Alina Simone

Owen & Caithlin De Marrais releasing albums, playing shows

DOWNLOAD: Owen – “I Believe” (MP3) Owen (aka Mike Kinsella) is releasing his sixth full length album, Ghost Town on November 8 via Polyvinyl…

Alina Simone & Amanda Palmer have appearances coming up, Alina wrote a book & made a new CD too

DOWNLOAD: Alina Simone – “Beautiful Machine” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Alina Simone – “Glitterati” (MP3) “It’s probably one of the weirdest thing if not the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to me,” said Simone…

What's going on Tuesday?

Deerhoof in Boston in October (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) today in NYC * Mos Def @ Blue Note * Jesse Harris @ The Stone * Gross Relations @ Bruar Falls * Mike Birbiglia @ Joe’s Pub * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Gerald Kurdian @ The Stone * Cowboy Junkies @ City Winery * Tell Your Friends…

an interview w/ Conrad Doucette of Takka Takka (who have a new lineup & a free show in DUMBO tonight)

DOWNLOAD: Takka Takka – Silence (MP3) (the new) Takka Takka @ Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn – CMJ 2009 Brooklyn band Takka Takka are playing a show in DUMBO tonight (11/5)…

Loney Dear, Boy Genius, School of Seven Bells & more in This Week In Indie

DOWNLOAD: Loney Dear – “Airport Surroundings” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: AC Newman – “Submarines of Stockholm” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Matador Records Intended Play sampler 2008 (ZIP file) I’m excited for Ida Maria, but those shows are a month away…

Melpo Mene playing NYC, twice w/ Polyvinyl's Loney, Dear

DOWNLOAD: Melpo Mene – Hello Benjamin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Melpo Mene – Good With The Mothers (MP3) Sweden’s Loney, Dear has just left Sub Pop for Polyvinyl, who will release his new album, Dear John, on January 27 (track list below)…

Barack Rock (Franz Ferdinand, Les Savy Fav, Fiery Furnaces, Andrew Bird, etc) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, NYC - pics

Last night (October 7) 6 musicians and 6 comedians came together to raise money for Democrtaic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The not-so-packed, but sold out event went on over the course of 5 and a half hours, ending with a set who thought this was the greatest afterparty he could imagine…

Andrew Bird, Fiery Furnaces, others to Rock for Barack

Andrew Bird / Eugene Mirman / The Fiery Furnaces / Kumail Nanjiani / Alina Simone / Heather Lawless / Guster / Lizz Winstead / Martin Bisi / John Roberts / Adira Amram / Special Secret Musical Guests — (Not appearing in order) ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN…

Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week

Covering a Russian folk-punk legend virtually unknown in the west is an odd choice for a sophomore album (especially when you choose to sing in Russian), but Alina Simone brings Yanka Dyagileva’s music to life in …

What's going on Friday?

Eugene Mirman & Alina Simone @ Union Hall – March 30 (Bryan Bruchman)This Friday, April 4, Eugene will be hosting a show at Joe’s Pub in NYC where Alina Simone will perform songs from her upcoming record, , which consists of covers of Russian punk-folk icon Yanka Dyagileva…