"The Snow Ball Music Festival [in 2011] was chill, in more ways than one. Besides the expected below freezing temperatures Avon gets in early March, the atmosphere of the festival and attitude of the attendees were very relaxed. The tents were set up on snow instead of concrete, and so dancing the first night was no small fete as everyone was slipping on the ice. By the end of the weekend, any movement at all was unpleasant as people were standing in puddles of water, beer, and probably some bodily fluids or stuck to the ground in thick mud. The crowd left their clubbing attire at home and sported their neon ski coats instead as they drifted through the clouds of cigarette and marijuana smoke. Despite the cold weather and the impossible dance floor, most importantly, the music was good." [cause=time]

Early bird and holiday special passes are sold out but regular passes and tickets for the festival are on sale now. Don't forget your "Warm Jackets, hats, gloves, and snow boots."

Current lineup below...

Continue reading "Snowball Music Festival is outside in the Winter in Colorado (2012 lineup) "

snowy Brooklyn (Nate Dorr)

Tonight's sold out White Lies/Asobi Seksu show at Highline Ballroom has been cancelled due to the lovely weather we're having.

Charles Cave, in a note to their fans has said, "we're bitterly disappointed to cancel our NYC show. We've been excited about it for months but a freak snow storm has made it impossible for us to get there. We promise to reschedule the show as soon as possible and return to the big apple in style. We're all really sorry." Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase, stay tuned for news on an upcoming New York City show this spring.

Any other shows cancelled that you know about?

by BBG

On a silent and snow-covered street in Brooklyn, Toxic Holocaust demanded a circle pit. The eager crowd at the Acheron on Wednesday (1/12) was willing to oblige them, but settled on a plain old mosh pit instead, which just raged even harder. That's the mark of a great live band. They say. The crowd does. The snowfall brought out the rage in the band too.

"Fuck snow! It took forever to shovel out fucking van. So it's great to have everyone out tonight!"

Toxic Holocaust was in town to launch a tour following the completion of their new-and-forthcoming LP for Relapse Records. Details are limited, but it is expected to be out "late spring 2011". Their tour continues tonight in Pittsburgh. All dates below.

Mortals was the lone support for Toxic Holocaust after a last minute (snow-related) cancellation by The Ominous Order of Filthy Mongrels, and the all-female trio delivered a heavy/sludgy batch of tunes to set off the evening right.

More pictures and some video from the show, with more tour dates, below...

Continue reading "Toxic Holocaust kicked off a tour @ the Acheron in Brooklyn (pics, video & more tour dates) "

photo from 'Home for the Holidays' 2009 (more by Bryan Bruchman)

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS RESCHEDULED!
(12.28.10 - 3:00PM EST)

***saddest update ever from the Brokenhearted Blizzard Wizard***
(aka least popular girl in Asbury)

It is highly unlikely that any roads in Asbury Park will be cleared any time soon and therefore unlikely that we will be able to have a show at The Stone Pony even by tomorrow or Thursday. In anticipation of this likelihood that we will have to continue to cancel or postpone all shows, we have decided to move the entire Home For The Holidays to FEBRUARY 9-12, 2011. We know so many of you have made special arrangements and plans to be here and we wish things could be different. Tickets from the first night (Dec 26) will be honored on Wednesday February 9th, tickets from the 2nd night (Dec 27) will be honored on February 10, the 3rd night (Dec 28) on February 11th, and the 4th night (Dec 29) on February 12. So confusing!!! We are working on the revised schedule (not all the bands will be able to come back :( mope mope) and will announce those on Tuesday, January 11th. Refunds will be available at the point of purchase, but we really hope you can join us in February...

Drowning in tears and waist-deep in snow, with great love from Asbury Park HQ

p.s. For those of you stuck in town, we are working on a consolation party for later... Stay tuned... But please please please, other people, you cannot even drive to town, let alone park, so don't try to come unless you are walking!!!

Asbury Park, NJ (catherwood65)

Tonight/Tuesday's Bouncing Souls "Home for the Holidays" show at The Stone Pony is officially cancelled. As of 1:30pm the band says, "STAY TUNED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS!". Monday's show was also cancelled, and Sunday's was postponed (with new openers) until Thursday.

