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July 24th, 2008

Pitchfork: Sunday, Part II

Finally, here is my last installment on the Pitchfork Festival. Although it got rather hot toward the late afternoon, the crowd was eager to see the last few bands, and the definitely did not disappoint.
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface, M. Ward, Pitchfork Music Festival, Raekwon, She & HIm, Spiritualized, spoon

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June 13th, 2008

Lots of Tickets on Sale

 

Kanye West has two nights at Madison Square Garden, August 5 & 6. I Think the 5th is sold out, the 6th is on sale now.
Spoon will be at the Prospect Park Bandshell with White Rabbits and Jay Reatard on July 15, those tickets are on sale.
Iggy and the Stooges will be at Terminal 5 […]

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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 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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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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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 9th, 2007

Interview: White Rabbits chat about New York, Spoon and The Pogues

The White Rabbits are rippin it up right now. Their move from Missouri to lavish conditions in New York has proved to be paying off in spades.
Their song, The Plot has almost 64,000 listens on their MySpace page, they’ve got somevery cool gig across the country coming up (including shows with Tokyo Police Club, […]

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