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  NO RADIOHEAD AT OCCUPY WALL STREET TODAY

  September 30, 2011

  Sorry folks, No soap, No Radiohead. The band’s representative Steve Martin of Nasty Little Man said in an email “We can officially confirm this is NOT happening.”   Twitter rumors have been circulating of  a confirmed Radiohead  ”surprise” show downtown for the Occupy Wall Street protest this afternoon at 4pm, but looks like this will not happen.  The band will however,  stick around NYC to play Jimmy Fallon’s late show Monday night, and has been rumored to play the All Tomorrow’s Party over the weekend.
   

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  STRFKR: LIVE AT BOWERY BALLROOM 9/17

  September 27, 2011

  Starfucker, also known as STRFKR, formerly briefly known as Pyramiddd, performed to a sold-out Bowery Ballroom on Saturday night.  A far cry from the Nachbar show I organized in 2008 (link) and even the Mercury Lounge performance of 2009 (link). How things have changed…bigger venue, bigger sound, bigger crowd, and even a bigger band…but there was one major deficiency.  Ryan, the face and frontman of Starfucker, is gone.  Starfucker may have started as a solo project of Josh’s, but for

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  CAVEMAN: LIVE AT MERCURY LOUNGE 9/15

  September 21, 2011

  New York’s Caveman played a sold-out recordless record release party last week (9/15) for the digital release of their debut album “CoCo Beware” on Magic Man! Records (which you can get here).  Packed with psychedelic pop jams from beginning to end, we were ecstatic for the chance to catch these guys live.  Their show contained a visual component which was relatively nondescript, but which worked nicely to light the stage in a beautiful way while not distracting the audience from the

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  2 DAYS OF FREE BEER + BANDS IN BUSHWICK

  August 8, 2011

  The second annual Out In The Streets fest is two-day party at Brooklyn Fireproof in Bushwick Saturday + Sunday August 27th and 28th, following up last month’s Bushwick Walkabout Festival. Free beer will be provided by Brooklyn Brewery, lots of give-a-ways and more than a dozen awesome bands.
  DATE: August 27th & 28th, 2011
  VENUE: Brooklyn Fireproof Outdoors
  VENUE ADDRESS: 119 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn, NY
  PRICE: 2-day pass: $15 // single-day pass: $10
  TICKETS/MORE INFO: http://outinthestreets.com/

  FREE BROOKLYN BREWERY BEER
  (while supplies last)
   

   
   

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  METRONOMY PLAYING FREE SHOW TONITE AT PIER 54 NYC

  July 28, 2011

   

  Head on over to Hudson River Park’s River Rocks at Pier 54 in Manhattan tonight to see Metronomy play for FREE! They should be going on at 8:30PM just after Brooklyn based Class Actress opens it up. You can download their Free 2011 Digital Mix Tape, that contains tracks from a lot of the acts on their summer lineup, here.
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  DANIEL ISAIAH GETS FOLKY ON LOWER EAST SIDE

  June 24, 2011

  Daniel Isaiah’s recent release High Twilight winds it’s way through years of folk references with some refreshing indie ingredients.  There are tracks that speak to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Conor Oberst, but with bursts of a youthful Montreal indie rock sound.  For those looking for an energetic update to more traditional folk songwriting, Isaiah delivers with tracks like “The Naked Night” which features some heavier guitars and synth backgrounds and “Candlemaker Row” with stark percussive interludes.  His charming French tracks

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  NORTHSIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL SCHEDULE

  June 10, 2011

  The full schedule for Brooklyn’s Northside Music Festival with Guided By Voices, Twin Sister, Deertick, Waaves, Surfer Blood and too many other great bands to list, has finally been announced. You can catch the Festival spanning numerous North Brooklyn music venues from June 16-19.
  Click below for:
  music and arts schedule
  film schedule
   

  You can also still buy a Northside badge to get you into most of the events (capacity permitting) including the sold out Beirut/Sharon Van Etten show.

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  BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO NEW YORK!

  June 9, 2011

  Herds of bicycle enthusiasts from around the world will flock to New York City this June for the Bicycle Film Festivalʼs Eleventh year in NY, to celebrate the worldʼs best invention: the bicycle.
  Born in New York, the festival’s immense popularity and continued growth has evolved hand in hand with the unprecedented boomin urban cycling internationally. From its roots in New York City, the BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, globalevent that will travel to over 25 cities this year, from

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  TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS HEADLINE 4KNOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT

  June 2, 2011

  In preparation for the brand-new 4Knots Music Festival at South Street Seaport, the Village Voice is holding a free, all-ages  kickoff show on July 9 with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists.  Show starts at 6pm. Then the following week, on the 16th you can check out The Black Angels with Davila 666 and Oberhofer. More bands and DJ’s will be announced shortly and both days are rain or shine.
   
   

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  YUCK + TAME IMPALA: LIVE AT WEBSTER HALL

  April 26, 2011

  Yuck and Tame Impala played a sold out show at Webster Hall on Monday 25.4.11.
  For a band that formed only a little over a year ago, the London/Hiroshima/ New Jersey foursome, Yuck are quickly becoming one of the best new bands out there.  They might sound like they belong in the early 90′s but they are one of the more technically gifted guitar acts to tour in a long time, and prove themselves to be more than mere “Nineties revivalists” in

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  THE PASS: LIVE AT PIANOS/FONTANAS

  April 19, 2011

  Kentucky is not the first place you would expect to find a dance rock band of the caliber of The Pass, but these Louisvillians aren’t one to let their geographics tie them down. Which is lucky for us, considering we had two opportunities to see them play this past weekend in New York. Selling out venues across the country (twice selling out NY’s Pianos and even the 700 person Headliners in their hometown of Louisville), The Pass are

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  RECORD STORE DAY, SATURDAY APRIL 16 2011

  April 11, 2011

  Record Store Day might be more fun than Christmas.  Whether you manage to get your paws on some limited-edition wax or get a chance to check out an in-store performance or DJ set, hopefully, you get off the couch this year to show/get some love from your local record shop.  Now in its fourth year, with support from Dylan, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The Smiths and tons of other great bands and musicians, Record Store Day is

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