Tickets for the Depeche Mode shows at Barclays Center and Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre with Bat for Lashes go on general sale Saturday (4/6) at 10 AM. Meanwhile, many presales have been going on, incuding the LiveNation mobile and venue presale, which starts today at 10 AM. The password for the Facebook Presale is "DELTA." Other passwords to try for other presales include "SHOWERS" and "MACHINE."

Tickets to see Paul McCartney at Fenway Park go on sale today at 10 AM.

Individual Day Tickets for Governors Ball go on sale today at 11 AM.

Tickets to see Devendra Banhart at Town Hall go on sale today at 11 AM.

Tickets to see Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. at Irving Plaza go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for their Santos Party House show are still available.

Tickets to see The Antlers at Le Poisson Rouge go on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets to see The Official XXL Freshman Live Concert with Schoolboy Q, Trinidad James, Joey Bada$$, Ab Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travis Scott, Dizzy Wright, and Angel Haze at Best Buy Theater go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Wire at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Matthew E. White at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Aaron Freeman (fka Gene Ween) at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Yes at The Capitol Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Still Corners at Mercury Lounge and tickets to see them at Glasslands go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Chvrches at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Subhumans at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Come at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Half Moon Run at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Escort is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 24. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Jake Bugg is playing Webster Hall on September 17. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Ani DiFranco is playing Town Hall on November 16. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Fitz & The Tantrums are playing Irving Plaza on June 30. Tickets for that show go on sale today at 10 AM.

Pokey LaFarge is playing Bowery Ballroom on June 4. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Marques Toliver show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Selah Sue and Bushwalla show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Rachael Yamagata and Sanders Bohlke are playing Maxwell's on July 12 and Bowery Ballroom on July 13. Tickets to the Maxwell's show and tickets for their Bowery Ballroom show go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for The Heavy show at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Stumblebum Brass Band and Bad Buka show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the HARD NYC: Hot Natured with Jamie Jones, Lee Foss and Infinity Ink show at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the The Gantry and The Wilderness of Manitoba show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine is playing Bowery Ballroom on July 3. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Bad Veins and Born Cages are playing Mercury Lounge on May 18. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Anders & Kendall and Chris Mills is playing Mercury Lounge on May 29. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

by Andrew Sacher

More of the big 2012 year-end lists have been rolling in, with NPR and SPIN recently revealing theirs, and now Rolling Stone have unleashed theirs. Similarly to Uncut, the expected albums from older artists are there, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Dr. John, and the number one slot going to Bruuuuuuuuuuuce. It's got huge albums like Mumford and Sons, Taylor Swift, and fun., as well as the token high ranking indie album (Japandroids at #9), the token washed up band who was once classic (Green Day), things you knew you'd see on Rolling Stone's list like Jack White and Alabama Shakes, and... Grimes!

You can read the whole list below...

Continue reading "Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2012"

photos by Ryan Muir

Escort w/ Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, WFC 8/25/2012

This year's Ecstatic Summer Festival, which paired more traditional bands with composers and avant-garde musicians, came to a close on Saturday (8/25) at World Financial Center Plaza with a performance from NY's disco-loving Escort and Canadian jazz ensemble Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. The bands did separate sets, but joined together with strings and horns, it made for a highly-orchestrated disco blowout to finish the season.

You can catch Escort again when they play Webster Hall on October 27. Tickets for that show are still available.

More pictures from Saturday night's show are below...

Continue reading "Escort and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society closed out 2012 Ecstatic Summer Festival (pics)"

via @gmsharpteeth

Tickets for The Weeknd shows at Terminal 5 at Paradise Theater go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Tame Impala shows at Webster Hall and MHOW go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Texas is the Reason show at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Willis Earl Beal show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Regina Spektor show at Beacon Theater go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Snoop Dogg show at Wellmont Theatre go on sale today at noon. Tickets for his show at Long Island's Paramount went on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets for the Japandroids show at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to the newly-added Mountain Goats and Matthew E. White shows at Bowery Ballroom and MHOW go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Braids show at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Sloan Twice Removed show at MHOW go on sale today at noon Tickets are also still on sale for the show at Maxwell's.

Tickets for the Miike Snow shows at United Palace and Wellmont go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Peelander-Z show at The Studio go on sale today at 10 PM.

