Sunday night was the New York Magazine’s Campfire by the Canal, the canal being the Gowanus. Members of the Upright Citizens Brigade told embarrassing summer stories, there was a campfire, marshmallows, and most importantly free beer and vodka drinks. Oh, and the adorable and talented Jose Gonzalez was there on the last stop of his […]
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Three giants of the nineties played two nights at Terminal 5 on Thursday and Friday: Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., and Built to Spill. I was at the show on Friday and much to my disappointment I missed the Meat Puppets who went on at 7:30 p.m. I did see all of Dinosaur Jr.’s set, who […]
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Don’t sleep in too much this weekend, there are lots of tickets to buy!
Andrew Bird / Eugene Mirman / The Fiery Furnaces / Kumail Nanjiani / Alina Simone / Heather Lawless / Guster / Lizz Winstead / Martin Bisi / John Roberts / Adira Amram / Special Secret Musical Guests for Obama fundraiser on October […]
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The following shows are on sale now:
Eagles of Death Metal on November 16 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Eagles of Death Metal on November 17 @ Bowery Ballroom
Gang Gang Dance on November 28 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jay Reatard, Longwave, White Lies CMJ Show on October 24 @ Bowery Ballroom
Calder String Quartet with Andrew W.K. on […]
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Franz Ferdinand is releasing a new album soon and will be celebrating at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 8 before they head to Europe. Tickets are on sale now. Thanks Brooklynvegan.
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Tonight (Friday) is the final Rooftop Films event of the year. All season they have been collaborating with Sound Fix to have awesome musical guests and tonight is no different. The excellent Chairlift will be the musical guest, plus there is an open bar at Fontana’s after the films. See below for details.
Venue: on the […]
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Lots of shows went on sale this week, including:
The Ting Tings on November 1 @ Webster Hall
Ghostland Observatory on December 12 @ Terminal 5
Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos, Audrye Sessions, Cory Chisel, Shugo Tokumaru, Love as Laughter, Wild Sweet Orange, The Wandering Sons CMJ Show on October 22 @ Bowery Ballroom
Ben Sollee on […]
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Hot Chip @ Terminal 5 earlier this year.
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Since these shows were announced a looooong time ago I thought I’d remind you that Hot Chip is returning to NYC the first weekend in October. They’ll be at Terminal 5 October 3 and 4. Tickets are still on sale for both. If you can’t […]
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Last night Japanese indie popster Shugo Tokumaru made his NYC debut at the Mercury Lounge. The place was packed and the anticipation was palpable. Shugo didn’t talk much, but the music was splendid. With a back band made up of Jon Natchez (Beirut), Bryan Devendorf (The National), Perrin Cloutier (Beirut), and Lawson White (So […]
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Japanese indie pop musician Shugo Tokumaru makes his U.S. debut tonight (finally!) at Mercury Lounge. He is celebrating the release of his latest album, which is the first to be released in the U.S. It’s called Exit and it is marvelous. Full of joyful hooks and bouncy melodies it puts a smile on my face […]
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