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TVOTR expands tour, add NYC w/ Bo Ningen, NPR SXSW with Courtney Barnett; tix on presale for NJ show w/ Pixies
Just yesterday we mentioned how TV on the Radio are touring this year but didn’t have a NYC show scheduled. Well that changed quickly, as the band just revealed a show for May 20 at Kings Theatre with the wild Bo Nin…
Dan Deacon played Rough Trade & an NPR Tiny Desk concert
Dan Deacon threw a party for the release of his new album, Gliss Riffer, on Wednesday night (2/25) at Rough Trade. It was his second Brooklyn show this month and, as usual, Dan put on a very interactive show with more than your average crowd participation moments…
speaking of SERIAL, IRA GLASS is appearing live, touring, listing his favorite documentaries
It’s official: “Serial” is the hottest podcast in the history of the known universe, the most significant moment in audio since the “War of the Worlds” broadcast, and the most innovative development in communication arts since the smoke signal…
watch T-Pain sing in NPR's office without auto-tune
NPR writes:T-Pain’s fingerprints are all over pop and R&B and hip-hop. He wasn’t the first musician to use Auto-Tune as an instrument — he noticed it on a Jennifer Lopez remix, and remembers “Deep” well — but it was, as he says, his style…
Elle Varner, BJ the Chicago Kid, Lia Ices & Cayetana playing NPR's free unofficial CMJ showcase (RSVP open)
Cayetana in Chicago in June (more by Jeff Ryan)
NPR is returning to Le Poisson Rouge on October 22 for their showcase during CMJ this, but this time it’s an unofficial show (no badges)…
Alt-J playing NPR 'First Listen Live' at LPR before tour (RSVP)
The new Alt-J album is less than a month away (due 9/23 via Canvasback), and though their tour doesn’t hit NYC until November 16 at Beacon Theatre (sold out), they’ll be here much sooner for an intimate show on September 2 at Le Poisson Rouge at 9 PM…
Spoon taping an NPR "All Songs Considered" concert at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday (RSVP)
Spoon @ FFF Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Spoon, who have a new album (on a new label) out this August, are in NYC for Governors Ball where they’ll play on Saturday (6/7)…
Andrew Bird touring w/ new band feat. Tift Merritt, playing Summerstage & BAM's RadioLove Fest (dates & lineup)
Andrew Bird at RIverside Church in 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Singer/songwriter/violin looper Andrew Bird is going on a tour this summer with his new band The Hands of Glory, “an old timey acoustic configuration featuring Tift Merritt, Alan Hampton, Bowl of Fire alumnus Kevin O’Donnell, and Eric Heywood on pedal steel…
Damon Albarn, St. Vincent, Kelis, Eagulls and Perfect Pussy @ NPR's SXSW Showcase (pics)
More pictures from NPR’s SXSW show at BrooklynVegan.
Video from Damon’s Fader Fort set, HERE.
We also caught Perfect Pussy at Pitchfork, and on a bridge…
Damon Albarn, St. Vincent, Kelis, Perfect Pussy & more played NPR SXSW showcase (pics +++ Albarn on 'Kimmel' video)
“Damon Albarn hasn’t played yet, has he?” we ask. The woman on the door shakes her head. Flushed with the thrill of absurd luck, we don’t stop to wonder why…
