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Adam Green at Town Hall, NYC, May 10, 2008, with Laura Marling and Tim Fite

Adam Green showed Times Square how to rock and proceeded to rule the roost at the venerable Town Hall tonight. Midway through his 90-minute set, Green says, “People say you can’t play Town Hall…,” and he’s proven them wrong. As seen from the beautiful array of fans in the house, from gaggles of […]

11 May 2008 | More
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The Acorn at Union Hall, Brooklyn, May 3, 2008

The Acorn just played a stint of shows in NYC, including the sweet Slope venue, Union Hall, on Saturday, May 3rd. Perhaps its the band’s woodsy name or the fact that they’re from Ottawa, Canada, (which to some New Yorkers seems less like a major city and more the unknown, majestic North), but the […]

8 May 2008 | 1 comment | More
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Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot: A Tribeca Film Festival Chat with Director/Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch

Adam Yauch dropped by the Apple Store in Soho during the Tribeca Film Festival to shoot the breeze about his latest documentary, Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot. You might think a film centering around the 24 top high school basketball players participating in 2006’s “Elite 24″ tournament in Harlem’s Rucker Park would scare off anyone […]

7 May 2008 | More
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Camden Crawl, London UK, April 18 to 19th, 2008

On a mid-April weekend, London’s Camden Town hosted one of the city’s biggest music events for discovering new music. Red Stripe’s Camden Crawl was in effect for its seventh year, and with way too many bands to check out, fans were destined to be disappointed at not getting to catch every act they wanted […]

30 Apr 2008 | More
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Elbow at Webster Hall, NYC April 26, 2008

Elbow takes the stage with “Starlings”, the bold and heraldic song opener from their new album, complete with dueling trumpets blaring.
Early into the set, singer/guitarist Guy Garvey responds to a fan’s remark, “You never usually hear that…Elbow rocks,” but it’s true, the band indeed knows how to put on an unforgettable show and get an […]

29 Apr 2008 | More
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Langhorne Slim - ‘Langhorne Slim’

Langhorne Slim might hail from Philly, but his soul is tucked away somewhere in middle America, in the nation’s Breadbasket, under the same pedigreed umbrella of our finest acoustic and harmonica-wielding troubadours that need no mention by name. He readily admits that the tunes on the album are “love songs,” but the incandescent collection that […]

29 Apr 2008 | More

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Coldplay Confirm Extensive North American Tour

In case you don’t live in New York and/or London and are unable to attend one of Coldplay’s upcoming free shows during its promotional blitz for Viva La Vida (releasing June 17), find comfort in the fact that Chris Martin and co. have booked an extensive tour (produced by Live Nation) of North America, launching […]

9 May 2008 | More
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Spiritualized Confirms North American Summer Trek

Spiritualized have confirmed the initial run of North American dates in support of its new album, Songs in A&E, due May 27. A gorgeously haunting record that was in fact, written before principle Jason Pierce fell gravely ill with double pneumonia several years ago, (but seems to eerily chronicle his struggle to be well again), […]

9 May 2008 | More
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Beck and Danger Mouse Team Up for Album

In hindsight, this dream pairing blurs the line between obviousness and haven’t-they-already? territory, but this summer, Beck and Danger Mouse will release the result of their collaborative efforts. Last December, the duo finally nailed down studio time together, and after several months of mixing their kindred muses, 10 songs came out of it. Mooted to […]

9 May 2008 | More
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Jakob Dylan Announces Tour Dates for Debut Album

On May 17, former Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan will hit the road for his first tour as a solo artist in support of his debut album, Seeing Things, out June 10 via Columbia Records and Starbucks Entertainment. From there, Dylan will make appearances at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and the Newport Folk Festival among other […]

6 May 2008 | More
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Modest Mouse Plot Summer Tour

Modest Mouse have just announced a summer trek through the U.S. in support of 2007’s Billboard chart-topping We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. The jaunt commences May 23 for a run of support dates with REM until June 21, and then picks back up as a headlining tour two days later in Miami, […]

6 May 2008 | More