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Straylight Run discuss 6 albums that influenced their early years
Straylight Run’s ”lost” live album from 2005 is getting an expanded vinyl/CD release, and in celebration of that, the band spoke to us about six albums that influenced their first full-length and EP…
War On Women's Brooks Harlan discusses the music that influenced 'Wonderfull Hell'
Choosing to leave out the band’s more obvious inspirations, Brooks made a diverse list of songs from Heart to Def Leppard to Suzanne Vega to Ben Folds Five to Pat Metheny and more…
NYC New Year's Eve Concert Options (that aren't Billy Joel at Barclays Center)
confetti at Amanda Palmer’s NYE show last year (more by Amanda Hatfield)
The fact that Phish will play the refurbished Madison Square Garden again this New Year’s Eve is old news already, but Barclays Center just announced today (10/31) who will be playing the Brooklyn arena’s second-ever New Year’s Eve show, and the honor goes to…
PNC Bank Arts Center & Jones Beach running 4th of July weekend ticket sale (to mostly horrible shows)
Live Nation is now (through July 7 at 10pm) running a “4TH OF JULY TICKET BLOWOUT!” for shows at PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ and Jones Beach in Long Island, a really good deal actually…
Celebrate Brooklyn! announces 2013 line-up (Big Boi, Calexico, Dan Deacon, Waterboys, Mavis Staples, TMBG + more)
Sigur Ros at @ Celebrate Brooklyn! 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
We’ve known about a few Celebrate Brooklyn! shows already (Belle & Sebastian / Yo La Tengo, The Roots with Jim James, Beck), but festival has announced their full 2013 schedule which includes Big Boi, Amadou & Miriam, Calexico, Mavis Staples, Cody Chesnutt, Os Mutantes, The Waterboys, Jamie Lidell / Dan Deacon, and They Might Be Giants…
Patty Griffin kicking off 2013 Celebrate Brooklyn! season
Celebrate Brooklyn will kick off its 35th concert season with a free show on June 5 at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Patty’s new album, American Kid, drops about a month before the show…
Amanda Palmer lists her Top 10 of 2012, playing 'Purple Rain' in its entirety on New Year's Eve
The always talented and controversial – mostly because she isn’t afraid to try new things and speak her mind (especially on Twitter), Amanda Palmer, is playing a massive New Year’s Eve show at NYC’s Terminal 5 where she and The Grand Theft Orchestra will be performing Prince’s Purple Rain in its entirety in addition to her original songs (get your tickets – regular or VIP)…
Deluna Festival 2012 -- day 1 in pics (Pearl Jam, Guided By Voices, Ben Folds Five, Fishbone, Band of Skulls + more)
Over the two hours and 15 minutes that followed, would play 28 songs, which included two encore breaks, that spanned 21 years and nine studio albums…
Ben Folds Five are back (and in Austin tonight)
Ben Folds Five @ Central Park Summerstage (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
As discussed on BrooklynVegan, Ben Folds Five, love them or hate them, are back…
ALSO: Sifl & Olly are back, Smashmouth/Guy Fieri cookbook, Little Pete vs Lindsay Lohan, Patrick Carney, Neurosis & more
Guy Fieri, Smashmouth frontman Steve Harwell and Sammy Hagar are teaming for what is likely to be the most exclamation-point-filled cookbook of all time…