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MUSIC NEWS - Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, Cee Lo Green , paid a visit to the Duracell Mobile Smart Power Lab to assist with the final pedal for energy collection, and not one " F*ck You " was uttered. The energy that's been collected for the last month will light the 2011 numerals during the New Year's Eve Ball drop ceremony in Times Square, NYC. The Smart Power Lab opened November 30, and since then thousands of consumers and a number of celeb pedalers have ridden Power Rovers to generate energy that will be used to help power the [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Good news from the Foxwoods Theatre in NYC and Spider Man as the Julie Taymor directed Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (music by U2 's Bono and The Edge) resumed performances without a hitch. Broadway's costliest show had to cancel two performances on Wednesday following the recent fall by stunt actor, Christopher Tierney . Director and co-writer, Julie Taymor, credited the show's injured actor with inspiring the show's cast to rise above recent troubles. "We all got together before the show tonight and talked about [...]

We got to know the sweet guys from New Orleans' Rotary Downs over the summer, when they stopped by LimeWire HQ for a chat and a very lovely acoustic session. Well time flies, and the good news is, Rotary Downs are back in NYC this weekend, finishing off an early winter East Coast tour this Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. (And if you're in the Pittsburgh/Philly area, you can catch them tonight and tomorrow!) Check out the dates below, as well as some footage of our interview and live session: [...]

I don't know how I missed this, but electro-punk grrrl Peaches debuted a one-woman version of Jesus Christ Superstar in Berlin this past March, and now, (just in time for the holidays?), it is coming to the States. The Canadian-born artist has been obsessed with the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical since she was a kid. "When I was sixteen I often sang the whole musical to myself all alone in my room," she reveals on her website. This version of the show is truly stripped down, with Peaches singing [...]

Portland, OR folk-rockers The Decemberists have been in talks with Michael Mayer, the director of the Green Day musical American Idiot , to write a musical of their own. "I grew up doing theater, so in theory, I would love to write a musical," frontman Colin Meloy told Billboard . "I don't know if I have the stuff — I always end up just writing little pop songs that stand a better chance on a record than on stage." He may not have actual experience with [...]

Collaboration isn't easy. Even when you're old pals, it takes guts, communication, compromise, and sometimes a bottle of whiskey to get the job done. So it's impressive that no less than 25 New York musicians are throwing themselves into the hands of fate next month, when five brand-new bands will be formed from members of Les Savy Fav , White Rabbits, Liturgy, Yeasayer , Suckers, Dinowalrus, Your Youth, Bear In Heaven, King Missile III, Sherlock's Daughter, Miles Benjamin, Oberhofer , ARMS, Golden Triangle, Death Set and more. The randomly assembled groups will have 12 hours [...]

As we approach the 30th anniversary of his death, the album that John Lennon signed for his murderer, Mark David Chapman, has gone up for auction for a staggering $850,000. On December 8, 1980, Chapman showed up at The Dakota and had Lennon sign his copy of the Double Fantasy LP as Lennon was leaving, just a few hours before he returned to The Dakota to play out what remains one of the most heart-breaking incidents in rock 'n' roll history. The record was found by a maintenance man at the apartment building's entrance, who handed [...]

Prepare to get your dance on! To celebrate their latest release, Remixes , The Phenomenal Handclap Band are hitting their hometown of New York City! The band will be hosting a late-night dance party titled "Late at Night with The Phenomenal Handclap Band & Eric Duncan" at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 4th (doors at 11:30, show at Midnight until 4am)! TPHB will take the stage for a late set around 1:30 AM. The show is $5 at the door or FREE with [...]

• The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 12, The Journey To Serra Da Estrela (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)

NYC commuters got treated to a surprise performance yesterday from country star Keith Urban, who set up shop smack in the middle of the Amtrak terminal at Penn Station. The Aussie is apparently on a tour that's taking him from train station to train station, promoting his new album Get Closer . With a tricked out sound system and fancy drum machine, it certainly wasn't your usual New York busking experience. Check out some video via gothamist below: image via Keith Urban

Kristin Hersh is not someone you'd want to mess with. We're not saying she's some badass bitch - we're just saying that she's just so damn smart, talented, and cool that she could probably out-wit and out-charm just about anyone. She's been through the major-label system, survived the alt-rock boom of the '90s while fronting Throwing Muses, and has emerged as what many consider to be a true artist - someone making art on their own terms to satisfy their need to create and share. We were lucky enough to spend an afternoon with her last year while [...]

