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New Year's Eve dance music options in NYC (Juan Maclean, Moon Boots, Para One, Spank Rock, Jimmy Edgar & more)

AVAN LAVA at Webster Hall in June (more by Jonathon Bernstein) We already knew Chicago house producer Moon Boots will be playing New Year’s Eve at Glasslands (tickets), and since we last spoke, more danceable NYE options in NYC have been announced…

Standard Fare played Don Hill's (pics, video, setlist)

words & There’s not much else that can be said here about Sheffield’s indiepop trio, Standard Fare. Bill Pearis has written, and gushed, extensively about the band on the occasion of their two forays to the States (the first included a successful turn at SXSW in March…

The Ballet, Zoos of Berlin, Fanfarlo, Savoir Adore, Phil & the Osophers, Phantogram & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Zoos of Berlin – Electrical Way (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fanfarlo – Finish Line (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fanfarlo – I’m a Pilot (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fanfarlo – Luna (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Ballet – The House of Fire (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Phantogram – When I’m Small (Mp3) DOWNLOAD: Invisible Hand – There’s Room in My Will (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Invisible Hand – Caught Myself in a Coy Trap (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Drunk Tigers – Outer Banks, Inner Peace (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Phil and the Osophers – We Have All Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dream Diary – Bird in My Garden (MP3) As previously reported, Detroit band Zoos of Berlin are in town this weekend — playing Matchless tonight (12/18) and Cake Shop tomorrow (12/19)…

Hatcham Social - MP3 & 4 NYC shows including Cake Shop w/ Crystal Stilts & TPOBPAH, Merc/MHOW w/ Maccabees

DOWNLOAD: Hatcham Social – So So Happy Making (MP3) London’s Hatcham Social are direct musical descendants of Orange Juice, Echo & the Bunnymen or, more recently, Clearlake: scratchy but melodic, with an occasional flair for the melodramatic, and very, very British. In…

NYC Popfest - night 2 pics & video (The Radio Dept, Cats on Fire, Lichtenstein & more...)

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NYC Popfest - 2009 lineup, The Radio Dept. included

DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – Freddie and the Trojan Horse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – Why Won’t You Talk About It? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – The Worst Taste in Music (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Liechtenstein – Stalking Skills (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cats on Fire – Letters from a Voyage to Sweden (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Burning Hearts – I Lost My Color Vision (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Computer Perfection – The Fool is Hurt (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship – Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship (Zip) DOWNLOAD: The Icicles – La Ti Da (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pants Yell – Magenta and Green (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Smittens – Stop the Bombs…