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All is takes a good song and music video to get me blogging...

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:39:44 -0400

All is takes a good song and music video to get me blogging again… thanks, Lightyear.

"If a new band turns millions of heads by farting on a drum head, industry folks will flock to them..."

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:45:16 -0400

“If a new band turns millions of heads by farting on a drum head, industry folks will flock to them and find a slick way to talk about the cultural genius behind such a breakthrough sound.”

- Hank Leber (via Lefsetz Letter)

Photo

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:43:17 -0400

Osheaga's awesome 2012 lineup

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:59:41 -0400

Osheaga's awesome 2012 lineup

YES, PLEASE: NYC shows in April

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:54:36 -0400

Washed Out in the pretty colors.

APRIL
1 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Bowery Ballroom
2 - Ben Howard, Willy Mason @ Bowery Ballroom
3 - Perfume Genius, Parenthetical Girls @ Mercury Lounge
3 & 4 - The Magnetic Fields @ Beacon Theatre
3 & 4 - Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Bowery Ballroom
4 - Rachael Yamagata, Madi Diaz @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4 - The Naked and Famous, Vacationer @ Terminal 5
5 - Of Monsters and Men @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
5 & 6 - Walk Off The Earth @ Mercury Lounge
6 - The Rapture @ Bowery Ballroom
6 to 9 - Bruce Springsteen @ Madison Square Garden
7 - Dragonette, The Knocks, Xylos @ Bowery Ballroom
7 - The Rapture, Ava Luna @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8 - Nada Surf, Milagres @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9 - Emily Wells, Dan The Automator @ Bowery Ballroom
9 & 10 - The Horrors @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10 - The Jezebels @ Bowery Ballroom
11 - Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
11 - Alabama Shakes @ Bowery Ballroom
12 - Yellow Ostrich @ Mercury Lounge
12 - Crocodiles @ Mercury Lounge
12 - Alabama Shakes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
13 - White Denim @ Bowery Ballroom
13 - Savoir Adore, Field Mouse @ Mercury Lounge
13 - DOM @ Glasslands Gallery
13 & 14 - Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran @ Terminal 5
14 - Reptar, Body Language, NewVillager @ Bowery Ballroom
14 - Neutral Uke Hotel @ The Rock Shop
14 - Dinosaur Feathers @ Glasslands Gallery
15 - Chris Pureka @ The Rock Shop
18 - Plants and Animals @ Mercury Lounge
18 - Free Energy @ The Rock Shop
20 - Portugal. The Man @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
21 - The Lumineers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
21 - Robbers On High Street @ Mercury Lounge
22 & 23 - Refused @ Terminal 5
23 - Washed Out @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
23 - The Big Pink @ Bowery Ballroom
24 - Allo Darlin @ Mercury Lounge
24 - Gauntlet Hair, Field Mouse @ Glasslands Gallery
24, 25, & 26 - Miike Snow, Penguin Prison @ Terminal 5
25 - Good Old War @ Bowery Ballroom
26 - Guards @ Mercury Lounge
27 - The Boxer Rebellion @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
27, 28 & 29 - Death Cab For Cutie @ Beacon Theatre
28 - Hanni El Khatib, Sundelles @ Mercury Lounge
29 & 30 - The Shins @ Terminal 5

Rich Aucoin - “It”

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:31:48 -0400

Rich Aucoin - “It”

Hultsfredsfestival Lineup 2012

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:56:58 -0400

Hultsfredsfestival Lineup 2012

Dum Dum Girls - “Bedroom Eyes”

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:16:58 -0500

Dum Dum Girls - “Bedroom Eyes”

YES, PLEASE: NYC shows in March

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:54:13 -0500

Gotye, being his mysteriously cool self.

MARCH
1 - School of Seven Bells @ Mercury Lounge
2 - Matthew Dear (full band) @ Bowery Ballroom
2 - Beach Fossils @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
2 - Xylos @ Mercury Lounge
3 - Tennis @ Bowery Ballroom
4 - Korallraven @ Bowery Ballroom
5 - Tennis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
6 - Fanfarlo @ Webster Hall
5 - Bombay Bicycle Club @ Bowery Ballroom
7 - Har Mar Superstar @ Glasslands Gallery
12 - The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys @ Madison Square Garden
13 - Yelawolf @ Webster Hall
13 & 14 - New Build @ Mercury Lounge
14 - Jonah’s onelinedrawing @ Mercury Lounge
18 - Eisley @ Bowery Ballroom
19 & 20 - Gomez @ Brooklyn Bowl
21 - Oberhofer @ Bowery Ballroom
22 - Mr. Dream @ Mercury Lounge
22 - The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys @ Madison Square Garden
22 - Housse De Racket, Avan Lava @ Bowery Ballroom
23 - Grimes @ Mercury Lounge
23 - Bowerbirds @ Bowery Ballroom
23 - Fiona Apple @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
24 - Grimes @ Glasslands Gallery
25 - Miniature Tigers, Geographer @ Bowery Ballroom
26 - Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom
27 - Gotye, Kimbra @ Webster Hall
27 - Cloud Nothings @ Mercury Lounge
27 - Youth Lagoon @ Bowery Ballroom
27 - Band of Skulls, We Are Augustines @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
28 - The Temper Trap @ Bowery Ballroom
28 - First Aid Kit @ Webster Hall
28 - Youth Lagoon, Porcelain Raft @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
29 & 30 - The Temper Trap @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
30 - Jenny Owen Youngs, Aunt Martha @ Mercury Lounge
30 & 31 - of Montreal @ Webster Hall
31 - Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr @ Brooklyn Bowl

