Leia Jospe

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…

No Age, now on tour, headlined Market Hotel in Brooklyn on Monday night (11/10). Like they did one night earlier at Santos Party House, Titus Andronicus opened, except this time they were joined by special guest and fellow NJ resident Ted Leo for a cover of NJ band Misfits’ “Where Eagles Dare”…

As advertised, Islands played a late show at Market Hotel in Brooklyn on Saturday (11/8) and another one the very next afternoon at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin…

Ben Kweller is opening both of the Conor Oberst shows at Terminal 5 in NYC this weekend. Ben’s last NYC was Friday October 17th at Bowery Ballroom…

, live , portraits Late of the Pier (by Leia Jospe) Soulwax (by Gabi Porter) Aside from catching a lot of great new acts during this year’s CMJ, the highlight for me had to be Insiders at the Fillmore last Friday (10/24)…

No Age and Titus Andronicus are playing a free show at Santos Party House in NYC on November 9th. To get in, you need to “buy” tickets HERE at which point “You will receive a confirmation email that your name (plus one) will be on the guest list”, and “PLEASE NOTE: Admittance to the show is subject to capacity…

More photos from the Friday night Antics party below…

Recently, Sebastien Grainger changed his MySpace page description from “fuck rock” to “fun rock.” Like his brand new debut album on Saddle Creek, Grainger’s set at the BrooklynVegan day party at Pianos wasn’t very sexy, but it sure was a good time…

& Leia Jospe Rude Bear getting his black metal on (by Zach Dilgard) Vried (by Leia Jospe) By the time Rival Schools bid ta-ta to the main stage at the Knitting Factory, black metallers Vreid had already begun to soil the Tap Room during the Brooklyn Vegan Day Party on Oct 25th…

& Zach Dilgard As discussed before, Trap Them are here, just in time to bludgeon Union Pool TONIGHT (Oct 28, 2008) with their Entombed-hardcore-grind hybrid and local Swordswallower-s Tournament in tow…