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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Recommended Wednesday Show: The Walkmen, Ted Leo, Freelance, Whales, Here We Go Magic, The Blow, The Wrens, Jimmy Fallon, Michael Showalter, Eugene Mirman and more for Haiti at The Bell House
You should definitely give some money to Haiti at some point soon, and why not go see a concert with 16 amazing acts while you do it? For fifty dollars that go entirely to charity, you get to see performances at the amazing Bell House from: The Walkmen, Cold War Kids, Ted Leo, The Wrens, [...]
Recommended Tuesday Show: Beach House and Jana Hunter at The Bell House
This show is incredibly sold out, only 100 tickets went on sale in the first place, but I’m recommending it anyways because there are a few people selling tickets on Craigslist. And yes, it will be worth it to meet someone wherever they demand you haul yourself to at whatever very specific time they require [...]
MP3 Roundup: Let's Wrestle, Laura Veirs, Shark?, and Yeasayer
The song that I REALLY want to post in this mp3 roundup is the first track off of Titus Andronicus’ upcoming record, “A More Perfect Union.” A friend just sent it to me and it’s absolutely, full body shivers, wonderfully good. Especially if you grew up in New Jersey. However, I’m not going to post [...]
Photos: Free Energy, Eastern Midwestern, pow wow! at Pianos
Pianos is an interesting space. Sometimes its loud acoustics, small room, and not-quite Brooklyn crowd conspire to stifle the spirit of even the brightest young bands. Sometimes, with the right crowd, a band can overcome all of these factors and put on an amazing, intimate show. It’s strange how easily the mood of the space [...]
Photos (for Impose): Reading Rainbow, Family Trees, Xray Eyeballs, Total Slacker and Easter Vomit at Death By Audio
The good people at Impose Magazine posted my photos from Wednesday night’s reading Reading Rainbow show at Death By Audio. Head on over and check them out. I was pretty disappointed in Philly’s Reading Rainbow. From what I’d heard of them, I’d assumed they’d be this totally rocking twosome, kicking out jams and taking names. [...]
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Tagged Easter Vomit, Family Trees, Reading Rainbow, Total Slacker, Xray Eyeballs
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Recommended Thursday Show (plus two great new MP3s): Free Energy and pow wow! at Pianos
This is how I imagine the conversation that started Free Energy went: ”Dude.” ”Dude.” ”Let’s start a band.” ”Dude, awesome idea.” ”Let’s just play the happiest music possible.” ”Dude. Definitely.” ”Party on, dude.” Okay, so nobody actually says dude that much, but these five bros from Philly really do play some of the happiest, uplifting [...]
Recommended Wednesday Show: Reading Rainbow, Family Trees, Total Slacker, and X-Ray Eyeballs at Death By Audio
Wednesday at Death By Audio will be a total underground scuzzfest. If you listen to all four of the band’s MySpaces, you’ll notice a few things in common. Not particularly tight, poorly produced, and youthfully incorrect songs. If you want a night of some of the coolest up-and-coming bands in Brooklyn (and Philadelphia) so you [...]
Posted in Show Of The Day
Tagged Family Trees, Reading Rainbow, Total Slacker, Xray Eyeballs
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NYRM Literary Society: Woolf and Beach House
I just finished Mrs. Dalloway on an airplane ride to Indiana (this trip was why I was sadly absent from blogging over the weekend). I decided to read it simply because I never had before, and I knew it was supposed to be very good. I wasn’t nearly as blown away by it as I [...]
Recommended Saturday Show (and sweet new MP3s): Beach Fossils, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, Cloud Nothings, and Nude Beach at Monster Island Basement
(Photo of Cloud Nothings by Leia Jospe for Brooklyn Vegan) I know I recommended a Beach Fossils show yesterday, as well. They’re good, but it’s who’s playing with them tonight that’s exciting. Alex Bleeker is Real Estate’s bass player, and his own project sounds like some lost late-6os acid-blues-rock record. Definitely cool stuff. Nude Beach [...]
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Tagged Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Beach Fossils, Cloud Nothings, Nude Beach
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Recommended Friday Show: Real Estate, The Beets, The Tony Castles, Beach Fossils, Total Slacker at St. James Church
Of course as soon as I have to go out of town, the shows for the week get exciting. The line-up for this show reads like a who’s-who of the up-to-the-minute-super-cool-bands-of-Brooklyn. Plus, it’s in a church, which should be a wonderful juxtaposition of God, rock and roll, and good acoustics. Plus, the line-up really is [...]
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Tagged (The) Tony Castles, Beach Fossils, Real Estate, The Beets, Total Slacker
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