
Brooklyn's Gold Streets specialize in thick, ethereal, lush, dreamy soundscapes that you can dance and singalong to... this is why we love them. Here at EAR FARM, we specialize in bringing awesome free music to your ears... this is why you love us. Consider this, then: Gold Streets is playing a very special CD release show on Sunday at Mercury Lounge and we are giving away TWO TICKETS to this very show!! All you have to do to enter for a chance to win these tickets is email us at mail -at- earfarm -dot- [...]
Welcome to the new, not-really-improved BabyStew This Week In Chicago listing. What's new about it, you ask? Absolutely nothing, except that it now covers the week from Monday through Sunday rather than Sunday through Saturday. It always seemed weird to me not to be listing Sunday shows until the morning of – when not many people are reading blogs – for the sole purpose of sticking with the conventional definition of "week" ( i.e. , Sun-Sat). But convention be damned. So here's what's going on in Chicago this "week". [...]
Monotonix @ Sasquatch Fest in May ( more by Chris Graham ) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Kiss @ Nassau Coliseum * Kayo Dot, Extra Life @ Drom * Monk at 92 @ WFC Winter Garden * Ludlow Lions, Indra @ Union Pool * Rosanne Cash @ St. Ann's Warehouse * Clutch, Lionize, Wino @ Irving Plaza * [...]

Recommended Show: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009 PEELANDER-Z & MATH THE BAND @ MAXWELL'S 1039 Washington St Hoboken, NJ 07030 $10, 9PM I normally wouldn't recommend a show outside of the five boroughs, and this will be a trek for any city-dwellers. However, with both Peelander-Z and Math the Band on the bill tonight's show at Maxwell's is sure to be an insane experience. Mancino @ Union Hall Clutch @ The Fillmore TV Ghost @ Silent Barn Ludlow Lions @ Union Pool Indian Jewelry @ Cake Shop Children @ Knitting Factory Two Man [...]

photos by Dan Gonyea , words by Black Bubblegum Nakatomi Plaza are no more. As previously discussed the two day wave goodbye called Buddy Fest took place back on 9/11 & 9/12, and featured appearances from Avec , Cities for Small Towns , Lemuria , in addition to a pair of sets from Nakatomi. Oscar from Nakatomi 's NEW band, Ludlow Lions [...]

00:00:02 Bad Lieutenant "Sink Or Swim" (Triple Echo Records) 00:03:51 The Rifles "The Great Escape" (679/Nettwerk) 00:07:08 These United States "I Want You To Keep Everything" (United Interests) 00:11:08 Scotland Yard Gospel Choir "Tear Down The Opera House (feat. Ezra Furman)" (Bloodshot) 00:12:54 Islands "Vapours" (Anti-) 00:15:31 Hugh Cornwell "Please Don't Put Me On A Slow Boat To Trowbridge" (Invisible Hands) [...]
tonight in NYC * DANCE * Chuck Berry @ BB King's * The Angry Samoans @ Southpaw * The Feelies @ Bearsville Theater * Holy Ghost! (DJ) @ Santos Party House * Miss Kittin, The Hacker @ Irving Plaza * Kings of Leon, Glasvegas @ Izod Center * Telefon Tel Aviv, The Race @ Mercury Lounge * All Tomorrow's Parties @ Kutshers Country Club [...]

Nakatomi Plaza final tour, "Ghosts" Nakatomi Plaza will make one last road trip in support of their new and final self-released album " Ghosts ". The record will officially be out on September 29th, but the band will have copies on tour. Stream it in full here . [Download MP3s] "Bomb Shelter" / "The Finish Line" SEP 01 - Washington, DC @ TBA w/ Trophy Wife, Avec SEP 02 [...]
Hey guys...it's Friday yet again. This week has yet another ton of stuff to listen to and watch. I'm going to keep it short because I'm in the middle of a water pistol battle that involves shaving cream, doughnuts, cupcakes, and department heads. If you work in an office, you might be able to appreciate that! Coming next week we here at POP! Stereo have two contests in the works. You can win yourself a copy of the amazing new book about Merge Records Our Noise as well as a Merge XX [...]

by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Nakatomi Plaza - "Bomb Shelter" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nakatomi Plaza - "The Finish Line" (MP3) Nakatomi Plaza opening for Frodus at Death By Audio ( more by Ryan Muir ) Nakatomi Plaza is waving goodbye, this time for REALS. The band's pay-what-you-want new and final LP, Ghost , is [...]

After ten years, four full-lengths, EPs, singles and comp tracks, countless DIY tours, and basement shows, Nakatomi Plaza will come to a close. Ghosts , the final self-released full-length from Nakatomi Plaza, will see an official September 29, 2009 release date. The Brooklyn, NY trio will also have copies of the record on its upcoming farewell trek, named "The Coda Tour." audio: The Finish Line Bomb [...]
Nakatomi Plaza farewell tour, new record Nakatomi Plaza has decided to call it a day. Their final self-released full-length " Ghosts ", recorded by Ali Hassan (The Bouncing Souls, The Loved Ones), will see a September 29th release date. However, the Brooklyn, NY trio will also have copies of the record on its upcoming farewell trek, named " The Coda Tour ." For a limited time only - today until August 30th - the band will offer "Ghosts" to everyone as a free / pay-what-you-like [...]

If you're in New York and want to check out something new, the city's first Music Video Film Festival kicks off tonight in Brooklyn at Public Assembly . In honor of music videos submitted by their directors, there will be performances by finalists Lowry, Ivan and the Terribles, H. Wood and Ludlow Lions, as well as a separate battle of the bands. We're personally interested to see-based on names alone-how Dinosaur Feathers fares against Hank & Cupcakes. Winners of both best music video and best band-battler will be announced at the venue. Keep an eye on Lowry, [...]

Silver Sound Presents NYC's 1st Music Video Film Festival + Band Battle Wednesday August 12th, 09 8pm sharp! Public Assembly Front room - MVFF Back room - Band Battle 70 N6 St, Williamsburg Brooklyn First Brooklyn stop on the L train BAND BATTLE: The 10 Finalists performing live for a chance to win their very own music video worth over $10,000 are: Belikos Dinosaur Feathers Hank & Cupcakes Holler Wild Rose! No Lindsay Sami Akbari The Basements The Courtesy Tier The Dead River Company and The Glorious Veins (for pics and bios head to [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The BAcksliders : free and legal Thank You album [mp3] other BAcksliders posts at Largehearted Boy Beat Circus : "The February Train" [mp3] from Boy from Black Mountain (out September 29th) Beat Circus : "Boy from Black Mountain" [mp3] from Boy from Black Mountain (out September 29th) other [...]

The thing was that through everything that happened I kept writing and it was the first time in my life that I relinquished everything else. For good or ill I come from the school that believes that writing is neither a choice nor a career, but a solemn and ridiculous vocation. Whenever someone has given me something to read I have always done it as soon as possible and given my honest appraisal. This got me into some trouble in Hollywood but that's a story for another day. I was riding east on Houston when for [...]

photos by Ryan Muir Holly Miranda @ Zebulon Holly Miranda , known most for her part in the Jealous Girlfriends , has at least four NYC shows coming up. Tonight (2/13) you can catch her at Southpaw, part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival, with Motel Motel , The Canon Logic , and Ro Agents . [...]