Outerhope

“comet gain & pooh sticks were great last night @ public assembly in brooklyn. only took approx 15-20 years to see them live.” – @dfarecords The Pooh Sticks It was the kind of night that could really only happen at Public Assembly. Th…

today in NYC * Big Terrific @ Cameo * Jenny Lin @ The Stone * Slum Village @ BB King’s * PROJECT Trio @ Joe’s Pub * Luciano Chessa @ The Stone * Dave Hill, Ira Glass in SoHo * Burlap To Cashmere @ Maxwell’s * Steve Winwood @ Beacon Theatre * The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Employee of the Month @ UCB * Filligar, The Rassle @ Mercury Lounge * Ghoul, Nashgul, Occultist @ Saint Vitus * Sannhet, The Netherlands @ Union Pool * YOB, Cough, Mike Sheidt @ The Bell House * Brad, Happy Chichester @ Gramercy Theatre * Great Elk, Niall Connolly @ Mercury Lounge * Babasonicos, Contramano @ Highline Ballroom * The Donkeys, Catbirds, Cathy @ Knitting Factory * Meshuggah, Baroness, Decapitated @ Terminal 5 * Zambri, Caged Animals, AIMES @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Bronx, Two Gallants @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise * The Afghan Whigs, Joseph Arthur @ Bowery Ballroom * The Palimpsestic Series w/ Noah Garabedian @ Barbes * Magmana, Sam Jayne, Jake Zavracky @ The Rock Shop * The Polyphonic Spree, Sweet Lee Morrow @ Webster Hall * Ketamines, Xray Eyeballs, Quiet Loudly @ Death By Audio * Rocky Votolato, CALLmeKAT @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Statik Selektah & Termanology listening party @ Tammany Hall * Denzil Porter, Deena Jonez, R…

Looking more than a little like Joy Division, black-clad Seattlites Orca Team played Knitting Factory on Friday night (5/18) as part of NYC Popfest and were one of the highlights of the weekend for me…

Here’s the second part of the NYC Popfest 2012 preview. For info on tonight’s show at Knitting Factory can read part one here. SATURDAY, MAY 19 There’s a free show at Spike Hill with Sweden’s rough-and-tumble Lisa Bouvier, the gentle sounds of  Philippine band Outerhope (who also play The Rock Shop on Monday ) plus Pale Lights (featuring Comet Gain’s Phil Sutcliffe and Andy from Crystal Stilts) and Brooklyn up-and-comers Habibi…

The Pooh Sticks in the early ’90s The sixth-annual NYC Pop Fest is happening May 17 – 20 and the organizers have just announced the 27 band line-up, which includes UK acts Allo Darlin’ and The Wave Pictures who will wrap up their US tour together with their Popfest show, plus Comet Gain, Seattle’s Seapony, Finland’s Burning Hearts, Sweden’s Speedmarket Avenue and The Electric Pop Group, and longrunning American indiepop group Saturday Looks Good to Me…