Miike Snow- Billie Holiday
Friday, March 19, 2010
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Check Out My Friend's Event For Haiti
The Kids Helping Kids / Performing Artists 4 Haiti charity event organized to benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake will take place at the Bowery Poetry Club on Sunday, Jan, 31st, 1-6pm. $5 minimum suggested donation 100% goes directly to orphanages in Haiti.
1:30 - 4:00 PM KIDS HELPING KIDS
Family / Kids Programming: Hayes Greenfield & Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, Niall 'Leary Dancers, Louise Rogers Band & children's chorus
4:00 – 6 PM PERFORMING ARTISTS FOR HAITI (see below)
The New York Neo-Futurists Theater ensemble
The award wining independent theater ensemble have performed hundreds of plays for downtown audiences, like Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind --visceral and experimental, embracing chance, change, and chaos! www.nynf.org
Music: For the Artists 4 Haiti portion of this event, NYC-based vintage reggae band The Hard Times will play their own short set, accompanied by some of NYC's most prominent world music percussionists including Salieu Suso and Papa Suso on kora, and Frank Marino. Following that, the band will serve as the house band for the rest of the event, backing notable New York poets and spoken word artists.
Poetry Producers Round
Hosts and producers of some of the most popular NYC poetry series bring their poetic energy and voices to the stage for what will surely be an electric experience with the spoken word.
Poets include: Bob Holman, Nick Power (NYC College Slam), Evie Ivy (Green Pavilion), Angelo Verga (Cornelia Street Café), George Wallace (The Beat Series) Lee Kostrinsky (Smalls Jazz Club), Mike Graves and Susan Scutti (New Phoenix), Kyle Spencer
Featured New Phoenix poets: Michael Graves received a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation for 2004 and is the author of Adam and Cain (Black Buzzard 2006). Sally-Ann Hard's work has been published in places like The Gwendolyn Brooks Journal of Black Thought & Literature; Turning Wheel, and Salamander. Joe Fritsch's work explores
the etymological sense of poet as "maker."
OPEN MIC
Producer poets tag team hosting, bring your poetry! Hit the stage!
Support the children of Haiti!
For more information on the benefit:
Contact: Christine Timm bowerykids@yahoo.com
Or Bob Timm / The Hard Times
hardtimesreggae@gmail.com
Links:
http://bowerypoetry.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hardtimesreggae
1:30 - 4:00 PM KIDS HELPING KIDS
Family / Kids Programming: Hayes Greenfield & Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, Niall 'Leary Dancers, Louise Rogers Band & children's chorus
4:00 – 6 PM PERFORMING ARTISTS FOR HAITI (see below)
The New York Neo-Futurists Theater ensemble
The award wining independent theater ensemble have performed hundreds of plays for downtown audiences, like Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind --visceral and experimental, embracing chance, change, and chaos! www.nynf.org
Music: For the Artists 4 Haiti portion of this event, NYC-based vintage reggae band The Hard Times will play their own short set, accompanied by some of NYC's most prominent world music percussionists including Salieu Suso and Papa Suso on kora, and Frank Marino. Following that, the band will serve as the house band for the rest of the event, backing notable New York poets and spoken word artists.
Poetry Producers Round
Hosts and producers of some of the most popular NYC poetry series bring their poetic energy and voices to the stage for what will surely be an electric experience with the spoken word.
Poets include: Bob Holman, Nick Power (NYC College Slam), Evie Ivy (Green Pavilion), Angelo Verga (Cornelia Street Café), George Wallace (The Beat Series) Lee Kostrinsky (Smalls Jazz Club), Mike Graves and Susan Scutti (New Phoenix), Kyle Spencer
Featured New Phoenix poets: Michael Graves received a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation for 2004 and is the author of Adam and Cain (Black Buzzard 2006). Sally-Ann Hard's work has been published in places like The Gwendolyn Brooks Journal of Black Thought & Literature; Turning Wheel, and Salamander. Joe Fritsch's work explores
the etymological sense of poet as "maker."
OPEN MIC
Producer poets tag team hosting, bring your poetry! Hit the stage!
Support the children of Haiti!
