Big Apple Music Scene

May 7th, 2008

Siren Lineup Announced

Artwork: Village Voice by Paul Antonson
“The Village Voice Announces Initial Lineup for the 8th Annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival™ at Coney Island Saturday, July 19, 2008
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, THE HELIO SEQUENCE, BEACH HOUSE, TIMES NEW VIKING, JAGUAR LOVE, THE DODOS, ANNUALS, FILM SCHOOL, PARTS & LABOR, DRAGONS OF ZYNTH, […]

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March 10th, 2008

NY Times Reports on Brooklyn Scene

Following in MTV’s footsteps, The New York Times had a piece yesterday about the Brooklyn music scene. Check it out in full here, but here are some highlights:
A nice little recap of why music out of Brooklyn is cool:
“For rock bands this is a great time to be weird and independent in Brooklyn. After years […]

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January 23rd, 2008

What To Do This Weekend

Wondering how to celebrate not being at work? Here are a few ideas:
Fri 1/25
Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think), The Parlor Mob
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d Sold Out
Kid Sister, Cool Kids, A-Trak
Museum of Natural History 21+ $20 Buy Tickets

Neurosis, […]

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October 22nd, 2007

The Times on music discovery and ‘blog buzz’

Great article from the Times today on Indie music, the CMJ music marathon and the power of ‘Blog Buzz’.
The article talks a bit about the line-up including, Spoon, Band of Horses and New York’s own Dragons of Zynth.

For the most part though, the article promotes the accessibility of indie music right now. This was […]

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