Photo courtesy of hstoutzenberger There are few joys for a music fan that can compare with discovering a new band in a live setting. It's one thing to peruse mp3 blogs until the sun comes up, but it's quite another to have an unknown entity unleash some fine on-stage rocking into your unsuspecting ears. It's a such a rare opportunity because not many people go see a band having no idea what to expect. That's just what I did though for White Denim's performance at Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on April 30th. Perhaps it's an [...]
Because of the lack of quality posting here lately, let us get you back in our good graces by hitting you with our monthly CD's worth of quality extrawack!-approved tracks for your gratis-downloading pleasure. We're even throwing in an extra track thismonth, making it more like a Drunken Baker's Dozen. These tracks are more fun than Peaches Geldolf and a roll of ten pound notes...Have at 'em: Bell X1 - "Rocky Took a Lover" mp3 Lykke Li - "Dance Dance Dance" [...]
This could be awesome. From the press release: Big news folks: One of the foremost forbearers of Brit Pop will be making an in-person appearance in our beloved vLES on April 30 at 3 PM EST. That's right, the bespectacled, wiry one Jarvis Cocker will be in the virtual Bowery Ballroom for a Q&A session. He'll be joined by representatives from Oxfam America to take your questions on everything from Jarvis' music to OXFAM to how nicely music integrates into activism. So, start getting your questions [...]
Coachella is streaming right now here . Here's the rest of the broadcast set schedule (times listed as EST): Saturday 4/26 09:30 PM DeVotchKa 10:25 PM Hot Chip 11:25 PM Animal Collective 12:15 AM Portishead 01:10 AM Flogging Molly 02:10 AM Yelle Sunday 4/27 06:00 PM Brett Dennen 06:50 PM Electric Touch 07:40 PM Shout Out Louds 08:30 PM Duffy 09:20 PM Manchester Orchestra 10:15 PM Stars 11:10 PM Spiritualized 12:15 AM Gogol Bordello 01:10 AM Metric 02:05 [...]
Tickets for the recently announced Echo & The Bunnymen show at Radio City Music Hall on October 1, feturing the performance of the entire Ocean Rain album complete with a full orchestra, go on pre-sale Saturday (4/26) at Noon EST here . The pre-sale password is: porcupine Echo & The Bunnymen - "Stormy Weather" mp3
Tickets for Wilco at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn on 8/13 go on sale today at noon here . Click here to get tickets for all shows at McCarren, including Devo, The Black Keys, M.I.A., Ween, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Death Cab For Cutie, and Gogol Bordello. Get in there early and beat the scalpers!! The Black Keys - "Set You Free" mp3
The Feelies are playing Maxwell's in Hoboken on July 1 & 2, seemingly as warm-up gigs for their giant July 4th NYC show with Sonic Youth. Tickets go on sale at noon today (Wednesday) here . That ought to be like a cheap trip in a time machine. I'm SO there.
From today's press release: April 16, 2008 -- The Black Crowes announce a tour that will kick off on June 28th and conclude with a five night run at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Chris Robinson's birthday, December 20th. The 90-city tour follows the success of their seven special "One Night Only" shows which featured their hit album WARPAINT, performed in its entirety. All of these special shows sold out instantly and were followed by shows in London and Amsterdam. [...]
from today's press release: After much speculation in the previous week, Eric Avery has agreed to join former band mates Jane's Addiction for a one-night-only performance at the first-ever U.S. NME Awards. The iconic foursome will be crowned with the Godlike Genius Award during the ceremony and performance, to take place at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, April 23. Jane's Addiction is joining the likes of The Clash, New Order, Primal Scream and Manic Street Preachers, who are among the acts to have picked [...]
