Big Apple Music Scene

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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November 3rd, 2007

Venue Review: Bowery Ballroom

Located at 6 Delancey Street in the southern borough of Manhattan is The Bowery Ballroom. The structure was built just before the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and stood vacant until the end of WWII, when it became a high-end retail store.
It wasn’t until 1997 that it was converted into a music venue. […]

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October 30th, 2007

Ryan Adams: New York…on the beach

This is a great video of a great Ryan Adams song.
Enjoy.

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October 26th, 2007

Introducing….The Cloud Room

As a big fan of Bowie, Stone Roses, Joy Division…and basically that whole scene, I’m really diggin’ The Cloud Room as of late. You may have first heard of them a few years ago when they released their self titled album, but they’re making some noise again with big tours and some great new […]

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October 22nd, 2007

Terminal 5 presents The Shins

Having just opened their doors at the beginning of the month, the latest venue offering by Bowery Presents is Terminal 5. Located at 610 West 56th Street, Terminal 5 is the “Largest Midtown Venue To Open In More Than a Decade” holding in the area of 3,000 people.

Terminal 5 has a pretty solid line […]

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October 16th, 2007

Regina Spektor and Spoon highlight solid week of gigs!

Last night, Bad Religion kicked off a solid 7 days of gigs in the city. Here’s some other shows of note…
Tomorrow night…Regina Spektor rockin at the Manhattan Center and the Bouncing Souls at Webster Hall.

Billy Bragg at Webster on Wednesday.
Mute Math at Irving Plaza on Thursday. This should be a great gig - […]

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October 15th, 2007

Band of Horses, Mute Math and Spoon rockin’ Late Night.

Not the strongest week on late night TV….
Monday…Letterman kicks off the week tonight with 50 Cent doing 50 Cent stuff…
Wednesday…LeAnn Rimes belts out some country like stuff.
Thursday is our ray of hope.  South Carolina’s back woods easy listening rock band Band of Horses rounds up Letterman’s music week.  This will be a cool performance from […]

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October 8th, 2007

Late Night Week: Queen’s of the Stone Age and Fionn Regan

A decent late night week this week. Here’s what’s in the line-up…
Letterman will have Kid Rock on Monday…hopefully he dedicates the song to his ex-wife Pamela Anderson who just got married again to yet another, “are you kidding me?”
Tuesday will feature J-Lo…note to self, make plans for Tuesday.
Queen’s of the Stone Age will follow […]

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October 1st, 2007

Ben Harper kicks off strong Late Night week

On the tube…

It’s great week for music on Late Night TV this week.  Letterman kicks it off with Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals tonight (Monday).
Tuesday Dave follows up with John Fogerty - must accompany with a can of beer.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - Faith Hill, Rihanna and Iron & Wine.
I can imagine Conan’s music guy […]

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August 24th, 2007

Liars Opening for Interpol

Thanks to Pat at Pop Tarts Suck Toasted for the comment on the Interpol gig at MSG regarding the opening acts. As he mentioned, Liars and Cat Power will be taking the stage before Interpol to set the tone for the night.
Liars are a pretty cool group of three who are from random areas, […]

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