Emmy the Great

tonight in NYC * DANCE * Busta Rhymes & Kid Cudi @ BB King’s * Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Santos Party House * Jenny Scheinman Trio (w/ Nels Cline @ Blue Note) * Genghis Tron, Tombs, Wetnurse, Black Anvil @ Public Assembly * Maria Taylor, The Whispertown 2000, Hawk and Dove @ The Bell House * Beep Beep, The Show is the Rainbow & Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Cake Shop * Comet Gain, Crystal Stilts, Cold Cave @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Crippled Black Phoenix (mem of Mogwai), Ascent of Everest @ Mercury Lounge * Kyp Malone, Flowers of Flesh & Blood, Pure Horsehair @ Glasslands Yeah Yeah Yeahs played SNL last night…

DOWNLOAD: Brighton Port Authority – Seattle (w/ Emmy the Great) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brighton Port Authority – Toe Jam (w/ David Byrne) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brighton Port Authority – He’s Frank (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brighton Port Authority – Should I Stay or Should I Blow (MP3) The Brighton Port Authority (Fatboy Slim)’s album “I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” won’t be released until February, except on Amazon…

, show Rival Schools closed down the main stage at the Brooklyn Vegan Day Party on Oct 25th, and if you stayed with us, and weren’t feeling rather grim, chances are you were down in the Old Office enjoying (hopefully), the late addition to our party, Lightspeed Champion tear through a set that included two new songs and a bunch of covers by bands like Nirvana, Heart, and Pixies…

Thanks all for a great night. I’m really sorry if anyone was disappointed at all, especially in the “singing DJ” Jens Lekman. I do admit that during Jens’ set I thought, “why won’t he sing more…

DOWNLOAD: The Sammies – Sleep in My Clothes (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ponytail – Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From An Angel) (MP3) Even if you don’t have a badge, CMJ (Oct 21-25 in NYC) can be overwhelming…

DOWNLOAD: Late of the Pier – The Bears Are Coming (Emperor Machine Rmx) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Eugene Francis Jnr & the Juniors – Beginners (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fanfarlo – You Are One of the Few Outsiders Who Understand Us (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Faunts – Intantly Loved (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Faunts – Memories of Places We’ve Never Been (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Faunts – M4 (Pt. I)…

DOWNLOAD: The Sammies – Glisten (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Testimony (MP3) Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Doors at 6 PM. Show at 7 PM, (18+) * Emmy the Great * The Sammies * Secret Guest * Ponytail * Passion Pit * singing DJ Jens Lekman   and a special late-night (midnight) set by: * The Phenomenal Handclap BandBrooklynVegan is finally (well, it’s been a while) doing a show in Brooklyn. After a …

Laura Marling & Noah & The Whale @ SXSW 2008 (more) Laura Marling is playing Bowery Ballroom on September 15th. The show is part of a co-headlining North American tour with fellow UK musician Johnny Flynn who Laura has toured with before…

More catching up…. That early-afternoon show back on March 15th had the perfect back-to-back UK indie lineup….March 15, 2008 12:00: Emmy The Great 12:50: Noah And The Whale w/ Laura Marling 1:40: Laura Marling w/ members of Noah and the Whale 2:20: Lightspeed Champion w/ Emmy the Great (and Jackson)As pointed out in the Lightspeed Champion (Dev) interview, Emmy the Great contributed to Lightspeed’s album, so it was cool to see her sing with him live…

So many pictures, so little time. Here are some Laura Marling photos I took in Texas on March 15th at the ‘Press Here SXSW Garden Party’ that she played with Lightspeed Champion, Emmy the Great and Noah and the Whale…