For a band whose debut album hasn't even released yet, the young Canadian quartet Braids are weaving some serious magic in the indie world. The Calgary natives traded university for intense band practice sessions, eventually moving cross-country to Montreal, where they self-recorded and produced their first album, Native Speaker , out this January on Kanine Records. The first single off the LP is a gorgeously crafted epic of a song, full of cascading, Deastro-like guitar lines and dreamy atmospherics, and featuring the dynamic vocals of frontwoman Raphaelle Standell-Preston. At almost seven minutes, it's a brave track for [...]

• Braids - Lemonade

Check out this sick collaboration between two NYC up-and-comers — thrash pop outfit Hooray For Earth and the synth-loving, '80s-inspired Twin Shadow . These two young innovators got together at RAD studios in Brooklyn back in May, and their combined efforts have been stirring up some serious buzz, especially the track below. With its retro-electro beats, cascading synth lines, and soaring choruses, "A Place We Like" will put you in a place you like, metaphysically speaking. Hooray For Earth vs. Twin Shadow - "A Place We Like" [...]

• Hooray For Earth vs Twin Shadow - A Place We Like

If only they hadn't decided to turn McCarren Pool back into an actual pool — then none of this would've happened. But no, the powers that be had to have the brilliant idea to return the massive, perfect-for-a-music-venue swimming pool to its former glory, forcing thousands of concert-goers out of the deep end and over to the Williamsburg waterfront for JellyNYC's summer lineup. Apparently the alternative locale hasn't been working out so well, as the Open Space Alliance (OSA) claims that JellyNYC hasn't been holding up their financial end of the deal, so they said last night in a press [...]

The people behind Ponderosa Stomp have become famous for igniting a passion in the public by bringing the history of American music to life at their annual blowout events, and this year is no different in that respect. However, this time around, they'll be focusing on that fount of musical marvels, the Motor City. On July 31st at Lincoln Center's Hearst Plaza Stage and Damrosch Park Bandshell, New York City will get an industrial-size dose of what's made Detroit a musical hub for so long. Hint: it's a hell of a lot more than Motown. With [...]

Back in the '80s, when Steve Earle first burst onto the scene as a bad-ass Outlaw Country maverick, and TV was dominated by the likes of Silver Spoons and Falcon Crest , it would have been difficult to imagine him garnering a regular role on a weekly series, much less writing and singing a song on the show. And as for getting an Emmy nomination, well, that would have seemed like the stuff of science fiction. But this is a different time, and Earle's role as a scuffling New Orleans street musician in HBO's post-Katrina [...]

And so it begins... a few days of music in every conceivable venue, official and unofficial, in the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn, presented by The L Magazine . After scoring swagbags filled with the yummy (yerba mate drinks and bottled tea!) and the strange (SATC2 candles?), we headed over to the Music Hall of Williamsburg to catch the power couple of the evening, Thao Nguyen and Mirah . These United States have been on the road with Thao and Mirah for about two weeks, and as they [...]

Our local public radio station WNYC has been cooking up quite a showdown between the five boroughs over the last couple months, but for the best of reasons — exposing undiscovered artists to the ears of New York City. A crazy variety of bands, instrumentalists, singers, DJs, and spoken-word artists have already competed for the chance to represent their borough, and now it's down to the final five, who're gearing up to throw down tonight ! LimeWire Music Blog decided to check in with each borough finalist as they ready themselves [...]

Our local public radio station WNYC has been cooking up quite a showdown between the five boroughs over the last couple months, but for the best of reasons — exposing undiscovered artists to the ears of New York City. A crazy variety of bands, instrumentalists, singers, DJs, and spoken-word artists have already competed for the chance to represent their borough, and now it's down to the final five, who're gearing up to throw down tonight ! LimeWire Music Blog decided to check in with each borough finalist as they ready themselves [...]

Our local public radio station WNYC has been cooking up quite a showdown between the five boroughs over the last couple months, but for the best of reasons — exposing undiscovered artists to the ears of New York City. A crazy variety of bands, instrumentalists, singers, DJs, and spoken word artists have already competed for the chance to represent their borough, and now it's down to the final five, who're gearing up to throw down this Friday night . LimeWire Music Blog decided to check in with each borough finalist as [...]

Our local public radio station WNYC has been cooking up quite a showdown between the five boroughs over the last couple months, but for the best of reasons — exposing undiscovered artists to the ears of New York City. A crazy variety of bands, instrumentalists, singers, DJs, and spoken word artists have already competed for the chance to represent their borough, and now it's down to the final five, who're gearing up to throw down this Friday night . LimeWire Music Blog decided to check in with each borough finalist as [...]