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Brooklyn Flea Record Fair DJ lineup revealed; Smorgasburg open now in Prospect Park, coming to Sunset Park this winter
As previously mentioned, the 2015 fall Brooklyn Flea Record Fair happens Saturday, September 26 at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg. The vendors were already announced (4AD, Warp, XL, Other Music and more) and now the DJ lineup i…
Ultimate Painting played Rough Trade w/ Pale Lights & Wall (pics); recorded WFMU live session
Ultimate Painting‘s current tour rolled through NYC on Friday (9/18) for a show at Rough Trade with Pale Lights and Wall. Pictures from the whole night are in this post…
The Feelies played WFMU Monty Hall (pics, setlist), gearing up for a new album; Glenn Mercer releasing instrumental LP
The Feelies have written 11 songs and are about to start working on their sixth LP soon. “We’ve got a new album’s worth of songs that we’ve been rehearsing and demoing and right now,” Mercer says on the phone from his New Jersey home/studio…
Texas cult band Complete playing first-ever NYC show at Union Pool's Summer Thunder w/ Octagrape & Honey Radar
I don’t know how I found it or who forwarded it to me, but many moons ago a video of a Fort Worth, Texas-based band called Complete playing their original tune “Hoogie-Boogie Land” live and in concert entered my life and I haven’t been the same since…
The Feelies playing Boston & WFMU Monty Hall before Storm King show ++ stream their Ork Records single
NJ indie rock greats The Feelies don’t so much tour as play shows in small clusters. One of those will happen in later this summer with a trio of dates, including two not far from NYC: Jersey City’s WFMU Monty Hall on September 19 and the previously mentioned show at New Windsor, NY’s Storm King Art Center on September 20 with Alex Bleeker & the Freaks…
Primavera Sound fest begins (webcast streaming live, WFMU broadcasting it too)
One of the premier music festivals in the world, the 2015 edition of Primavera Sound is just underway in Barcelona, Spain. If you can’t make it, they’re streaming many of the fest’s performances live via two video channels on their website and below…
The Fall releasing 'Sub-Lingual Tablet' in May (stream); WFMU airing an all-Fall special w/ cover set by Spectre Folk
Music legends The Fall will release their 31st album, Sub-Lingual Tablet, on May 12 via Cherry Red. The record runs the gammut from Stooges-style punk to dancey electronics…
Sarah Records documentary screening at WFMU's Monty Hall in April ++ 2015 NYC Popfest dates
NYC Popfest hasn’t announced the lineup for its ninth edition, but the 2015 dates will be May 28 – 31 at various venues around the city. For those in the area that need an indiepop fix a little sooner, WFMU and DJ Trouble are presenting a special screening of new documentary My Secret World – The Story Of Sarah Records at Jersey City’s WFMU Monty Hall on April 17…
Ex Hex playing WFMU's Monty Hall before LPR & MHOW
Mary Timony’s power pop trio Ex Hex announced a new string of dates last December, including two NYC shows, and they’ve since added a third in the area…
Kim Fowley apparently wanted his dead body on a magazine cover; WFMU airing Fowley tribute shows this week
Rock n’ roll impresario Kim Fowley lived to shock, and apparently he wanted to do it after he was dead, too. According to TMZ, Fowley (who died last week), had a last wish: to be featured in corpse fetish mag Girls & Corpses:According to emails Kim sent the publisher, a photog, and his then-girlfriend — the singer/songwriter wanted a full spread featuring a group of fetish models violating his corpse…