Tickets for The Soft Moon show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Silver Apples show at Public Assembly go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Title Fight, Pianos Become the Teeth, and Single Mothers show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Lotion and Edsel show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

The Death Set is playing Cameo on November 6 with Deathface. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Pujol show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the John Legend shows at the Barclays Center's Cushman & Wakefield Theater and Wellmont Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals are playing Beacon Theater on November 16 and 17. Tickets for those shows go on sale today at noon.

Brooklyn disco orchestra Escort is playing Webster Hall on October 27. Tickets for that show go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the El Ten Eleven show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

The Octopus Project will be touring this fall which brings them to NYC for a show at Mercury Lounge on October 6. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets for Sick of it All's "make-up" show at Webster Hall are on sale now.

Slackers play a Christmas show at The Bell House on December 22. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Chris Thile is playing two shows at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 and tickets to both September 16 and September 19 are on sale now.

Electric Guest is heading out with No on a tour which brings both bands to NYC for a show at Irving Plaza on October 20. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All dates are listed below.

Nouvelle Vague are playing Irving Plaza on October 25. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Sleigh Bells and Araabmuzik show at The Capitol Theater went on sale today at 11 AM.

As mentioned, you can also catch Araabmuzik playing a free NYC show on Monday (8/20) at East River Park with Teengirl Fantasy, Flosstradamus, and Nick Hook.

Trey Anastasio is playing Beacon Theater on October 26 and The Capitol Theater on October 28. Tickets for the Beacon Theater show go on sale Thursday (8/23) at 11 AM. Tickets for the Cap show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Off!, The Spits, and Double Negative show at Irving Plaza went on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets for the Heartless Bastards show at Irving Plaza went on sale today at 10 AM.

Tickets to see Avicii at Radio City Music Hall go on sale today at noon.

Boys Noize Live hit Roseland Ballroom on November 30. Tickets are on sale now.

Speaking of Radio City Music Hall, we're giving away tickets to the upcoming Craig Ferguson show.

Continue reading "tix on sale: The Weeknd, Tame Impala, Willis Earl Beal, Chris Thile, Escort, Braids, Grace Potter, Octopus Project & more"

Now we really know what's going on. The CBGB Festival is happening July 5 - 8 at some 30 venues across the city, with over 300 bands participating, including the previously mentioned free Guided by Voices, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Cloud Nothings show at Summerstage (which now also includes The War on Drugs), the The Baseball Project and Craig Finn at City Winery, L.A. Guns at Highline, the Cro Mags, Sick of it All, Vision of Disorder, Absolution, and Sal Naim show at Webster Hall, and D Generation's Bowery Electric show. Newly added artists include Rocket from the Tombs, MEN, PS I Love You, Reggie Watts, Gary Lucas, Weekend, and more TBA. The full list of currently confirmed artists is below.

It's also a film festival with both new and classic rock films/docs, including the world premiere of The Rise and Fall of The Clash, plus American Hardcore, Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, The Dead Boys - Live at CBGB/OMFUG 1977, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Kurt Cobain About a Son, The Sacred Triangle: Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973 and more.

In addition, they've added a CMJ/SXSW-like music industry conference with panels/workshops concerning the music industry, independent artists, and a CBGB "Tales from the Club" panel each day. All conferences take place at the Sunshine Cinema and East Village Cinema. The festival also closes with the "distilled spirits fest" at Beekman Beer Garden on July 8.

There are variety of badges available too, from music and film showcase badges to one that get you into everything (or potentially at least...badges don't guarantee admission). The press release we got claims badges have been on sale since May 7 but this is the first we've heard about it. Regardless, early bird prices on music showcase badges is $69 and runs through May 31. It jumps to $79 if you buy before July 4 and walk-up badges once the fest starts are $89. Film fest badges are $99/$159/$219 for earlybird/regular/walk-up. You can also get a music conference badge which gains you entry to the showcases, workshops, and panels, and a music/film combo badge which gains you entry to all of that plus the film screenings. Full details on the vast array of CBGB Festival badge options are at their website. What this means to people who already bought tickets to individual shows already but want a badge too, we're not sure.

A list of all confirmed bands, films, conferences, and participating venues is below.

Continue reading "CBGB Festival announces details: badges, bands, films, industry conference, and booze"

tUnE-yArDs at Coachella 2012 (more by David Andrako)

Indie/classical festival Ecstatic Music Festival has expanded and now includes a free summer concert series called Ecstatic Summer, which is part of the River to River Festival and will happen at the World Financial Center. The first show will is June 30 with Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), 8-piece vocal group Roomful of Teeth, composer William Britelle, and The Yehudim. Roomful of Teeth will be performing compositions by Merrill Garbus and William Britelle, and in addition Merrill will be playing some tUnE-yArDs material as well.

