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Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (Aug 8th) - full lineup (w/ Juan Maclean, Cloud Room, special guest headliner, NO RJD2)

Building in the inaugural success of 2008, Famous Friends, a New York-based promotion company, in conjunction with Noise Problem, a leading multi-faceted music agency, are pleased to announce the line up for The Second Annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF)…

What's going on Saturday?

John Vanderslice @ MHOW last night ( for L Mag) tonight in NYC * DANCE * THIS WEEK IN INDIE * Baby Gramps @ Barbes * Social Registry @ The Stone * An Horse, Telekinesis @ Union Hall * Psychedelic Furs @ Wellmont Theatre * Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch) @ SOBs * Vision Festival @ Abrons Arts Center * Bishop Allen, Darling @ Studio B (NS) * Rooftop Films @ Old American Can Factory * The Posies, PT Walkley @ Gramercy Theatre * Bill Callahan, Lights @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Brooklyn Philharmonic @ South Street Seaport * Dark Faith, Quo Vadis, Revocation @ Europa (NS) * Forro in the Dark, Apostle of Hustle @ Maxwell’s * The Avett Brothers, Auld Lang Syne @ Irving Plaza * Daedelus, Ghislain Poirier, Megasoid @ Studio B (NS) * Radio Happy Hour w/ Norah Jones @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Sir Richard Bishop, Oaxacan, Zaimph @ Studio at Webster Hall * Mika Miko, Strange Boys, The Coathangers, Fiasco @ Market Hotel * Detroit Cobras, Dexter Romweber Duo, Sister Anne @ Mercury Lounge * John Vanderslice, The Tallest Man on Earth, JBM @ Bowery Ballroom * Xylos, Jaymay, Pursesnatchers, April Smith, Tristen @ The Cameo (NS) * Asobi Seksu, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Elika @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (NS) * O’Death, The Extraordinaires, Shellshag @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (NS) * Beats Antique, The Van Pelt, Holy Childhood, Ghost Gamblers @ Coco 66 (NS) * Big Apple BBQ w/ Lucero, Howard Tate, Saron Crenshaw @ Madison Square Park * Smokie Norful, Tye Tribbett & G…

Yelle - Highline Saturday, Coachella, Hiro Ballroom, pics, etc

I tried to like Yelle by staying up late to watch her streaming Coachella performance (she was on after Portishead). Maybe it was just that I was missing Prince at the time, but watching her play only made it worse…

the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (part 2)

Part 1 talked about last week, and last night. Here’s what else is going on this weekend in NYC… Justin Miller and Jacques Renault are at Savalas for Pure Magic on Friday night (tonight – April 18, 2008) …