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Free Indie Star Brooklyn Shows: Pool Parties at Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Waterfront
Ah, Jelly! You’ve done it again. Though the McCarren Pool is closed, Jelly has gone and found a spiffy, new, breezier seaside locale for their annual summer Pool Parties. And all with a view of the Empire State Building!
This summer’s stellar lineup, to be held on eight consecutive Sundays in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (July 12th – [...]
NYC Apartment Complexes Offer Free Concerts This Summer
STUYVESANT TOWN AND PETER COOPER VILLAGE PRESENT MUSIC ON THE OVAL
These two NYC downtown apartment complexes will bring a Summer Concert Series sponsored by Verizon, and will feature local and international acts starting Wednesday, June 10th. Music on the Oval, a unique outdoor summer concert series, will bring an eclectic billing of rock, funk, reggae, [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009 Adds to Lineup with The Thermals and More
Chicago’s hot and hazy 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival has just added to its eclectic lineup with Final Fantasy, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bowerbirds, and Michael Columbia for Saturday and The Thermals and Killer Whales for the equally stellar Sunday. The festival has always been an avid supporter of Chicago’s own bands, which is why they’ve wisely [...]
Fever Ray to Tour North America This Fall
Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife, featured as our Sentimentalist Magazine cover artist last month) will bring her not-to-be-missed live show to North America this fall. The tour will kick off with not one, but two, shows at NYC’s Webster Hall, a fitting venue for the launch of Andersson’s return to the [...]
Jarvis Cocker Attempts to Answer “What is Music For?” By Playing in a Paris Art Gallery
What is life? What is art? What is music for? The last question was one asked of former Pulp frontman, now solo fellow, Jarvis Cocker, when he guest edited an issue of UK’s The Observer Music Monthly back in October 2006. Apparently, the question is one that’s stuck with him and he’s been attempting to [...]
Larry T to Launch Club Badd May 8th, Album Drops May 5th
Perhaps this is a case of “it’s so bad, it’s good.” Downtown denizen Larry T will be hosting The Official Launch Party for his debut album, Club Badd on May 8th, 2009.
You’ll have a firsthand chance to experience Club Badd in all its good/bad brilliance, with hosts GBH, Ultra Records and the master himself, Larry [...]
Super Furry Animals to Unveil Entire New Album in Live Webcast
Tune in, don’t tune out! Leave it to Cardiff’s most creative band, Super Furry Animals, who will unveil their new album live, and in its entirety, at Noon PST, 3pm EST and 8pm UK time on March 16th. To get a listen, just log on to www.superfurry.com to watch this sure-to-be-phenomenal Super Furry Animals gig [...]
The Morning After Girls Play NYC and Los Angeles, New EP Coming Soon
Don’t miss Australia’s lush, shoegazing Morning After Girls, when they play Mercury Lounge tonight. They’ve recently returned to NYC to debut new songs in an exclusive headlining show Tuesday, 1.27.09 at Mercury Lounge at 9pm. If you’re a West Coaster in the L.A. area, don’t miss them two nights later, when they appear at [...]
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, Secret Project Robot at Monster Island, 10.4.08
In the husk of a new construction across the street the poet writes on an old typewriter, the sound resides, spelling out “p u r p l e pe o p l e,” bouncing across the red brick building’s courtyard. A dog barks, someone yells “not tonight” into a telephone, with a somewhat slurry voice…
Kings of Leon Announce Fall US Tour
Only the heals of a typically sweat-soaked performance at New York’s Webster Hall (so hot that Drew Barrymore was seen kissing one of the guys from Gossip Girl) on Tuesday night, Kings of Leon are set to hit the road…
