The Annex

Tammany Hall opening in old Annex space on LES

“The former Annex space on Orchard Street was up and running for the recent CMJ music fest as Backstage Bar. Turns out that was only a temporary venue designed to take advantage of all the bands in town…

in case anyone was wondering, The Annex is closed

I just got an email asking if there was any truth to my post about LES club the Annex closing. That reminded me that I did leave that one with a “…

The Annex is closing?

…and turning into a sports bar in mid September?

The Drums wowed Popfest (pics), playing 5 more NYC shows

words and Nobody knew what was in store; not the band and certainly not those in attendance. But the first-ever show by Florida’s The Drums (Jonathan Pierce of Elkland and Jacob Graham of Horse Shoes) was arguably the highlight of the final day of NYC Popfest (5/17)…

the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (Thursday & Friday)

DOWNLOAD: Russ Chimes – She’s Got the Heat (MP3) DOWNLOAD: 33Hz – Sentinel of Love (OrtzRoka Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Anoraak – Endless Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Flashing Lights Mix #2 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ursula 1000 – Zombies (Dj Ayres Remix) (MP3) I was really, really looking forward to last week in dance, but it wound up being just alright (part of which was my fault)…

Little Boots - more US shows & CMJ pics (from the Annex)

DOWNLOAD: Little Boots – Meddle (Baron von Luxxury’s Technicolor Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Little Boots – Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood remix) (MP3) “I had a photo shoot for a big fashion magazine thing yesterday , I’ve never really done anything like that before so it was kind of weird, within about 5 minutes I had 6 people descend on me involving things like this: Yeah I know, I have no idea either, it was a bit like Stars In Their Eyes except I wasn’t quite sure who I was supposed to be at the end…

Friendly Fires & Lemonade @ The Annex, NYC - pics

Friendly Fires and Lemonade shared a bill at The Annex in Manhattan last night (12/9). Kyle liked Lemonade even more than he liked them when they opened for El Guincho…

Friendly Fires - Dec shows (NYC/LA) & Pianos pics (BV CMJ)

Thursday during CMJ (10/23) I headed over to the BrooklynVegan CMJ day party at Pianos to see Friendly Fires for a third time after seeing them at Bowery on Tuesday and popping round the corner to the Annex after Wednesday’s show at Mercury…

Ruff Club turns 2 tonight w/ A Touch of Class, Pop Levi...

Tonight (Friday April 11th) is the 2 year anniversary of the electro-meets-rock rager – Ruff Club at the Annex. There is a pretty long list of deejays/bands on the flyer (see below), but I have t…

"fake Williamsburg indie band" playing real NYC shows for Michael Eisner-backed web TV show....

or something like that…. The All-For-Nots @ The Annex, NYC – April 9, 2008 (Christian Hansen/NY Times)So who comes to the real performance of a fake indie band…