UPDATE: Brooklyn Vegan is reporting that tonight’s show has been cancelled. Tonight marks the last show at Northsix, before the space is closed for renovations and becomes the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The loss of an independent music venue is always a bummer, but I’m not taking this one too hard. For one thing, the […]
Archives for January 2007
Fox News: Anderson Cooper Is "One Of These Fabricated News People"
[hat tip HuffPost]
CD review: Cloud Cult, “The Meaning of 8,” Earthology Records, 2007
Ooh, I smell the next Arcade Fire. And I’m a lazy critic for saying that. But seriously, when this came on my iPod, I just assumed it was Win Butler and company before I looked at the screen. Cloud Cult does the orchestral wall of sound thing pretty well, and their lyrics are puzzling and […]
Show review: The Early Years at Union Pool, January 27
UK threesome the Early Years recently ended a three-night stand in New York with a show at Union Pool, and judging from the size of the crowd, the hype was heavy. Unfortunately, the band couldn’t really deliver on any promises other than being a decent Spiritualized cover band; most of their songs were long, droning, […]
Other Music To Launch Digital Store
Our favorite New York music store, Other Music, has big plans for February [from Wired via BrooklynVegan] Wired News: Other Music has been a strong presence in New York’s East Village for years, but the thing that always amazed me was that you guys set up shop right across the street from a massive Tower […]
"The Great Atomic Power" Download; Charlie Louvin Featuring Jeff Tweedy
MP3: Charlie Louvin [ft. Jeff Tweedy]: “The Great Atomic Power” [From Pitchfork] We’ve got another track featuring Will Oldham here.
Far Away Eyes
We felt like posting this, well, just because it makes us happy. enjoy
Brooklyn Band of the Week: The Fugue
Apologies for going NME-style, but I simply can’t think of any other way to say it: the Fugue is totally the next Jesus Lizard (although front man Joe Somar wisely refrains from the sweaty naked David Yow hugs). Like the increasingly-imitated nineties-era Touch and Go band, the Fugue are heavy on the distortion and theatrics; […]
New Bright Eyes Track
Four Winds From Pitchfork In the runup to his forthcoming Cassadega album, we’re met with a six-track EP, featuring five songs that won’t appear on the album—one of which is this EP closer, “Tourist Trap”. MP3: Bright Eyes: “Tourist Trap” [from the Four Winds EP; due 03/06/07 on Saddle Creek] More on Casadega (from Rolling […]
Fox News' Cutting Edge Coverage of the State of the Union
Brian Wilson From American Prospect FOX News’s Brian Wilson just informed us that the major color tonight among the lady’s outfits this SOTU is purple (“I’m seeing a lot of purple”). He then stated that Nancy Pelosi will be wearing a “sea foam green” outfit. Brit Hume then chimed in to say that Pelosi had […]
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