Real Estate on a boat cruise (more by Marielle Solan)

WBAR is welcoming its 18th WBAR-B-Q at Barnard College on April 15th, 2011. The FREE, all-ages show will feature free food/drink/music at the Daina Event Oval at Barnard College (117th & Broadway) with performances from Real Estate, Blondes, Arp, Big Troubles, Grooms, Beige, Julianna Barwick, and others.

The show is also one of a few scheduled for Real Estate, who will also play Culture shock the next day, and a show on May 20 at The Bell House with Julian Lynch, Big Troubles and Family Portrait (tickets) and May 21 at Maxwell's with the same lineup (tickets). They also have a few more shows scheduled since we last spoke. All dates, more WBAR-B-Q details and the flyer is below...

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by Andrew Frisciano

The on-again, off-again rain on Sunday didn't cancel the 17th annual WBAR-B-Q, but it did move the show inside to Barnard's LeFrak Gym, a bit different aesthetically from the lush spring greenery outside but serviceable enough. It helped that the lineup had a focus on experimental noise and noise-inspired acts - every act I saw had the reverb and distortion keyed up, so the added resonance of the hall wasn't really an issue.

The show kicked off with Prince Rama, U.S. Girls and Think About Life, all of whom went on before I got there a little after 2pm. By then the free food was gone too, but the cotton candy machine and sno-cones were stocked all day.

On the center stage, Baltimore's Lower Dens (with guitarist Jana Hunter) played floating, moody distorted rock; drone violinist and loopmaster Burning Star Core/C Spencer Yeh serenaded (with huge bass drops) along the back wall; and Blues Control performed effects-heavy keyboard-and-tape jams.

The room looked fairly empty for most of the day (being a huge gym), but by the time Cold Cave went on people were on their feet and dancing. New member Jennifer Clavin (ex-Mika Miko) played keys and stepped in for vocals, and the band was off after a short-ish, no-encore set. Twin Stumps and their crazily enthused frontman set up on the floor across the gym and kept the show going with dissonant, pointed punk. Liturgy closed the show, but I took off before they played.

It was the second free show of the weekend for Cold Cave, who played the HEALTH-headlined NYU Solar One show the day before (which I heard also had plenty of room for people to move around). They play (Le) Poisson Rouge on Thursday with Cult Of Youth, Beaut, Max (reading), Mike Goodstein (WFMU) and DJ Mike Simonetti (Italians Do It Better). Tickets are still on sale.

More pictures from Barnard and a video of HEALTH at Solar One are below...

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Charlotte Gainsbourg @ Coachella 2010 (more by Rachel Carr)

tonight in NYC
* Ceu @ Highline Ballroom
* Justin Bond @ Joe's Pub
* WBAR-B-Q @ Barnard College
* Green Day (sort of) @ Bowery Electric
* Aabaraki, Fro, Ladycop @ Union Pool
* Charlotte Gainsbourg & AM @ Webster Hall
* Amon Amarth, Holy Grail @ Irving Plaza
* Dragonette, Class Actress @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Mark Trecka, Callers, Tahiti Boy @ Zebulon
* Real Estate, Apollo Sunshine (Kidrockers) @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Luyas, Buke and Gass, Parlovr, Melati Malay @ Glasslands
* Me You Us Them, Appomattox, Monogold @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Dead Meadow, Imaad Wasif, Endless Boogie (late) @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Red Chord, Premonitions Of War, Tiger Flowers, Descender @ Public Assembly
* Shellshag, Noun (Marissa Paternoster), Full Of Fancy, Black Wine, Pregnant @ Mercury Lounge

Noun is the solo project of Screaming Female Marissa Paternoster.

The WBAR-B-Q brings Cold Cave, Blues Control, Liturgy, Burning Star Core, Jana Hunter, Twin Stumps, U.S. Girls, Think About Life, Prince Rama of Ayodhya and Old Men to Barnard College. NOTE: "Because the weather reports have indicated a 70% chance of showers on Sunday, we have moved the event to our rain location, which is LeFrak Gym (Barnard Campus, in Barnard Hall - just through the gates on 117th and Broadway!) Everything else is the same!"

