tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281483572011-12-31T15:20:48.503-05:00Music in NYC (and beyond...) I created this blog to keep my friends and fam - who mostly don't have time or care enough to troll for information all day long, like me - updated on some fun new bands, and especially tour dates. <p id="blogfeeds"><$BlogFeedsVertical$></p>Poodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08810505863474338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28148357.post-61078985008835555752006-12-18T14:24:00.000-05:002006-12-18T14:26:16.222-05:00

This doesn't really need much introduction, I'd just point out that the Wetten Dass host might be the funniest man with a curly mullet ever to walk the earth.Enjoy!

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Two bad titles in a row!Short post to notify ya'll that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has revealed that their new album will be available January 30th. It's called Some Loud Thunder and will only be available via download from their website.A few songs from the album are currently streaming on their website or myspace. Thus far there's: - Love Song No 7 - an experimental-ish piano ballad.- Underwater

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I just read this title and realized I'll probably get pegged as some weirdo but anyhoo, it's relevant because I just read "The Dive From Clausen's Pier" by Ann Packer and in it is a passage that made me think a bit about music. To set it up for everyone, two characters are in the Museum of Modern Art - one is a young, naive newcomer to New York City, not quite schooled in the ways of the world,

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Came across a new band not too long ago that has quickly become heavy in my November 2006 rotation: Tokyo Police Club. The band is quartet from Ontario, Canada and would fit somewhere on the spectrum between The Strokes and Les Savy Fav, but dancier (if that's a word). The foursome are adept at using chirping guitar riffs, clapping hands and hilariously emo lyrics to create a wildly fun set of

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There was an interesting article this weekend in the NY Times Arts section about how indie bands from countries other than the U.S. are often funded by their governments. The premise is that the government provides cash to these bands to record and tour in the U.S. in an effort to market the country as a destination.The main countries referenced were Denmark (The Figurines), Finland (Bloodpit),

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So it's possible that since I've been so focused on Britpop and the like-punkness of many bands out there the past couple of years that I've missed a pretty big revisiting of mixing, DJing and turntables on the indie scene. Or perhaps it's been there all along and I just never noticed. Regardless thought I'd pass along to you guys a few different DJs and electronic artists that I've been

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I've been soaking up some new music lately, as well as burning the candle at both ends, so today's post is just a quick reminder about what makes a really fantastic live band. Monday night The Rapture came through New York, and I can guarantee you that not a single person in the 1,400 capacity venue Webster Hall without having danced extensively that evening.The Rapture's phenonmenal "dance-punk"

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So you all know how much I love the Scissor Sisters for their musical prowess and fantastic stage moves, but little did I know that they were interactive web geniuses as well.If you go to www.dancesisterdance.com you can insert pictures of you, your friends, or your idols and watch them dance to the Sisters' latest single "I don't feel like dancin". For your viewing pleasure I've created one with

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Britpop. I live it. I love it. We don't really have a shortage of it here in New York, but there's nothing like being just bathed in all the latest and greatest while staying in London. It pours from the radio, comes across in cafes, and is painted on billboards across town.#1 on the scene these days is The Kooks - a foursome from Brighton, none of whom top the ripe old age of 19 but who've

Poodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08810505863474338496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28148357.post-70199051108734486672006-10-24T22:49:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:12:55.205-04:00

Hello friends!Boy, it has been a long time since I've posted and it feels good to quite good to be back here. I've not been neglecting you all though, I promise. I just took a 10 day jaunt across the pond to Europe for a bit of sightseeing, drinking, and general over-indulgence that comes with a real holiday.Luckily though I took time to explore the music scene via locals, music stores and

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In today's NY Times there's an article about private-press albums, the reissuing of old songs from *very* little known artists that are now being sold through the internet and small labels. The Times suggests that the growth of these private-press albums (mostly over the internet) is directly related to the current overwhelming availability of music on the internet - artists are now capable of

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Tomorrow is the launch of The Hold Steady's newest album, Boys and Girls in America. I've posted about these guys before, but the lead up to this album has been hilariously overpromoted that I thought I'd do a quick round up for everyone.Quickly to summarize, The Hold Steady is a Twin Cities band that prides themselves on being local, American, and very accessible. They write songs about actually

