Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew likes Beach House who played Conan last night
Beach House @ Prospect Park (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Kevin Drew’s Favorite Albums of 2010 (via)The National, High Violet (4AD)
Here We Go Magic, Pigeons (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
Beach House, Teen Dream (SUB POP)
Big Boi, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (PURPLE RIBBON/DEF JAM)
Owen Pallett, Heartland (DOMINO)
Brian McBride, The Effective Disconnect (KRANKY)
Bishop Morocco, Bishop Morocco (HAND DRAWN DRACULA)
Four Tet, There Is Love in You (DOMINO)
Matthew Dear, Black City (GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL)
Pastor T…
Pavement @ the Toronto Island Festival - pics, video, setlist
As the sun hid its face behind the island’s ring of trees, Pavement took to a Toronto stage for the first time in a decade.
The crowd was a little diminished at this point…
Broken Social Scene (w/ Feist & Emily Haines) & Band of Horses opened for Pavement @ Toronto's Olympic Island - pics, video, setlists
“With a horn section behind the already several-member group, Broken Social Scene began with ‘World Sick’ off their new album and then ‘Stars And Sons,’ the latter with fans clapping repeatedly on cue as six guitarists jammed out the conclusion…
Jeff Mangum, Fucked Up, Bob Dylan, Bill Callahan, Will Oldham, Yo La Tengo & others release songs for charity
Matador announced that Fucked Up‘s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ charity single “should be available” from iTunes today (December 8th) (still waiting it is)…
Cold War Kids, Passion Pit, Matisyahu, Wolfmother, other tix
Cold War Kids are headlining Terminal 5 on January 29th. Tickets are now on American Express presale.
Matisyahu does his annual Hanukkah run of shows with various openers (Kevin Devine, Rana, Dub Trio, etc) at Webster Hall and Music Hall of Williamsburg this year…
Still Life Still on Arts & Crafts - opening for Kurt Vile & Thee Oh Sees (both w/ new records) in NYC this week + CMJ
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vile – Overnite Religion (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vile – Hunchback (MP3)
Canada’s Still Life Still (pictured above) just released their debut, Girls Come Too, in August on Arts & Crafts…
Spiral Stairs (mem. Pavement) - new album soon, MP3, shows
DOWNLOAD: Spiral Stairs – Maltese Terrier (MP3)
Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg of Preston School of Industry and Pavement (who are reuniting) is set to release his first album as Spiral Stairs on October 20th…
Ed Droste, Feist (who just played w/ BSS) & Yo La Tengo played w/ Wilco (& rode the Cylcone) in Coney Island (setlist)
Leslie Feist & Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste on the Cyclone – July 13, 2009
Like she will Tuesday on Letterman (tonight, 7/14), Leslie Feist joined Wilco on stage at Keyspan Park in Coney Island on Monday night (7/13) for a few songs…
Dark Was the Night - full 4AD comp artist list, cover art, etc
“What a fitting day to announce the complete list of artists involved with our upcoming album DARK WAS THE NIGHT – the February 17th 4AD release that will benefit the Red Hot Organization…
Broken Social Scene & Land of Talk played Masonic Temple (pics & setlist), will play "3 hour show in 2009"??
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Arguably one of the biggest CMJ shows this year was Friday night‘s Broken Social Scene gig at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (10/24). Ironically, they probably allowed the least amount of badges in (I heard 45, to be exact)…
