today in NYC * Philip Glass @ BAM * Ned Sublette @ Joe's Pub * Arhicpelago at Galapagos * Devo @ Irving Plaza * Ray Davies @ Town Hall * Timber Timbre @ Joe's Pub * Earthless @ The Charleston * (((microwaves))) @ Cake Shop * Tune-Yards @ Permanent Records * Times New Viking, The Axemen @ Maxwell's [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 BARONESS, EARTHLESS, & US CHRISTMAS @ BOWERY BALLROOM 6 Delancey Street Manhattan, NY 10002 $15, 8:30PM This is going to be a heavy one. With Baroness headlining Bowery Ballroom and Earthless and US Christmas opening, this is going to be a metal bill that's sure to cause tinnitus. Plenty of other good shows going on tonight as well (Devo at The Fillmore, These United States at Mercury Lounge, and so on). The full list is after the jump. Devo @ The Fillmore Ill Ease @ Cake [...]
Darwin Deeez dancing! Bishop Allen, not dancing. I have not been to a concert in Austin since I headed to Baltimore for my higher education. So when I heard Bishop Allen, one of my favorite bands in high school, was playing Mohawk, one of my favorite venues, on Friday night, I went and got a ticket. My friend and [...]
Thursday night welcomes Throw Me The Statue and Bishop Allen to the Mainstage at Black Cat with Darwin Deez opening up the show. If you'd like to go for free, email me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com with "Creaturesque" as the subject. Contest ends Tuesday (11/17) at 9pm ET. Throw Me The Statue on MySpace Throw Me The Statue on The Hype Machine
The atmosphere couldn't have been less ideal. On Tuesday night, after a last minute venue change, Bishop Allen played to a small crowd at the Echoplex. The cavernous room was only about a quarter full. But that didn't stop the Brooklyn quartet from putting on a fine performance.
New York Magazine recently featured 40 bands that "defined" the Brooklyn sound which includes MGMT, Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors as the TOP 3. The entire list is as following: 40 Light Asylum - "Angel Tongue" 39 Oakley Hall - "All the Way Down" 38 Here We Go Magic - "Fangela" 37 Apache Beat - "Tropics" 36 Bishop Allen - "Click, Click, Click, Click" 35 White Rabbits - "Percussion Gun" 34 Japanther - "Challenge" 33 Class Actress - "All The Saints" 32 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - "The Debtor" 31 Ninjasonik - "Art [...]
The Brooklyn-based indie poppers in Bishop Allen stop through Lola's Sixth in Fort Worth tomorrow night as part of a tour in support of its March-released Grrr..., the band's third full-length si... Continue reading "Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets To Tomorrow Night's Bishop Allen Show At Lola's Sixth in Fort Worth" >
I Guess I'm Floating and Hot Brown Mess are bringing to town a fantastic show with the Evangelicals and the Holiday Shores . The Evangelicals are a highly touted band from Norman, Oklahoma (home of The Flaming Lips) and they have been making major waves since their debut album, So Gone in 2006. I had a chance to talk with front-man Josh Jones today and, even after the greater success of their 2008 sophomore album, The Evening [...]
Last year, the Chicago based music venue as Schubas brought the likes of Cursive, Department of Eagles, Bishop Allen, and Bear Hands for its annual five-day winter celebration/music festival, Tomorrow Never Knows . We were there and wrote a lot about it . Anyhow, for its 2010 edition, Schubas, now with their new venue, Lincoln Hall, available to provide some extra space, has taken TNK up a notch. After all, include to take part in this year's festivities, which takes place from January 13-17 at both Schubas and Lincoln Hall, are The Cribs, Voxtrot, Final Fantasy, [...]
Pat Graham Yeah, I know that I probably keep closer track of British bands than some (but certainly not as much as others), but I still get confused as to who's who sometimes. Particularly when it comes to outfits comprised of skinny, shaggy-looking lads wielding guitars and perhaps scowls, and whose names are some combination of the definite article and a random noun, sometimes pluralized. The Rifles ? They're the ones who're trying to channel The Jam (and doing a pretty good job of it). The Rakes ? They're [...]
Friday is another one of those rare (or not so rare) days in Austin that comes around every once and a while that blows the minds of us music types. The day is so jammed full of music goodness that we are dedicating a whole post just to Friday's shows. Which one are you headed to? The Parish : Elvis Perkins & A. A. Bondy @ 8pm for $14 . Mohawk : Bishop Allen and Darwin [...]
