Morrisey recenty played Webster Hall (more by Tim Griffin)

"Music fans who want a permanent record of a show they've attended have options these days that range from bootlegs recorded on their cell-phone cameras to buying a just-pressed CD from the band after the show. Now there is another possibility, at least for those who frequent Webster Hall. This downtown New York club, a haven for indie rock bands, has reached an agreement with Best Buy to sell recordings of live shows at the chain's stores in the New York area. Performances will also be available through iTunes and Webster Hall's own Web site, websterhall.com. Bands that choose to take part will receive half the revenue from the recordings and be exempted from the cost of recording and producing discs, with the right to pull out if they don't like the way they sound. Artists who have recently played at Webster Hall include Franz Ferdinand, Linkin Park, Joss Stone and Alicia Keys." [NY Times] (thx Jason)

Wait, they did???

Sonic Youth @ McCarren Pool - July 28, 2007 (CRED)

I saw Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation in its entirety twice in the span of a couple weeks, and if you really want to know, the first time in Chicago was better. Specifically, it was better for me -- I'm not sure if I can actually compare the performances in any meaningful way because I was so much more emotionally involved the first time around, in part because I was alone in the middle of a crowd of people who responded with so much joy and passion that it couldn't help but be a more visceral experience. (In comparison, the Brooklyn audience was...well, a Brooklyn audience, i.e. "extremely psyched in their own way," as my friend very charitably put it.) [Fluxblog]

Most people walked away from this show with nice things to say - even people who sat and listened outside - most people, but not everyone........

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DOWNLOAD: Spoon - The Underdog (MP3)

Spoon's Britt Daniel @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - Apr 26, 2007 (CRED)

live MP3's from the Bowery show...

1. Beast and Dragon
2. Don't You Evah
3. Fitted Shirt
4. I Turn My Camera On
5. Me and The Bean
6. My Math
7. Paper Tiger
8. Rhythm and Soul
9. Stay Don't Go
10. Target
11. The Delicate Place

I won't hold it against them too much - after all they did just play a smaller show at Bowery (photos & mp3s above), and are still playing a free show in NYC on July 11th, but...I wouldn't go see Spoon at Roseland on October 20th. Would you? I guess someone would, or they wouldn't be playing there. Presale for that show, and new ones in LA, Minneapolis, Vancouver and Toronto, HERE.

UPDATE: As someone pointed out in the comments, Spoon's Roseland show is during CMJ. Thanks.

All dates below....

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