For more information on the benefit:
Contact: Christine Timm bowerykids@yahoo.com
Or Bob Timm / The Hard Times
hardtimesreggae@gmail.com
Links:
http://bowerypoetry.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hardtimesreggae
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Good Music Videos
Metallica- All Nightmare Long
The first time I saw this was in my cabin on the Rock Boat. I couldn't look away. I am also going to see them in about two hours.
Metallica - All Nightmare Long
Metallica | MySpace Video
The first time I saw this was in my cabin on the Rock Boat. I couldn't look away. I am also going to see them in about two hours.
Metallica - All Nightmare Long
Metallica | MySpace Video
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
New EP from Cold War Kids
Indie rock darlings, Cold War Kids are releasing a new 4 song EP entitled Behave Yourself. The EP will be available on 1/19/2010. The earliest exciting news of the year.
Tracklisting:
1. "Audience"
2. "Santa Ana Winds"
3. "Coffee Spoon"
4. "Sermons"
Tracklisting:
1. "Audience"
2. "Santa Ana Winds"
3. "Coffee Spoon"
4. "Sermons"
Thursday, October 22, 2009
CMJ Music Marathon (Shows This Past Week)
Megaphonic Thrift
The Suffolk Back Room
http://www.myspace.com/megaphonicthrift
Norwegian alt rock in a Sonic Youth meets My Bloody Valentine meets Smashing Pumpkins- Gish era sound.
Japanther
The Suffolk Back Room
http://www.myspace.com/japanther
Loud and distorted bass and drums. They seemed to pick up where Death from Above 1979 left off... and thats a good thing.
Midnight Juggernauts
Bowery Ballroom
http://www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts
Was looking forward to this show all night only to have them get cut off by the 1am curfew at Bowery Ballrooom... lame.
Fools Gold
Bowery Poetry Club
http://www.myspace.com/foolsgold
LA based band creates a wonderful combination of folk leaning indie rock and some latin/world sounds.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
CMJ Music Marathon
CMJ is this week in New York City. I love it/I hate it. Its fun to go to shows, its fun to see some friends from out of town but its exhausting.
Check out the show schedule here. http://cmj09.sched.org/type/showcase#
I am speaking as a mentor on Thursday the 22nd, so come down to the panels on Thursday at 3 if you are interested in learning about online marketing.
Shows This Past Week
Datarock
Highline Ballroom
http://www.myspace.com/datarock
This was a really fun show as you would likely assume. A wonderful blend of cheesiness and dancing... and neither one of 
them stopped from the time it began until it ended. If you aren't aware their sounds a dance rock/electronic that takes a plenty of leads from the 80s including a shout out to Revenge of the Nerds in the song "Computer Camp Love." Solid references for a group of Scandinavian guys. The show included all dancing all the time including having members of the band doing the worm on stage, dancing among the crowd. It was lively and fun but I think it was mostly due to the small room. I don't know how it would have translated in a large room. The sounds aren't big enough as in a Justice or MSTRKRFT way. It was a lot of fun, if they are in a small venue in your town you may want to give'em a shot.
them stopped from the time it began until it ended. If you aren't aware their sounds a dance rock/electronic that takes a plenty of leads from the 80s including a shout out to Revenge of the Nerds in the song "Computer Camp Love." Solid references for a group of Scandinavian guys. The show included all dancing all the time including having members of the band doing the worm on stage, dancing among the crowd. It was lively and fun but I think it was mostly due to the small room. I don't know how it would have translated in a large room. The sounds aren't big enough as in a Justice or MSTRKRFT way. It was a lot of fun, if they are in a small venue in your town you may want to give'em a shot.Non Music Related High Point
A show that has fun with itself is always fun. Its a treat when the bands (and fans!) don't take themselves too seriously... especially in New York.