The second show is on July 14 with Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin), composer David Lang, and A Far Cry Orchestra. The show will include some re-arrangements of Oneohtrix Point Never material.

The third show is on August 25 and will feature Brooklyn disco orchestra Escort collaborating with the equally large Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. They'll play new work in addition to interpretations of each other's existing work.

Speaking of tUnE-yArDs, their tour comes to NYC next month for a previously mentioned show at Terminal 5 on June 1 with Micachu and the Shapes and Delicate Steve. Tickets are still available. The video for "My Country" is below...

Continue reading "Ecstatic Summer hosting free shows at World Financial Center w/ tUnE-yArDs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Escort & more"

photos by Chris La Putt

Hall & Oates & Peelander-Z - in Prospect Park (5/20/2012)

Unlike Chris (who took these pictures), I didn't get to the Nethermead until 5pm, but what I saw was consistent with reports that the second day of GoogaMooga was free of a lot of the kinks experienced on Saturday. Lines were shorter on Sunday, there was more food, there were maybe a few less people, and everyone just generally seemed to be having a great time. Conversations on the first day were all about how long you had to wait to get something. Conversations on the second day seemed to be more about how much better things were, and how awesome it was to hear Hall & Oates play 80 minutes of hits in a huge park on a beautiful day to thousands of people, many of whom were dancing and singing along. Sure there were still lines for popular items, but nothing like the day before, and there were a lot less of them (would you agree?).

Other highlights of Sunday's free but ticketed event included a memorable performance by colorful punks Peelander-Z (whose red member can be seen flying over a porta-potty in one of the pictures above), a rocking set of Led Zeppelin tunes by Lez Zeppelin, soul by both Charles Bradley and Fitz & the Tantrums, another hour ExtraMooga Q&A session by the extremely entertaining, even to vegans, Anthony Bourdain who went into detail on his opinions of vegetarians at the request of one audience member (Anthony appears live in Brooklyn again at BAM on June 9), and an ExtraMooga night-closing Big Gay Ice Cream Dance Party complete with a DJ, alien dancer things, drag queens, free ice and ice cream, and scantily clad stilt workers (also ExtraMooga only).

The plan seems to be to bring GoogaMooga back in 2013 (hopefully next time with more vegan options), so stay tuned. More pictures from Sunday in Prospect Park, below...

Continue reading "GoogaMooga day 2 in pics (Hall & Oates, Peelander-Z, Fitz, Patton Oswalt, Tom Colicchio, Charles Bradley & more)"

"The Festival will feature two stages of music per day, both located in the Nethermead Meadow. More artists to be announced. Performances start at noon and end at 8:30 pm on Saturday. Performances start at noon and end at 7:30 pm on Sunday." Announced music lineup for the two day Prospect Park food and music festival, below...

Continue reading "GoogaMooga music lineup announced (and updated)"

Built to Spill at BV SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Barkan)

The Hopscotch festival in Raleigh, North Carolina will celebrate its third year from Sept. 6-8, 2012 in downtown Raleigh, with 175 bands in 15 venues. The initial lineup, released today, runs the gamut from traditional indie favorites to punk to noise music to hip hop to noisy black metal and all stops in between, featuring performances from Built to Spill, sunn 0))), The Roots, The Jesus & Mary Chain (who played SXSW), Liars (who have a show coming up at Webster Hall), Baroness, Deerhoof, Death Grips (who play NYC soon and have new material on the way), Danny Brown (who was at Coachella and plays Prospect Park soon), Pallbearer (who play an exclusive East Coast Show soon), Screaming Females (who recently played NYC and are on tour now), Thee Oh Sees, The Spits (who just played NYC twice), Tenement, The Mountain Goats (two sets, one of which will be an all metal-covers set!) and so many more.

(and now we know the Jesus & Mary Chain are coming back soon)

Tickets are on sale. The full lineup and flyer (update: and a few more announced J&MC dates) are below...