UPDATE: All Bouncing Souls shows have been postponed.

As previously mentioned, Lauryn Hill ended up postponing Monday night's Highline Ballroom show until February 1st, but Bowery Presents assures me that the show scheduled to take place tonight (12/28) at Music Hall of Williamsburg is still happening. All Lauryn dates, including the Wellmont Theater one that is still on sale, HERE.

As also previously mentioned, Estelle's show at Best Buy Theater is cancelled, but I think it was cancelled before it snowed, and tonight's Jaguar Stone show at SOB's has been postponed.

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper has cancelled her show at Rockwood Music Hall tonight due to illness.

A list of shows that are happening tonight/Tuesday, HERE.

Please list any other snow-related cancellations or postponements in the comments.

7th St in Park Slope last night (by Jon)

today in NYC
* Lyre Bird @ Barbes
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall
* The Bad Plus @ Village Vanguard
* The Bouncing Souls @ The Stone Pony
* Lauryn Hill @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Disco Biscuits, Holy Ghost! @ Terminal 5
* Clutch & Kylesa @ Northern Lights (Clifton Park, NY)
* Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Diamond Doves @ Brooklyn Bowl
* The White Panda, Hoodie Allen, G-Riot @ Highline Ballroom
* Assembly Of Dust, Jason Crosby & Dark Loft @ Bowery Ballroom
* Sweet Bulbs, Indian Rebound, The Micks, The Ne're Do Wells @ The Showpaper 42nd Street Gallery
* Annual End Of Year Improv Benefit w/ Raz Mesinai, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg & more @ The Stone

Estelle's show at Best Buy Theater is cancelled, but I think it was cancelled before it snowed.

Tonight's Jaguar Stone show at SOB's has been postponed.

Almost everything that was supposed to happen yesterday was cancelled, so call ahead to make sure tonight's show is happening.

The Bouncing Souls are supposed to be playing their third show in a row tonight at the Stone Pony, but they haven't even played one yet, and as of 11am they're still not sure if tonight's will happen either:

As of this moment (11am) the streets surrounding the Stone Pony remain unplowed.. We have hired private plow people to come dig out the area.. And are therefore hopeful the show will go on.. But it is too early to call as of yet. Please stay posted... As for our grandiose extracurricular activities...we are not able to have any of the afternoon fun today :( Cookman Avenue is a mess and we don't want to add to it. The movie at The Showroom ("Repoman") is postponed to Thursday at 4pm...Lenny Lashley will now play at the afterparty at the Asbury Lanes on Wednesday... Photos with Santa will still happen at the Wednesday afterparty but not at the art gallery today... And the special "Ghost Tour" is canceled but they offer them all year round at the Paranormal Bookstore so you should go next time you are in our fair city... Fingers crossed, I'm going over to the pony soon to start digging!!!

Some good news...P.E.D. is replacing A.O.D. on the rescheduled Thrusday show!

-K8 (aka The Blizzard Wizzard)

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper was supposed to play Rockwood Music Hall tonight, but has cancelled due to illness.

What else?

The Bouncing Souls were supposed to kick off their 4th annual 'Home for the Holidays' run of shows at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park last night (12/26), but...

"We are concerned for everyone traveling and have no choice but to postpone. [Sunday]'s events will be moved to THURSDAY Dec 30th. Show time will still be at 7pm. The Great Explainer and Strike Anywhere will still play, but sadly A.O.D. will not be in NJ by then. We are also moving the afterparty at the Asbury Lanes to Thursday night. We will still be playing the first 2 albums on Thursday. The other nights' schedules will remain unchanged. We hope you can join us on Thursday. If you can't, please request a refund at the point of purchase by noon on Thursday. Be safe, stay warm. With heavy hearts we remain yours."

