"There is a surprisingly high ratio of Vermonters employed at Blue Man Group, particularly in the cast of Blue Men (three in NYC). When news of Tropical Storm Irene's devastating effect on our homestate, we wanted to rally together and see what we could do to help. We called our sympathetic and wildly talented friends and with the wonderful support of the Brooklyn Bowl put together a night of music, art and, deliciously, maple syrup.

The night will include live music by Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, long-time friend and artistic collaborator of Zea Barker. Isaac Littlejohn Eddy, in addition to being a Blue Man, is also a published cartoonist for the New Yorker. He got Ed Koren of New Yorker andf Vermont fame on board to create a special poster for the event. The silent auction will include loads of original art, photo prints and a variety of Vermont crafts and services.

Music. Art. Dancing. And to send it all right over the top, there will be a farmers market style stand selling a variety of Vermont maple products right in the club.

All proceeds from the night go to Vermont Disaster Relief Fund and Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund."

NY Muffins (photo by jennydeluxe)

What else?

As previously mentioned, you have two chances to see SAFE during this last week of August. One is tonight (8/27) at Union Pool where the drunken crazies are promising us the show is NOT cancelled. They write...

Definitely happening, the Weekly Revue back in Brooklyn with a Lunatic Fringe evening to stain your flowncy blouses. Acts to pump pressure into your head, chest, and groin include:

- SAFE - C.F. Edley incredible music
- We're Leaving - Sundance selected short film about man + wife + pet alligator gettin kicked out they trailer park.
- Paul Korzan and Kate Bryant heave truth up and all over professional photoshopping (including before and after shots of Fergie and your host Toby Lou).
- Slowdance (band) - Good smash!
- Jonny Corndawg!
- Ray Tintori and Bob Weisz, and MUCH WAY MORE!!! Plus YOUR HOST, YOUR UNCLE, TOBY LOU THE NASTY ONE! BE THERE! WITH EVERYONE YOU LOVE!

WE ARE THE HIGHEST GROUND!

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Saturday?"

As of this morning, Le Poisson Rouge, The Stone and Death By Audio said they were planning on hosting shows tonight (8/27). All three have since changed their minds. HOWEVER, Brooklyn venue Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway) proclaimed at 1pm today that "we're open and staying open - today, tonight and tomorrow - if you want to play music tonight - FB, WEB, MS, reverbnation, e-mail - thanks." No actual bands are listed on their schedule, so it's basically an open mic.

With multiple rooms and over multiple hours, West Village music venue Le Poisson Rouge manages to cram a lot of events into a single day. Today, Saturday, August 27th, they were planning on hosting six separate events. They're still planning on hosting three of them! Head there at 7pm to play bingo with Linda Simpson and stick around for late night dancing at "I Love Vinyl" in the Gallery (DJ Scribe, Amir, The Twilite Tone, OP!, Jon Oliver and Ge-Ology) and with San Francisco's Mark Farina in the main room (along with Sleepy & Boo , Mikey G vs. Dan Fischer and Beyrouth).

UPDATE: An hour after they said they were saying open, and 15 minutes after I posted this, LPR announced: "ALL SHOWS AT LPR THIS WEEKEND ARE CANCELED. REMEMBER TO GET DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLIES, LIKE CHEX MIX, GIN, AND TONIC."

Three of the cancelled events on Saturday are also part of the Fringe Festival, and they cancelled one of those that was scheduled to happen on Sunday too.

Death By Audio, who as of this morning were planning on opening tonight, have posted an update: "PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS HAVE CANCELLED, SHOW IS CANCELLED TONIGHT AND MOST LIKELY SUNDAY AS WELL, IM SORRY, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO FUCK THE MTA!"

UPDATE: Sunday as well:

Very sorry to announce that tonights Personal & the Pizzas show, as well as, tomorrows Hand Cream show have been cancelled due to touring acts not being able to enter the city, i wouldve gladly hosted these shows as death by audio wont be heavily effected by the storm, but i respect the touring bands concerns for their safety in the end times. Hopefully see you monday when you all break free of your cocoons and emerge as beautiful butterflies.

best
edan

UPDATE: All events at the Stone tonight are now cancelled.

Like Death By Audio, Manhattan's non-profit avant-garde venue The Stone is staying open Saturday night, and it's sure to be a very special show. Not only will those in attendance all have 'braving the hurricane' in common, it's the monthly...

JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT--A STONE BENEFIT--PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO 10PM SHOW! 8PM ONLY!
John Zorn (sax) David Konopnicki (guitar) Steve Swell (trombone) Ikue Mori (electronics) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Dougie Bowne (drums) Dave Miller (drums) Erik Friedlander (cello) Anthony Coleman (piano) Dave Scanlon (guitar) Annie Gosfield (keyboards) Jon Madof (guitar) and many special guests

WITH AN INCREASE IN EXPENSES AND A DROP IN OUR CD INCOME WE NEED YOUR HELP MORE THAN EVER TO SURVIVE--SO COME DOWN AND SUPPORT THE STONE AT OUR MONTHLY RENT PARTY! TWENTY DOLLARS

UPDATE:

THE STONE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY TO MONDAY AUGUST 27-29
These concerts have been canceled out of respect to MOTHER NATURE. HURRICANE IRENE is expected to strike six hours ahead of schedule at 9PM on Saturday night.
PLEASE STAY INDOORS AND STAY SAFE!
WE WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY AUGUST 30

As previously mentioned, August at the Stone was curated by Carlos Giffoni and Seth Rosner. Tuesday's show features Ches Smith (drums) Tim Berne (alto sax) Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson (guitars), and Andrea Parkins (accordion). Shahzad Ismaily plays later that night. Wednesday, the last day of the month, has Jen Shyu and Tyshawn Sorey.

September is curated by Jon Abbey and Brian Brandt.

UPDATE:. Saturday and Sunday are now CANCELLED.

Death By Audio in Brooklyn is one of the last remaining venues with a show still scheduled for tonight (and even Sunday). A message on their website reads, "AT THIS POINT WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE OUR SHOWS AS SCHEDULED, IF THAT CHANGES WE WILL POST INFO HERE, AND FUCK THE MTA!" Their schedule for the next three nights looks like this:

8.27 -$8-
.Personal & the Pizzas (Jersey)
.Home Blitz
.Dino Boys (members of Stalkers & Nightbirds)

8.28 -$7-
.Household
.Hand Cream (Montreal)
.Carmen (Philly)
.Mannequin Pussy

8.29 -$7
.Dustin Wong (Baltimore, mem of Ponytail, Ecstatic Sunshine)
.Teen Dreams (Virginia)
.Nelly Kate (Virginia)
.Shams
.Nonhorse

cooling down (more by Erez Avissar)

After holding out, MoMA now reports that "sadly, we have to cancel #WarmUp tomorrow because of the hurricane & the subsequent mta closures. Be safe & see you next Saturday, 9/3!", BUT "we are trying to reschedule some of this weekend's performers for an additional #WarmUp on September 10th. We'll keep you posted ;-)" Scheduled performers were Tanlines, Nguzunguzu, Teengirl Fantasy, Sun Araw, and Physical Therapy.

You can still catch Sun Araw at MHOW tonight though (8/26)

today in NYC
* Silk Warehouse Party
* Mamie Minch @ Barbes
* Greta Gertler @ Barbes
* Saint Motel @ The Rock Shop
* Lez Zeppelin @ Irving Plaza
* Slowdance @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Shahzad Ismaily @ The Stone
* Main Attrakionz @ New Museum
* The Movielife @ Best Buy Theater
* Cat Power, Vorhees @ Webster Hall
* Deniz Tek, Ivan Julian @ The Bell House
* Jesse Malin, Juliana Hatfield @ City Winery
* Personal and the Pizzas, Triple Hex @ Maxwell's
* Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble @ The Stone
* Dave Matthews Band Caravan @ Governors Island
* Natur, Aggressor, Mutant Supremacy @ Union Pool
* Caravela, Santah, Honduras, David King @ Spike Hill
* Salem, Main Attrakionz, Ghe20 Goth1k @ Santos Party House
* Steve Gunn, Woodsman, Sacred Harp, GDFX @ Shea Stadium
* The Heavy Pets, Zongo Junction, Uzimon @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Living Kills, Les Sans Culottes, Party Lights @ The Gutter
* Prospector, Soft Black, Last Year's Men, Edelweiss @ Bowery Electric
* Amen Dunes, Bobb Trimble's Flying Spiders, Zomes, GDFX @ Saint Vitus
* Ital, Innergaze, Magic Touch, Shams, Octo Octa @ Silk Warehouse Party
* Brain Tumors, Much Worse, Deathrats, State Violence @ Stolen Sleeves
* Little Gold, Air Waves, Moonmen On The Moon, Man, Spook Houses @ Death By Audio
* Blood Diamonds, Tanlines (DJ set), Braille (DJ Set), Magic Mountain (DJ set) @ Glasslands
* Dujeous, Paul Josephs and Metrosonics, Keeping Riley, In Ohm, iAMEVE @ Mercury Lounge
* Dr. John, Sera Solstice, Mz. Imani, Aliza Hava and the Rhythm Shamans @ Public Assembly
* School of Seven Bells, Warm Ghost, Starfawn, Heathered Pearls (DJ set) @ Cameo
* Sun Araw, Prince Rama, Julianna Barwick, Pterodactyl, Teengirl Fantasy (DJ set) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Dylan Charles, The Rhodes, Greg Smith And The Broken English, The Bull & the Butterfly, Julia Haltigan, Abby Ahmad, Marika Hughes, Risa Binder @ Rockwood Music Hall

What's going on Saturday is going to be very short.

Check out This Week in Indie for more.