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There's been a lot of hype lately about two bands from Las Vegas, one just on the rise (Panic! At the Disco) and the other trying to maintain their fame of a couple of years ago (The Killers). Everything I've read about these bands has mentioned the feuding and controversy between the two, so in the tradition of blogospheric bullying I thought I'd do a celebrity/band death match right here: Panic

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I was originally going to resist posting about the Virgin Festival that I attended this weekend, but due to some other pieces I've read since the Saturday shows I feel like I need to do just a quick roundup of stats and looming questions...1) The Scissor Sisters are the best band ever. Music for Robots agrees (http://music.for-robots.com), even if Pitchfork only gave them a 7.3 for Ta-Dah. Plus

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As the cold weather moves in it seems that we're all starting to slow down a bit. To me, the summer is always a time to run from destination to destination, party to party, living out of suitcases and a mess of tickets. But when the hot weather finally starts to fade and you need to wear a jacket for the first time in a long while your weekends and evenings slow down and suddenly a night cozied

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For the past few months (read: days, hours) I've been searching for the best way to post MP3s at MOR for everyone to sample the music that I write about.I think I'm rather close to the best solution for everyone, but in my research I did come across this little application called g2p which is open to everyone on the web and fantastic.g2p (www.g2p.org) that essentially hacks Google to find all the

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Whoa people, whoa.According to NME.com today:"Beastie Boys to play intimate New York showIt's for a good causeThe Beastie Boys will take to the stage at New York's Hiro Ballroom for a rare intimate performance on October 4. The show is to benefit Gimme Shelter, an organization that is working towards the ending of euthanasia of healthy animals by using adoption programmes and population birth

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After a quite prolonged period of worshipping British punk I'm back around to experimenting with several types of music, the latest of which has been a bit of DJ/hip-hop/electronica mixing. I think probably the most fun of listening to and watching a DJ at work is to know the kind of skill it takes to pick out a series in any one song and combine it seamlessly with another. Not to mention the

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This week blog-overloard Gawker media (I took that "overloard" term right from the mouths of every blogger on the payroll there) launched their new music site Idolator.At first I was jealous (yes, I want that job).Then I was cold (I don't need to read that site for info).But then I was curious, and I read, and guess what? It's pretty effing good. Some of the posts stretch a bit for the snarkiness

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Just a quick post to note that I got the new TV on the Radio Album and the new Rapture album today, and per the endless hype both are totally awesome.And as previously noted, TV on the Radio is here in NY on Oct 17 and 18 and The Rapture appears on Oct 30.Albums available at ituneswww.myspace.com/tvontheradiowww.myspace.com/therapturewww.ohmyrockness.com for show info.and finally - below is a bit

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So, for those of you who read this thing, you probably noticed a post a while back about the French band Phoenix and their cigarette smoking promotional appearance at the Bowery Ballroom.The deal was that the only fans who could attend the show were those hooked up with the Camel smoking club - and the consensus was that was not so sweet.Well, a few weeks ago I heard that Phoenix was making a

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Hello friends - This message is brought to you by Austin-based indie-outfit Sound Team. After hearing about them earlier this summer, I finally saw the 6-member band last Wednesday when they opened up for French Kicks, and I was in for a very pleasant surprise. The lineup for the evening - Oh No! Oh My!, The Subjects and Sound Team all leading up to French Kicks - was a little daunting, how to

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Technorati Profile

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I'm hotly anticipating some new album releases coming up, and I thought I'd share with you guys some of my excitement...1) OH MAH GAW the new Scissor Sisters single is SO GOOD. It's been floating around the internet for a while and I know some folks have already heard it, not to mention they've been testing it on us concert-goers for a while now (I heard it at Coachella and again at the Siren

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So, as you can probably tell from the 39 other postings of MOR, I do not listen to a lot of hip-hop or rap. More than anything this is a reflection of my time constraints - I already spend approx. 10-12 hours a week listening, reading about, and going to see new music from the punk rock/alt rock/indie scenes that I've frequented for years. Trying to break into any sort of knowledge about the

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So, I've noticed as of late an onslaught of bands covering one another's songs and I thought I'd throw up a post about it.First and definitely most noteworthy is that Art Brut and We Are Scientists have covered "The Great Escape" and "Bang Band Rock & Roll" from each other's albums (TGE is a WAS song and BBR&R is Art Brut). This is just excellent for a host of reasons, the first being that WAS