Animal Collective - My Girls Clean - In The Dream life You Need A Rubber Soul Wild Beasts - All the Kings Men Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks Faunts - Hurts Me All The Time Field Music – Measure [...]
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Brooklyn pop savants Bishop Allen have been staying busy since the release of their second Dead Oce... Continue reading "Yes In My Backyard: Bishop Allen's Justin Rice on His Band's New Video for "True or False"" >
Donnybrook reviewed films playing the Starz Denver Film Festival this week on a 100 star system. Why? Because our opinion counts 20 times more than most peoples'. Our panel learned many lessons, one of them being: don't let Adam Scott near your girlfriend, especially if Adam Scott happens to be YOUR BROTHER. Words by Angora Holly Polo, Fritz Godard , and Donnybrook's newest Unnamed Intern #2 . Harmony and Me: 79 STARS [...]
Couple of cool live shows in Phoenix tonight: Two Brooklyn, NY bands - Bishop Allen and Darwin Deez - are touring together and show up tonight at Modified Arts. Local electronica outfit Futurekind kicks things off. Love the clean clear pop of Bishop Allen's "The Ancient Commonsense of Things - hear it at their MySpace page. And Darwin's Deez's 'Constellation' is groovy as a childhood lullaby for hipster kids. Read more about Bishop Allen at Brooklyn Vegan , arbiter of all great things musical NYC. - UK [...]
Toronto - If there's ever been a neighborhood that has risen to prominence in the past few years, it's definitely Brooklyn. I guess in actuality, they are a city. Anyways, it's quite impossible to deny that Brooklyn has produced some of the best music in the past few years and I guess finally some media has noticed. Check out NY Mags top 40 songs that define Brooklyn. 40 Light Asylum - "Angel Tongue" 39 Oakley Hall - "All the Way Down" 38 Here We Go Magic - "Fangela" 37 Apache Beat - "Tropics" [...]
This made me chuckle because, yes, I'm old enough to remember plying my horrible white-boy dance moves in front of a black-and-white television set. It's the video for Bishop Allen's "True or False" (directed by Randy Bell, choreographed by Andrea Delmonico), off the Brooklyn indie-pop ensemble's new album "Grrr..." (out on Dead Oceans). I'm pretty sure they'll be playing in living color when their tour hits L.A. tonight. ||| Live: Bishop Allen performs tonight at the Echoplex, with Throw Me the Statue opening. [...]
It's a busy night in Echo Park — local experimental noisemakers 60 Watt Kid celebrate the release of their new album "We Come From the Bright Side" upstairs at the Echo, while Bishop Allen and Throw Me the Statue play downstairs at the Echoplex in a show that was moved from the El Rey Theatre. (Enter through the Echo for both shows.) ... The Dim Mak dance doings at Cinespace should be crazy, with Awesome New Republic [pictured; download here ] appearing along with a Fischerspooner DJ set. ... [...]
Beach House have released their first single, "Norway , " from the forthcoming album, Teen Dream , out 1/26 via Sub Pop. [...]More about Beach House
New Lady Gaga from The Fame Monster out November 24th. Originally this album was going to be a re-release of Fame but Gaga said: “I [...]More about Lady GaGa
Ezra is jumping on the auto-tune? Is this the Discovery influence coming to play? Is auto-tune the new trend in indie rock? These questions [...]More about Vampire Weekend
This was my wallpaper this month. I used some website to make a “mosaic” of classic/simple album covers. (Although MPP and London Calling could be considered [...]More about Animal Collective
Beck had completed the second album from his Records Club collection: "The Songs of Leonard Cohen." This time around the group included Devendra Banhart; Ben, Andrew and [...]More about Beck
Some heavy hitters. Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology (The Juan Maclean remix) Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz [...]More about Beyonce
Best Unofficial Day Show: Aquarium Drunkard's CMJ Showcase Where: Fontana's When: 12pm - 5pm Cost: FREE Lineup: 12:00pm - Blair , 12:45pm - [...]More about The xx
So here comes this freestyle or whatever it is from Kanye. No one seems to know if it is new or some unreleased stuff but [...]More about Kanye West
Without further ado, here’s the Lil Wayne No Ceilings mixtape. I heard this would be a Halloween treat, but I guess someone tricked somebody and got to it.� Also, [...]More about Lil' Wayne
Saw Steve Aoki on Friday just there. I was absolutely hammered and therefore dancing like an absolute gimp on the dance-floor. He played a really good set and did about [...]More about Passion Pit
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