Holy smokes!!! For those of you outside the Jersey Shore zone of disaster: there is a lot of snow (2-5 foot drifts!!) and gnarly winds. We are under a state of emergency and transportation is impossible. The roads are not plowed in Asbury park and are impassible. We have no choice but to cancel tonight's show. Please go to the point of purchase for a refund. If you purchased your ticket from Chunksaah Online, we will refund your PayPal account in the next 3 days (4 day pass holders will get back $25). This is really disappointing for all of us, not the festive holiday party we planned at all! I just spoke to the Fake Problems camp and they are unable to get a flight. Lemuria were more than willing to attempt to get here but I told them to stay safe in Syracuse. The crazy kids in The Swellers made it all the way to the Asbury exit of the Garden State Parkway (represent Flint, MI!!!). We are so grateful to everyone for these heroic efforts!! The poster signing for 4-day pass holders will now be on Wednesday at 6pm. The shoe sale will be Wednesday at 7pm. If you are stuck in town... Check back later, we will try to have a get together later if we can ever get anywhere... With sighs and mopes we deliver these sad tidings... -K8

Continue reading "Bouncing Souls 'Home for the Holidays' is underway (sort of)"

'bike rack' (gsz)

today in NYC
* Gyan Riley @ Barbes
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Zorn benefit night @ the Stone
* Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall
* Lauryn Hill @ Highline Ballroom
* The Disco Biscuits, Raekwon @ Terminal 5
* Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales, Naja Rosa @ Pianos
* Tom Hamilton & The American Babies @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Behavior, Bad Sound, Beach Arabs, Spook Houses @ Cake Shop
* Kevin Harrison, Megan Palmer, Tony Scherr Trio @ The Living Room
* Earth People, Centipede, Matagawa, John Wagner Group (jazz) @ Mercury Lounge

The show at Brooklyn Bowl features Joe Russo (Furthur), Eric Slick (Dr Dog), Dave Dreiwitz (WEEN), Jim Hamilton & Scott Metzger.

Check ahead to see if your event is cancelled due to the snow.

The Bouncing Souls 'Home For the Holidays' shows are happening in Asbury Park this week, but so far last night's show has been rescheduled to 12/30, and Fake Problems have confirmed that they can not make it to open tonight. UPDATE: Tonight's show is cancelled.

UPDATE: the show at Mercury Lounge is cancelled.

Parking meter rules are suspended today.

Airports are shut until 4pm.

Hopefully you weren't stuck on the A train all night.

What else?

Gwar @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 (more by BBG)

today in NYC
* Dayna Kurtz @ Barbes
* Life in a Blender @ Barbes
* Tempo Brain @ The Stone
* Kwanzaa Celebration @ the Apollo
* Gwar, The Casualties, Infernaeon, Mobile Deathcamp @ Best Buy Theater
* The Wall Live By Roger Waters-Perf. By the School of Rock All Stars @ BB King's
* Leftover Crack, Night Birds, (A)Truth, Mirrors & Wires @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Talib Kweli, SAS, Jean Grae, Red Cafe, Shawn Pen, Joell Ortiz, K-Salaam, Mickey Factz, Naturally Amazing @ Highline Ballroom

Merry Christmas!

Gwar headlines Best Buy Theater tonight. Make sure to get there in time to see the Casualties. Don't eat the red snow.

Call ahead to make sure your event hasn't been cancelled due to snow.

The 8pm show at the Stone is cancelled, but 10pm is still happening as of now.

Dar Williams at the Bell House "has been rescheduled for Friday, January 7th. The Bell House will be closed tonight due to the blizzard."

Tonight's show at Sullivan Hall is cancelled.

What else?

Brooklyn, NY - 2/26/10 (davidfg)

Levon Helm (with special guest Donald Fagen) and The Duke and The King were set to share a bill at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ tonight (2/26), but "Due to weather conditions - tonight's show postponed to Friday March 12th". Tickets are on sale if you don't have one already.

photos by Leia Jospe

Screaming Females and JEFF the Brotherhood returned for a second time on their tour to NYC for a show at Death By Audio on Tuesday, February 23rd. Stupid Party opened.

JEFF had to cancel their show scheduled for tonight (2/25) in Ithaca (bummer!) because of weather. Instead, they'll be playing at Meat Town in New Brunswick, NJ (and as they tweeted, someone named christian is buying the keg!!). Their tour continues to SXSW and beyond.

Screaming Females will be back in NYC for their show with Ted Leo and Obits at Irving Plaza on April 9th. Tickets are on sale.

