Silk Flowers

K-Holes on a boat in 2010 (more by Keith Marlowe) Brooklyn venue Union Pool is bringing back their free ‘Summer Thunder’ IN 2011. The series consists of free shows in Union Pool’s backyard with the El Diablo taco truck and new backyard bongo bar…

DOWNLOAD: Naked on the Vague – Clock of 12’s (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Trust – Candy Walls (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Fresh & Onlys – Do You Believe in Destiny? (M…

Villains at Europa (more here) Joe Preston and his solo project Thrones returns to NYC tonight (10/13), as part of a larger tour with Christian Mistress…

DOWNLOAD: Prince Rama – “Lightening Fossil” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Light Pollution – “Witchcraft” (MP3) “Just got back from it. Didn’t stick around for the cowboys & indians dance party, though I probably should have…

“MNDR‘s one of the hardest “gigging” musicians as of late, headlining local spots, along with supporting acts like Massive Attack and later this fall, Miike Snow, but this Monday’s early show at the Lower East Side venue was all about her solo material; songs well known by the bloggers and journalists that love her, along with two new tracks she debuted for an appreciative audience…

MNDR w/ Mark Ronson @ Creators Project (more by Ryan Barkan) The debut LP from MNDR/Amanda Warner is still a ways off, due sometime in early 2011…

DOWNLOAD: Zs – Acres of Skin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zs – Diamond Terrifier (Zebrablood remix) (MP3) Avant-garde band Zs are celebrating their new LP New Slaves (out now on Social Registry) with a show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn tonight (5/11), and they’ve brought along a pretty amazing cast of characters to pad the show…

tonight in NYC * DANCE * Wayne Wonder @ Brower Park * Raul Malo @ Madison Square Park * Pete Yorn, Zee Avi @ Webster Hall * Quimbombo @ Stuyvesant High School * Saviours, Children, Sourvein @ Union Pool * Ebony Bones, The Drums, Ninjasonik @ Bowery Ballroom * Liquor Store, Drugwars, Bleeker & the Freaks @ Market Hotel * Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson & Paul Motion @ Village Vanguard * Noisemakers w/ Peter Roseberg & Raekwon, The Cypher @ 92YTribeca * The Grates, The Whims, Buenos Dias, Charlotte Sometimes @ Pianos * Bosco Delrey, Georgiana Starlington, The Gaye Blades @ Bruar Falls * Seasick Steve, J Roddy Walson, Spirit Family Reunion @ Mercury Lounge * Mark Eitzel plays American Music Club, Hotel Lights @ The Bell House The forecast is affecting some (or all…

DOWNLOAD: Felt Letters (feat. Ian Svenonius)- Let’s All Dream (MP3) Ian Svenonius has his Soft Focus online TV show (where he recently interviewed Pierced Arrows), he contributes to projects like the Journal of Popular Noise with Felt Letters (sample above), and he continues to turn the cogs of his political garage group Chain & the Gang (whose K Recs debut came out in April)…

“For 4 years now Wham City has been organizing the WHARTSCAPE. What started as a summer warehouse party turned into a much bigger, multi-day outdoor festival with thousands of bands, performers, and folks traveling to Baltimore from all across the US and Europe…