Pianos
Chinese alt-folk band Shanren is here, touring East Coast
To quote their bio, “Shanren mine the rich musical traditions of southwestern China and fuse folk melodies with more modern influences like rock, reggae, and ska–think of it as Manu Chao with Chinese characteristics…
Devin announces LP, playing free NYC show w/ DJ MNDR, touring w/ Heartless Bastards (dates)
Devin @ Public Assembly in 2010 (more by Leia Jospe)
The Brooklyn-based Devin, who recently opened for Suckers (also on Frenchkiss Records) at Knitting Factory, and, as mentioned, JEFF The Brotherhood at Maxwells, will be playing a free Valentine’s Day show Tuesday at Pianos before heading out on tour with the Heartless Bastards…
2:54 made their US debut, played Pianos w/ Caged Animals (pics & review)
UK band 2:54‘s new EP, Scarlett, sounds amazing: rolling flinty basslines, layer upon layer of guitar haze and the alluring vocals of Colette Thurlow…
Crystal Antlers on tour w/ WU LYF, played MHOW (pics), headline a show @ Pianos tonight
“The Antlers‘s new (Recreation Ltd.) offers more proof of a band that could aim for tight songwriting if they pleased, but chose to do otherwise…
R E A L M A G I C plays Pianos before leaving town (and Purchase Fall Fest after that)
One of the many artists in NYC for CMJ was Denver, CO’s Drew Englander aka R E A L M A G I C. If you missed him, he added another show – a free one even, and it happens at Pianos at 1am tonight (10/27)…
Emmy the Great finished her set out on Ludlow St. (video)
One couple flew up from Florida just to see Emmy the Great perform a sole U.S. show at Pianos on May 4th. That same couple requested Emmy play “Two Steps Forward,” but Emmy didn’t get to it on stage, so she played it out front on Ludlow Street after the show…
What's going on Monday?
today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* Snoop Dogg @ Webster Hall
* Chicha Libre @ Barbes
* Ellie Goulding @ All Saints SOHO
* Kamikaze Ground Crew @ Barbes
* Lil Wayne, Nikci Minaj @ Nassau Coliseum
* JEFF the Brotherhood @ the Meatlocker (NJ)
* Hot Tub with Kristen @ LIttlefield
* Jeff Beck, Imelda May @ Beacon Theatre
* LCD Soundsystem, Liquid Liquid @ Terminal 5
* Ron Sexsmith, Caitlin Rose @ Highline Ballroom
* The Felice Brothers, Diamond Doves @ Maxwell’s
* Melanie Moser & The 11th Hour Band @ Zebulon
* The Mountain Goats, Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom
* Art vs Science, Future Relative @ Mercury Lounge
* Hey Rosetta…
Toronto's the Beauties kicking off Pianos residency (Kevin Drew will play with them at the final one)
“Anyone who considers the Beauties “just a bar band” will be pleasantly surprised by their debut album. While the Dakota favourites could easily have treated the full-length as a recorded document of their rollicking, booze-soaked live shows, they instead crafted an album of legitimately strong, diverse rock songs…
ARMS played Pianos w/ Hospitality, Radical Dads & Translations (pics & video)
‘ residency at Pianos was a super strong line-up of local talent and one of the better overall shows I’ve been to in a long time.
Much of ARMS’ set was new songs from the band’s proper debut, a “sci-fi break up album” that’s due, hopefully, this summer…
Headless Horseman take residency at Pianos (MP3, dates)
DOWNLOAD: Headless Horseman – “1CHRD” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Headless Horseman – “Snow Day” (MP3)
This Friday (2/4) and, every other Friday in February at Pianos, is reserved for Headless Horseman, the Brooklyn duo who recently dropped their five-song digital LP on Bandcamp…
