December 2, 2008
Amanda Palmer - New Years Eve in NYC & other tour dates
Amanda Palmer @ Webster Hall (more by Dese'Rae L. Stage)
Mr. Brownstone is playing a 2 AM show at Mercury Lounge on New Years Eve. Amanda Palmer is playing a 2 AM show at Bowery Ballroom the same night. Patti Smith is playing Bowery Ballroom earlier that evening.
Stay tuned for Amanda ticket info. All dates below...
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Medusa (Racebannon) - album out now, streaming, free MP3s
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Medusa - "Transform" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Medusa - "En Raga Sul" (MP3)
Meet Medusa from Bloomington, Indiana. They may not be quite as frightening as the mythical snake-haired devil-woman responsible for turning men into stone, but damn they (tunes) be ugly!
Medusa combines the noise rock asthetic that could only come from 3/4 of Racebannon (or possibly Jesus Lizard), along with an angry pre-Big Business-era Melvins thunder. Medusa's debut record En Raga Sul is out today on Hawthorne Street Records and streaming in it's entirety at punknews. The band also hooked us up with a little gratis action in the form of the very Stoner Witch-y title track, and "Transform", both of which are available for download above.
Racebannon dropped Acid or Blood earlier this year and toured with Light Yourself on Fire. The Jesus Lizard is getting back together.
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Gang Gang Dance & Marnie Stern @ Santos, NYC - pics
photos by Tim Griffin
Gang Gang
Marnie
Pitchfork: So, the kissing booth. Are you tired of talking about it?Gang Gang Dance and Marnie Stern played a late show at Santos Party House in NYC on Saturday night (11/29). I don't think there was a kissing booth unfortunately. It was the last night of their tour together - the tour that also had them at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn one night earlier. Z's played with them in Brooklyn. 18th Dye played first at Santos...then Marnie, then Gang Gang Dance, and then Marnie and a member of 18th Dye returned to the stage for the final encore.Marnie Stern: Yeah, well, I just have no idea! We got the ticket, we're broke, barely scraping by. So we thought-- well the tour manager, Malia [James], said, "Let's do a kissing booth with Gang Gang [Dance, with whom Stern is touring]." And so everyone decided we should do a kissing booth. And then, so we [laughs] made up the sign, we first-- which was in Seattle-- and nobody was doing it, so the Gang Gang guys paid [laughs] for the first couple nights.
Pitchfork: That's sweet.
Marnie Stern: Isn't that sweet? And then... I don't know. Then we sort of stopped doing it, but um, I don't know, it's fun.
Marnie Stern's next NYC show is this Monday at Knitting Factory. More Santos pictures below...
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The Knux, Charles Hamilton & Chester French @ MHOW (Puma party), Brooklyn, NY - pics
photos by Leia Jospe
Chester French, The Knux and Charles Hamilton performed at the not extremely well attended Puma event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn last night (Dec 1, 2008). The Knux play NYC again tonight, Tuesday December 2nd, on the Highline Ballroom bill with Q-Tip and The Cool Kids. More pictures from last night below...
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The Pretenders - 2009 Tour Dates & new(ish) video
The Pretenders @ Highline Ballroom (more by Dese'Rae L. Stage)
The Pretenders announced a tour through North American starting January 29 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY with the final show taking place on March 14 in Reno, Nevada. The tour is the band's first extensive headlining tour since 2003.Their last NYC show was at Highline Ballroom around the time of the release of the new album. Their next is January 30th at the bigger Roseland Ballroom. Tickets should be on sale soon. All dates and the video for their new single, below...The Pretenders touring line up of Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Eric Heywood, and Nick Wilkinson is touring in support of the band's ninth album, Break Up The Concrete, which was released through Shangri-La Music in October of 2008. The album, which Rolling Stone lauded as, "The best Pretenders album in years," was recorded in 12 days in Los Angeles and offers an especially gritty and immediate and recalls the band's earlier days. The album has spawned the single "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" which reached #1 on the AAA radio chart.
