Bonde Do Role

I’ve been hesitant to fully accept the lineup change in Brazil’s Bonde Do Role, so I didn’t make a huge effort to get to one of the two NYC shows they just played (and I didn’t personally go to Coachella), but after seeing these pictures and hearing about the shows from a few people (lots of “awesome”s), now I definitely don’t want to miss them next time I have the chance…

DOWNLOAD: Adam Green – Getting Led (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Stereolab – Three Women (MP3) Bonde Do Role @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC & NJ * Suicide & Aa @ Europa * Mugison @ Hiro Ballroom * Mike Ness @ Irving Plaza * a free dance party @ BLVD * The Black Keys @ Terminal 5 * High Places @ Participant Inc * Kid Rock & Lynyrd Skynrd @ MSG * The DeathSet @ Bikes in the Kitchen * Arthur Russel stuff at the Kitchen (and afterparty) * Los Campesinos @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Bonde Do Role & The DeathSet @ Bowery Ballroom * The Long Blondes, Drug Rug & Apache Beat @ Studio B * A Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn benefit at Southpaw * Snowden, The Epochs, Bell, & The Colour Revolt @ M…

TheDeathSet were yet another one of my favorite bands playing 10 million shows in and around Austin two weeks ago. I managed to catch them once…

weird…. Bonde Do Role‘s new lineupBonde Do Role follow the announcement of their Coachella appearance with the news of a run of U.S. tour dates from late April and the confirmation of their new line up…

DOWNLOAD: Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head (RAC mix) (MP3) Tegan’s 2007 list below….

the 11th in a series where we asked comedians to tell us what was good this year…. Kurt Braunohler is one of the greatest, though sadly lesser-known, comedians in this city…

DOWNLOAD: Bonde Do Role – Gasolina (MP3) If I didn’t go to Austin this past weekend, I for sure would have tried to see Bonde Do Role at either the Museum of Natural History (9/14), or at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (9/15)…

TheDeathSet @ Whartscape 2007 – July 21 (CRED) If Todd P shows aren’t your thing, but you want a taste of the Baltimore-via-Australia band TheDeathSet, then this Friday (July 27) is not only your chance to see them, but to see them for free at South Street Seaport with the legendary ‘art-rock, synth-pop’ band Suicide…

After I finished writing this entire post, I realized that the September 8th show at Studio B that I was going to link to on Ticketweb has been “postponed”…