SHAPES, The Static Jacks (who recently opened for Mission of Burma), Le Rug & Newport Reds.

Uncle Bad Touch welcomed their self-titled LP late last year via Infinity Cat. Check out a video for "I Wanna Love You" from that LP, as well as all tour dates below.

Continue reading "JEFF the Brotherhood on tour w/ Kills (pics), add DBA show; Devin plays with them in NJ, and in BK tonight"

Liam Finn @ Sound Fix in 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen)

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Tezeo @ Zebulon
* Hot Tub @ Littlefield
* comedy @ Spike Hill
* Herman Dune @ Joe's Pub
* Liam Finn @ The Rock Shop
* Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall
* New Music Observatory @ The Stone
* The Good Natured, St. Lucia @ Mercury Lounge
* Santigold, Spank Rock @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Capsule x Fader NYC afterparty @ Santos Party House
* Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Charlie Mars @ City Winery
* Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder tribute) @ Highline Ballroom
* Dan Neustadt performs Weezer's "Blue Album" @ Knitting Factory
* Phantom Family Halo, Our Mountain, Eraas, Vensaire @ Glasslands
* Scotty Mack, Chris Merritt, David Celia, Will Hunt, Mike Holt @ Cake Shop
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Noah Wall, Pressed And, Y/Y, Abadabad @ Death By Audio

The (capsule) New York Men's show is happening. There's an afterparty at Santos.

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Steve Earle's residency continues at City Winery.

The Kills, who soon kick of a tour, have a new video for "The Last Goodbye". Check it out below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Monday? (Martin Luther King Day)"

JEFF the Brotherhood at Matchless in August (more by Andrew St. Clair)

As mentioned, JEFF the Brotherhood are going on a winter 2012 tour with The Kills and Hunters that includes a NYC show at Terminal 5 on February 11. Tickets for that show are still on sale.

Two days before that show happens, JEFF the Brotherhood will headline their own show at Maxwell's (2/9) in Hoboken, NJ. Tickets for the Maxwell's show are on sale now.

Updated dates below...

Continue reading "JEFF the Brotherhood playing NJ during Kills tour (dates)"

The Kills @ MusicFestNW 2011 (more by Autumn Andel)

The Kills, who are about to celebrate their 10th anniversary, will head out on a headlining tour in early 2012 with JEFF the Brotherhood and Hunters. Beginning in Chicago on January 20th, the Kills will end it back at their favorite NYC venue Terminal 5 on February 11th. Tickets for all North American dates go on band presale today. Tickets for the NYC show go on AmEx presale Wednesday and general sale Friday.

Meanwhile the Kills will spend November traveling around Europe with Weekend. All tour dates and a brand new video for "Baby Says", below...

Continue reading "The Kills going on tour w/ JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters (dates, presale & new video)"

photos by Autumn Andel

Eleanor Friedberger @ Crystal Ballroom

Almost a month before she heads out on tour with Wild Flag, and one night before she plays City Winery as part of John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders, Fiery Furnace Eleanor Friedberger will make an appearance at the Union Square Barnes & Noble as part of Upstairs in the Square with writer Christopher Bollen (on 9/22).

This past Wednesday (9/7), Eleanor shared a bill in Portland with Mini Mansions and The Kills at Crystal Ballroom as part of the MusicFestNW festival. A set of pictures from that show is in this post. More of them, with all tour dates, below...

Continue reading "Eleanor Friedberger played MusicFestNW w/ The Kills (pics), playing Barnes & Noble (and other dates)"

Cut Copy @ Pitchfork Fest 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Deer Tick @ Webster Hall in 2010 (more by Tracy Allison)

