
Recommended Show: TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011 TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $7, 8PM The Trachtenburg Family have been busier than usual lately (probably because of their recently released album ), but a slew of New York shows from the slideshow-loving band is nothing to complain about. They perform at Death by Audio tonight. Beyonce @ Roseland Ballroom Little Dragon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Canon Blue & Atlantic / Pacific @ [...]

I whip my hair back and forth. Not because I am a teenage girl (although I sometimes act like one) but because there is a party. No, it's not in my pants. This party is in my ears, and soon it will be in yours as well. I am pleased to present to you The Indie Sabbath - more refreshing than an ice-cold soda in the middle of the desert. For me, music is the purest form of communication this world has to offer. I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. [...]

Drake 's off to the Capitol Hill Block Party tomorrow; here's his latest look at the new releases. -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 07.12.11 Playlist: New Releases 07.12.11 Washed Out - Within and Without Stream / Purchase [mp3] When Washed Out, AKA Ernest Greene, released his EP Life [...]

Playlist: New Releases 07.12.11 Washed Out - Within and Without Stream / Purchase [mp3] When Washed Out, AKA Ernest Greene, released his EP Life of Leisure , it was quickly apparent there was a new figurehead for the so-called Chillwave scene, joining Neon Indian and Toro y Moi . The formula seems clear: [...]
You probably know if you saw last week's Best New Releases, that, at least compared to other weeks this year, the pickings were rather thin, and this week is just about the same. Atlanta musician Ernest Greene, better known in the indie rock/electro-pop/chillwave circles as Washed Out. Greene has risen fast in the past couple [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

After a light week for the July 4th holiday, the music industry is back to full force this week with a slew of new albums. Some of our personal favorites include The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (pictured), Street Eaters , and Grooms . In terms of bigger-named acts, Incubus has got a new record, Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls has a solo release, and Cali Swag District puts out The Kickback . All in all, a pretty good week. The full list of releases is posted [...]

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011 TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS @ BOWERY ELECTRIC 327 Bowery New York, NY 10003 $TBA, 8PM It's sure to be another great Tuesday night with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at Bowery Electric. The thee-piece family band is a strange pleasure with quirky songwriting set to slide carousels from yard sales. They're truly a unique act! Kristeen Young @ Pianos The Trews @ Mercury Lounge Kenny Loggins @ City Winery Son Lux & BELL [...]
TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS myspace the facebook Open Everything [mp3] From the upcoming Lost and Found due out July 12th. The last time I saw this band play, the drummer, daughter Rachel, was in elementary school. She's now 18.
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Astrid Swan : "Box Elder (Pavement cover)" [mp3] from Hits (Pavement For Girls) (out August 16th) search for more Astrid Swan posts at Largehearted Boy Birds and Arrows : "Time Alone" [...]

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS @ BOWERY ELECTRIC 327 Bowery New York, NY 10003 $TBA, 7:30PM There are a bunch of great shows tonight. Xylos play at Bowery Ballroom; Decemberists Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park; Shellshag and Japanther perform at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. We've got to recommend Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at Bowery Electric though! Michael Chapman @ Zebulon Rebecca Gates @ The Rock Shop [...]
Kemado Records singer/songwriter Langhorne Slim has a bit of talent. Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for links that don't make it onto the blog.

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS & SUPERCUTE @ KNITTING FACTORY 361 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 $10, 6:30PM Not long ago, we saw Jason Trachtenburg solo at the Knitting Factory opening for .357 Lover. Now he's back with his band, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. Jason's daughter (and drummer for the Slideshow Players) Rachel opens up the performance with a show from her band, Supercute ! Kid Cudi @ The Fillmore The New Romans @ Littlefield Dub is a Weapon @ Le Poisson [...]

Jason Trachtenburg | Knitting Factory | January 5, 2010 Though he will be playing a show with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players on January 21 at the Knitting Factory, Jason Trachtenburg took to the same stage solo on Tuesday night as part of .357 Lover 's circus of a residency . There's always a lot of humor in his set (it's up for debate if this humor is intentional or not), and when he is solo, there's also a sort of simplistic beauty to his [...]

Well well well, Saturday was what I think can only be described as a truly epic party. It started at about two or three in the afternoon when Found came round to record their Toad Session, which sounded absolutely lovely, continued into the back garden for a barbecue, turned into the Honeytrap Toad Session, repaired once more to the garden for further gluttony, returned to the house once night had descended, then turned into some sort of deranged music/cavorting session until the early hours accompanied by some truly heroic feats of drinking. Quite how the whole house didn't [...]
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are exactly-what-it-says-on-the-ti n. Parents and daughter pop trio, who write and perform quirky pop songs to accompany old slide collections bought at garage sales, estate sales, and thrift stores. Their prime directive: to turn the lives of anonymous strangers into pop-rock musical exposés based on the contents of these slide collections. Anti-folk singer-songwriter Jason Trachtenburg (dad on guitar, piano, vocals), Tina Pina (mom on slides), and Rachel (daughter on drums, vocals) have won fans such as Regina Spektor, Meg White and comedian David Cross with their completely original self-described "indie-vaudeville-conceptual -art-rock-slideshow band". Check [...]
Maris considered the wear and tear on his car for a trip downtown to uptown to be negligible and said he would not be invoicing the company. Of course, I couldn't keep my smart ass mouth shut. "Ya, but the gas cost these days isn't negligible, it's... it's, um, downright, um, big?" I looked around and realized I was not the only confused one. "Hey, just what exactly is the opposite of negligible?" A-ha! A quest! Anyone within earshot of cubicle city immediately recognized that whatever task was being worked on was not as [...]
H ere's the deal, I've ridden this planet around el sol 36 times and every orbit gets better. As such, I'm celebrating with a party at Pepe Delgados on tomorrow, Saturday 5 January. The fine folks in The Rum Fellows and The Separation have agreed to play a few songs so you ought to come by for a spell. Things should start rollin' around 9-9:30-ishishish. Feel free to come by, wish me happy birthday and contribute to my tattoo [...]
Check out this new animated video for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players ' Theme Song. The computer animation looks circa 1992, kind of like that Empire Today commercial (you know the one I'm talking about). Also, don't forget to take your kids to The Rachel Trachtenburg Morning Show on December 1st... get tickets here . Video: Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players - Theme Song Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players | Photo Gallery [...]

That, folks, is the world's worst advertising slogan , coined by the Swiss Cheese Manufacturer's Union in the 70's to encourage people to eat more fondue. The "Fondue is good, and it puts you in a good mood" playlist, however, should satisfy you on any number of tasty levels. I decided to approach this month's theme from the angle of a single meal: fondue, the most swinging, European, and communal of meals. The opening course is a cheese fondue, and there's a chocolate fondue for dessert. Enjoy: The Trachtenburg [...]