Continue reading "Hopscotch lineup announced; Jesus & Mary Chain will be in NC in September; John Darnielle to do metal covers set "

Escort at MHOW in February (more by Chris Gersbeck)

Brooklyn's 17-piece disco orchestra Escort are releasing their self titled debut full length on November 15 on their own Escort Records. The album features the single "All Through The Night," which you can watch the video for below. Also below is the album's artwork and tracklist.

Escort are having a record release party at Cameo Gallery on November 18, where they'll be DJing along with other DJ sets by Prince Language and Darshan Jersani. They're also playing a live performance of the album at Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 17 with Midnight Magic and DJ sets by Sean B and Will Automatgic of Spank, who is presenting the show. Tickets for the MHOW show are on sale now.

All dates, video, album art and tracklist below...

Continue reading "Escort releasing an album, performing it live"

photos by Chris Gersbeck

Music Hall of Williamsburg turned into a disco Saturday night (2/27). Live sets were performed Escort and Midnight Magic. DJ sets came from Sean B and Will Automagic of Spank. Pictures from that show are in this post, and they continue below...

Continue reading "Escort, Midnight Magic & Spank DJs played MHOW (pics)"

"One year after their incredible performance at Celebrate Brooklyn, Escort are assembling their 17 piece disco orchestra for a rare live appearance at Le Poisson Rouge. And the rumors are true: they've completed their highly anticipated full-length album, which they'll be playing live for the first time in its entirety. The night will also feature sets by some of the city's most beloved DJs: Darshan Jesrani of Metro Area, DJ Druzz of the Rapture, and Prince Language (No Comprendo, Negroclash). Dress to sweat. This is a general admission, standing event. [Le Poisson Rouge]

Continue reading "Escort playing debut album w/ 17 piece "disco orchestra" @ LPR (TONIGHT)"

DOWNLOAD: The Black Ghosts - I Want Nothing (Sinden remix) (MP3)

Ghostland Observatory @ All Points West - Day 3 (more by Chris La Putt)

Last week in dance it seemed like there was even more than usual going on. While I missed what looked like a typically awesome night of deejaying from A-Trak & co. at Webster Hall on Friday I made it out to the Tribeca Grand Saturday night to see Dirty Sound System. Unfortunately the dirty duo did not live up to my perhaps too high expectations after seeing their French partner in crime, Pilooski, kill it back in May. They played some tracks I was happy to hear out...Tiga's "Shoes", the Pilooski edit of Elvis' "Crawfish"...I was even glad to hear Dolly Parton's "Jolene". However, after an hour of many classic pop tracks, with very little mixing (which I anticipated but was hoping wasn't true for the pair who refer to themselves as "more selectors than traditionnal dj's") I was left a little disappointed, hoping for something a little more left field.

Luckily by the time they started letting people in and I got to All Points West on Sunday, things had turned around. Mogwai (who I'd never heard before) sounded great from the beer garden and Ghostland Observatory, who former Week In Dance writer David Bruno had urged me to check out years ago, lived up to the hype. What was already a great night ended on an even better note, with everyone in the Queen of the Valley Tent going crazy for Etienne de Crécy's live set:

Continue reading "the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (part 1) "

by Showtrotta

DOWNLOAD: The Field - Over the Ice (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Santogold - You'll Find A Way (Switch and Sinden Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Switch - A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite (Four Tet Remix) (MP3)

DJ Van Scott @ The Musuem of Natural History - May 30, 2008

Last weekend (Friday in particular) was all about making decisions, which is one of my least favorite things to do, especially when choosing among bands/deejays playing at the same time. Friday I think I might have made the wrong decision. I went to One Step Beyond (which featured Switch and Van Scott) at the Museum of Natural History. I arrived around 10:30 or so and witnessed a great deejay set from Van Scott. It touched on a variety of styles, all highly danceable. The tracks were current, but not overplayed, and Van dropped some lesser known remixes of familiar tracks making for a very fun lead up to Switch.

Switch @ The Musuem of Natural History - May 30, 2008 (CRED)

I'd been looking forward to seeing Switch for months, but I found his set Friday night to be just ok. I wasn't hooked from the beginning and nothing he did brought me in until the last half hour. That's when he started teasing the crowd with "This is Sick", periodically sampling bits and pieces of it, not dropping the track until the very end of the night. When he finally did, it was loud and awesome and made me feel slightly less bad about my decision which made me miss tons of other things happening that night.

