High Places
Photo by: Hisham Baroocha
Photo Permission: Paco Barba, Thrill Jockey Records
Serendipitously, a few days after I did my post on the best albums of the year that have come out so far, Pitchfork has done a list on what to look forward to in the rest of 2008, and boy is it all-inclusive. I’m […]
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Happy Independence Day! Since it is halfway through the year I thought I would do a roundup of my favorite releases so far. These are in no particular order…
Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
The ultimate dance party album, the samples Greg Gillis uses this time around are out of control.
Sam Sparro: Black and Gold
New electro-soul master […]
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Apparently Stuyvesant Town has been hosting some free music in the Oval and tonight Brooklyn’s High Places will be there with DJ Pocketknife at 6 pm. On July 9 DJ Basquelo will be there with Slavic Soul Party and on July 16 DJ Duane Harriott will be there with the Easy Star All-Stars.
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Strokes frontman and accomplished solo musician Albert Hammond Jr. will be playing a free show at Virgin Megastore in Union Square on July 8th at 8 p.m. in honor of the release of his new album ¿Como Te Llama? that comes out that very day.
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Beck’s new Danger Mouse-produced album Modern Guilt is being released July 8. Starting tomorrow, if you preorder it through Ticktmaster you’ll also get an instant download of the song “Chemtrails” and a video for “Gamma Ray,” to be delivered along with the rest of the album. More importantly, you will get a code […]
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Mash-up artist extraordinaire Girl Talk will be releasing his latest album Feed the Animals online via a pay-what-you-wish website a la Radiohead’s In Rainbows. According to an interview with Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk, the album should be up “Wednesday or Thursday” and a physical CD and LP release will follow. One new song, “I,” […]
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Scottish sensations The Fratellis will be at the Union Square Virgin Megastore on June 13 at 12:30 to play a free show. Here’s how to get in:
“Purchase The Fratellis’ new CD, Here We Stand starting Tuesday, June 10th at Union Square and receive a wristband to attend this special performance and signing on Friday, June […]
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You’ve probably heard their song “Shut Up and Let Me Go” on the latest iPod commercial, seen their posters plastered around their city, or maybe you saw them at SXSW. Either way, surely you have heard of the Ting Tings, who come to us straight from England where they are already super popular.
Their debut album […]
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Local Brooklynite The Antlers has released a free EP called New York Hospitals in honor of After the Jump Fest on June 21. There’s a Magnetic Fields cover and a Yo La Tengo cover, plus an original. Get it here: New York Hospitals EP (zip file)
Tags: After the Jump Fest, free, free download, Magnetic-Fields, music, […]
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Space/prog/atmospheric rockers Mogwai are going on tour to celebrate the release of their new album The Hawk is Howling, which comes out September 22. They will be at Terminal 5 on September 18–not sure how their music will sound in that venue…tickets go on sale Friday and Fuck Buttons open for them.
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