Knight School

DOWNLOAD: Toro Y Moi - Blessa (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Patrick Bower - The Dark Lord of Love (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Morning Benders - Promises (MP3) Wild Beasts @ Union Pool in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Of all the things going on this week -- and there is no shortage of options as usual -- my number one pick would be for you to see Wild Beasts, who are on tour and play Bowery Ballroom on Friday (2/26, sold out) and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday (2/28) Tickets still available for the Brooklyn show and we have a pair to giveaway...

today in NYC * The Rub @ Southpaw * Beachniks @ Glasslands ** * NinjaSonik @ Mercury Lounge * late night dance party @ Market Hotel * Roky Erickson, Love City @ Maxwell's * Lux Perpetua, Horse's Mouth, An American Chinese @ Cake Shop * The xx (DJ Set), VHS or BETA (DJ Set), Finger on the Pulse @ LPR * Steel Train, The London Souls & Harvest Moon (burlesque) @ Brooklyn Bowl ** The Glasslands show has a ton of bands on it in honor of the Beachniks' new record on Captured Tracks...

Hi! It looks like Knight School is listed to play a show with These Are Powers, Grooms, Ecstatic Sunshine, and Smith Westerns on 9-5-09 at Under the Tracks in New York...

DOWNLOAD: The Smith Westerns - Be My Girl (MP3) These Are Powers played the Insound Party on August 27th at the now-Bowery-affiliated Brooklyn Bowl...

(and Andrew Frisicano) DOWNLOAD: Casper & the Cookies - Little King (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Casper & the Cookies - Pete Erchick Bicentennial Service Area (MP3) Casper & the Cookies @ NYC Popfest (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Casper & the Cookies are now out on tour this July. The band's NY...

DOWNLOAD: Amazing Baby - Smoke Bros (MP3) "I actually miss the days when you just wrote about Amazing Baby in eeevery post." - BV commenter Eric Serpa | June 4, 2009 4:59 PMThis one's for you, dude...

photos & My Teenage Stride NYC Popfest, the four-day love affair with all things indiepop started on Thursday (5/14) with a lineup featuring all New York City bands...

DOWNLOAD: Springfactory - On the Back of Your Bike (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Springfactory - Get Out of Bed (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Tartans - The Cats of Camerford (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cats on Fire - Horoscope (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cats on Fire - Letter from a Voyage to Sweden (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Liechtenstein - Roses in the Park (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Vaselines - Son of a Gurn (MP3) Firstly, an update on NYC Popfest which starts tonight (5/14) and runs through Sunday (5/17)...

The did it in 2007, and again in 2008, and this year L Magazine is back with their list of "8 NYC Bands You Need to Hear" (plus some runner-ups)...

DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept - Freddie and the Trojan Horse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept - Why Won't You Talk About It? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept - The Worst Taste in Music (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Liechtenstein - Stalking Skills (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cats on Fire - Letters from a Voyage to Sweden (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Burning Hearts - I Lost My Color Vision (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Computer Perfection - The Fool is Hurt (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship - Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship (Zip) DOWNLOAD: The Icicles - La Ti Da (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pants Yell - Magenta and Green (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Smittens - Stop the Bombs...