Tim Harrington

For those who miss the hedonistic days of Williamsburg 2004, this show’s for you: Diamond Nights and Cheeseburger play Brooklyn Bowl on February 13…

DOWNLOAD: The Yummy Fur – Policeman (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Big Troubles – Freudian Slips (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Adam Green – What Makes Him Act So Bad (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Total Slacker – Demos (mediafire zip) There’s a lot of great shows this weekend, but top of the list for me is Scottish cult indie rockers The Yummy Fur who have reformed to play a few shows surrounding a new best-of compilation, titled Piggy Wings, due out sometime soon on What’s Your Rupture…

Black Dice when they opened for Animal Collective (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * DANCE * Mitch Easter @ Maxwell’s * N.A.S.A @ Bowery Ballroom * Dave Hill: Big in Japan @ UCB * Wicked Awesomes @ Cake Shop * Kaki King @ Galapagos Art Space * Juana Molina, Lia Ices & Jetty Rae @ MHOW * Alasdair Roberts & Bert Jansch @ City Winery * Alina Simone, Ben & Vesper, Emilyn Brodsky @ Pianos * Gringo Starr, Band of Skulls & Joel Plaskett @ Union Hall * Asshole Parade, Apeshit…

Les Savy Fav @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (more by Natasha Ryan) BROOKLYN KNITTING FACTORY SET TO OPEN / BROOKLYN’S LES SAVY FAV TO PLAY OPENING NIGHT“The Knitting Factory, a leader in the New York arts scene for over two decades, is proud to announce that our new venue at 361 Metropolitan Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY will be opening September 2009…

DOWNLOAD: USA for Affluence – Cash for Christmas (MP3) The star-studded video is below…

Nick Diamonds/Thorburn of Islands put together a NY Cares benefit at Knitting Factory in NYC. It happened back on December 8th. The three floor event featured experimental music, art and someone on LSD in a cage on the bottom floor (Old Office), comedy (Eugene Mirman, Dave Hill, Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav, God’s Pottery, Jessie Klein, etc…

to quote Nick,Eugene Mirmen was added to the bill, along with comics Jessi Klein, God’s Pottery, & Andres DuBouchet (which brings the total comedy to…

DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up – No Epiphany (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up – Twice Born (MP3) In order to capture as much of the 12 hour show that the band Fucked Up played at the Rogan Store on the Bowery near where CBGB used to be yesterday (10/14), we set up photographic shifts…

Les Slip n Slide @ McCarren Pool – Aug 3, 2008 ( played the first concert at McCarren Pool, indie rock barber Tim Harrington could be found trying out the slip-n-slide (this time with his child) at today’s Black Lips / Deerhunter / King Khan show…

photos by Elizabeth Weinberg