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Nada Surf played Mercury Lounge, playing Mercury Lounge

Nada Surf @ REBEL NYC (pre-CMJ) (more by David Andrako)
Nada Surf

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Where there is a cause, there is Nada Surf. In addition to the acoustic set they’re playing at The Rock Shop on December 14th to benefit Little Kids Rock (tickets are on sale), you can catch Nada Surf back at Mercury Lounge on December 15th to benefit Transportation Alternatives. Bambi Kino (who also play the annual Maxwell’s Holiday Party on December 13th) and “Musicband” are also playing the Manhattan show which goes on sale today, 11/3, at noon.

Nada Surf’s only other upcoming date(s) is aboard The Rock Boat which is probably not a boat you want to be on, though the organizers claim, “Sailing January 6-10, 2011 from Tampa on the Carnival Inspiration, The Rock Boat XI will go down in history as the greatest musical adventure of all time.”

During CMJ, Nada Surf made three live appearances. One was an acoustic performance at “Levi’s Workshop“, one was the pre-CMJ Syndicate party (pictured above), and one was their main CMJ showcase which took place that Friday night at Mercury Lounge (one of the harder official CMJ shows to get into unless you had an advanced ticket- lines were down the block). We didn’t have anyone at Mercury Lounge to review or take pictures, though Chris did stop by the same show earlier in the evening to catch Ume.

Two videos from the Levi’s thing, below…

Nada Surf, “What is Your Secret” (Acoustic!)

Nada Surf, “Always Love” at the Levi’s Photo Workshop in NYC