The Lovely Feathers
Bowery Ballroom
http://www.myspace.com/thelovelyfeathers
I have seen this band a few times (including the opening for Metric the first time I saw them). When I walked into the Bowery Ballroom, my friends I was meeting were all sitting around one of the downstairs bar room tables with the band. They are here 
promoting a new record called Fantasy of the Lot. These Montreal indie rockers have changed lineups a few times since I saw them the first time, but their front man remains the most important piece as well as the showman of the bunch. They band borrows guitar riffs from the Clash at times and has a keyboardist that is not afraid to ad some highly feminine vocals. He is good at it though. I didn't stick around for the bands after them but these guys were great. I would also say don't miss them when they come to your town.
promoting a new record called Fantasy of the Lot. These Montreal indie rockers have changed lineups a few times since I saw them the first time, but their front man remains the most important piece as well as the showman of the bunch. They band borrows guitar riffs from the Clash at times and has a keyboardist that is not afraid to ad some highly feminine vocals. He is good at it though. I didn't stick around for the bands after them but these guys were great. I would also say don't miss them when they come to your town.Non Music Related High Point
As I mentioned before, my friends were sitting at a table with the band before the show. They asked them what songs they wanted to hear and were saying "yes" or "no" to each request. Then when they played the song that everyone agreed on, he actually said "this is for my boys from Hoboken." I see hundreds of bands year, not once have I gotten a request to their friend in the East Village.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Check'em Out
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Good Music Video (fan made)
Fan video from Psychostick's fans... and you wonder why they call their street team The Dumb.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Good Read From Lefsetz
If you actually read this you likely get these letters anyway, but I thought I would share it nonetheless.
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It could be in a polo field, like Coachella.
Or in one city, a three day event, like Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Or even a month long event in a metropolis that wanted to drive tourist business.
The rage in concerts these days is the performance of complete albums. Bruce Springsteen is even going to do "Born To Run" in Nashville. Why don't we have a festival where every act performs a complete album?
It could only be classic acts, the ones who most embody the album concept. Or, it could be everyone from old to new, inspiring young acts to record full opuses, and the audience to listen to them.
The live business is hurting. The old acts have burned out their audiences, delivering the same music at high prices. Thus, the album performance concept. A way to get people to pay one more time. And they do. And will. They want to relive that great record, the one they played every day in high school, or college.
So maybe it's in Vegas, especially if it's old acts. Because oldsters don't want to camp. Headliners are stars like Paul McCartney, doing "Band On The Run", or the aforementioned Boss doing "The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle". To add a dimension of hipness, get Lou Reed to do "Loaded". Yes, it's great to have the original band, but in many cases they're not alive, or speaking to each other, so if you get the key player/singer, that will suffice.
Roger Waters toured "Dark Side Of The Moon". He can do that, or "The Wall".
All those acts past sixty, who are playing to ever-dwindling crowds... Loggins & Messina can do "Sittin' In", their exquisite debut. The Youngbloods can even do "Elephant Mountain".
And Roxy Music can do "Avalon". And Pearl Jam can do "Ten". And Air can do "Moon Safari". And, as a closer, an unannounced jam, everybody can hit the stage and do "Sgt. Pepper".
Of course Phish gets a slot, if we're skewing younger or broader, they've covered everything from "Quadrophenia" to the White Album. And Dave Grohl can merge the Foo Fighters and Krist Novoselic, to do "Nevermind", or "In Utero".
Imagine the press. Imagine the excitement. This is truly a one time only event. Sure, maybe these acts will ultimately tour these albums, but you won't be able to see them all at one time.
Furthermore, there will be Internet voting, where fans will demand their favorite albums. The promoter will start with the top, trying to get a group to perform (or even reform!) the album!
Sure, tickets will be expensive. Which is why maybe it's a festival at multiple venues, each with its own entrance fee, over a series of nights in one city. Each gig being self-sustaining. But why not utilize the modern festival concept? One sum buys you everything. And, like modern festivals, you can't see everything. Do you catch the number one album on the main stage, or 10cc doing their debut in the tent?
Next year, completely different albums. So, if you miss this one...
The acts are ready, the audience is eager. We're in a lull, waiting for the next big thing. Let's celebrate our past, what we all love, before the moment evaporates.
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It could be in a polo field, like Coachella.
Or in one city, a three day event, like Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Or even a month long event in a metropolis that wanted to drive tourist business.
The rage in concerts these days is the performance of complete albums. Bruce Springsteen is even going to do "Born To Run" in Nashville. Why don't we have a festival where every act performs a complete album?
It could only be classic acts, the ones who most embody the album concept. Or, it could be everyone from old to new, inspiring young acts to record full opuses, and the audience to listen to them.
