Apollo Heights

There was nothing wrong with the Bunnymen show on Friday . OK, that’s not exactly true. We could have done without some of those meandering medleys that seemed to exist just so Ian McCulloch could sing a verse of “Walk on the Wild Side…

Janelle Monae @ MHOW in April (more by Tim Griffin)This summer Afro-Punk, BAMcinematek and Toyota will present the 5th annual Afro-Punk Festival, taking place July 3rd – July 8th, 2009 in the heart of Brooklyn, NY…

DOWNLOAD: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Testimony (MP3) In the midst of popular electronic-based production teams such as Justice and DFA, Embassy Sound Productions (ESP) emerges with a fresh approach to dance-oriented rock and roll, using live instrumentation to evoke the intricate arrangements of Norman Whitfield, Quincy Jones, and Phil Spector as well as the pared down beats of contemporaries like The Neptunes and Danger Mouse…

Check out the track above and a lot more like it at Apollo Height‘s MySpace page. Their “Everlasting Gobbstopper EP will be released on iTunes and other fine online stores this August…

Apollo Heights @ Citysol day 1 – June 26, 2008 () Coldplay @ Rockefeller Plaza (Today Show) – June 27, 2008 () today in NYC * FREE STUFF * Al Green @ Carnegie Hall * Patton Oswalt @ Carolines * Jeffrey Lewis @ Sound Fix * Indian Jewelry @ Glasslands * Times New Viking @ The Whitney * Peter Murphy @ Gramercy Theatre * The Love Cats @ Highline Ballroom * Harry & the Potters @ Bowery Ballroom * AA Bondy & Delta Spirit @ Union Hall * Talib Kweli @ Museum of Natural History * The Warlocks & Blacklist @ Mercury Lounge * Japanther, NinjaSonik AND waterfalls on a boat * Pwrfl Power, Tickley Feather & Bears @ Death By Audio * Belaire, Adventure, Mussels & Jeffrey Lewis @ Cake Shop * Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band @ PNC Bank Arts Center * Titus Andronicus, the So Glos & Devon Williams @ Knitting Factory * Cold War Kids, Elvis Perkins in Dearland & Sam Champion in Prospect Park * A Place to Bury Strangers, King Khan & the Shrines, Black Acid @ SS Seaport A whole bunch of tickets are on sale including The Police at MSG and shows at (le) poisson rouge…