Pier 54

DOM at BV-CMJ 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The openers have been announced for the free shows happening at Pier 54 this summer. We already mentioned that Austra is opening the tUnE-yArDs show on July 14…

Pier 54 @ a 2010 concert (more by Chris La Putt)One of New York City’s quintessential free outdoor concert series, Hudson River Park’s RiverRocks marks its 13th season this summer by presenting headlining performances by the sonically-nuanced experimental group tUnE-yArDs, the dance/art crossover phenoms Metronomy, and the alt-country/folk rockers Deer Tick…

Though the forecast last night called for possible thunderstorms, luckily there was no lightening in sight to prompt the cancellation of the show (or compromise safety), and a modest crowd gathered on Pier 54 to see the last show of the summer in the Hudson River Park’s RiverRocks series…

melophobe: From your experience, what’s the best way to blow away a live audience? Peter Silberman: Oh I don’t know. It’s tricky; it’s in their hands…

Pictures from Thursday evening’s free Phosphorescent and Dawes show at Pier 54 in NYC, continue below…

The free outdoor concert series kicks off Thursday, July 8, with the infectious indie folk/alt country band Phosphorescent on a co-bill with the “authentically vintage” sounding L…

Weezer + Matt & Kim + Halloween + Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. It’s the “MetroPCS Masquerade”, and NYC’s PT Walkley is also on the all ages bill…

“After some detective work on my new gadget phone, I deduced that I was actually thirty blocks away from . I cursed myself for being overly confident with my bearings (having only been in the city for about a month) and dashed towards the nearest train station…

“Wow – thanks to everyone who stuck it out – I was a little disombobulated, and I’m truly sorry the R4 & XtraGolden didn’t play… …but we all made the best of it, right…

Ted Leo writes… THURSDAY – JULY 23, 2009 – ANNUAL FREE OUTDOOR NYC SHOW @ PIER 54 – RAIN OR SHINE? It IS, as I said on Twitter, “complicated…