today in NYC
* Deer Tick, Dom @ Pier 54
* Vampire Belt @ The Stone
* ARMS in Union Square
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Melvin Van Peebles @ Zebulon
* Ryan Leslie @ Marcus Garvey Park
* Joan Osborne, Gina Sicilia @ City Winery
* The Back Room w/ Todd Barry @ UCB
* Memory Tapes, CSLSX, Bell @ Glasslands
* Mark Morgan, Brian Sullivan @ The Stone
* Lia Ices, Port St. Willow @ Mercury Lounge
* The Detroit Cobras, The Booze @ Maxwell's
* MNDR, Happy New Year @ Public Assembly
* Beres Hammond @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The Shivers, Cameron Hull @ The Manhattan Inn
* Nas, Damian Marley @ Central Park Summerstage
* David Dorfman Dance @ Damrosch Park Bandshell
* Marchfourth Marching Band @ Josie Robertson Plaza
* oOoOO, Water Borders, Erika Spring @ Mercury Lounge
* Tommy Stinson, Vanessa Bley, The Veda Rays @ Bowery Electric
* Snowmine, Dinosaur Feathers @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
* Black Taxi, Reckless Sons, The Vanguard @ Cameo Gallery
* Moto, Baby Shakes, 1-800-BAND, Pretty Quick @ Saint Vitus
* MV & EE, Amen Dunes, Eleven Twenty-Nine @ Shea Stadium
* Buckcherry, Toilet Boys, Pisser (beneft) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Staring at Clouds, Florida, Palomar, Beef @ Brooklyn Fire Proof East
* Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Tumbleweeds, Willy Gantrim @ Cake Shop
* Project Jenny, Project Jan, Analog Fire, Bande a Part @ Knitting Factory
* Cut Copy, Foster The People, Midnight Magic @ Prospect Park Bandshell
* Xaddax, Great Falls, Radiation Blackbody, Passage Between @ The Acheron
* Ume, Me You Us Them, The Prids, Appomattox, Contramano, Virgin Wolves @ Pianos
* Down Low, The Last Stand, Fed Up, Sexual Suicide, Zombie Fight, Fierce Hatred @ Trash Bar
* Diamond Terrifier, Higgins: Bachanalia, Feast of The Epiphany, Kevin Hufnagel @ Death By Audio
* The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, Powerglove, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Within the Ruins, Fleshgod Apocalypse @ Irving Plaza

Tonight's show at Death by Audio features members of Extra Life, Zs, Gorguts & more.

Doors open at 6pm tonight for the free Dom & Deer Tick show at Pier 54 (which is at 14th St and the West Side Highway).

M. Ward's Wellmont Theatre show, originally rescheduled for tonight, was cancelled. Kurt Vile was supposed to open the show, but you can still catch Kurt tomorrow at Williamsburg Waterfront with Sonic Youth and Wild Flag. Win a pair of tickets on our Facebook.

Cut Copy play the last Celebrate Brooklyn show of the summer tonight. Like Bon Iver last night, it is sold out.

The Kills played "Future Starts Slow" on Fallon Tuesday night (8/9). Video of that below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday?"

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

The Kills, fresh from Lollapalooza, played two Terminal 5 shows with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and A Place to Bury Strangers. The first show was on Monday (8/8) and the second happened last night (8/9). The Kills focused on material off the recently released Blood Pressures, but also saved time for a few older cuts and a cover of Marilyn Monroe's "One Silver Dollar," which NY Times point out is from what singer Alison Mosshart declared Monroe's "worst movie."

Though not on the bill, BP Fallon, who played Escape to NY over the weekend, also made a surprise appearance at the Terminal 5 shows. According to Barbara S, he made "T5 a whole lot less shitty." Amber Kim says he did "I Believe in Elvis Presley" which is a Jack White-produced song.

We've got pictures from the first night. They continue below...

Continue reading "The Kills, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, A Place to Bury Strangers & BP Fallon played Terminal 5 twice (pics)"

The Kills' Jamie Hince w/ bride Kate Moss

"I'm just absolutely concentrated on The Kills and I don't really care what people think or say about it, even our fans. I think you're in trouble if you start only doing what your fans expect of you. So when people write about our success in relation to Jack White or The White Stripes, it doesn't torture me too much. I think it's hard to expect journalists to pin down your sound, anyway. Especially since the heyday of rock journalism, it's just easiest to describe bands by comparing them to other bands."
[Jamie Hince]

Village roads were shut by police as Kate and The Kills rocker Jamie married at their local church on ­Friday. They are celebrating with a three-day mini festival for guests ­including Sir Paul ­McCartney, Bob Geldof, Naomi Campbell and pal Sadie Frost.

Veteran ­crooner Bryan Ferry performed during a reception that went on until 5am. It also featured trapeze artists, burlesque ­performers and more bands. [Mirror]

The Kills' Alison Mosshart w/ Seasick Steve

It happened during Seasick Steve's headlining set and you can watch the video below.

The Kills return to America in August to play Lollapalooza followed by three dates with A Place To Bury Strangers, two of which are at Terminal 5 with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The Kills return to the road in September to play some shows around their appearance at Bumbershoot. All tour dates and the Domino-signed band's new video for "Future Starts Slow", below...

