The Octagon

DOWNLOAD: Braids - Lemonade (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: No Joy - No Joy (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Psychobuildings - Birds of Prey (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: North Highlands - Sugar Lips (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Besnard Lakes - Albatross (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Land of Talk - May You Never (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Cheap Time - Woodland Drive (MP3)
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Atlas Sound @ ATP NY 2009 (more by Ryan Muir)

tonight in NYC
* Aziz Ansari @ Comix
* Mick Barr @ The Stone
* Dinosaur Feathers @ Fort Useless
* Sarah Silverman @ Apple Store Soho
* Motion City Soundtrack @ Irving Plaza
* Big Teriffic w/ Max Silvestri @ The Cameo
* Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Highline Ballroom
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DOWNLOAD: The Octagon - Suicide Kings (MP3)



I wrote at length already about this week's Serena Maneesh shows. Now here are some other daily picks to take you through the weekend...

Real Estate and Neon Indian played a kids- and guardians-only show at The Living Room on October 25th, one day after CMJ. The pictures here are from that (including ones of hosts Seth Herzog and Carlos Jordan)...

DOWNLOAD: Carsick Cars - You Can Listen You Can Talk (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Carsick Cars - Zhong Nan Hai (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: PK-14 - Behind All Ruptures (MP3)

Arriving late I found the place packed, but I was just able to set up in time to get Xiao He's last tune...

Arrow Bar, 85 Avenue A (basement), betw 5 & 6

I found this out last night...First-time bar owner Zachary Waldman, a talent booker at Lower East Side nightspot Pianos, tries his luck at the booze biz in the space that briefly housed the Rook...