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Tokyo Police Club - 2009 Tour Dates (w/ Born Ruffians)
TPC @ MSG (more by Chris La Putt)
Having just completed an extensive North American tour supporting Weezer and currently staring down a Dec. 12-23 tour of their native Canada, the four young men of Tokyo Police Club continue to laugh in the face of road fatigue: The band has announced one more run of U.S. dates beginning February 24, 2009 in Providence RI.The NYC show is February 25th at Webster Hall (the venue they were supposed to play before they cancelled to go on tour with Weezer). Born Ruffians are opening. Stay tuned for ticket info. All dates and openers below...In other news, Tokyo Police Club will make its return to the small screen next week, following up a recent DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES cameo with a Dec. 10 late night (or early Dec. 11 for those who feel the need to be technical) performance on the LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON.
Following the completion of the dates below, Tokyo Police Club plans to begin work on the follow up to its acclaimed debut full length Elephant Shell, which was released April 22 of this year on Saddle Creek.
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Tim & Eric's Awesome Show! Great Job! Tour 2009 - dates -------------------------------------------- + an MGMT video & whatnot
Tim & Eric @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
Tim and Eric are going on tour again in 2009. The NYC show is at Nokia Theatre on January 30th. Tickets go on sale Saturday.
In other Tim & Eric news, they will have a track on Causes 2, a new CD coming out to benefit causes related to Darfur, AND, as you may have heard, Eric Wareheim (Eric) has been directing music videos. He directed that Ben Folds/Regina Spektor video, and the new MGMT one. Season 4 of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (the TV show) premieres on Adult Swim on February 8, 2009. The MGMT video and all tour dates below...
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Causes 2 - a new CD comp for Darfur w/ LCD Soundystem, My Morning Jacket, Decemberists, Sharon Jones & many more
LCD Soundsystem, RJD2, Devendra Banhart, Mum, The Decemberists, Neon Neon, Devlin & Darko, My Morning Jacket, VHS or Beta, Diplo, Gnarls Barkley, Tim & Eric, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are among the artists contributing tracks to Causes 2, an album to benefit Darfur (out March 2009).
Causes 1 is out now and has tracks by Animal Collective, Bloc Party, Death Cab, Spoon, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Cornelius and many others.
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and the Decemberists are also among the artists who contributed to Dark Was the Night, a new comp to benefit the Red Hot Organization which will be released in February.
Sharon Jones just announced some tour dates. My Morning Jacket will be at MSG on New Years Eve.
A video trailer for Causes 2, below...
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What's going on Tuesday?
Sebastien Grainger @ Mercury Lounge, CMJ (more by Gabi Porter)
today in NYC
* DANCE
* Dr. Dog @ Webster Hall
* Peasant @ Public Asembly
* Silver Apples @ The Kitchen
* Diego Garcia @ the Living Room
* Nellie McKay @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Rosie Thomas @ the Living Room
* Q-Tip & The Cool Kids @ Highline Ballroom
* El Guincho & Lemonade @ (le) poisson rouge
* Stellastarr*, The Picture, & Princeton @ Pianos
* Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains @ Union Hall
* Felice Brothers, Bruce Hornsby, Dar Williams & James Hunter @ the Concert Hall
Alex Gomez RIP. If you don't know himn, you might remember him from Southpaw and other Brooklyn bars where he worked.
Diego Garcia of Elefant has a Tuesdays-in-December residency at the Living Room starting tonight. Stellastarr* kick off their five-night run at Pianos.
Upcoming shows at the Apollo Theater include Chrisette Michele on December 5th and Tony Bennett on the 16th.
Rosie Thomas also plays a holidy show at The Bell House tomorrow.
The Blip Festival is at The Bell House this weekend.
Cursive are playing some shows in January.
King Khan & BBQ play the WIRED store Wednesay.
Happy Birthday Britney Spears! Her new album is out today, and she's going on tour in 2009. NYC-area shows are at Nassau Coliseum on March 11th, and Prudential Center on the 13th. Both shows are with Pussycat Dolls.
Britney shares a birthday with Treach of Naughty By Nature.
The band Ringo Deathstarr performed at Cake Shop in September. Check out two videos from that show below...
What else?
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new Neko Case album - Middle Cyclone - out in March
Neko Case @ ACL 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
AC Newman's new solo album is out in January on Matador. Fellow Pornographer Neko Case's album "Middle Cyclone" will be released on March 3rd on Anti. Lots of special guests, etc. - all details abelow...
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