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March 24th, 2008

My Most Favorite Concert

I know it’s only 3 months into the year, but us here at the Music Channel at b5 were talking about our favorite concert this year so far…so here’s mine:
 The Magnetic Fields at Town Hall.
Of course, in a few weeks from now I’ll have seen Caribou, Man Man and Yeasayer, Hot Chip, and Paul Simon […]

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March 3rd, 2008

b5Media’s Other Music Channels Weigh In

In case you are bored with New York (I know, not likely), check put what the other music blogs in b5Media’s roster listed as their top 10 songs they are listening to. See them all in one place here.
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March 3rd, 2008

Top 10 Songs I’m Listening to Right Now

As the headline suggests, here is a list of the top ten songs by New York bands that I’ve been listening to lately:
“Time to Pretend” by MGMT
“2080″ by Yeasayer
“Hands in the Dark” by Chromatics
“Hey! Mr. DJ” by Tiny Masters of Today
“One More Time” by the French Kicks
“California Girls” by the Magnetic Fields
“LES Artistes” by Santogold
“Blind” […]

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December 28th, 2007

Top 30 Albums of 2007

The time has arrived for me to do my Best Albums of 2007 list. I know you have all been waiting with bated breath. Well, here we go:
30. Plague Park, Handsome Furs
29. Liars, Liars
28. Marry Me, St. Vincent
27. Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective
26. Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew Bird
25. Myth Takes, !!!
24. Viuex Farke Toure, Viuex Farke […]

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December 20th, 2007

Best NYC Shows of 2007

Okay, I know I just did a list yesterday…but things are slow here around the holidays and lists are all the rage at the end of the year…So, I present my 2007 Top 15 Best Shows in New York (that I saw…which obviously makes this a very biased list:)
Honorable Mention ( It was hard to […]

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December 19th, 2007

Top 10 Artists/Bands I Wish Were at My Office Party

My office party this year consisted of bad food, limited champagne, and a boring presentation where some people got pins. Imagine if there had been some awesome live music there!! Here are the top ten artists/bands that would have made it AWESOME (but kept it classy–maybe). Maybe next year…
10. Belle & Sebastian
9. Caribou
8. Beirut
7. The […]

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December 7th, 2007

Grammy Nominees Include Amy Winehouse, LCD Soundsystem, and Beastie Boys

The Grammy nominees were announced yesterday and Amy Winehouse cleaned up. She is nominated in seven categories: Best Record, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Producer of the Year (Mark Ronson).
Feist will give her some competition in three categories (Best […]

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November 19th, 2007

100 songs that you love that make you respect yourself a little less

Musical Guilty Pleasures…
A guilty pleasure is a song or a band you would listen to, but sure as hell wouldn’t wear the t-shirt in public….or tell your friends for that matter.
You’ll listen to the song and belt it out when driving on the highway, but never in the city with your window down.
b5media’s […]

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November 19th, 2007

Guilty Pleasure’s: 10 songs to listen to…when you’re alone.

Ah…Guilty Pleasures.
Everyone has those songs that they secretly dig. You wail them when you’re driving on the highway, but quickly skip to the next track when you’re in the city driving with the windows down.
Here are the Guilty Pleasures of the writers at Big Apple Music Scene.
(Yes, we know that some of these artists […]

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November 13th, 2007

Nirvana Unplugged DVD…7 days away

The Nirvana Unplugged DVD will be released in 7 days - nearly 14 years to the day is was originally recorded and filmed.
What a performance.  One of the best of all time.
Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York was filmed on November 18, 1993 at Sony Music Studios.
The DVD will feature Nirvana’s entire unedited performance, five previously […]

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