More pictures from (the last two bands at) Death By Audio are below...

Continue reading "JEFF the Brotherhood played Death By Audio w/ Screaming Females & Stupid Party (pics), playing last minute NJ show"

Due to the snowstorm blanketing the area the following Yes shows nave been rescheduled. Tickets for the original show date will be honored for the new date. Yes regrets any inconvenience.
• Warner Theatre, DC - Original date Feb. 6, moved to Feb. 15
• Montclair, NJ - Original date Feb. 10, moved to Feb. 16
• Cleveland, OH - Original date Feb. 17, moved to Feb. 21

Before then, the band does two nights, February 13th and 14th, at the Town Hall in NYC. Tickets are still on sale for that too.

Vocalist Benoit David, now an official member, sings with the band on these dates, not original singer Jon Anderson. The gigs are part of a larger tour, the dates of which are posted below...

Continue reading "YES reschedules some shows due to snow, plays 2 nights at Town Hall this weekened - updated 2010 Tour Dates "

Tim Hecker plays LPR as part of Unsound Fest tonight

tonight in NYC
* Electroputas @ The Stone
* The Postelles @ The Bowery Electric
* Dope Body & Orphan @ Ramiken Crucible
* Harlem, Girls At Dawn @ Mercury Lounge
* Citizen Cope, Sandrine @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Midnight Masses, Mon Khmer, Light Asylum @ Union Pool
* Tim Hecker, Radian, Tape, Mountains @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
* PC Worship, Velvet Davenport, Florida, Blissed Out @ Silent Barn
* Happy Ending Music and Reading Series w/ Holly Miranda @ Joe's Pub
* The Bloodsugars, BM Linx, Ludlow Lions, The Ropes @ Santos Party House
* Telecult Powers, Mark Morgan (mem. Sightings), Tiger Hatchery w/ Weasel Walter @ Death By Audio

Make sure you check with venues to see if shows have been cancelled due to snow.

Harlem play Mercury Lounge tonight. They play twice again this weekend, with Frankie & the Outs and the Siberians at Monster Island on Friday and with Jemina Pearl at Union Pool on Saturday. Frankie & the Outs were to play Market Hotel on Saturday (with So Cow and Blank Dogs), but that's been moved to Monster Island too.

Yeasayer just played 2 NYC shows in a row the past two nights. Tonight they appear on Fallon.

If you're having a snow day today, there are some videos for you below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Wednesday?"

words by Kim Kelly with intro by BBG, photos by Diana Lee Zadlo

Woe ruling

Those of you who travel in the underground metal circles, and live to tell about it, have probably encountered Kim Kelly. The current Philadelphian, whose credits include Terrorizer, Hails & Horns, Metal Injection, Noisecreep, her own PR company (CatharsisPR) and many other ventures, is probably the girl you see on the verge of whiplash in the front row of Eyehategod, or the smiley one with the invisible orange.

In her latest travels, Kelly took a trip to Richmond to take in the Heart of Winter Fest at Alley Katz in Richmond, VA (Friday, Jan 29- Saturday, Jan 30, 2010). The two-day festival featured appearances from Woe, Bastard Sapling, Battlemaster, Evoken, and many others. The "Winter" fest was also, appropriately enough, hit with a major storm that buried the mid-Atlantic in snow. Rather than get buried south of the Mason-Dixon line amidst 24 inches, she and Diana Lee Zadlo opted to leave before it was over, or as the kids call it, GTFO. Her full story is below...

Continue reading "Heart of Winter Fest 2010 (Woe & snow) in words & pics "

photos by Ryan Muir

Unlike Dr. Dog who literally made it snow inside the Brooklyn bowling alley during their concert on December 11th, Class Actress and Phantogram played their show at the venue (Saturday night, 12/19) while the first big actual snowstorm of the winter was happening outside...

"Phantogram's Sarah Barthel is so adorable and very charismatic and the electro-rock duo had everyone dancing their asses off and wanting more when they finished their set. I'm not really sure what to say beyond that they put on a great show. Their music is unique and yet can appeal to many different types of people, and the eclectic audience loved them. Not only is it great dancing music, it's also great driving music. Definitely worth the snowy trek." [guilt free pleasures]

Continue reading "Phantogram & Class Actress played Brooklyn Bowl during the snow storm - pics "

Grant Hart

Blurt: Do you ever feel like your contributions to Husker Du are overlooked?