Wavves and GZA performed "Liquid Swords" together on Fuel TV last night (8/25). Check out a video of that below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Friday?"

by Klaus Kinski

Blackout survivor Ted Leo in the rain (more by Chris La Putt)

You know, I've been bugging BV to put on a show with me since I became aware of just how much I missed helping put together our RoFL shows at Pianos. Doesn't it figure that when we finally get it happening mother nature sends along one of her most loathsome weather systems to go head and destroy my, our, dreams. Folks, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that the BrooklynVegan and Klaus Kinski present Ted Leo, Doug Gillard, Broadcaster, and Dave Hill scheduled to take place at the Rock Shop on Saturday August 27th has been CANCELLED.

If you've been a good little pup and have been reading BrooklynVegan over the past coupla days, you'd know that shows all over the city this weekend are being cancelled. I was really hoping that we could hang in there. However, with the MTA closing down tomorrow at noon, and with the very real possibility that bridges and tunnels might also close, we've got no choice but to cancel the show. What's the point of having a show if people can't even get to it? And Broadcaster has to get to and from Providence. During a hurricane? What're you, some kind of a masochist?

Ideally we would like to reschedule this somewhere in the near future, with the same Dave Hill and the same bands performing. It is a pain in the ass to try and get so many schedule's to sync up, but I am tenacious and really hope we get a mulligan. Refund information to follow.

Other Ted Leo dates below...

Continue reading "our Ted Leo show @ the Rock Shop is cancelled too :("

"Zone A low-lying areas include Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Battery Park City, Far Rockaway, Broad Channel, South Beach, Midland Beach" - Mayor Bloomberg

Mayor Bloomberg issued a mandatory evacuation on Friday for all New Yorkers living in low-lying areas of the city.
"The sun is shining but don't be misled," Bloomberg said. "There is a very dangerous storm headed in our direction."
The mayor said New Yorkers living in those areas -- which include Battery Park in downtown Manhattan and the Rockaways in Queens -- will be asked to leave by 5 pm Saturday.
Meanwhile, public transportation in New York will also begin to shut down by noon on Saturday, he said as he urged those in the evacuation zones to head out Friday. [NY Post]

Bloomberg is on TV talking about it as we speak, and he even mentioned the Dave Matthews concert cancellations. More show cancellation announcements on the way.

Baseball games, beaches, parks, street fairs, etc, etc are all being closed/cancelled too.

update: Out in the Streets CANCELLED.

Despite tons of cancellations, as of Friday morning, MoMA is reporting that Saturday's PS1 Warm Up is rain or shine, and the organizers of this weekend's Out in the Streets Fest are saying the same.

Continue reading "PS1 Warm Up & Out In The Streets currently "rain or shine""

Jonny Corndawg at Brooklyn Bowl in April (more by Chris La Putt)

As mentioned, Jonny Corndawg is planning to release his new album Down on the Bikini Line on August 30 and play a record release show the same day at Union Pool. That show is being supported by Icerod and The Extraordinaires. Tickets are still available. The new album is also streaming now on Paste.

Jonny was also supposed to play a Rocks Off Cruise on August 27, aka Saturday night (boat was going to leave at midnight!) with Icerod and Mike Farris. That show is now cancelled as is Jonny's show at The Saint with Jessica Lea Mayfield in Asbury Park, NJ that was supposed to happen tonight (8/26).

All weekend shows including tonight are also cancelled/postponed at the Stone Pony.

All current Corndawg dates below...

Continue reading "Jonny Corndawg's NYC boat & Asbury Park shows cancelled, new dates annnounced"

"If the DMB concert in cancelled on Sunday, the hordes of dmbag fans roaming aimlessly thru NYC will be more dangerous than #irene" - DBTH

written for the screen by David Matthews

"Ticket holders for Saturday and Sunday are invited to attend the Friday, August 26th event at Governors Island. The Governor of New York has issued a state emergency, therefore the DMB Caravan events on Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th have been postponed. We will announce the new Caravan Governors Island dates as soon as they have been confirmed. We will continue to post updates to the Caravan website as they are confirmed."

According to Toro y Moi and Das Racist, this weekend's free Afro-Punk festival is unfortunately cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. That said, as of this post, the festival itself hasn't said a word about it.

UPDATE, it's official:

The City of New York has rescinded all event permits for Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th because of the impending Hurricane Irene. The Afro-punk festival has been barred from holding any public assembly in Commodore Barry Park this weekend. Afro-punk staff have been meeting with officials and sponsors to try and avoid cancellation but have had to cancel this weekend's festival due to safety concerns. The event organizers are regrouping to plan the next steps and will keep the public updated.

The Rib Rock Festivals scheduled for this Saturday, August 27th at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and this Sunday, August 28th at the PNC Bank Arts Center have been cancelled due to safety reasons concerning Hurricane Irene.

Refunds are available at the point of purchase.

The debut of the East Village Radio Music Festival may be delayed by one day due to the heavy rains and gusty winds expected for New York City throughout Saturday, as tropical storm Hanna moves up the East Coast.

The festival, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 6, may be moved to Sunday, September 7 from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.

Organizers will evaluate the weather conditions on Saturday morning at 6 a.m. and determine if the festival will go forward on Saturday, or be delayed one day until Sunday.

Continue reading "East Village Radio Music Festival MAY move to Sunday"