Rana

words & photo At Dam-Funk's set I saw during SXSW 2010, the foggy synths and sun-baked cassette jams of his Toeachizown LP, which came out last year on Stones Throw, blasted on an ear-crushing level...

Cold War Kids are headlining Terminal 5 on January 29th. Tickets are now on American Express presale. Matisyahu does his annual Hanukkah run of shows with various openers (Kevin Devine, Rana, Dub Trio, etc) at Webster Hall and Music Hall of Williamsburg this year...

Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom on Monday (more by Vincent Cornelli) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Larkin Grimm @ Joe's Pub * Boy Crisis, Tearist @ Pianos * The Roots & Common @ Terminal 5 * An Evening Without Monty Python @ Town Hall * Manic Street Preachers, Bear Hands @ Webster Hall * Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Kurt Vile, Birds of Maya, Coconuts, Still Life Still @ Mercury Lounge * Rural Alberta Advantage, Kittens Ablaze, Lovely Feathers @ Bowery Ballroom * Fear & Trembling, Golden City, pow wow...

There are also mysterious listings on Ticketmaster for both shows (thx Tim). Kinda reminds me of Bridget Jones' Diarrhea aka Megapussi aka Portion Control...

Gang Gang Dance-led 88Boadrum on 8/8/8 (missdarling) today in NYC * DANCE * FREE STUFF * Panther @ Cake Shop * Neil Diamond @ MSG * VOD in Farmingdale * Rancid @ Irving Plaza * Rana @ Mercury Lounge * Loxsley are playing Pianos * King Crimson @ Nokia Theater * Woodhands are at Silent Barn * Oh No...

NYC/NJ band RANA helped try to save CBGB last year. Now they'll help close it down. They play there tonight (Sept 13, 2006) for the last time - with Sounds of Greg D (featuring Ween's bass player Dave Dreiwitz and members of Rana, Sam Champion and Rufus Wainwright's band), and Dave Drewitz's other project Crescent Moon...

"It is time - we are going to do another FREE show in Washington Square Park on Friday, July 21st from 4pm-6pm. Take off work, stroll on down & dip your feet in the fountain of rock with RANA...

As previously reported, Tribeca Rock Club is closing in December. The last few scheduled nights currently posted on their site are Dec 7-10. The 10th is a "private party" and the 8th and 9th list bands I'm not really familiar with...

RANA has a Thursday night Fall residency at Tribeca Rock Club in NYC. The dates are: Sept. 15th, Sept. 22nd, Sept. 29th, and October 6th, 2005...

"If you've pretended to enjoy just about all the manufactured Strokes/Hives authenticity you can stand, check out RANA's mullet-worthy smart-ass cock rock...