Goon & Koyote @ Love, NYC - May 30, 2008 (CRED)

When it was over, I found out that Escort still hadn't gone on at the Masonic Temple. I tried to make a mad dash to Brooklyn from the Upper Westside but the D train was not having it. I gave up at 2nd Ave, and instead caught the tail end of what I'm sure had been a great night of dance from Goon & Koyote at Love.

Luckily things already seem to be looking up this week. This Friday there are way fewer decisions to be made.....

Continue reading "Switch played in a museum ++ the Friday night in Dance"

by Showtrotta

DOWNLOAD: Van Scott - Electechouse Mix (April 2008) (Sendspace MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Switch Mix for Kissy Sellout Show (Sendspace MP3)
DOWNLOAD: RA.082 - Goon & Koyote Podcast (MegaUpload MP3)

Tommie Sunshine @ Hiro Ballroom - May 22, 2008 (CRED)

This past weekend was not one of the best I've experienced, but there were some good moments: Thursday night at Hiro, Tommie Sunshine dropped an hour and a half of very interesting, highly danceable, wobbly/fidgety house. Sunday night I got down to a decent, fun set by VDRK at Damn! at the Knitting Factory. He played Fred Falke's Love Theme which was absolutely amazing to hear out.

The less exciting parts of the weekend were Junkie XL's set at Hiro, which started off fine, but got a bit repetitive. Then it went from really hard stuff to a very mellow track which you probably would've appreciated a lot if you were on drugs, otherwise it just seemed a bit cheesy.

People getting down @ Damn! @ the Knitting Factory - May 25, 2008 (CRED)

The second disappointing part of the weekend was Apparat's set at the Knitting Factory. The show sold out. The Knitting Factory was as packed as I had ever seen it and people were actually dancing. But I just could not get into it. I went into this show loving what I had heard of Apparat thus far, but I found their live show to be very underwhelming. They had a few moments where they were rocking, but other than that it was just kind of eh. The parts that were more guitar-driven and rocking reminded me of the past few times I saw m83 (who are currently on tour and will be in town next week) a few years ago and once that happened they were all I could think about. I realize that m83 and Apparat are two different bands, trying to accomplish different things, each with their own sound, but they were similar enough that I felt as though I was watching a far inferior version of an m83 show.

From the looks of it, this week in dance should be much better. Fortunately/unfortunately most of it is happening on the same night:
Friday (aka TONIGHT - MAY 30).......

Continue reading "Switch in a museum & a ton of other places to dance tonight"

Maceo Parker in Prospect Park, 2006 (more)

Tickets are on sale for the following Brooklyn shows....

May 30 - Lose Your Shit Party w/ Escort, Herbaliser (DJ Set), Dego from 4Hero, DJ Smallchange

Jun 1 - 651 Arts Presents: Toshi Reagon plus Sharde Thomas & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band

Jun 18 - Jazzfest & boomBOOM Presents: MACEO PARKER & TBA

Jul 10 - Brooklyn Hip Hip Festival: REVIVE DA LIVE featuring Chris Dave with special guests Bilal, Smif & Wessin, Chip Fu, Ladybug Mecca , and surprise guests TBA

Jul 31 - APPLES IN STEREO / Earlimart / Posion Control Center

Aug 21 - SUZANNE VEGA plus CHRISTINA COURTIN

by Showtrotta

DOWNLOAD: Cosmo Vitelli on Beats in Space July 12, 2007 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Runaway on Beats in Space October 9, 2007 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: David Bruno No Way, No Way Mix Oct 07 (MP3)

Daniel of LA Riots @ Webster Hall - May 16, 2008 *

Cut Copy set the bar pretty high with their very energetic and fun set Wednesday night. Luckily things continued down that path for the rest of the week. Friday night I made it to Webster Hall just in time to catch the last half hour or so of a very disco-fied set by James Murphy. He also threw in some classics which you could not help smiling at when you thought about where you were. Speaking of which...as much of a weird/hellish crowd the Webster Hall-based event drew, I really appreciated having space to dance and not sweating my ass off merely from being inside the venue. After James, LA Riots spun a great, banging set which was much more what I was expecting from them after experiencing their lower key set at Love last month. Daniel (1/2 of LA Riots -- the other half J'ob was not there) had the crowd perfectly warmed up and right where it needed to be for what can best be described as the dance explosion that ensued when JFK and AL-P got behind the decks. Things went from everyone getting down as they had been, to a sudden rush of people storming the stage and everyone in the place going accordingly bananas.