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Hello friends - Some of you might think the title of this blog entry is merely cute but, ha ha!, it has two references. 1) The Shins show I saw Thursday night at McCarren park in Brooklyn, 2) a great article I read in the Times this week about operating room music.First things first: the Shins. Last year I saw The Shins on Coney Island when they were the opening act for the White Stripes. Perhaps

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On heavy rotation this week in my iPod has been the latest album from Brooklyn post-rock-alterna-punk-indie band French Kicks. Although these guys are not new on the circuit by any means (they've been touring since 2000 and released their first full length album "The Trial of the Century" in 2004) they are touring again this fall so I thought it might be a nice time to revisit.The funny thing

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Hi friends!Sorry for the lack of posting this week but I've been busy frequenting shows. In the past 7 days I've managed to fit in three pretty solid acts, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, Dirty Pretty Things at the Bowery and Gnarls Barkley at Central Park Summerstage.Yeah Yeah Yeahs were - as always - excellent. First to note, they played at the recently renovated McCarren

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Hello - apparently all solid bands are coming to New York the 10 days out of the year that I won't be here. And, on a scale of bitter to frantic, I'm just about at teeth grinding stage.But for all you folks - here's a list of just a few of the bands that will be hitting the east coast this fall (not just New York, but Boston, DC, Philly, etc):Scissor Sisters - hitting the Manhattan Ballroom Oct

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At this point in his career, pretty much anyone and their mother know about Pete Doherty and his drug problem. What may or may not be as apparent is that Pete was an accomplished musician before he was a disaster, and his talent was most apparent when he was playing with Carl Barat, the other singer/songwriter from British sensation The Libertines.The Libertines put out two albums, the critically

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Hi friends!!!Boy has it been a long time since I last posted, and I can't tell you how psyched I am to be back on top of things. The last month has been a whirlwind, to say the least, but looks like it's easy going from here on out and back to regular posts.Anyways - wanted to update you all on some good bands that have been swirling around lately. These guys are all much more emo/indie than I

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Okay - so I very rarely get angry when it comes to music, but I am pretty pissed right now.I just found out that Phoenix - the soft rock band outta France that released their second album this summer to widespread acclaim - has added US tour dates.This normally would not be a problem except that the tour is by invite only and if you don't get an invite the only other way to get tickets is through

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Alert! Apparently someone at Central Park Summerstage forgot the basic principles of any sort of marketing/advertising techniques as they just added one of the biggest artists of 2006 - Gnarls Barkley - onto their roster.Gnarls is playing on 8/17 at Central Park and although tickets went on sale a week ago no one seems to have noticed as I just picked up 4. I'm definitely headed uptown to see

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Happy Independence Day! The Rapture is coming out with another album in October!PItchfork got the exclusive interview which reveals that the band - a dance-punk foursome from NYC, as they've been called - has worked with a plethora of producers on this forthcoming album, including Danger Mouse himself. What they've said that is especially encouraging is that the album is much tighter than "Echoes

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yo yo yo - Got three new bands to bring everybody's attention to, and I'm just gonna get right to it. So I'm tentatively thinking I might've hit upon a hidden gem with these guys as there's no mention of them in pitchfork or on spin.com. The deal is this: they are a duo from London that combine influences of scratchy guitar with electro-funk of other Brit poppers like New Order. The first single

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Last Wednesday Radiohead played their final show in NYC to a sold out house in the theater at Madison Square Garden. Although it's already been reported every which way I still wanted to take the time to recount this experience, if only because it's stayed with me for the past 5 days in a way that few shows have. Radiohead released their first album Pablo Honey in 1993. 13+ years later this band

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Okay, so as you all know I recently got a new computer = new ipod = way too much time exploring the outer reaches of the internet and the music it has to offer, including the following:- New music podcasts, specifically Indie Feed and KEXP song of the day.- Celebrity playlists on itunes.PodcastsFirst things first - I'm totally loving Indie Feed and KEXP song of the day. It's free music (you just

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Pardon the large gap between posts - last week consisted of a bday and a bachelorette party which meant less time to put thoughts to paper (or in this case, keyboard). But this week should provide lots of new posts as I've come upon a few new bands and various tour schedules to pass along:First: the Raconteurs are coming to New York again this fall, playing at Roseland on 9/26. I missed them the

