Au Revoir Simone

Dirty on Purpose @ Mercury Lounge in NYC – Dec 31, 2008 Dirty on Purpose said their final goodbyes at Mercury Lounge in NYC on New Years Eve…

DOWNLOAD: Le Loup – “Shenandoah” (MP3) (on Amnesty comp) DOWNLOAD: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts & guests – Silent Night (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Deer Tracks – Christmas Fire (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Twiggy Frostbite – Bells & Chimes (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Emotron – Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: (Savanteous Q Malmsteen) – What Do You Get A Wookie for Christmas DOWNLOAD: The Revelations – It’s That Time Of Year (MP3) With holiday mixes in the air, Amnesty International has released , a benefit comp featuring No Kids, Blitzen Trapper, Parentheitcal Girls, Sally Shapiro, and more (full tracklist below)…

Barack Rock! continues to update its pro-Obama website with free music by bands like The Teenage Prayers, Bell, Sam Champion, Ra Ra Riot, Frank Bango, Clipd Beaks, Mobius Band, Tapes n Tapes, Sera Cahoone, Port O’Brien, Salt & Samovar, Bear Hands, Au Revoir Simone, Foreign Islands and many more…

DOWNLOAD: We Misplaced a Cobra in the Uninhabitable Mansion (on WFMU) (MP3) Uninhabitable Mansions playing live @ WFMU As previously blogged, two members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah formed a band with a member of Au Revoir Simone and called it Uninhabitable Mansions…

Au Revoir Simone (by Magnus Unnar) in today’s NY Times Magazine today in NYC & NJ * Josh Gabriel @ Cielo * Roy Davis Jr. @ The Yard * Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall * The Instruments @ Cake Shop * TK Webb & Miguel Mendez @ Glasslands * Stephen Brodsky @ Generation Records * The Sun Ra Arkestra @ Sullivan Hall (2 sets) * Apparat & Telefon Tel Aviv @ Knitting Factory * Jeffrey Lewis / Olive Juice Festival @ Cake Shop * The Detroit Cobras & Teenage Prayers @ Maxwell’s * The Muggabears, Salt & Samovar & Forest Fire @ Knitting Factory Thanks to three floors worth of interesting stuff to do tonight, Knitting Factory wins…

DOWNLOAD: Bell – Videotape/The Eraser (Radiohead/Thom Yorke) (live) (MP3) (via Pitchfork) Bell (Olga Bell) opens for Au Revoir Simone at Bowery Ballroom tonight (Jan 18, 2008)…

DOWNLOAD: Favourite Sons – Hang on, Girl (MP3) Scandalous….

DOWNLOAD: Peter Bjorn & John live on MPR @ SXSW (MP3) (info) Bjorn, backdrop, bass amp & bass drum @ Webster Hall – May 1, 2007 (CRED) I’m embarrassed to admit that I saw Peter Bjorn and John for the sixth time (Union Hall, Mercury, Bowery, SXSW, SXSW, Webster Hall) last night (May 1, 2007)…