Alex Bleeker and The Greaks

Real Estate at Bomb Fest 2011 (more by Eric M Townsend) Congrats to Real Estate (and new live drummer Jackson Pollis), as well as offshoots Ducktails (Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile) and Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, who have all signed to Domino...

"If you were at Knitting Factory last night, you got a trio of entertainment forms. You have the experimental musical stylings of BOBBY, you have projected artistic images and the celebration of Cinco de Mayo...

DOWNLOAD: Bobby - Groggy (MP3) BOBBY @ SXSW (more by Amanda Hatfield) Cinco de Mayo is approaching and that means so is the band BOBBY who headline a BV-presented show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on May 5th with Alex Bleeker & the Freaks and recently-added opener Prussia (who are also opening for Dominique Young Unique at Mercury Lounge one night earlier)...

DOWNLOAD: BOBBY - Sore Spores (MP3) BOBBY @ SXSW (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As first experienced by NYC at Bowery Ballroom before a set by the Low Anthem, and then seen and heard in Austin by those at SXSW (see here, here and here), BrooklynVegan is proud to present BOBBY live at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on May 5th with support from Alex Bleeker and the Freaks (and possibly one more band TBA)...

DOWNLOAD: Big Troubles - Freudian Slips (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Big Troubles - Drastic and Difficult (MP3) Big Troubles' full-length debut, Worry, came out a couple weeks ago on Olde English Spelling Bee...

"The new location is a pristine secluded beach area called Raptor Point, at the North end of the main (decommissioned) runway of the abandoned airport, right on Jamaica Bay...

Thanks @realyrealestate, family portrait, alex bleeker + freaks & ALL who came to MICRO-PIXEL-RITES party! Even the cops showed up! -georgiakral , second set Real Estate were the not-so-secret guest at the Alex Bleeker & The Freaks/Family Portrait apartment show in Bushwick on Saturday, March 6th...

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...

DOWNLOAD: Beach Fossils - Time (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Campo-Formio - El Joke (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Total Slacker - Crystal Necklace (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Diehard - Cool Kids (MP3) Tonight's the last show of The Babies' three-night Williamsburg run, this one part of a five-band bill at Glasslands...