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Joanna Gruesome released debut LP, making North American live debut during CMJ (dates, streams)

Welsh band Joanna Gruesome released their debut album, Weird Sister, earlier this month via Slumberland. It’s a terrific record of riotous indiepop that has both jangly melodicism and sharp-fanged, bash-it-out aggression…

Chickfactor 20 @ the Bell House (night 3 pics/video/review) -- Stevie Jackson, Honey Bunch, The Softies & more

Belle & Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson is a genuine charmer. Headlining the final night of Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop at The Bell House, he did much of the set solo (and with a scraggly beard and a bushy head of hair, Jackson looked a lot like Angel from The Rockford Files) and held the crowd’s attention the whole time, performing a mix of Belle & Sebastian songs (not necesarilly his own), songs from his new solo album (I Can’t Get No) Stevie Jackson, and covers (including a surprisingly great take on Elton John’s “Rocket Man”). He’s …

Black Tambourine add chickfactor show at Maxwell's, releasing EP of Ramones covers

DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game? (MP3) The first night of chickfactor 2012: for the love of pop, which features sets from reunited Black Tambourine and Small Factory, sold out pretty quick, so Black Tambourine have added another show at Maxwells on Monday April 9 for those who didn’t get tickets…

Black Tambourine, Aislers Set, Small Factory, Legendary Jim Ruiz Group & more reuniting for chickfactor festival

 will celebrate its 20-year anniversary with five blissful nights of sparkling indie pop on the Northeast Corridor of the USA (three in NY; two in DC) including the first shows in years and Fan Modine and rare performances from such pop luminaries asStevie Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), Frankie Rose, Lilys, Lorelei, Dot Dash, Versus, Bridget St John and Honey Bunch. c…

What's going on Tuesday?

Rain Machine @ BAM in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) today in NYC * Doctor Nerve @ The Stone * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Forever Einstein @ The Stone * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Hall & Oates @ the Wellmont Theater * Suzanne Vega @ Joe’s Pub (early & late) * Spanglish Fly, Rene Lopez @ Brooklyn Bowl * Corey Glover, Danielia Cotton @ Canal Room * Little Scream, Rain Machine, Akua @ Pianos * Yarn/Wire, Aaron Einbond @ Issue Project Room * Bombino, Oran Etkin’s Kelenia @ Le Poisson Rouge * John and Molly Get Along w/ guest @ Le Poisson Rouge * Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Baxx Sisis @ Maxwell’s * 2:54, Total Slacker, Dive, The Gray Pages @ Shea Stadium * Dead Stars, Heliotropes, Friend Roulette, deVries @ Glasslands * The Morrow, Merrily & The Poison Orchard, Your Friend, Kimi, Lyenn @ Zebulon * Liquor Store, Missing Monuments, Uncle Bad Touch, Bosco Delre @ Death By Audio * Susan Alcorn, Patrick Holmes, Ryan Sawyer, GDFX, Sightings, Suzanne Rogaeski @ Union Pool * Channel U, Shing02, Takuya, CSC Funk Band, DJ Marihito, Math/You (Tropic of Pisces), Great Republic of Rough and Ready @ Knitting Factory Fan Modine made their first video…

The Love Language played the Rock Shop (pics), playing Hopscotch Fest (updated lineup)

photos & videos The Love Language played The Rock Shop on Saturday (8/20) with Nightdogs and IYEZ. Pictures and videos from that show are in this post…

Fan Modine schedules more shows (dates & MP3s)

DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Julu Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Through the Valley (MP3) Last here for this year’s popfest, Fan Modine (aka North Carolina resident Gordon Zacharias) is back in town this month for two performances of gorgeous orch-pop: there’s a free show this Sunday (8/7) at the Ace Hotel with Sam Owens, and then Wednesday, August 17 at The Rock Shop with April March and Hotel Lights (the new band from Darren Jesse of Ben Folds Five)…

NYC Popfest continues, Gold-Bears played w/ TPOBPAH, Go Sailor is tonight, Fan Modine Sunday

DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Julu Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Through the Valley (MP3) Go Sailor may be band from the past, but they have found Twitter and that’s where the above message was posted last night during the NYC Popfest opening night show at Cake Shop where sets were played by PET MILK (PA), AMIDA (UK), GOLD-BEARS (GA), SEA LIONS (CA), DREAM DIARY (NYC), and THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART (NYC)…

a guide to NYC Popfest 2011 (with lots of MP3s, day by day analysis & chances to win free tickets too)

DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (Zip) DOWNLOAD: Pet Milk – Cherry Outline (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gold-Bears – Record Store (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sea Lions – All Right (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Go Sailor – Windy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Soda Shop – Farewell (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days – Simple Thing (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days – Downhill (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine – Julu Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kids on a Crime Spree – Sweet Tooth (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Secrets (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Anyone’s Ghost (the National) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans – Mother of Pearl (MP3) This week is the fifth-annual NYC Popfest which happens Thursday – Sunday (May 19 – 22) at a variety of NYC and Brooklyn venues, playing host to around 30 bands from around the world…