Big Apple Music Scene

May 27th, 2008

NY Times Photo Spread

The New York Times Magazine did a photo spread last weekend called “Group Dynamics” on five girl groups: Electrelane, Yo Majesty, Amiina, Au Revoir Simone, and Plastiscines. Check it out here–they all look hot.
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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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December 4th, 2007

See Feist Talk with the New York Times

Leslie Feist is blowing up. Her work with Broken Social Scene and her solo albums (including this year’s excellent The Reminder), have all led up to one thing: an iPod commercial featuring her catchy new single “1234.”
She’s gotten so huge that the New York Times has even jumped on the bandwagon. Music critic Jon […]

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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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