Recommended Show: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 SXIP SHIREY @ MERCURY LOUNGE 217 East Houston Street Manhattan, NY 10002 $12, 8PM It's been a while since I've seen an announcement about a Sxip Shirey solo show. Even though he might play around the City quite frequently (he is a local), it might not be at the venues I regularly check the listings for, so it's refreshing to see him bring his solo act to the Mercury Lounge. Though even as a "solo" act, he often brings friends on stage to join him... The [...]
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A R yan's Smashing Life live show delivers remarkable music talent, straight from our digital pages to the finest stages in New England. This tradition of music exploration continues on Saturday, Sep 12th at Cafe 939 with three outstanding acts that promise to thoroughly entertain, reigniting your passion for exciting new music! FROM BEHIND THESE KEYS A celebration of acts using piano [...]
Wakey!Wakey! DOWNLOAD : Wakey!Wakey! - Wakey!Wakey! Wednesdays (Free Covers LP) Parachute Musical DOWNLOAD : Parachute Musical - Seasons Greetings (Free EP) Keegan DeWitt DOWNLOAD : Keegan DeWitt - Telephone (mp3) Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that I'm sponsoring a little show this Sunday ( September 13 ) at Public Assembly featuring perennial [...]
Monday: My Teenage Stride, Boy Genius, + The Rabbits @ Cameo Gallery 8pm $7 [ info ] We've been mentioning My Teenage Stride a lot on these pages lately! They recently wowed us at After the Jump Fest and have been playing a bunch of local shows in recent weeks. Tonight they've upped the ante though, booking a show with two former Pop Tarts' bands of the week! It's a pretty impressive lineup, especially for a Monday, so make sure you head out to North 6th for it! My Teenage [...]
FROM BEHIND THESE KEYS A celebration of acts using piano to their advantage layout & design by Tom Gallo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A R yan's Smashing Life live show delivers remarkable music talent, straight from our digital pages to the finest stages in New England. This tradition of music exploration continues on Saturday, [...]
Been hearing a bit of positive chat about 'Ignore The Ignorant', the new album from The Cribs , and their first with ex-Smiths (and I guess, ex-Modest Mouse now) bloke Johnny Marr. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet myself but head on over to we7.com and fill your boots with the "exclusive" stream. I hate that word. It seems somewhat relevant (" Don't You Want To Be Relevant? ") that today's featured band share a hometown with The Cribs. And more to the point, had their debut single produced by Cribs [...]
I love it when mysterious emails come my way. You get a name and a handful of tracks. No bio, no information, nothing. Now, if I wanted to, I could actually use a couple resources at my fingertips and find out, but why bother, that's half the fun. The mystery is what makes these things so cool. All that brings me to my point and my post, I got a mysterious email from a Brooklyn DJ/producer (insert things you do w/computers and music here) Peter High who's sent some tracks. Going under the guise of [...]
I took some time at the beginning of the month to embrace one of those quintessential American past times, the road trip. I had to get back to the Twin Cities for a family reunion and thanks to a absurdly wired car I was able to work from the road. My partner in crime and I mapped out a meandering route hitting up friends and family along the way. Of course there was excellent music along the way. On the way out PIC and I did a little exchange of what we both considered "essential" music. We would [...]
Castanets @ Central Park Summerstage ( more by Toby Tenenbaum ) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Julianna Barwick @ Sycamore * Japandroids, Slim Twig @ Pianos * Francis and the Lights @ Joe's Pub * Japanther, Ninjasonik @ Whitney Museum * Drunkdriver, Total Abuse @ Market Hotel * Wakey! Wakey!, Casey Shea @ Gramercy Theatre * Jason [...]
Recommended Show: SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009 FIASCO @ SOLAR ONE 24-20 FDR Drive, Service Road East Manhattan, NY 10010 FREE, 1PM Hopefully, you are already on your way to Solar One for the show that features Dead Prez, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Love Like Deloreans, and many, many more. Of course, the personal highlight is Brooklyn's Fiasco . The whole thing kicks off at approximately 1PM, but (since it's solar powered) goes until the juice runs out. Check out other shows after the jump. Castanets @ Silent Barn Pepi [...]
