Slowdance

JONATHAN TOUBIN BENEFIT Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heavy Trash, Stabbing Eastward (Tunde Adebimpe & Ryan Sawyer), Royal Baths, Rotating DJ's All Night Long: Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), Billy Miller (Norton Records), Bear In Heaven, Leo Fitzpatrick, Habibi, and Slowdance FRI, DECEMBER 16, 2011 DOORS: 10:30 PM / SHOW: 11:30 PM $25...

DOWNLOAD: Quilt - Penobska Oakwalk (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Quilt - Cowboys In The Void (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lilac - So Young (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Total Slacker - Secret VHS Collection (MP3) 2011 is winding down, holidays are on the horizon and bands, for the most part, stop touring till the new year...

photos & video Anika is back on the road with her backing band (that contains 2/3 of BEAK>), and will invade Empty Bottle in Chicago TONIGHT (10/10) with tour-mate Slowdance before heading to Beauty Bar the for an after-party DJ set...

"Anika, not one for small talk, has a cold stare that's really not cold at all. It creates a distance between singer and audience that works to lift the show into something distinct and not at all casual...

At one point during Anika's set at Le Poisson Rouge last night (9/27), someone in the audience starting chanting "A! N! I! K! A!" in hopes, I think, of getting a reaction...

After moving their show from upstate to Brooklyn Bowl which was then followed by a 50% reduction in ticket price, Saturday's Daytrotter show is now not happening at all, as the bowling alley venue has cancelled all Saturday and Sunday shows "due to the hurricane...

The "special guest" playing Pianos Friday night with Selebrities is Puro Instinct whose tour with John Maus just brought them to both Glasslands and Mercury Lounge...

DOWNLOAD: Love Inks - Blackeye (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Lovers - Figure 8 (MP3) Love Inks @ SXSW (more) Can you feel the love tonight? I can though mainly because we've got two bands with that in their name playing tonight...

DOWNLOAD: Gang Gang Dance - Mindkilla (MP3) "@marcuskdowling whatever the hell Gang Gang Dance is doin in Brooklyn 2nite, I think youd approve...

It's that time of year again, when The L Magazine picks "8 Bands You Need to Hear Right Now." Like usual, the 2011 list is a mix of bands you may have seen, may have heard of, and more under-the-radar picks...