What’s Going on Friday?
Friday's NYC-area shows include Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson (spoken word show), Eddie Vedder, Fireboy DML, Uffie, and more.
Yuksek
Tour news: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Lady Gaga, The Cult, Bad Religion, more
Plus: Gov't Mule, Breakbot & Irfane, AFI, Warthog, Halsey, Peaches, slowthai, Koffee, Kae Tempest, Bad Bunny, and more tour and festival news.
Indie Basement (4/23): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new records by Field Music, Dinosaur Jr, Róisín Murphy, and Kero Kero Bonito, plus reissues from Bertrand Burgalat and cult Aussie group Tangled Shoelaces.
Elsewhere’s rooftop venue & bar opening Memorial Day Weekend (initial schedule)
Popgun's Bushwick venue Elsewhere is getting set to open its rooftop venue and bar on Memorial Day Weekend, and their summer schedule has been announced, including Yuksek, Mr. Twin Sister, Dilly Dally, Pride Weekend parties, a DFA party, Little Boots and more.
dance roundup: Lindsay Lowend, Shift K3Y, Omar-S, Clark, Gorgon City, Lapalux, Holden, Nina Kraviz, Martyn & more
DC producer Lindsay Lowend, a member of Kastle's Symbols label, was one of the many electronic artists announced for Lollapalooza this week...
Tuesday night NYC shows cancelled (Rufus Wainwright, Deftones, Pat Benatar, Gilbert Gottfried, Action Bronson, Twelves, more)
Creators Project announces 2 day DUMBO fest (Florence & the Machine, Atlas Sound, Company Flow, Four Tet, John Maus, more)
PRESS RELEASE:The Creators Project will return to New York from October 15 - October 16 by transforming the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn into a colossal two-day arts and technology festival...
the 2009 Electric Zoo Festival in review
Electric Zoo (more by Zach Dilgard)
While from the outside, Electric Zoo (Sept 5-6, 2009) might seem like a 2-day hell, overrun by fake-tanned, heavily hair-gelled masses and their female counterparts, the actual experience (at least for me) was far from it...
the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (part 2)
Busy P @ the Studio @ Webster Hall - March 25, 2009
Earlier this week I got a double dose of Busy P, seeing him at the Bloc Party after-party at the Studio at Webster Hall on Wednesday, as well as at Roseland Ballroom on Thursday where he opened for the Prodigy...
Erol Alkan played Studio B // the Wed night in Dance……….. (events @ R Bar and/or Studio B TONIGHT)
Erol Alkan @ Studio B - May 3, 2008 (CRED)
Lots of good dance went down here last weekend, but I was out of town! Luckily one of my dance partners in crime, Paul (Thump Thump), made it out to Studio B on Saturday for Erol Alkan's set:"Everything about Erol was great last Saturday...