I don't know about you, but I've enjoyed what I've seen of Pitchfork TV so far... It's easy to navigate, the streams load up quickly, and the content's pretty interesting so far. There's an excellent full A Place To Bury Strangers set there , and I've especially enjoyed some of the "blast from the past" programming, like the live Kraftwerk footage, some old Tortoise, and a bunch of videos from Air...including this one, "Le Soleil Est Pres de Moi":
Yeah, the rumors are true... Nick Lowe is , in fact, playing tiny Maxwell's in Hoboken on May 2nd. Bonus is the fact that it's a Friday night show. Awesome. Tickets go on sale at Noon on Thursday here . Nick Lowe - "Cruel To Be Kind (karaoke)" mp3
This weekend I was in Washington DC for business, and in-between meetings and stuff I ducked into the Smithsonian American Art Museum , turned on my iPod, and cranked up the remix of "Fait Accompli" by Curve . As the bass grooves and sexy vocals guided my body around the scupltures and past the paintings, I was wondering what had become of Curve's vocalist Toni Halliday. As if on cue, I received this press release today: Toni Halliday of the UK group Curve is back as Chatelaine . [...]
A new month, a new batch of thirteen sizzlin' sides for download. And a photo of a monkey in a tux. Have at 'em: Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - "We Have A Technical" mp3 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "We Are Rockstars" mp3 The Helio Sequence - "Can't Say No" mp3 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - "Waiting For The Monster To Drown (Shoes Remix)" [...]
Is it almost the weekend already? Damn. If you ask me, the best way to kick it off will be this show: Friday, April 4: 11pm DIRTY ON PURPOSE 10pm Mahogany 9pm Shooting Spires 8pm Sisters @ Mercury Lounge 217 E Houston Street New York, NY Tickets here . And check out and download new Dirty on Purpose music here:
It's opening day for the Mets (4:10 p.m. ET vs. the Marlins on SNY ), and you know what that means... Time to bust out the "Meet The Mets" mp3's! Bill Katz & Ruth Robbins - "Meet The Mets (Original Version)" mp3 Yo La Tengo - "Meet The Mets" mp3 buy The history of "Meet The Mets" is here . See how Yo La Tengo got their name on "Kaplan's Korner" with [...]
Langhorne Slim is shooting a video for "Rebel Side of Heaven" this Monday, March 31st at The Box (189 Chrystie, between Rivington & Stanton.), and he's looking for some folks to show up and be the crowd for this live performance production. The shoot will take place from 2:30pm 'til 6 or so, and if you'd like to attend, shoot an email to slimvideo@kemado.com , and you'll be hit back with info. Langhorne Slim - "Rebel Side of Heaven" mp3
Dancy beats? Yes. Crazy hooks? Check. Wacky lyrics? Of course. Kate & Cindy looking better than ever? And how. Fred Schneider running roughshod around a shopping mall on a Segway? Awesome! Here's the new video for The B-52's "Funplex", from the new album of the same name: Funplex The B-52's Tour Dates: Mar 28 2008 8:00P River Rock Casino Resort Richmond, British Columbia Mar 29 2008 [...]
Crikey, look at those guys. These relics are playing the Beacon on June 13, 14, and 17 and tickets are on sale now during something called an "early on sale", whatever that is. Pre-sales, fan club password sales, early on sales...whatever happened to putting 'em all on sale on a Saturday morning at 10:00? Get yer "early on sale" Steely Dan tix here . Steely Dan - "Hey Nineteen" mp3 courtesy of Disco Workout
I've been a huge Wong Kar-Wei fan ever since Quentin Tarantino helped get Wong's Chungking Express released here in the States in the late '90's. Wong has an incredible knack for taking scenes of everyday life and turning them into colorful, emotional spectacles. Chungking Express was notable for Wong's decision to use Canotonese pop-star Faye Wong in the title role to much success. For Wong's new movie, My Blueberry Nights , he's taken a similar chance by using Norah Jones in her acting debut. In [...]
One of my favorite parties at SXSW was the Donewaiting.com shindig at the Creekside Lounge. Set in the backyard of a, well, creek-side lounge, Donewaiting 's event felt more like a kegger than a showcase, and was much more in the spirit of the original SXSW concept than the usual big corporate branding fests that are the norm these days. The afternoon weather there was perfect, in fact it the best day temperature-wise all week. My running-buddy Jinners and I rolled in, were served chilly and gratis PBR tall-boys, and we sat back [...]
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