September 7, 2008

What's going on Sunday?

the 2008 Howl! Festival, Tompkins Square Park Saturday (CRED)

today in NYC
* HOWL
* DANCE
* The Citizens Band @ Spiegelworld
* Emily Haines (Metric) @ Union Pool
* Tokyo Police Club @ Mercury Lounge
* Arbouretum & Pontiak @ Glasslands Gallery
* Silver Jews & Monotonix @ Bowery Ballroom
* Reggie & The Full Effect @ Highline Ballroom
* Magic Christian & The A-Bones @ Bowery Ballroom
* East Village Radio Festival @ South Street Seaport
* Flying Lotus, So Percussion & Daedelus @ (le) poisson rouge

What else?

the EVR Fest latest set times below....

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Department of Eagles (Grizzly Bear Dan) - MP3s, new album

DOWNLOAD: DoE - Sailing By Night (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Sailing By Night (WHY's Christmas mix) (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Ghost In Summer Clothes (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Winter Coat (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - No No One Does It Like You (new MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - In Ear Park (new MP3)

Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) @ All Points West (more by Bao Nguyen)

Department of Eagles features Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and his friend Fred Nicolaus, plus additional help from two other members of Grizzly Bear, Chris Taylor and Chris Bear.

Their album In Ear Park is out October 7, 2008 on 4AD. Two tracks from that album are up there for download above along with three older tracks and one remix by Why?. Pre-order In Ear ParK to get a free 7". Band pictures, album cover art and tracklists below...

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September 6, 2008

the weekend in Dance w/ Showtrotta

Saturday is/was the end (at least until next summer) of a lot of outdoor dancing in New York. It's also unfortunately a hurricane?! Saturday is/was the final Warm Up party at P.S.1, the final Beach Party at Water Taxi Beach, and the final People Don't Dance No More boat party! :( Info on all 3 and more below:

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What's going on Saturday?

Portraits of Past @ Cake Shop (amore e biciclette)

today in NYC
* Carcass @ Nokia Theater
* Howl! Festival (rain or shine?)
* What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Maxwell's
* Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler @ Comix
* Monster Island Block Party (rain or shine)
* Twi The Humble Feather @ Sound Fix Records
* Silver Jews & Monotonix @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Art Parade was cancelled today.

The East Villlage Radio Festival was moved to Sunday.

David Bruno's boat party was moved to Sunday.

What else?

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September 5, 2008

the Friday night in Dance w/ Showtrotta

DOWNLOAD: Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (zSHARE)
DOWNLOAD: the Cardigans - Love Fool (Nick Catchdubs Bongo Edit) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Klever - Ski Mask Way mix (zSHARE)

the Rapture

Hope you had fun last night. There's a lot more dance headed your way this weekend. Here's what's going on Friday (9/5) alone:

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East Village Radio Music Festival MAY move to Sunday

The debut of the East Village Radio Music Festival may be delayed by one day due to the heavy rains and gusty winds expected for New York City throughout Saturday, as tropical storm Hanna moves up the East Coast.

The festival, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 6, may be moved to Sunday, September 7 from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.

Organizers will evaluate the weather conditions on Saturday morning at 6 a.m. and determine if the festival will go forward on Saturday, or be delayed one day until Sunday.

Complete second stage lineup below...

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What's going on Friday?

Bumbershoot festival-goers (more by Chris Graham)

today in NYC
* FREE STUFF
* DANCE
* Fiasco @ Death By Audio
* TheDeathSet @ The Annex
* Crom & Villains @ Cake Shop
* Mr Gnome @ Knitting Factory
* Steve Earle in Montclair, NJ
* The Fratellis @ Roseland Ballroom
* Fashion Rock @ Radio City Music Hall
* Benefit for Terry Karydes @ Maxwell's
* Bear Hands & Boy Crisis @ Mercury Lounge
* Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler @ Comix
* Titus Andronicus, Chairlift & special guest @ Lit
* What Made Milwaukee Famous Plus Wild Sweet Orange @ Southpaw

ALSO: Musicfest in NJ

NO Cribs @ Irving Plaza.

NEW Jenny Lewis.

What else?

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Crom - 2008 Tour Dates (tonight and stuff)

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Crom - King Osric (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Crom - The Black Ring (M4A) (as seen here)

Crom (via Vice)

Instead of going on and on about Crom, who are playing late tonight at Cake Shop with Villains (doors at 12AM), I figure I will let Crom's guitarist Phil Vera (ex-16 and Despise You) try and persuade you:

VICE: Let's try a fill in the blank, it's easier. For the unassociated: Crom is a ________ band. We sound like ______.
Crom: Crom is a shitty band. We sound like garbage.

....In other words, the average person at a Crom show is...
Fat kids, the associated press, train-jumping crusties, nothing worth fucking, and the spirit of beerwolf.

Dude, come on.
I know this sounds like a joke, but it's totally fucking true.

OK, maybe that didn't work.... but imagine if Girl Talk decided to splice together some of the greatest metal riffs of all time, add in some sludge-grind of his own (thats a fun thought), and interweave the whole thing with Conan The Barbarian samples.... thats kinda what you would get with Crom.

Yes, I just mentioned Crom and Girl Talk in the same sentence.

Crom's sample-heavy metal assault is scheduled for a live WFMU "sesh" before skipping around the east coast and finally to Rockstar Bar in Brooklyn on Sept 13th (the same day as Lightning Bolt & Krallice). All dates below...

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TheDeathSet - Spencer Product CD party tonight, tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Spencer Product - Ruff Club mix (MP3)

He coasts through, with nonchalant hello-nods and Zoolanderish fingerpointing, he knows everyone in attendance. Who is that dark-framed man? Spencer Product: Johnny Appleseed of NY night havens, director of the scene such clubs have subsequently bloomed, and quite the turntable mix-maven. A pioneer of the electroclash movement (remember that?), and former frontman of Black Moustache, Product is now primed for first his solo ...Product. [URB]

TheDeathSet play the release party tonight (sep 5) at The Annex aka Ruff Club aka Spencer Product's weekly NYC party. The flyer and all Death Set dates below...

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The Cribs cancelled their US tour, working with Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr as a Modest Mouse member (more by Ryan Muir)

The Cribs - complete with Johnny Marr as part of their line-up - have revealed that they plan to release a new single this year during an exclusive video interview with NME.COM. The band had already revealed that they will record a full album in early 2009, but made the single revelation while speaking to NME.COM at the Leeds Festival on Friday (August 22).

"We don't know when it's going to happen, but we'll try and do that [release a single before the year ends]," said Marr.

The Cribs were scheduled to kick off a U.S. tour at Irving Plaza in NYC tonight (Sept 5), but it looks like all those shows were cancelled (again).

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