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  SUNDAY BEST: BACK ON THE GOWANUS AT BKLYN YARD

  April 30, 2010

  Discosalt is happy to report that Sunday Best will officially return this summer at BKLYN Yard ! Resident DJ’s Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin & Doug Singer will be joined by special guests every Sunday from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend spinning everything from rare Nigerian disco to shimmering, summertime techno. Returning to the space are Margarita Hernandez’s huraches and of course cold beer and sangria plus some new add on’s like a bocce ball court.
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  THE DEAD WEATHER: SEA OF COWARDS

  April 30, 2010

  The Dead Weather are going to premiere their new album Sea of Cowards by performing it live in its entirety! The band will premiere the record at the Third Man Records building in downtown Nashville, the same space where they played their very first show in 2009. This exclusive live performance will stream on May 3rd at 3pm PST/6pm EST on MySpace Music and the band’s Myspace page. Prior to Monday’s live performance stream, analog will be going digital for the first time!  Fans can

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  BAND OF HORSES: NW APT

  April 29, 2010

  Check out the brand new video “NW Apt.” from Band Of Horses off their upcoming release Infinite Arms, which is due out May 18th. The video was directed by Christopher Wilson, who also created the Infinite Arms album artwork.  It’s a simple but beautifully shot time-lapse montage of the the Pacific Northwest. Pretty enough to make you hate your job even more and want to get in the car and plan a camping road trip instead of staring at

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  CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE: LIVE AT MERCURY LOUNGE

  April 29, 2010

  Casiotone for the Painfully Alone came to the Mercury Lounge on 4/27 for an incredibly great set. We have been responsible for putting on two shows for Owen, first on Halloween 2008 with No Kids and Pomegranates in the now defunt Pour Haus and again last year with You’re My Density at Skull Alley. On both occasions, Owen sat behind the keyboard and told us his stories, however in New York with opening band Magical Beautiful as his

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  KELSEY BROOKES: SURF POP ART

  April 29, 2010

  Kelsey Brookes is an upcoming artist, gaining a lot of attention in the pop art community and California surf scene. While his work exhibits a strong and creative interplay with figure, abstract forms, text and design, his background is not in art at all, but biochemistry. After working as a biochemist, he abandoned the science because“ I thought I was going to be there for a few months to make some money and get out of there. Four years later

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  ALESSANDRO ZUEL SIMONETTI PHOTOGRAPHY

  April 29, 2010

  New York City based photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti was born in Italy and grew up parallel to the urban street cultures of the early 90′s.  Developing his own distinct photographic language reflects his deep interest in young niche cultures. Quite often each project stretches beyond the photographic medium which serves as a sign of his maturing expression as an artist. After his graduation from the Accademy of Fine Arts of Venice in 2001 he became a professor of Photography at

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  MIDLAKE: THE COURAGE OF OTHERS

  April 28, 2010

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  Midlake: The Courage of Others
  Label: Bella Union
  Release date:  February 2, 2010
  Melancholy at its best. Dredging up decades of gloomy rock carcasses most indie bands have spend the past decade trying to bury, Courage of Others feels like an old ghost. Midlake takes it’s 60′s British progressive folk-rock sound into much darker territory, with a folk album that is more thematically metal. Mystical lyrics about the Druids layered between hypnotically mournful bucolic guitars, echoing flutes and textured keys, create an array

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  M.I.A.: BORN FREE

  April 27, 2010

  International cult hip-hopper M.I.A. is back with an aggressive new single “Born Free” and a shocking controversial video.  Way more hardcore than “Paper Planes”, “Born Free” features  heavy samples from “Ghost Rider” by Suicide, and the intense video, directed by Roman Gavras, addresses themes of racism and militarism through an ultra-violent plot. Its ginger jihad and its pretty disturbing.  YouTube pulled the video yesterday for its graphic content, but M.I.A. has no intentions of censoring the video or her message

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  THE DIG: ELECTRIC TOYS

  April 27, 2010

  Just a little Dig tour/album news for you….
  This Friday, The Dig hit the first ever Truck America Festival at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. Then on Saturday, May 1, they start a string of dates with The Joy Formidable in NYC with a sold out show at Mercury Lounge. And then on Sunday at noon, they’ll be at The Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands.  These guys put on an incredible show so don’t miss out seeing them

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  HARLEM, THE GIRLS AT DAWN: LIVE AT MERCURY LOUNGE

  April 26, 2010

  (photos courtesy: impose magazine)

  (Photo courtesy: mercurialn)
  Much hyped Texas trio Harlem graced New York with a quicky on Thursday (4/22). I can think of lots of adjectives to describe their show: silly, giddy, playful, unpretentious…the list goes on and on. They certainly don’t take themselves too seriously lending to a signature stage presence.
  A lot of bands attempt to play everything technically correctly in their live shows, but Harlem certainly isn’t one of them. Not only did they restart songs several times,

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  RALPH LAUREN ART STARS SHOWCASE: FEATURING PAM GLEW

  April 25, 2010

  Polo Jeans Co. is presenting a showcase of work from 50 of Europe’s most recognized up and coming contemporary artists called ART STARS. Inspired by the iconic American Star Spangled Banner and synonymous with the Polo Jeans Co. brand, the artists will create 3D pieces on stars made from the finest American denim. These will be displayed in select Polo Jeans Co. stores in key cities across Europe, before coming together in a public exhibition in London in

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  REAL ESTATE, FAMILY PORTRAIT: LIVE AT MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT

  April 24, 2010

  Last time I saw real Estate they were opening for Woods at Market Hotel. I liked them well enough then to catch them at another Todd P show this weekend, featuring a total of 4 bands, although we only saw 3 of them.
  Liam the Younger was on stage when we got there, and they were going at it. They weren’t bad, but they did need some help in the vocals department. Both of the singers were a little bit weak.

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