The live business is hurting. The old acts have burned out their audiences, delivering the same music at high prices. Thus, the album performance concept. A way to get people to pay one more time. And they do. And will. They want to relive that great record, the one they played every day in high school, or college.
So maybe it's in Vegas, especially if it's old acts. Because oldsters don't want to camp. Headliners are stars like Paul McCartney, doing "Band On The Run", or the aforementioned Boss doing "The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle". To add a dimension of hipness, get Lou Reed to do "Loaded". Yes, it's great to have the original band, but in many cases they're not alive, or speaking to each other, so if you get the key player/singer, that will suffice.
Roger Waters toured "Dark Side Of The Moon". He can do that, or "The Wall".
All those acts past sixty, who are playing to ever-dwindling crowds... Loggins & Messina can do "Sittin' In", their exquisite debut. The Youngbloods can even do "Elephant Mountain".
And Roxy Music can do "Avalon". And Pearl Jam can do "Ten". And Air can do "Moon Safari". And, as a closer, an unannounced jam, everybody can hit the stage and do "Sgt. Pepper".
Of course Phish gets a slot, if we're skewing younger or broader, they've covered everything from "Quadrophenia" to the White Album. And Dave Grohl can merge the Foo Fighters and Krist Novoselic, to do "Nevermind", or "In Utero".
Imagine the press. Imagine the excitement. This is truly a one time only event. Sure, maybe these acts will ultimately tour these albums, but you won't be able to see them all at one time.
Furthermore, there will be Internet voting, where fans will demand their favorite albums. The promoter will start with the top, trying to get a group to perform (or even reform!) the album!
Sure, tickets will be expensive. Which is why maybe it's a festival at multiple venues, each with its own entrance fee, over a series of nights in one city. Each gig being self-sustaining. But why not utilize the modern festival concept? One sum buys you everything. And, like modern festivals, you can't see everything. Do you catch the number one album on the main stage, or 10cc doing their debut in the tent?
Next year, completely different albums. So, if you miss this one...
The acts are ready, the audience is eager. We're in a lull, waiting for the next big thing. Let's celebrate our past, what we all love, before the moment evaporates.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins to Star in Vampire Flick (The Tripwire)
From The Tripwire.
This seems a little more appealing to me than Twilight ever has.
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I’m trying to remember another pop culture trend as weirdly “everywhere” as the new collective fascination with vampires has become. It’s Monday, I’m failing. There are Vampire Diaries billboards all over Manhattan right about now, True Blood seems to be killing it and with the news that Bon Iver and Thom Yorke will be lending their voices to the upcoming Twilight sequel’s soundtrack not quite in the rearview mirror, it’s becoming more and more clear that these bigger than the tween-0-sphere. On the heels of that Iver/Yorke/indie rock mindbomb comes news that Henry Rollins, Moby and Iggy Pop will be starring a Suck, a “vampire spoof about “rock ’n’ roll wannabes in search of immortality and a record deal.” In the film, a mullet-fortified Rollins fronts the Winners, a nascent band in the crosshairs of legendary vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing, played by Malcolm McDowell. There will be twists and turns and liters of blood spillt and industry barbs and probably an overwhelming dose of sexual metaphors. Check the trailer above for a taste. (TwentyFourBit via The DailySwarm)
This seems a little more appealing to me than Twilight ever has.
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I’m trying to remember another pop culture trend as weirdly “everywhere” as the new collective fascination with vampires has become. It’s Monday, I’m failing. There are Vampire Diaries billboards all over Manhattan right about now, True Blood seems to be killing it and with the news that Bon Iver and Thom Yorke will be lending their voices to the upcoming Twilight sequel’s soundtrack not quite in the rearview mirror, it’s becoming more and more clear that these bigger than the tween-0-sphere. On the heels of that Iver/Yorke/indie rock mindbomb comes news that Henry Rollins, Moby and Iggy Pop will be starring a Suck, a “vampire spoof about “rock ’n’ roll wannabes in search of immortality and a record deal.” In the film, a mullet-fortified Rollins fronts the Winners, a nascent band in the crosshairs of legendary vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing, played by Malcolm McDowell. There will be twists and turns and liters of blood spillt and industry barbs and probably an overwhelming dose of sexual metaphors. Check the trailer above for a taste. (TwentyFourBit via The DailySwarm)
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