Governors Island
initial Punk Island 2012 lineup & date announced
Zounds at Punk Island 2011 (more by Sarah Coulter)
ABC No Rio’s HC/Punk Collective has brought back the 2012 edition of Punk Island, a day-long punk festival happening on Governors Island on June 24th (three days after Make Music New York this year)…
pics from Rock the Bells 2011 @ Governors Island (Nas, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Raekwon, Ghostface, Mobb Deep, more)
Last year Rock the Bells, the touring hip-hop bonanza, picked up on the voguish festival concept in which an artist performs an old record from beginning to end…
DMB Caravan rescheduled, moved to Randall's Island
What was supposed to happen on Governors Island during Hurricane Irene will now happen on Randall’s Island on September 16th, 17th and 18th…
Rock The Bells (controversial Lauryn Hill included) hit California, coming to NYC this weekend (sans Doom)
Lauryn Hill reacts to reviews from her Saturday appearance
at Rock The Bells in Mountain View (more by Andrew St. Clair)Any music event that pins its hopes on Lauryn Hill — one of the most maddeningly disappointing performers of recent years — is fighting an uphill battle right from the very start…
Dave Matthews Band Caravan Days 2 & 3 postponed (Saturday & Sunday tix good on Friday too)
“If the DMB concert in cancelled on Sunday, the hordes of dmbag fans roaming aimlessly thru NYC will be more dangerous than #irene” – DBTH
“Ticket holders for Saturday and Sunday are invited to attend the Friday, August 26th event at Governors Island…
What's going on Sunday?
Rakim @ Rock the Bells 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
Pentagram @ Power of the Riff in LA (photos by Adam Murray)
today in NYC
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Dayna Kurtz @ Barbes
* Emily Wells @ Ace Hotel
* Chicago @ Beacon Theatre
* Susana Baca @ City Winery
* IDENTITY Fest @ Jones Beach
* Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory
* Talib Kweli (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Dom, Sheen Bros & DJs @ Public Assembly
* Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Leisure, Emil & Friends, Slam Donahue @ Littlefield
* Rakim, EPMD, Funkmaster Flex @ Central Park Summerstage
* Quitzow, Alexander Trust, WKC, Shock Diamond @ Bruar Falls
* Canadian Rifle, Shaved Christ, Foreigh Objects @ The Acheron
* Stephane Wrembel Presents The Django Experiment @ Barbes
* Iceage, Crazy Spirit, Raspberry Bulbs, Perdition @ Secret Project Robot
* Pretty Good Friends w/ Eugene Mirman, David Cross, AD Miles @ the Bell House
* Pentagram, JEFF The Brotherhood, Valient Thorr, ELKS @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Paul Metzger, Neg-Fi, Eleven Twenty-Nine (Silent Barn Benefit) @ Zebulon
* Doldrums, Zorch, Many Mansions, Say No…
Governors Ball in photos (part 3)
Governors Ball concluded big on Saturday (6/18) with sets by Outkast’s Big Boi, Empire of the Sun, Girl Talk, and Pretty Lights. Pictures from earlier in the day are HERE and HERE…
Governors Ball in photos (part 2)
After sets by Outasight, Reptar, Passion Pit (DJ set), and Das Racist (pictures HERE), came sets by Mac Miller, Miami Horror, People Under the Stairs, and Neon Indian on Saturday (6/18)…
Governors Ball in photos (part 1)
After waiting on very long ferry lines on Saturday (6/18), Governors Ball attendees were welcomed to Governors Island where the beginning of the day included sets by Outasight, Reptar, Passion Pit (DJ set), and Das Racist…
Punk Island happens Sunday (final lineup), Zounds are playing there & ABC No Rio & releasing an LP too
Punk Island returns to Governors Island on June 19 as part of the annual city-wide Make Music New York fest (which actually occurs two days later)…