MSTRKRFT @ Webster Hall - May 16, 2008 *

They played for about 2 hours, from 2ish-4ish and covered every great electro song you've heard recently along with tons of new stuff. For anyone who's seen them the past 2 times they were here, the set was much more along the lines of their CMJ set (which I thought was much more exciting and creative) than their one last month at Studio B...

H&LA @ Studio B - May 17, 2008 (more by Ryan Muir)

...which is where I headed Saturday night to catch Hercules & Love Affair's debut performance that everyone has been talking about since. Overall I thought it was a great show...for a debut performance. The first couple of tracks were a bit shaky, but the group quickly rebounded with "Blind" which was still good, albeit different, without Antony (see for yourself here. A few of their songs had me absolutely losing it (namely "Athene" and "You Belong") while others were just ok. I think the problem I ran into was...I kept comparing them to Escort, and in some instances found myself wishing Zena Kitt was singing in place of Nomi, though I'm not sure if that would've worked out as ideally as it did in my head. Hercules & Love Affair's tracks have a much more modern sound vs. Escort's classic disco.

Speaking of Escort, don't miss them at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on May 30th. Tickets are on sale.

At the end of Saturday night when all was said and done, I had a great time...there is nothing like live disco. Sadly that's one thing there isn't enough of, but luckily there are plenty of other great dance happenings in the city this week:

Continue reading "Flosstradamus & other Thursday night events ++ Escort, LA Riots, MSTRKRFT, H&LA, & other 'dance' stuff too"

Tough call, but I think I'm going to have to vote for Escort to win this year's Plug "Music Video of the Year". Check out all twelve of the nominated videos below....

Continue reading "the 12 music VIDEOS of the year (according to Plug)"

We missed out on the events previews last week...So, this being the somewhat official last weekend of summer: here's a rundown of NYC area events this week.

Get out there and shake it in the sunshine wearing white pants and get ready for a (great) winter inside the club.

SATURDAY ATJ - day and night
I'm really proud to be associated with and playing at such a great event. If you haven't taken the time to read about the Bronx High School for the Visual Arts and their plans to beef up their music programs with the donations from the festival, please take a minute. Then buy a ticket and strap on your dancing shoes. Things are gonna get wild when the sun sets with The Virgins, Soulico, FREE BLOOD, and of course Riot in Belgium.

FRIDAY ATJ - on a roof
Friday Night Rooftop Musebox Kick-off Party with Luke Temple, Paul Duncan, Butane Variations, and DJ nonsense from me...which won't matter after you drink all the Free Beer.

SUNDAY AFTJ - on a boat while the sun sets
People Don't Dance No More (my party) + Finger on the Pulse are getting together to throw a wrap up boat party on Sunday at 6 pm. We have a super huge guest DJ duo joining us on the boat and we'll be cruising and grooving til 10 pm. Tickets should be on Ticketweb, but get to the boat around 6 pm and you should be fine. $15 is cheaper than a Circle Line cruise and you get to hang out with your friends, not your cousins from Ohio. All proceeds from the party are of course going to the kids, so spread the word and help pack the boat. Pictures from our last boat outing are here and here. Don't miss out on the last one of the summer!

CONTEST!
Email BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: jump) for a chance to win one of TEN PAIRS of combo tickets to the After the Jump night party, and Sunday's Boat Party. Tell us which band are you most looking forward to seeing at ATJ (and your first and last name for guestlist).

ESCORT at PS 1
The show of the season at last year's PS1's Warm Up was definitely Escort. They are back again this year to glitter their way through new material and turn the sun into a giant discoball hanging over the courtyard. This is your last chance to dance at PS1. Next weekend goes to the rockers.

Other dancing to be done:

Continue reading "the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (08/23/07)"

The PS1 Warm Up party in Long Island City has announced their line up for the summer...As I mentioned, this party is incredible in its depth of talent and ridiculous setting. All of the dates are below and there is no shortage of disco parties from DFA to Rong to a live Escort show. I love disco in the daylight... -David Bruno

Continue reading "PS1 Warm Up 2007 Summer Schedule"

short one today. Here's what's up this weekend NYC....

Friday - 6/1
* Runaway at Lit (best flyer award)
* Escort live at Studio B (highly recommended) (with Client)

Saturday, and some other stuff, below.....

Continue reading "the week in Dance w/ David Bruno (06/01/07)"