Effi Briest

Deradoorian aka Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors played a show with Hiro Kone at Union Pool in Brooklyn Tuesday night (5/10)..."Deradoorian has just one five-song EP to her credit thus far, 2009's entrancing Mind Raft, plus a split single from earlier this year and some stray tracks (apparently the Dirty Projectors have been busy...

"Equally enamored of darkly seductive vocalists like P.J. Harvey and Siouxsie Sioux and caustic, lo-fi production, Nika Roza Danilova stands alone on the modern musical landscape as Zola Jesus...

Marnie Stern will be one of the bowlers (but not one of the performers) at a Stereogum "Gumbowl" charity event tonight at Brooklyn Bowl. You can't watch her bowl yet, but you can go to the concert afterwards (that she is not playing)...

Tickets are on sale for the show Zola Jesus is playing with Effi Briest, Nice Face, Amen Dunes, and who also has shows coming up at South Street Seaport and Terminal 5 (with Wolf Parade)...

tonight in NYC * The Buzzcocks @ Irving Plaza * Ricky Gervais @ the Theater @ MSG * The Big Sleep (late) @ Mercury Lounge * TBA @ The National's High Violet Annex * Crooked Still, Gabriel Kahane @ 92YTribeca * Elysian Fields, Doveman @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * The Blow, Acrylics, Julianna Barwick @ Glasslands * Nohow On, Pepi Ginsberg, Last Good Tooth @ Zebulon * Team B, Landlady, The Relatives @ Knitting Factory * Panda Riot, Midstates, The Twees, Daniel Klag @ Lit * The Moog, The Photo Atlas, Morning Fuzz @ Studio at Webster Hall * Drunken Sufis, Jookabox, The Whims, Birfday @ Cake Shop * Greg Garing, Jacob Jones, Fletcher C...

Blank Dogs at South Street Seaport (more by Chris LaPutt)Pendu presents: NY EYE & EAR FEST III ...a massive Annual Music and Arts Fete showcasing some of the most exciting bands, artists, and filmmakers currently living and working here in NYC...

DOWNLOAD: Beaters - Fishage (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nodzzz - True to Life (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dom - Jesus (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Golden Girls - Newports (MP3) The Soft Pack @ Cake shop in Feb (more by Gabi Porter) The Soft Pack are here again, the first real shows in town they've played since releasing their debut album on Kemado: tonight (3/31) at Maxwell's, tomorrow (4/1) at Mercury Lounge, and Saturday (4/3) at Music Hall of Williamsburg...

Abe Vigoda @ The Smell in October (more by Rachel Carr) If you happen to be in L.A. on Saturday, February 7th, "No Cancer: A benefit for our Friend's Mom" will be happening at a "secret" location (e-mail for info, below)...

DOWNLOAD: Dinosaur Feathers - Early Morning Risers (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hospitality - Betty Wang (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Acrylics - Molly's Vertigo (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Beach Fossils - Vacation (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Family Portrait - Mega Secrets (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Darwin Deez - Bad Day (MP3) It's hard to believe online indie record store Insound has been around for ten years...

Dirty Projectors @ Williamsburg Waterfront 7/19 (more by Chris La Putt) Dirty Projectors played the second of the summer's Jelly NYC Pool Parties at the Williamsburg Waterfront/East River State Park...