12pm -PRINCE RAMA of AYODHYA (http://www.myspace.com/princeramaofayodhya)
1pm - U.S. GIRLS (http://www.myspace.com/usgirlsss)
2pm - THINK ABOUT LIFE (http://www.myspace.com/thinkaboutlife)
3pm - LOWER DENS (Jana Hunter) (http://www.myspace.com/lowerdens)
4pm - BURNING STAR CORE (http://www.myspace.com/cspenceryeh)
5pm - BLUES CONTROL (http://www.myspace.com/bluescontrol)
6pm - COLD CAVE (http://www.myspace.com/coldcave)
SIDE STAGE ATTACK:
7pm - TWIN STUMPS (http://www.myspace.com/twinstumps)
8pm - LITURGY (http://www.myspace.com/liturgynybm)

Doveman's live sountrack to The Conformist and Footloose tonight at (Le) Poisson Rouge is postponed/canceled.

La Strada's new album New Home is still streaming. Check it out.

AM opens for Charlotte Gainsbourg at Webster Hall tonight. Check out his/their video for "Self Preservation" below...

Great show at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night. And it was awesome that so many people showed up to see the The Luyas at 9pm. If you missed them all week, your last chance is tonight at Glasslands along with fellow Montreal band Parlovr.

Montreal band Think About Life's video (featuring their old lineup) for "Sweet Sixteen" below...

What else?

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Xeno and Oaklander @ WBAR-B-Q 2009 (more by Zach Dilgard)

The 17th annual WBAR-B-Q (the outdoor show put on by Barnard College's resident radio station) will be happening this year on Sunday, April 25th. The free show lineup includes Think About Life (as previously reported), Cold Cave, Blues Control, Liturgy, Burning Star Core, Prince Rama Of Ayodhya Jana Hunter
Twin Stumps and U.S. Girls. The full list is below.

While in town, Montreal's Think About Life will also be playing Mercury Lounge on April 27th. Tickets are still on sale. Even sooner you can catch Think About Life on tour and at SXSW where they'll be playing a BrooklynVegan party (again).

As previously mentioned, Cold Cave will be playing at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Thursday, April 29th. Tickets to that are on sale.

Liturgy play a show this Saturday (3/6) at Glasslands with Naam.

More info on the fest and set order is below...

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DOWNLOAD: Think About Life - Johanna (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Think About Life - Havin My Baby (MP3)

Think About Life @ Arlene's CMJ 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

Speaking of Canada, Montreal's Think About Life just finished up a run of February shows in Europe. Stateside, they have plenty of shows coming up, including SXSW in Austin where you can catch them at the official M For Montreal showcase at Paradise on Thursday, March 18th. The full lineup for that show:

La Patère Rose @ 8:00 p.m.
The Lovely Feathers @ 9:00 p.m.
Parlovr @ 10:00 p.m.
Beast @ 11:00 p.m.
Think About Life @ 12:00 a.m.
We Are Wolves @ 1:00 a.m.

In total Think About Life will be on the North American Road from March 12th through April 30th, making two NYC stops along the way. They play Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, April 27th. Tickets are on sale now. Two days earlier they will be one of the band's at this year's WBAR-B-Q on Sunday, April 25th at Barnard College. Last year's WBAR-B-Q was played by Gang Gang Dance, Free Blood and more.

The two tracks above from their 2009 record Family. All tour dates and the video for their future-disco epic "Sweet Sixteen" are below...

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photos by Zach Dilgard

PackFM

Sunday's free WBAR-B-Q at Barnard College featured performances by Gang Gang Dance, Free Blood, Soft Circle, PackFM, Acrylics, and more. More pictures below...

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WBAR-B-Q 2008 (via Flickr)...

WBAR Barnard College Radio presents... 16TH ANNUAL WBAR-B-Q!!!
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
DOORS @ 11 AM

Join WBAR Radio for their all-day event celebrating their sweet sweet 16!
FREE ADMISSION, ALL AGES, BBQ FOOD, OPEN TO PUBLIC

*Fitz
**Jerome Ellis
***Acrylics
****Liturgy
*****Metalux
******Xeno & Oaklander
*******Free Blood
********PackFM
*********Soft Circle
**********Gang Gang Dance

at Lehman Lawn, Barnard College - 117th and Broadway, 1 train to 116th st
For info call 212.854.6538 or visit www.wbar.org

In addition to the WBAR-b-q, Gang Gang is set to play Coachella on April 18th and Bumbershoot on September 5th, with other fest dates scattered in between.

Last year's free, all-day WBAR fest was headlined by Japanther.

Video of Gang Gang Dance at the MoMA party, and all tour dates below...

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Big free show today @ Barnard College
(Take the 1 train to 116th Street, enter at 117th and Broadway)

The Bronx on Thursday (with Videohippos), Barnard College on Friday (with more than 15 bands), and then a tour with The Pharmacy.....

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