South Street Seaport

Mad Decent Block Party lineups announced (Gang Gang Dance & many more playing South Street Seaport in NYC)

As promised, Mad Decent are presenting free, all ages Block Parties in NYC, Philly, Chicago, and LA this summer. Each party’s lineup is different and will have surprise guest appearances, along with food and carnival games…

Seaport show moved indoors (Littlefield @ 9pm)

The Wake and Weekend were scheduled to play the free outdoor show at South Street Seaport this evening, July 8, 2011, but due to rain, the show has been moved to Littlefield in Brooklyn…

Mickey, Fungi Girls, Pure X, Grooms, The Wake, Weekend, pow wow! & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Mickey – For You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fungi Girls – Doldrums (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pure X – Dry Ice (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Grooms – Tiger Trees (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wake – Oh Pamela (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend – End Times (MP3) DOWNLOAD: pow wow…

The Hairs played Fulton Stall Market @ The Seaport (pics), playing other shows (like with Mazes tonight)

The Hairs is the latest music project from Kevin Alvir who has previously masterminded NYC indiepop bands The Lil’ Hospital and Knight School…

Lower Dens (with mostly new band) played South Street Seaport w/ Dirty Beaches (pics, video & more dates)

photos and video After losing Will, Jana Hunter put together a new Lower Dens which made its debut in Toronto during NXNE. That new band made its NYC debut at South Street Seaport Friday night, and will hit NYC again as part of its tour with Cass McCombs…

Dirty Beaches is back (free show today), played NXNE (pics)

NXNE Dirty Beaches played NXNE in Toronto earlier this month. Spinner wrote that his performance was:At times eerie but always compelling…

The Radio Dept vinyl reissues & live pics, Memoryhouse & Asobi Seksu shows

Swedish dream-poppers The Radio Dept are releasing all three of their albums on 180 gram vinyl. This includes the classic Lesser Matters, its followup Pet Grief, and the more recently released Clinging to a Scheme, which came out during a time the sound they helped make popular was achieving massive success…

Ted Leo will play "The Tyranny of Distance" in full @ Seaport

Ted Leo @ Europa (more by Amanda Hatfield) The “probably” has turned to “definitely”. Ted writes:So, before I bury the lede, as I too often do, let me just get this out of the way and say that YES – we are, in fact, going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of “The Tyranny of Distance” by playing it in its entirety (along with probably quite a bit of stuff from all the other albums as well) on July 9, 2011 at this year’s *FREE* outdoor summer show at South Street Seaport, Manhattan, NYC – the “kick off” show for the Voice’s new 4Knots festival…

Sloan, Memory Tapes, John Maus, Feelies, Real Estate, Nobunny, Seaport shows & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Sloan – Follow the Leader (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Memory Tapes – “Wait In The Dark” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Memory Tapes – “Today Is Our Life” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: John Maus – “Quantum Leap” (MP3) Holiday weekends generally mean less bands of note playing in NYC which seems to be the case this year for the Fourth of July, but there is some great stuff happening nonetheless…

Screaming Females opening for Ted Leo who played Hot Tub & Room 205 (videos & dates)

“Ted Leo is possibly the most charming person I’ve ever seen in real life. Hot Tub was amazing tonight.” – pete cartwright Screaming Females at BV SXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Ted Leo was a special guest at Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen at Littlefield Monday (6/27)…
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