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Au Revoir Simone, Jacco Gardner & more recorded sessions for free comp (pics, stream & download); ARS add Brooklyn show

On October 17, 2013, Insound and Just Managing hosted their annual CMJ Recording Lounge at Mission Sound in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Eight bands were recorded in eight hours in whirlwind sessions helmed by Grammy winning engineer Matt Shane (Flight of the Conchords) and Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Bjork)…

What's going on Saturday? (Sleigh Bells, Burgerama, Potty Mouth, Local H, Daughter, Marky Ramone's Blitzkreig & more)

Sleigh Bells @ T5, 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) Andrew WK w/ Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig @ Santos (more by Dan Bracaglia) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…

before SXSW, The Twilight Sad played MHOW w/ Forest Fire & Micah P Hinson (pics & setlist)

words & The Twilight Sad shrugged off a crazy week to deliver a blistering performance to open their US tour at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 2/25…

BV Thursday Day Party @ KF in pics (Main Attrakionz, We Were Promised Jetpacks ,Yellow Ostrich, Still Corners & more)

As far as BrooklynVegan shows were concerned, we started out this year’s CMJ in a lowkey manner with a free Thursday day show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn…

CMJ 2011 - Bill's Thursday daytime picks (BV day party, Miracle Fortress & other Canadians, Radical Dads, The Suzan & more)

Thursday, we’re in the thick of it now and maybe some of us are already frazzled. Which might explain why this picks post is shorter than yesterday’s…

BV Presents a Thursday FREE not-CMJ day party (lineup) -------- free bands, free drinks, free willie

Nothing like waiting for the last minute! Please join us for a somewhat low key affair this Thursday (10/20) afternoon at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn for an all ages, FREE, afternoon show featuring:12:30 Yellow Ostrich (Barsuk) 1:15 Still Corners (Sub Pop) 2:00 Hundred Visions (unsigned) 2:45 Forest Fire (FatCat) 3:15 BOBBY (Partisan) 4:00 Main Attrakionz (Mishka)That’s six free bands (and we might add one more)…

Serge Gainsbourg, Weekend, Hedgehog, Royal Baths, MC Chris, Hunx, 'English Beat' & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Hedgehog – Toy and 61 Festival (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hedgehog – Waiting for the Last Bus (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Royal Baths – Nikki Don’t (MP3) After surviving a couple minor major acts of nature, we deserve a long break…

FatCat CMJ Showcase announced, Foot Village dates too

FatCat Records are presenting their official CMJ showcase at Mercury Lounge on October 19. The showcase includes NYC singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia, recent FatCat signees Forest Fire, an acoustic set (who Wolf Parade are sort of named after), and “special guests” (TBA…

check out Caged Animals (MP3 premiere, video & dates)

DOWNLOAD: Caged Animals – Teflon Heart (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Caged Animals – Girls on Medication (MP3) Caged Animals, the new project from Soft Black front man Vin Cacchione, will release their debut album, Eat Their Own, on Sept 27 via Lucky Number…