Grant Hart: This isn't thrown out as a condemnation of Bob, but I think that my fans know my material better than a lot of Bob's fans know his material. The reason I say that is every time I've gone to see a Bob Mould concert, someone has yelled out the name of one of my songs. When I'm out touring, I maybe hear that one out of five concerts.

The last couple of years of Husker Du proved this, but the larger your audience is the more dumb elements it's going to encompass. Bob's fans who never heard Husker Du, but heard Sugar first have more of a "Grant sucks" kind of attitude. I think with the popularity of Copper Blue, Bob ended up with a bunch of cowboys for listeners. If Bob and I were as competitive as our fans are, we would have never gotten past Land Speed Record.

Blank Dogs makes a semi-rare appearance tonight Death By Audio IS CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD.

TONIGHT @ THE STUDIO @ WEBSTER HALL

The legendary L.A. punk label released Go Man Go, KELLY's solo debut in 1989. Founded by seminal punk band Black Flag, SST was also home to such alternative icons as Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. and Sound Garden as well as fellow Antifolk founder Roger Manning. The project was produced by the Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie and fast on the heels of releases by Cindy Lee Berryhill (Rhino), Michelle Shocked (Mercury) and Manning, established Antifolk as a national underground phenomenon.

With performances by: Roger Manning, The Folk Bros., John S. Hall, Erin Regan, Kirk Kelly, Debe Dalton, Lach, Mike Rimbaud, John Kruth, Jeffrey Lewis, Joe Hurley, Jason Trachtenburg and Paddy on the Railway.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Saturday? (besides snow)"

Ted Leo just let Santos know that he's in Rhode Island where there's too much snow to drive to NYC for tonight's show, so... he will no longer be playing the New Years Eve show.... UPDATE: In Ted's own words::

At 8:30 last night, my dear friend Simon, who is doing some booking for Santo's, called to asked me if I wanted to jump up and play 2 or 3 songs between Andrew WK and Gang Gang Dance on New Year's Eve (tonight) at Santo's in Manhattan. I am, for better or for worse, currently in Rhode Island, but I initially said "yes" to doing the show - sounds like fun, right? Right! But I woke up this morning to a bastard of a blizzard here by the ocean in Southern New England. I understand it's not as bad as all that in NYC, but it's the getting there that's getting me down - there's just no reasonable way for me to make this happen without pushing the boundaries of safety and what little sanity I have left after the fall and early winter that has been, so I am, unfortunately, pulling out of the event.
I know that it seems like I've been canceling a lot of things lately, but first, I was only asked to do this less than 24 hours ago, second, it's just bad frakking timing and bad frakking luck, and third, with the exception of the entire tour I had to cancel in 2003 due to vocal chord injuries, the cancellations that have happened this fall and winter are more than all of the previous cancellations I have made in my ENTIRE 20 years of playing music. So please bear with me - tough times out there - they find everybody, in their own way, eventually...
I am extremely sorry, and I hope to see you all back out there soon.
Be well, and happy new year!

today in NYC
* DANCE
* DANCE w/ DFA
* Rakim @ Knitting Factory
* Murphys Law @ Wonder Bar (NJ)
* Hal Willner & Sean Lennon @ The Stone
* Evan Dando (Lemonheads) @ Southpaw
* Extra Life, Liturgy, Skeletons & Effing @ Market Hotel
* Semi Precious Weapons & Liam & M @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Tall Firs, Awesome Color & Chessie Boneless @ Knitting Factory
* The Budos Band & Naomi Shelton & Gospel Queens @ Mercury Lounge
* Machine Drum DJ, Passions, Alan Astor & Bad Brilliance @ Knitting Factory
* the Beets, City Center & Fiasco djs @ Monster Island Basement
* Zozobra, The Austerity Program, Hull, Heavy Winged & Cowards @ Fontana's
* Jesse Malin, Brian Fallon (of The Gaslight Anthem) & The Sugar Report @ Bowery

It snowed!

What else?