Continue reading "Jamie Hince married Kate Moss, Alison Mosshart played w/ Jack White, John Paul Jones & Seasick Steve (videos)"

Syl Johnson @ Maxwell's in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair)

Florence & the Machine @ Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Dam-Funk @ Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)

today in NYC
* PS 122 Benefit
* Undead Jazz Fest
* Blue Note Jazz Fest
* Roberta Flack @ BB King's
* Estelle @ Blue Note Jazz
* The Moonlighters @ Barbes
* David S. Ware @ The Stone
* Ende Tymes Fest @ Silent Barn
* Youssou N'Dour @ Terminal 5
* Rich Medina @ Brooklyn Bowl
* White Hills @ Permanent Records
* Cooper-Moore Solo @ The Stone
* Sade, John Legend @ Izod Center
* Hanni El Khatib @ Mercury Lounge
* A Night in Treme @ Jazz Standard
* Bill Carney's Jug Addicts @ Barbes
* Galactic, Corey Glover @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Bob Mould's Blowoff @ Highline Ballroom
* John Moran & Saori @ Issue Project Room
* Martin Bisi, Quiet Lights, Zaza @ Littlefield
* The Suzan @ Open Road Rooftop (Rooftop Films)
* Mark Sultan, Daddy Long Legs @ Knitting Factory
* Charlie Wilson, Mint Condition @ Beacon Theatre
* One Step Beyong @ the Museum of Natural History
* Syl Johnson, The Sweet Divines @ The Bell House
* Free Blood, TMEye, Many Mansions @ Dead Herring
* Sic Alps, Spectre Folk, Weekends @ Death By Audio
* Pendu Disco feat. Jokers of the Scene @ Public Assembly
* Reggie Watts, DJ Stormin' Norman @ Red Hook Park
* Great Caesar, Justin Levine, Clinton Curtis @ Ars Nova
* Mike Wexler, Nymph, Future Shuttle (DJ set) @ Zebulon
* Nick 13, Laura Stevenson & The Cans @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Strange Boys, White Fence, The Babies @ 92YTribeca
* The Sights, The Insomniacs, The Electric Mess @ Union Hall
* Doveman, Lisa Hannigan, Mike Doughty, more @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Los Straitjackets @ City Winery
* Endless Boogie, Hans Chew, Prince Ruperts Drops @ Union Pool
* Akim Funk Buddha's Urban Opera @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
* Roy Hargrove Quintet, The Badwagon @ Prospect Park Bandshell
* Yoni Gordon, The Bynars, Boy Genius, Les Racquet @ Bruar Falls
* The Dig, The Kickdrums, Two Lights @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* The Beets, Tony Castles, Gardens and Villa, Moon King @ Glasslands
* Bush Tetras, Friends, Coathangers, Religious To Damn @ 285 Kent Ave
* The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Blood Orange @ South Street Seaport
* Amy Correia, Greta & The Universal Thump, Zak Smith @ Bowery Electric
* Hospitality, Friend Roulette, Pajama People, Chair-O-Planes @ Cake Shop
* Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Dam-Funk @ Williamsburg Waterfront
* Roy Hargrove Quintet and The Bandwagon featuring Jason Moran's Bandwagon & The Bad Plus @ Celebrate Brooklyn
* Matthew & The Atlas, Aunt Martha, Lauren Shera, Birdlips @ The Rock Shop
* Florence & The Machine, Twin Shadow, Bubbles @ Central Park Summerstage
* Title Fight, Touche Amore, The Menzingers, Dead End Path @ Santos Party House
* Mike Stern Band w/ Esperanza Spalding, Bob Malach & Lionel Cordew @ Iridium
* Lily & The Parlour Tricks, JP & the Gilberts, Musicianers, Joey Figgiani @ the Gutter
* Hubble, Diamond Terrifier, Drawlings, Guardian Alien, W-H-I-T-E @ Monster Island
* Sharp Lads, The Dunnie Bobos, Drunken Sufis, John-Severin & the Quiet 1s @ Cameo Gallery
* Dean Bowman, David Torn, Erik Friedlander, Jim Black, Elliott Sharp @ Bell House
* Hannah Miller, Angel Snow, Mary Bragg, Ménage à Twang, Not Waving But Drowning, A Big Yes and a small no, Sleepy Feet @ Living Room

Jack White & Stephen Colbert are at the High Line this afternoon.

Check out This Week In Indie.

It's a big night for big outdoor shows, though the shows at Williamsburg Waterfront and Central Park Summerstage both cost money. Reggie Watts in Red Hook Park, the jazz show in Prospect Park, and Sean Lennon's band at South Street Seaport are all free.

The Bicycle Film Festival continues.

