DOWNLOAD: Of Montreal - Brush Brush Brush (MP3)

Fresh on the heels of the release of the first Yo Gabba Gabba! CD release Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome!, hitting the shelves nationwide on October 20, W!LDBRAIN and S2BN Entertainment present Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! There's A Party In My City, the first live U.S. touring show. A one-of-a-kind live event, the tour will kick off on November 14th, and will feature music, animation, games, singing, dancing, and special musical guests. Favorites such as "Party in My Tummy" "Hold Still" and "Get the Sillies Out" will be featured in the show. Special guests will also join the party on stage rocking their favorite 'Dancey Dance' moves. Presented using state of the art production elements, Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! There's A Party In My City will offer audience members of all ages an unparalleled experience.

The album Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome! comes out October 20th on Filter US Recordings. The show is pretty well known for its musical guests (Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo, Biz Markie, Chromeo, I'm From Barcelona, Mark Kozelek) and the fact that its co-creator, Christian Jacobs, is MC Bat Commander from The Aquabats. Those guests are respresented on the album, as is Of Montreal, with the song "Brush Brush Brush" (about brushing your teeth) posted above.

Tracklist, album art, tour dates and musical clips from the show are posted below...

Continue reading "Yo Gabba Gabba! - live show dates, new CD, Of Montreal MP3"

The Walkmen @ Masonic Temple in December (more by Natasha Ryan)

"We live in scary times. Sure, we might wonder how that inane Southern California woman is going to feed fourteen mouths, but what about the family whose breadwinners lost their jobs, and now have not only no money to pay the mortgage, but feed their kids?

No one seems to care about those people. Everyone's too selfish. I've got mine, fuck you. But what if you suddenly don't have yours anymore?

You used to sell ten million records, now you can't even sell two. Those damn pirates! But those pirates are real people. Who overpaid to hear one good track on a CD. They've got no sympathy for you. And they may overpay to see superstars once, but not forever. The Stones don't sell out anymore. Nor does Springsteen, not even Madonna. The printed grosses are high, but that's because of the inflated ticket prices.

Is the concert industry headed for a fall? Just like the recorded music industry?" [Bob Lefsetz]

Most of the bands in this post recently announced a tour, or an update to their previously announced tour, and did not include a NYC-area date. All of them below...

Continue reading "TOUR DATES: Kings of Leon, Walkmen, Coldplay, Bloc Party, Black Mountain, Jason Isbell, Dr Dog, Little Ones & more"

"TheWB.com - a premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network - today announced the cast and the first group of bands to be featured on "Rockville, CA," the music-themed scripted web series created by Josh Schwartz ("Gossip Girl," "Chuck," "The O.C."). Production on the show began earlier this month at The Echo, a popular club and indie music venue in Los Angeles."

Continue reading "Rockville, CA - a new TheWB.com show w/ Passion Pit, Lykke Li, The Little Ones, Frightened Rabbit and more"

Photos by Gabi Porter

A pre-CMJ (10/17) set of pictures...

Continue reading "the Little Ones & Anya Marina @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - pics"

Tickets for the upcoming Metallica shows are on presale.
(Radio Preferred Seating password = magnetic)

Tickets are on sale for the Vision of Disorder show at Irving Plaza.

T.I. is playing Highline Ballroom on September 30th. $50 tickets are on sale.

Dawn Landes opens for Federico Aubele at Bowery Ballroom tonight (Sept 03). Tickets are still on sale.

The Little Ones play Mercury Lounge on October 17th. Tickets are on sale.

White Denim play Mercury Lounge on October 19th. Tickets are on sale.

The Little Ones are in town to play a show at Mercury Lounge tonight (April 24, 2008). Last night they played Maxwell's with Ra Ra Riot and that's who they keep touring with across the country starting tomorrow. Their new EP (pictured above) is out now. All dates below.....

Continue reading "The Little Ones - 2008 Tour Dates (tonight) (Ra Ra Riot) "

The Little Ones did a good job with theirs...

All the other design's are at Playboy's site with more about the whole Rock the Rabbit thing HERE (and here).

The Little Ones used to give away a lot of their songs as MP3's on their website. Now that they are signed to Astralwerks, not only don't they give away even one, they just deal in streaming formats - like the video for their new song "Ordinary Song" (REAL and WINDOWS). "Morning Tide" is out April 15, 2008 (on Astralwerks).

The Little Ones also used to have a drummer named Greg Meyer, who, as you can see from the picture above, is no longer in the band. Tour dates in the Nada Surf post.

Nada Surf and Superdrag will each play full sets at Terminal 5 on April 11th. Tickets go on sale Friday. Nada Surf's two NYC shows in February are both sold out. Superdrag recently played Irving Plaza. Nada Surf are also playing SXSW. All tour dates below......

Continue reading "Nada Surf & Superdrag co-headline + 2008 Tour Dates"

A little scruffier than the last time I saw them, but just as fun-loving, poppy and tight as ever - The Little Ones played even earlier (11:45 am) than Yo La Tengo at Austin City Limits on Sunday (Sept 16, 2007). Their next NYC show is October 14th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg - with Voxtrot who they're also touring with. Tickets are still on sale. All tour dates, and more pictures, below...

Continue reading "the Little Ones @ ACL - pics & 2007 Tour Dates"

Thanks to everyone who came out to the first of three BrooklynVegan day parties at Pianos yesterday (Wednesday November 1, 2006). It was an exhausting, but successful day full of great live music.

THE LITTLE ONES GETTING CREATIVE WITH THE FLYERS

DAVE HILL HIGH ON VITAMIN WATER

WYNN WALENT & DAVID DEPORIS PLAYED UPSTAIRS

(DJ) JACKSON POLLIS GOT DOWN WITH THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW!

CSS PACKED THE HOUSE

FERRABY LIONHEART WAS THE PERFECT ENDING TO A LONG DAY

...and somehow we ended right on time.

Sucka Pants was there - his CSS pics are here. Extrawack and Eric were there too. Yeti stopped by for lunch - luckily not dressed as his MySpace page. Micah Welner came by to sing one song with Thunderbirds are Now! and help Jackson DJ - he posted what they played.

More pics later. See you Friday.