Gotye has done it again. Following up on the awesome video for...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:00:42 -0500

Gotye has done it again. Following up on the awesome video for his single, “Somebody I Used To Know” (featuring Kimbra), he’s just released another stellar music video for the song “Easy Way Out” from the recently released Making Mirrors album. Can’t wait for the next video…

Avan Lava - “It’s Never Over” Avan...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:17:34 -0500

Avan Lava - “It’s Never Over”

Avan Lava’s dance-worthy tunes and bold yet playful personality is sure to turn heads in 2012. If you get a chance to see them live, DO IT. You won’t regret it.

SnowMont 2012 Music Festival Lineup

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:25:00 -0500

SnowMont 2012 Music Festival Lineup :

Kaskade + Snoop Dogg + The Flaming Lips
Slightly Stoopid + Big Boi + Chromeo + Diplo + Lotus
Porter Robinson + DJ Shadow + Easy Star All Stars
and more…

Cults - “You Know What I Mean” My fave song from...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:11 -0500

Cults - “You Know What I Mean”

My fave song from Cults.

MOSCOT Music presents Saturday Sessionswith special guest HA HA...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:28:54 -0500

MOSCOT Music presents Saturday Sessions
with special guest HA HA TONKA
February 11th at 3PM
Free show, open to the public
@ The MOSCOT Gallery and Music Space, 118 Orchard Street, NYC, NY 10002 (NE corner of Orchard & Delancey Streets)

+ 20% off MOSCOT brand eyewear day of show for attendees

Sasquatch Festival 2012 Lineup

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:47 -0500

Sasquatch Festival 2012 Lineup:

Yet another amazing lineup from Sasquatch…

YES, PLEASE: NYC shows in February

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:00 -0500

Avan Lava… one of the best live bands in NYC right now.

FEBRUARY

6 - Mirah @ Glasslands Gallery
7 - Savoir Adore, St. Luciz @ Pianos
7 - Dum Dum Girls @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
8 - Sea of Bees @ Mercury Lounge
9 - Veronica Falls @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9 - Snowmine, Via Audio, Sea of Bees @ Pianos
10 - Mon Khmer @ Glasslands Gallery
11 - Ha Ha Tonka @ The MOSCOT Gallery and Music Space, 118 Orchard St (free show, 3PM)
11 - Avan Lava @ Glasslands Gallery
11 - The Kills @ Terminal 5
11 - Screaming Females @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
11 - Black Taxi @ Mercury Lounge
14 - St. Lucia @ Pianos
15 - Neon Hymns @ Mercury Lounge
15 - Milagres @ Mercury Lounge
16 - Snowmine @ Pianos
16 - Pearl and The Beard @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
17 - Tall Tall Trees @ Mercury Lounge
17 - Sleigh Bells @ Terminal 5
17 - Saul Williams @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
18 - William Fitzsimmons @ Bowery Ballroom
22 - Team Genius @ Glasslands Gallery
23 - Quiet Loudly @ The Cake Shop
24 - Javelin @ Glasslands Gallery
24 - Islands @ Le Poisson Rouge
24 - Ava Luna @ Mercury Lounge
24 - Sharon Van Etten @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
25 - Avan Lava @ Mercury Lounge
25 - Blood Orange @ Glasslands Gallery
25 - Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater @ Bowery Ballroom
26 - Sharon Van Etten, Glass Ghost @ Bowery Ballroom
26 - YACHT @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
27 - Dear Lions @ Mercury Lounge
27 - Sean Bones @ The Rock Shop
28 - Company of Thieves @ Bowery Ballroom
28 - School of Seven Bells @ Mercury Lounge
29 - Craig Finn @ Mercury Lounge

Wild Flag - “Romance” I wish I was this badass...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:20:47 -0500

Wild Flag - “Romance”

I wish I was this badass outside of my work life.

"…no one could have predicted that the internet would take on a mob mentality that unleashed a..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:40:05 -0500

“…no one could have predicted that the internet would take on a mob mentality that unleashed a fury akin to an old-fashioned Salem witch hunt… If you’re going to have an opinion about Lana Del Rey, it’s probably best to have at least heard the album because after all, it’s all about the music…isn’t it?”

- HMV Canada store editorial

Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames) they...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:37:07 -0500

Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)

they don’t hear me try
they don’t hear my cry
so what am I gonna do?

"once you ’ ve written a song , you have a baby and you have to make sure it becomes 15 years..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:02:28 -0500

“once you ’ ve written a song , you have a baby and you have to make sure it becomes 15 years old . so, you must make sure it has the right education , the right food , the right doctor , and all the other right stuff . you let it flourish without forcing — don’t give it a conveyor - belt treatment but the treatment it deserves .”

- - Björk