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So, my sister just pointed out to me the NYTimes review of Tapes today... I'm glad I beat them to the punch with my 11:59pm post last night, phew!The review is rather cute and glowing though. You can read it here. Tapes is playing again tonight at Bowery, but the show is sold out.In other news, Doves just went back into the studio to record album #4. No release date yet, but I'm hoping sometime

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Life is good for two reasons for me today:1) I got a new computer. It is a macbook. And it is essentially the sweetest product in the history of man. 2) I got a chance to see tapes 'n tapes on Sunday night at the Bowery. The foursome from Minnesota definitely lived up to the hype with an uppity, unpredictable, and excitable set to the crowd of about 500 fans. These guys kind of came out of

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This week came across two bands from totally different ends of the spectrum, but both worth mentioning.On the light side, learned about the Lylas by way of Music For Robots earlier this week. This quartet from Nashville, TN popped on the scene in 2003, and since then has already put out 4 albums. Their most recent lp, "Lessons for Lovers" is picking up traction with the critics and fans outside

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NY'ers -FYI, tomorrow tickets for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sonic Youth (yes, that's right, they're still together and touring) on 8/11 at McCarren Park in Brooklyn go on sale.Besides the fact that their sophomore album, Show Your Bones, is chock full of great tunes (including a remix of "something like a phenomenon") everyone should get a chance to see Karen O in concert at least once. She's the

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Today's little gem of information comes by way of Pitchfork. Logging on to get the day's info I got two pleasant surprises:1) The Black Keys are releasing a new album in September (on Nonesuch - the NPR label).2) They will be the opening act for several East coast Radiohead shows (including the one I'm seeing at MSG. Apparently I'm the last one to know this, but am excited nonetheless.)For those

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Hi friends -so after several days sans a post I am throwing together a mishmash of thoughts on different artists/pieces of information I picked up:1) This weekend, the NY Times featured an article about possibly the coolest archive I have heard of: Michael Ochs, a former music PR/agent, has a collection of thousands of photographs of rock n' roll musicians. Compiled over the past 30 years, he's

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Yo, blogger is sucking today and keeps freezing/not updating my posts, so stay tuned for a more comprehensive one later today.Just on one quick note though, I did want to make a correction that my pops pointed out last night: apparently Volkswagens are from Germany, not Sweeden (see post: Sveeeden). Riiiight... Well, I never said I knew cars!

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I love Sweden for various reasons:1) Swedish meatballs and lingonberry jam2) The Hives - the best live band on the planet3) The Swedish Chef on the muppets4) Volvos and VolkswagensNow I have another reason: The Ark.This quintet that hails from Malmo, Sweden are all about bringing back glam rock. With a touch of ABBA, a dash of Queen, and a helping of Leonard Cohen they completely differentiate

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I finally got around to listening to some of the tracks off the soon-to-be-released album from U.K. rock-pop band The Futureheads.I'm going to go out on a limb to say that The Futureheads might've staved off the sophomore slump. The first single "Skip to the End" off the new album - News and Tributes - starts off like "Garage" and "A to B" off The Futureheads (their self-titled debut album) but

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A quick morning post as I was a slacker yesterday...In reading through my papers this weekend I flipped to Playlist - a weekly column in the arts section of CD reviews - and got a special treat: Carrie Brownstein, lead singer/guitarist for indie rock band Sleater-Kinney, had written this week's column.Sleater-Kinney, a three person all-chick group from Oregon, has been on the scene since the late

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So, in nursing my hangover from the weekend I came across the band Nightmares on Wax. They have that perfect background music that is thick with slow beats, light lyrics, and easy melodies. I kind of envision that in the year 2030 this is what we'll hear in elevators, until then, you'll probably only hear it in the background at some hipper-than-thou lounge with $15 drinks.In Space Outta Sound is

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Dying to get out of the office so just a quick post before I leave.Below are some albums coming up this summer to look out for: Frank Black, Fastman Raiderman, 6/20 - Frontman for the Pixies releases another solo album. After seeing them perform at ACL 2004 I am all for Mr. Black, and look forward to seeing what crazy sh*t he pulls together this time. Thom York, The Eraser, 7/11 - Apparently

