Blog: BrooklynVegan

The Kills @ Stubb's in Austin in January ( more by Tim Griffin ) today in NYC * Decimus @ The Stone * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Die Antwoord @ Irving Plaza * Stephen Brodsky @ The Stone * Chico Mann @ Brooklyn Bowl * Zombie Fight @ Otto's Shrunken Head * SAADI, New Beings, Street Kitsch @ Zebulon [...]

by BBG Ghoul at California Discord Fest ( more by BBG ) Ghoul , who are now on board for Chaos in Tejas 2012 and scheduled to play Saint Vitus in May ( tickets ), will hit the road for a string of dates with Gwar , Municipal Waste , and Legacy of Disorder that will include a stop at Starland Ballroom on 3/18 . All dates are listed below. Municipal Waste is readying their [...]

Beach Fossils @ Mercury Lounge in 2011 ( more by Diana Wong ) Widowspeak , in case you missed the post we updated , have a show coming up at Glasslands with Mac DeMarco (who opens for Beach Fossils at Music Hall of Williamsburg), but first you can catch them with Dum Dum Girls at Maxwell's tonight (2/11). And it turns out Music Hall of Williamsburg and SXSW (with Widowspeak) aren't Beach Fossils ' only upcoming [...]

by Andrew Frisicano Philip Glass isn't the only 20th-century composer with a big birthday this year . Avant-garde composer John Cage would've been 100, and there are numerous chances to see his work (even more than usual) because of it. The shows below cover quite a bit of ground--eg. 1940's "Living Room Music" on the same program as 1991's "Four3"--and the best place to experience the pieces is definitely in a group . Avant Music Festival [...]

Tickets to Metallica's two-day Orion Music Fest at Bader Field in Atlantic City go on Early Bird sale today, 2/11, at 10am. Watch Metallica discuss the fest in the video below... Continue reading "Metallica Orion Music Festival tickets..." at brooklynvegan

Alexandra Lawn @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 Oh no! While this is not a 'goodbye', the time has come for me to leave Ra Ra Riot. Thank you for the wonderful 6 years-- so many beautiful places visited, with incredible fans & close friends made along the way. I will carry on what I have learned from each and every one of you in future endeavors, whether it be music, becoming a pilot, or the next Iron Chef. Playing music with Rebecca, Milo, [...]

photos by Andrew St. Clair Death By Audio - Wednesday night - 2/8/2012 The Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters play their sold out NYC show at Terminal 5 on Saturday, 2/11, a date that coincidentally (probably not) falls right during Fashion Week . If we had put two and two together earlier, we probably would have theorized that the band that contains Kate Moss 's husband would be playing [...]

Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire at Southpaw 2/9 ( via ) Action Bronson at Southpaw 2/9 ( via ) Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire and Action Bronson shared a bill at Southpaw last night (2/9) with support from Soul Kahn and Kyle Rapps , and included special guest Illustrate . They were joined on stage by El-P , Despot , and [...]

By Bill Pearis Siren singer. Champion skronky guitar solo-er. Drone princess. Dressed in an iridescent dark green smock-frock, Welsh singer Cate Le Bon looked a like Crannogmen royalty at Mercury Lounge last night (2/9), where she held court over a rapt, smiling audience. Those who didn't come as fans left as converts. There is nobody quite like her and, for me, this is the current show to beat for 2012. Previous visits from Le Bon have been mostly solo, [...]

today in NYC * Tom Shillue @ UCB West * BLOWOFF @ Highline Ballroom * Wale, Miguel @ Irving Plaza * Lucy Kaplansky @ City Winery * Roswell Rudd Quartet @ Roulette * Guns N' Roses @ Roseland Ballroom * Cate Le Bon, Pidgeons @ Maxwell's * MAKU Soundsystem, I Jah Bones @ Southpaw * Vivian Girls @ Kate Spade Pop-up Shop [...]

by Andrew Sacher Screaming Females in studio ( more by Kristie Shanley ) Screaming Females will release their new album, Ugly , on April 3 via Don Giovanni. They recorded it with Steve Albini , whose been having a great year so far with this album and the new Cloud Nothings album . Even moreso than on that album, Albini gives Ugly the same kind of treatment he gave [...]

Nguzunguzu LA producers Nguzunguzu and Salva are heading out on a tour together this March after Nguzunguzu plays a one-off in Chicago on 2/23. The tour includes SXSW and hits NYC on March 23 at 285 Kent . All dates are listed below. Salva is currently on a UK tour with Shlohmo , which they kicked off after playing Glasslands together in January. A video from [...]

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photos by Devan Council Summer Camp @ Mercury Lounge - 2/6/12 Summer Camp toured through town this week and played a show with Field Mouse at Mercury Lounge on Monday. Here are some pictures. More of them below... Continue reading "Summer Camp played Glasslands & Mercury Lounge with Field Mouse (pics)" at brooklynvegan

photos by Diana Wong Kimbra & Gotye @ Bowery Ballroom Gotye 's recently announced giant show at Terminal 5 with Kimbra is SOLD OUT, much like Monday's much smaller Bowery Ballroom show was, and Kimbra was there too... When it finally came time to play the song everyone was waiting for, the guy standing next to me said, "Already?" and then begrudgingly removed his cell phone and started filming the [...]

Live From Daryl's House , Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates's TV show, which Sharon Jones has starred on , is hitting the road for some live dates including 4/11 @ Wellmont Theater, 4/14 @ the Borgata, and 4/21 @ Beacon Theatre . All three are with special guests Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Allen Stone . Tickets for the NYC show and for the NJ show go on sale today at noon. speaking of Beacon Theater, Magnetic [...]

by Andrew Sacher Niki & the Dove Stockholm's Niki & the Dove (aka Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf), who released The Drummer EP and "The Fox" single last year and made BBC's 'Sound of 2012' list , recently announced a short US tour which will take place this March and hit NYC on March 10 at Knitting Factory . Tickets for [...]

photos by David Andrako This Will Destroy You @ Merkin Concert Hall This Will Destroy You are really mixing it up on this tour . Last night they played the fancy Merkin Concert Hall on 67th Street as part of the ongoing Ecstatic Music Festival , and on Saturday (2/11) they'll play a just-announced show at DIY space 285 Kent in Brooklyn with Wires Under Tension . Tickets [...]

photos by Chris La Putt Merrill Garbus in Columbus Circle - 2/9/2012 As tUnE-YarDs ' show at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, part of the American Songbook series (which Bill Callahan played one night earlier ), was coming to an end last night, the tweets started pouring in: " @brooklynvegan tUnEyArDs will be playing Columbus Circle within the hour. Get there!", " @brooklynvegan can u spread word that Tuneyards doing free show out by [...]

by BBG Full of Hell at A389 Anniversary 2012 ( more by BBG ) Full of Hell , who are preparing to head down to Austin to play the recently announced BrooklynVegan/Power of The Riff day party , will release a split this April via Topshelf Records with Code Orange Kids (who just signed to Deathwish Inc ). Full of Hell's "Fox Womb", which comes from said split, is [...]