Pier 54

Video from yesterday’s rain-filled performance, “the party-est thing” Andrew WK has ever done, and an interview with Andrew about the tesla coil solo experience, below…

Deer Tick are set to release their new LP Divine Providence on October 25th via Partisan Records. The album was produced by the band, in conjunction with Adam Landry and Justin Collins in their native Rhode Island…

Rakim @ Rock the Bells 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) Pentagram @ Power of the Riff in LA (photos by Adam Murray) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Dayna Kurtz @ Barbes * Emily Wells @ Ace Hotel * Chicago @ Beacon Theatre * Susana Baca @ City Winery * IDENTITY Fest @ Jones Beach * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory * Talib Kweli (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Dom, Sheen Bros & DJs @ Public Assembly * Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra @ Brooklyn Bowl * Leisure, Emil & Friends, Slam Donahue @ Littlefield * Rakim, EPMD, Funkmaster Flex @ Central Park Summerstage * Quitzow, Alexander Trust, WKC, Shock Diamond @ Bruar Falls * Canadian Rifle, Shaved Christ, Foreigh Objects @ The Acheron * Stephane Wrembel Presents The Django Experiment @ Barbes * Iceage, Crazy Spirit, Raspberry Bulbs, Perdition @ Secret Project Robot * Pretty Good Friends w/ Eugene Mirman, David Cross, AD Miles @ the Bell House * Pentagram, JEFF The Brotherhood, Valient Thorr, ELKS @ Le Poisson Rouge * Paul Metzger, Neg-Fi, Eleven Twenty-Nine (Silent Barn Benefit) @ Zebulon * Doldrums, Zorch, Many Mansions, Say No…

Dom, who played a free show at Pier 54 with Deer Tick earlier this month, is headlining a free show at Rockaway Beach AT PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (moved due to rain) on Sunday (today, 8/21)…

This summer seems to be the summer of ticks. Spend one hour outside in some tall grass and you are sure to have a tick crawling somewhere on your body…

Metronomy‘s suspicious lack of NYC show on their previously announced October tour has been remedied. The band will play what is probably a CMJ show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, October 20th…

I really wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up. Metronomy’s last NYC show was at Union Hall in August 2008 and there were about 40 people there…

tUnE-yArDs @ Pier 54 in NYC this past Thursday (more by Chris La Putt) Never mind just packing Pier 54, playing the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival, and looking towards an upcoming string of dates in Europe; tUnE-yArDs have also just announced a fall North American tour…

“Fireworks at the pier!!!! Wtf!!! And a full moon. Amazing!!!” – Austra Hudson River Rocks kicked off their 2011 season in a big way last night (7/14) with tUnE-yArDs and Austra…

DOWNLOAD: Tasseomancy – “Heavy Sleep” (Maya Postepski Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Austra – Spellwork (MNDR Nighttime Remix) (MP3) You may recognize the voices of Sari and Romy Lightman as the haunting backup singers for Toronto synth-poppers Austra…