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Band of the day today is Stars, an indie group from Canada who recently released their third album, Set Yourself on Fire.These guys are somewhat the epitome of indie rock, and you kind of have to love them for it. On their website they describe the anguish and self-discovery they went through to make this album in the kind of introspective, sometimes ridiculous, othertimes touching prose that you

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I'm somewhat devastated to learn that Bloc Party - one of my very favorite bands (no matter how much people call them played out) - is playing with The Secret Machines in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on July 29.Why is this a tragedy? Well, because I won't be in New York, of course.But anyone who is here should GO! Bloc Party is phenomenal live - I saw them here in the city at Webster Hall and at

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Quick alert for NY'ers - The Film School, a group of 5 from San Francisco, is going to be at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, May 23 (next week).These guys are really local and self-produced, which makes me even more eager to give them praise for their first album. The songs take a page from Sigur Ros, but take it up a notch where Sigur can leave you wanting more. There are definitely influences of The

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Yay! The Kings of Leon are recording a new album and going to tour again this summer and fall.They are starting in Australia this summer and officially in the Austin City Limits lineup (check that out here).The lead singer, Caleb Followill - who weighs less than I do - truly uses his voice as an instrument. (Side note - it reminds me of how Karen O. can go from sweet 'la la las' to screaming

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Probably the travesty of this week is that I missed the Goldfrapp show at Irving Plaza.Allison Goldfrapp, lead singer of the duo hailing from England, is on top of her game with the release of their third album, Supernature. Channeling the fabulousness of Marilyn Monroe, the stage presence of Debbie Harry, and the sultriness of a Film Noir femme fatale, Goldfrapp certainly knows how to hold on to

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Discovered The Oranges Band today from Baltimore, Maryland.They are a group of 4 guys with a lot of guitars - thank you garage rock. Funnily enough they say on their website that their major influences include Tom Petty, The Beatles and Paul Simon, but they come off as much more Strokes-y than any of the above (and really, who isn't influenced by The Beatles?).Their myspace page has clips from

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Okay NY'ers, so here's a quick lineup of some of the bands that will be in the city this month. For more details on any show go to ohmyrockness, as they are all diff venues/ticket distributors.PS - I likely omitted some shows that were sold out, like the Radiohead shows June 13 and 14, which I have tickets to. Suckers! (Ha, just kidding, I wish upon all of you endless tickets to sold out shows

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Pete Doherty (of Babyshambles and formerly The Libertines) is one crazy, cracked out mother f*cker.From NME.com today:Pete Doherty shocked MTV News TV crews during a recent backstage interview when he squirted a syringe of his own blood at a news camera.The Babyshambles singer initially refused to speak to reporters before he joined bandmates Drew McConnell and Adam Ficek midway through the

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Tomorrow is a big day for We Are Scientists here in NYC. I've been loving these guys lately - they remind me a lot of the post-punk-rock-blah-etc over-hyped yet still highly enjoyable bands from last summer i.e. Futureheads (who, btw, have a show coming up soon), Kaiser Chiefs. The difference is that their composition is less frantic, but without losing any of the edge.Anyways - they're doing a

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Great section in the NY Times this past weekend all about the festivals here in NY and beyond for music this summer. Ranged from indie to jazz to classical and pop.A link to the indie section is here.Some highlights: TV on the Radio playing June 30th in Brooklyn, AND it's FREE! (well, almost - $3). Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is apparently playing every venue and at every festival this summer -

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So on Saturday night I went to check out Mogwai at Webster Hall. Mogwai has been around since 1995, but has been seeing some more popularity lately - perhaps due to the resurgence of post-punk rock (thank you - Pixies - for doing a reuniting tour last year). Their music has a ton of lo(oooooo)ng guitar instrumentals - and not a ton of vocals. Interestingly though, their recorded material doesn't

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First things first:If you live in New York, this site is a must: http://www.ohmyrockness.comIt's the best place to scan a calendar of all the shows happening on any one night.Secondly, if you haven't already checked out Gnarls Barkley then there's no better time than now.At Coachella a couple of weeks ago I was loving the "Gnarls Barkley is Crazy" posters that lined the road leading to the

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Yo, apparently the blogger server is sucking today and keeps failing so stay tuned for a big post later. BUT! Wanted to put a quick CORRECTION here now - my loving father pointed out to me last night that Volkswagens are not Sweedish (see post: Sveeden), they are German. Look, I never said I knew cars... ;)

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