Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players

Considering Brooklyn comedian Myq Kaplan's CD was recorded live at NYC comedy club Comix and named one of the best comedy albums of 2010 by Dusted and has a name like "Vegan Mind Meld" and was released all the way back in April, I'm a little slow to this party, but better late than never...

Kate Nash @ Terminal 5 - November 19, 2010 Lady Gaga @ Terminal 5 - May 2, 2009 Visual similarities to Lady Gaga aside, Kate Nash headlined Terminal 5 in NYC on Friday night as part of a North American tour, with excellent UK band Peggy Sue, that ended at Wellmont Theater in NJ one night later...

Kate Nash @ Bowery Ballroom in 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen)Nash seems nervous, as you might if you were roadtesting an edgier new direction in front of a crowd close enough to smell your fear...

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material...

DOWNLOAD: Kendrick Strauch - 48 Hour Fever (SENDSPACE ZIP LINK) Issue 61 (out now) - cover of Big A little a Showpaper, "the volunteer-run, free, and one-of-a-kind 'DIY' newsprint of concert, art, and film listings," is hosting a benefit for itself on Saturday, September 26th (7pm) at Kidd Yellin Gallery (133 Imlay St in Red Hook, Brooklyn)...

The Summer Antifolk Festival is taking place August 7th through 16th at Sidewalk Cafe in NYC (94 Ave A). Some highlights over the two-plus-week festival include Jason & Rachel Trachtenburg, Jaymay, Soft Black, Dufus and Larkin Grimm...

Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are taking their show on the road in July. The variety show/vaudeville act/sing-along band will travel down the East Coast over the course of three weeks...

Mos Def gets ready for the beach (Black Star @ Nokia Theater) (more by Tim Griffin) The lineup for this summer's Highline Ballroom/AEG-produced events on Governors Island has been expanded...

Suzanne Muldowney (Underdog) @ the Mermaid Parade (more by Barry Yanowitz) Tickets are on sale for that Dan Deacon, No Age & Deerhunter show happpening at the Flying W Resort in Jersey (near Philly) on August 1st...

Jeffrey Lewis repping Olive Juice Music @ Mercury Lounge (more by Chris La Putt)The OJ All Day music festival is an annual event put on (227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY)The 2009 lineup for OJ All Day includes The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Schwervon...