Dream Diary

Todd P's Unamplified Acoustic BBQ is Sunday (new location)

“The new location is a pristine secluded beach area called Raptor Point, at the North end of the main (decommissioned) runway of the abandoned airport, right on Jamaica Bay…

Weekend, APTBS, Procedure Club, Galaxie 500, Games, No Joy, Ceremony, Family Trees & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Weekend – End Times (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend – All American (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Procedure Club – Feel Sorry for Me (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Procedure Club – Rather (MP3) DOWNLOAD: No Joy – No Joy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ceremony – Someday (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Games – Everything is Working (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Family Trees – Dream Talkin (MP3) I hope you all survived the insanity that was last week…

Bill's 2010 Northside Festival picks (Friday)

a day by day Week in Indie-like guide to this week’s Northside Festival… Northside HQ (freedubya) When I was looking at the full Friday Northside Festival schedule, I was a bit overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches available to indie rock fans tonight…

NYC PopFest Day 1 & 2 in pics (belated pics)

“The fourth annual NYC Popfest, which ran from Thursday through Sunday , consisted of five showcases featuring more than 30 bands, mostly those that adhered to a few key tenets: summery, lo-fi, melodic, twee, nonconfrontational…

Miracles of Modern Science, Quintron, Jacuzzi Boys, The Aerosols, TPHB, Starring & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Miracles of Modern Science – I Found Space (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jacuzzi Boys – Bricks or Coconuts (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Aerosols – China (AAC) We’ll start this week with a contest…

NYC PopFest Day 1 @ Cake Shop in pics & video (Veronica Falls, Sweater Girls, Elephant Parade & more)

“Veronica Falls was worth the wait and sauna-like conditions at Cake Shop. PopFest Day 1 ended very strong.” – Tim Veronica Falls @ Cake Shop on 5/20″{Then there’s Veronica Falls play the 5/20 show at Cake Shop…

a massive guide to NYC Popfest 2010, lots of MP3s & a chance to win a festival badge

DOWNLOAD: The Wake – Oh Pamela (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Neverever – Blue Jeans (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Neverever – Young and Dumb (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Tender Trap – Girls with Guns (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin – Dreaming (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Moustache of Insanity – Amazon Wishlist (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Horowitz – Winona (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Embassy – It Pays to Belong (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Leaving Mornington Crescent – Corners (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Very Truly Yours – I’d Write You a Song (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pants Yell…

Wild Beasts, Morning Benders, Patrick Bower, Toro y Moi, Hospitality, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Toro Y Moi – Blessa (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Patrick Bower – The Dark Lord of Love (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Morning Benders – Promises (MP3) Wild Beasts @ Union Pool in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Of all the things going on this week — and there is no shortage of options as usual — my number one pick would be for you to see Wild Beasts, who are on tour and play Bowery Ballroom on Friday (2/26, sold out) and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday (2/28) Tickets still available for the Brooklyn show and we have a pair to giveaway…

NYC Popfest 2010 lineup announced (Veronica Falls, The Wake, The Tender Trap, BOAT & more)

DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BOAT – Lately (MP3) The line-up for the fourth annual NYC Popfest has just been announced, which will happen May 20 – 23 at a variety of venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn…

Yummy Fur, Cribs, Grant Hart, Adam Green, Zee Avi, Big Troubles, Joe Pernice, Beardo & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: The Yummy Fur – Policeman (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Big Troubles – Freudian Slips (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Adam Green – What Makes Him Act So Bad (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Total Slacker – Demos (mediafire zip) There’s a lot of great shows this weekend, but top of the list for me is Scottish cult indie rockers The Yummy Fur who have reformed to play a few shows surrounding a new best-of compilation, titled Piggy Wings, due out sometime soon on What’s Your Rupture…
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