Head to the Fulton Stall Market on Sunday for a free show by My Teenage Stride.

Meanwhile head to South Street Seaport tonight for the first free concert of the season there.

Dead On (A Note For Note Recreation Of The Grateful Dead's American Beauty & Workingman's Dead) @ Best Buy Theater is cancelled.

My Morning Jacket was on Conan. The Antlers were on Leno. Both videos below..

The Kills made a video for "Future Starts Slow." Check it out below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

The Kills at Coachella 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

The Kills have added an August 9th show at Terminal 5 to go along with their previously announced August 8th show at Terminal 5. Both shows also now have openers. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and A Place to Bury Strangers both have long band names and will both open both shows. Tickets are still available for the August 8 show and go on sale for the August 9 show Friday (6/17) at noon.

The Kills, who also played Terminal 5 in April, have 3 new acoustic videos. Check them out along with all tour dates for all three bands below...

Continue reading "The Kills add 2nd Terminal 5 show w/ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart & A Place To Bury Strangers (updated dates)"

Here is the initial lineup for Willamette Week's MusicfestNW, scheduled for Sept. 7-11, 2011 in Portland, Oregon, and it's pretty great. The multi-venue fest includes big outdoor performances by Band of Horses (Sunday, Sept. 11), Explosions in the Sky (Saturday, Sept. 10), and Iron & Wine (Friday, Sept. 9), in addition to shows with everyone from Archers of Loaf to Big Freedia to Butthole Surfers to Neurosis. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 3rd. Check out the full list below...

Continue reading "MusicfestNW 2011 -- dates & initial lineup"

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

The Kills @ Terminal 5

And then we were left with the man and woman of the hour. No, not William and Kate, but Jamie and Alison [of The Kills]. The two emerged from the shadows of the stage and stepped into the hazy blue light as cheers rang out. From the first note of Jamie's guitar, the party kicked into high gear and there was no looking back.

Mosshart prowled around the stage as she taunted the crowd with each lick of the guitar. She transformed into a human cyclone of tangled black hair and leather right before our eyes as she stood on top of speakers.

The set sampled heavily from "Blood Pressures" and included songs such as "Future Starts Slow," "Heart is a Beating Drum" and "Baby Says." But they also managed to work in fan favorites like "Sour Cherry," "Pull a U," "The Tape Song," and "No Wow."

At one point, Hince had to play bouncer in the middle of "Baby Says." One male audience member was getting into an altercation with a girl. As the scuffle broke out, Hince (while still playing) whistled for the guy and told him to "[expletive] off" and made a motion for security to kick him out as rousing cheers rose from the masses. Hince went on to unleash a fiery guitar solo soon after. At the conclusion, Hince justified his actions by saying, "it's a bad image when a guy wants to have a go with a girl. Don't be [expletive] stupid." Jamie Hince: underrated guitar player, bouncer and all-around good guy. -[The Ithacan]

The show at Terminal 5 was a sell-out, and now The Kills will go for round two at the venue... another headlining show at Terminal 5 on August 8th. No support has been announced but tickets go on regular sale at noon on Friday (5/6) with a fan pre-sale hitting at noon on Tuesday (5/3).

All tour dates and more pictures below...

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Lollapalooza last year (more by Josh Darr)

Lollapalooza celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with some huge names on its just-announced lineup. See it in full below.

The festival has obviously changed over the years. What started out as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction with a 'touring festival' lineup that included the Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, and Souxsie & The Banshees, has turned into a one-weekend Chicago festival that Lady Gaga co-headlined last year. As leaked a while ago, Foo Fighters, Muse and Eminem all play this year, as will Coldplay, Cee Lo Green, and My Morning Jacket along with the reunited Cars and the continuing-to-be-reunited Big Audio Dynamite and Death From Above 1979, and a bunch of other bands which may or may not be worth the ticket price depending on how you feel about the headliners and generally seeing bands in big, hot, outdoor crowded parks (Lollapalooza happens in Chicago's Grant Park from August 5th - 7th).

Full 2011 Lineup and a couple of videos (one from 1991, one from 2010), below...

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photos by Chris Gersbeck

As previously mentioned,

"...The Kills are releasing a new album and hitting the road. They'll going on a tour with Cold Cave and Entrance Band that will kick off in mid-April. That tour impacts Terminal 5 on April 29th.... Their new LP, Blood Pressures, hits via Domino on April 5th."

The band also just got finished playing SXSW where they co-headlined the Domino Records showcase at Emo's. A set of pictures from that show continues, with all tour dates and that video, below...

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