The Annex

"The former Annex space on Orchard Street was up and running for the recent CMJ music fest as Backstage Bar. Turns out that was only a temporary venue designed to take advantage of all the bands in town...

I just got an email asking if there was any truth to my post about LES club the Annex closing. That reminded me that I did leave that one with a "...

...and turning into a sports bar in mid September?

words and Nobody knew what was in store; not the band and certainly not those in attendance. But the first-ever show by Florida's The Drums (Jonathan Pierce of Elkland and Jacob Graham of Horse Shoes) was arguably the highlight of the final day of NYC Popfest (5/17)...

DOWNLOAD: Russ Chimes - She's Got the Heat (MP3) DOWNLOAD: 33Hz - Sentinel of Love (OrtzRoka Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Anoraak - Endless Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Flashing Lights Mix #2 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ursula 1000 - Zombies (Dj Ayres Remix) (MP3) I was really, really looking forward to last week in dance, but it wound up being just alright (part of which was my fault)...

DOWNLOAD: Little Boots - Meddle (Baron von Luxxury's Technicolor Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood remix) (MP3) "I had a photo shoot for a big fashion magazine thing yesterday , I've never really done anything like that before so it was kind of weird, within about 5 minutes I had 6 people descend on me involving things like this: Yeah I know, I have no idea either, it was a bit like Stars In Their Eyes except I wasn't quite sure who I was supposed to be at the end...

Friendly Fires and Lemonade shared a bill at The Annex in Manhattan last night (12/9). Kyle liked Lemonade even more than he liked them when they opened for El Guincho...

Thursday during CMJ (10/23) I headed over to the BrooklynVegan CMJ day party at Pianos to see Friendly Fires for a third time after seeing them at Bowery on Tuesday and popping round the corner to the Annex after Wednesday's show at Mercury...

Tonight (Friday April 11th) is the 2 year anniversary of the electro-meets-rock rager - Ruff Club at the Annex. There is a pretty long list of deejays/bands on the flyer (see below), but I have t...

or something like that.... The All-For-Nots @ The Annex, NYC - April 9, 2008 (Christian Hansen/NY Times)So who comes to the real performance of a fake indie band...