Hey, just a reminder folks that a bunch of great artists ( Matt Singer , Casey Shea , Wakey!Wakey! , Pearl and the Beard ) on the Family Records label are playing a big show at the Gramercy Theater tonight ( July 11 ). Stay tuned for some photos from the recent Cross-Pollination show I co-curated with Pearl and the Beard and Anni Rossi . Stream albums from all the artists playing the Family Records show after the jump. [...]
Stellastarr*'s new album, Civilized will be released on July 7, 2009. Here is what the band has been enjoying recently. Your Nature Equal parts atmosphere and catchy songs harkening back to Stone Roses and early 90's Manchester. One of the rare occasions that three different members will take turns singing lead vocals and you will actually enjoy each one doing it. O' Death Punk rock kids who grew up to play foot stomping mountain bluegrass. The [...]
This past weekend, the Northside Festival descended upon Brooklyn, NY, providing a full weekend of music showcases. As one should expect, Consequence of Sound was on site to take in the sites and sounds. First up, is a report from our own Carlos Destres... Thursday, June 11: Day One What felt like a world away from Manhattan began with a little swarm of clouds hanging in the sky, intermittently drizzling some rain on the sidewalks of Williamsburg. Nevertheless, across two towns, revelers descended upon the north side of [...]
Northside Festival | Day 4 | June 14, 2009 With the final day of the first annual Northside Festival coming to a close, I'm pretty exhausted. There was a certain wind-down feeling to Sunday's events--even at the crazier shows. Yeah, a few of the annoying hiccups were back, but at this point they didn't seem to matter as much as they did the first day. Phil and the Osophers : [...]
Recommended Show: SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009 PONYTAIL @ NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL STUDIO B 259 Banker St Brooklyn, NY 11222 $12, 11:15PM Northside Festival comes to a close today. It's been an exhausting trip. Much like Saturday, today is filled with afternoon and nighttime shows. Ponytail is probably one of the biggest name of the day...and for good reason! -The Sundelles, Air Waves, & Browns @ Bruar Falls (afternoon) -Mira Billotte (White Magic) @ Bruar Falls -Faith, SwEEtie, High Teen Boogie, The Crinolines, Saffire, & The White Noise Supremacists @ Cameo Gallery (afternoon) [...]
What the hell happened? While we were basking in the glow of our lopsided annihilation of the Wakey!Wakey! kids in billiards, they went all famous and got "War Sweater" featured on One Tree Hill. Way to go guys! It's time to get these pictures up, so this review is going to be succinct: you already know how much we love these guys and gals . They are without doubt making some of the best music in New York at the moment and we're excited about their recent explosion in popularity. Patrick Doane (an attractive and talented musician) is a [...]
I've avoided posting about BreakThru Radio's new compilation, because I kept getting error after error while trying to download the tracks from the station's website . Well, the links seem to be fixed now, so head on over here to check out the collection of live tracks from the studios of BreakThru Radio. A full tracklist is available after the jump. MP3: Chairlift - "Bruises (Live on BreakThru Radio)" Tracklist for BTR Live Studio Volume 1 CD Release : 1. BABY - The Brunettes (3:51) [...]
"I have made mistakes today" say Wakey ! Wakey ! (terrible name btw ) but I say there are no mistakes just lessons learned, you can use that if you like. Or as my wife would say "I was just less right than I thought I was" or if I'm right and she's wrong "you're just less wrong than I thought you were". You can't win against women logic. This track has a beautiful piano opening, you can imagine fingers pounding up and down a piano and then settling [...]
I haven't been as good about posting or tweeting as of late, and I apologise - I haven't been feeling well, too lazy, writer's block, blah blah, etc. It would be remiss of me, then, to come back and not mention the L Magazine 's upcoming Northside Festival , a self-proclaimed "a four-day celebration of the independent music and art scene that thrives here in New York City." The full, official line-up was announced on the 18th , and it's hella' long - I was going to repost the whole thing here, but [...]
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
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The Beach House Theory of 2k10.
