We're very excited to announce our involvement in the second annual Northside Festival , a four-day celebration of all the sweet sights and sounds brewing around the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods. Headed by the always excellent L Magazine , this year's festival promises to build on 2009's success, and as savvy veterans of last year's inaugural installment , we here at EAR FARM also pledge to keep the good times going this year. As such, we're once again taking over Spike Hill , perhaps the most centrally located venue in the whole darn neighborhood, [...]
Generally speaking, the end of Memorial Day weekend signals the unofficial beginning of summer. Lots of us have been free for awhile now, but for those of you who have yet to finish up the semester, leave your day job, and head to the beach, you'll find various news items that will make you long for the dog days and cool nights of the season. There are festival updates as well as album and concert reviews to get you ready. You'll also find lots of other things, some intriguing and others just plain ridiculous. Need I say more? - [...]
Continuing with our plot to take over the world, today we announce our plans to invade the hipster capital of the world, aka Brooklyn, later this month. As you may know, the L Magazine -presented Northside Festival will return for its second edition between June 24th and 27th. Lots of great bands are playing, including Titus Andronicus, Liars, Les Savy Fav, Fucked Up, The Fiery Furnaces, Wavves, and Thao & Mirah among others. To help cap off the festival, we'll be hosting a Sunday afternoon showcase at the outdoor MetroPCS stage (Newtown Barge Park) featuring [...]
26 June, 2010 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Who: Liars , Fucked Up, High Places Where: Newtown Barge Park Show Info: All Ages, 6:00pm, $16 Listen: “Scissor" by Liars
25 June, 2010 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm Who: The Fiery Furnaces Where: Brooklyn Bowl Show Info: 21+, 9:00pm, $10 Listen: “The End Is Near"
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Been a hot lil' minute since MEN came popping into Beastonia, so here we go with a brand new video for their super infectious jam, Credit Card Babie$ . A while back, we loved up on the Stereogamus Bathouse Version of the song, and with some colorful new visuals, we have every reason to give it the one-two spin again today. [...]
1000 Knives and Brooklyn Vegan will be presenting Floor and Unearthly Trance at Europa on June 26th as part of the Northside Festival. Should be a rad show. You can buy tickets now over at TicketWeb.com.
Last year's Northside Festival had its ups and downs, but it was a hell of a lot of fun (check out our coverage from 2009 ). It's good to know that L Magazine plans to bring back the event this year. So far the big piece of news is the date: June 24-27, but there will certainly be more information soon enough! Via L Magazine's Blog : Like last year, everything will be taking place in Williamsburg and Greenpoint because walking long distances is a drag when [...]
[mp3] Xylos: "In the Bedroom" Since Stark first encountered Xylos sometime after the L Magazine feature and before the Northside Showcase -- since then, our interactions have been nothing but pleasant; be it attending their performances, working together during the showcase, or simply corresponding with band member Eric Zeiler. This is a hardworking band who fill an interesting, somewhat dormant musical niche that we've described as "trop-rock" or "tropical rock". In the newest segment of Xylos updates, we are here to tell you about their upcoming, July 28 [...]
Images via Auditory Threshold Finally, Saturday had arrived, and that meant only one thing to me: I would finally be seeing Kurt Vile and hearing the music that has been haunting my existence. I start most of my days with Constant Hitmaker and always end them with God Is Saying This To You... , with some other Kurt Vile songs in between. Today, I listened to "Freeway" for an hour straight. If you ask how this is possible, you should probably give the [...]
Type your summary here Type rest of the post here Images via Auditory Threshold Finally, Saturday had arrived, and that meant only one thing to me: I would finally be seeing Kurt Vile and hearing the music that has been haunting my existence. I start most of my days with Constant Hitmaker and always end them with God Is Saying This To You... , with some other Kurt [...]
via Auditory Threshold Day 2 of the Northside Festival started off with Sunset Rubdown , one of the festival's headlining acts. Sunset Rubdown began as a solo project of Wolf Parade 's Spencer Krug, but it eventually grew into a full band. Sunset Rubdown has been touring North America in support of their latest album, Dragonslayer , and they made a stop at Studio B. Unfortunately, their set was plagued with many technical difficulties. Spencer faced the challenge of malfunctioning mics the entire night. [...]
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. Rose Martelli has our second report on the festivities... O'Death: June 13th: Music Hall of Williamsburg Even without the "O" at the start of their band moniker - or the very fact that said moniker was borrowed from a song on the [...]
The Dodos at Studio B, 06.14.09 We wrapped up our Williamsburgerific weekend at The L Magazine 's Northside Festival with a performance by The Dodos at Studio B . We've never seen the light of day when at Studio B before, so naturally it was a bit odd having your eyes adjust to a pitch black club at 2pm on one of the sunniest days in what seems like forever. Venturing indoors on that rare beautiful day was well worth it for our first live encounter with San [...]
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 [...]
On the heels of Part One of our Northside Festival recap, Leo Maymind of Spanish Prisoners checks in with EF for Part Two: The first of what is reportedly going to be an annual event in Williamsburg took place this weekend at over 25 different music venues, from as large as the Music Hall of Williamsburg to the intimate Pete’s Candy Store. Dubbed the Northside Festival , the four-day celebration of art, music, and community was put on by the ever-growing L Magazine [...]
via Auditory Threshold This past weekend, L Magazine cured NYC's SXSW envy with the first Northside Festival , a music and art-filled four days in North Brooklyn. Known for being musician and artist friendly, Williamsburg and Greenpoint were the obvious choice locales for a Brooklyn-based music festival. With a dense population of music stages and art galleries, North Brooklyn is dream come true for a music lover, and I thank L Magazine for taking full advantage of the local culture for the festival. [...]
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