kidrockers

Tomorrow (11/2) is the first Saturday in November which means it's the monthly First Saturdays event at Brooklyn Museum with free admission and live music...

Braving the slush, families headed to Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday (2/10) for Kidrockers featuring Hospitality and Ex Cops. As you can see, fans rushed the stage during Hospilaty's set, which is okay as it was encouraged...

As mentioned, Caveman have a new album on the way via Fat Possum on April 2. What better audience to test out some new tracks than a bunch of half-pints...

DIIV came to Brooklyn Bowl yesterday (1/13) for two hometown shows, an all ages KidRockers show around brunch time (11:30) with their Captured Tracks labelmates Widowspeak, and then a night show with Magic Trick (aka Tim Cohen of Fresh & Onlys, who is sticking around NYC to open for Father John Misty at a sold out Webster Hall show tonight)...

Hospitality @ Brooklyn Bowl, 8/31/2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) While I haven't revealed by Favorite Albums of 2012 list yet, I'll let it slip that Hospitality's eponymous debut album is pretty high up there...

French duo Jamaica, who were last in NYC during CMJ where they played shows like dance party FIXED and Fader Fort, have just kicked off an American tour...

DOWNLOAD: Toro Y Moi - "Still Sound" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cloud Nothings - Understand At All (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Oberhofer - "Should Have Taken Acid With You" (MP3, Neon Indian Cover) Toro Y Moi at MHOW (more by Chris Doss) Labelmates Cloud Nothings and Toro Y Moi (who just DJ'd MHOW) will team up at Mercury Lounge on 1/19, one date on a week-long tour for the former, but the only upcoming date for the latter...

Sun Airway - Put the Days Away (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko (MP3) "Sure, we're all sick of bands with the word "bear" in their names (to the point, that I'm actually sick of jokes about how many bands there are with "bear" in their name)...

The only place to catch the Blow during CMJ (that I know about), and coming up in NYC at all at the moment, is at the BrooklynVegan showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday night (10/21)...

Sunday's edition of Kidrockers at The Living Room in NYC featured performances and The Grates. More pictures and a video from that show,. below...