Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires - Dec shows (NYC/LA) & Pianos pics (BV CMJ)

Thursday during CMJ (10/23) I headed over to the BrooklynVegan CMJ day party at Pianos to see Friendly Fires for a third time after seeing them at Bowery on Tuesday and popping round the corner to the Annex after Wednesday’s show at Mercury…

It's Not Selling Out Anymore -- This Week in Music Licensing

Love it or hate it, licensing songs seems to be the new reality for “indie” bands (or any bands) looking to make money and gain exposure. As an avid music fan and Senior Director of Advertising & Video Games at Primary Wave Music Publishing, Ryan Barkan makes sure to stay on top of news related to artists getting their songs in ads, on TV, in movies, in video games and just about anywhere else a band would get paid to put a song…

Lykke Li, MBAR & Friendly Fires @ Bowery Ballroom - pics

Lykke Li went from the Tribeca Grand to Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday (10/21) to Music Hall of Williamsburg on Wednesday. At Bowery, her only official CMJ show, she was joined and Friendly Fires…

OCT23 PIANOS DAY MIXTAPE (17 songs to download)

DOWNLOAD: Pretty & Nice – Tora Tora Tora (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Eagle Seagull – Photograph (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Twi the Humble Feather – higher than the end (MP3) DOWNLOAD: James Jackson Toth – Nothing Hides (MP3) DOWNLOAD: James Jackson Toth – Doreen (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Muslims – Beside Myself (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Shad – I Get Down (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japanese Motors – Spendin Days (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japanese Motors – Single Fins & Safety Pins (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Peasant – Exposure (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sharon Van Etten – It’s Not Like (MP3) DOWNLOAD: PWRFL POWER – It’s Okay (MP3) DOWNLOAD: PWRFL POWER – Alma Song (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sebastien Grainger – American Names (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wye Oak – Warning (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Phosphorescent – A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Friendly Fires – Jump in the Pool (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crystal Antlers – A Thousand Eyes (MP3) ABOVE: You can download at least one MP3 from every artist playing the BrooklynVegan party at Pianos today (Oct 23, 2008)…

Friendly Fires & Lykke Li @ MHOW, NYC - pics

Believe it or not, best ass of the night belonged to Friendly Fires’ clean-cut lead singer Ed Macfarlane, not Lykke Li. Lykke Li played her three NY…

'Week in Indie" bands playing CMJ this week

In the short time Bill has been here, many bands have been featured in his Week In Indie column on BrooklynVegan. At least 19 of those bands are playing shows for, and during, CMJ in NYC this week…

the CMJ week in Dance w/ Showtrotta

DOWNLOAD: The Whip – Trash (South Central remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit – The Very Best Mixtape (ZIP) DOWNLOAD: The Whip – Divebomb (FFS remix) (MP3) It’s CMJ time again…

BV CMJ day party #1 - Pianos main stage lineup & set times

DOWNLOAD: Friendly Fires – Jump in the Pool (MP3) @ Pianos in NYC, Main stage, Thursday, October 23, 2008, FREEtime (PM), band 12:00 Pretty & Nice (Hardly Art) 12:45 Eagle Seagull 01:30 The Muslims 02:15 Japanese Motors 03:00 Friendly Fires 03:45 Crystal Antlers 04:30 Sebastien GraingerThere is also a 2nd stage upstairs running concurrently (and slightly later) with eight more bands, also free…

free CMJ shows @ The Studio, VICE & Stereogum included

The new space at Webster Hall is hosting free shows all week long during CMJ 2008. More details below…

BV's during-CMJ 2008 day party #1 - Thursday, October 23rd

DOWNLOAD: Sebastien Grainger – American Names (MP3) CSS @ a BV Pianos during-CMJ show, Nov 1, 2006 (CRED) BrooklynVegan is returning to Pianos on the Lower East Side of Manhattan this year for another free 2-floor day show during CMJ…
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