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Boise’s Trevor Powers won us over with the sparse, sincere pop ballads that made up his incredible debut LP, The Year of Hibernation. There was something in that record of a mere eight tracks that possessed a childlike wonder. Equally unintelligible and innocent, Power’s vocals created a [READ ON]
Is it really already December? As the year begins to wind down, there are a ton of great bands in town playing shows across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Of all those shows, we’re not surprisingly most excited about the one we’re putting on at Knitting Factory in Williamsburg on Friday night. I started this blog 3 [READ ON]
Fresh off a tour with Animal Collective and last Saturday’s canceled show at Williamsburg Park, Micachu and the Shapes (@m_a_t_h_e_s) headlined Le Poisson Rouge on Monday night. The first thing I noticed when the doors to the venue were opened was that the stage had transported itself to the middle of the floor and changed shape! Surrounded by spatterings of people, the now-circular stage held [READ ON]
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When it comes to British bands, you’d pretty much think there were only one if you frequent this site. Yes, Alt-J is incredible, but they do have some fierce competition for this year’s Mercury Prize in Scottish quartet Django Django (@thedjangos). Their self-titled debut LP, released in Europe via Because Music (Justice, Metronomy) and through Domino imprint Ribbon Music here in the States last month, is filled with 13 tracks of infectious [READ ON]
In the midst of 2009, a sterling year for fresh and exciting music, one act pretty much had the world in a tailspin – Animal Collective. With Merriweather Post Pavilion, the psych pop experimentalists not only saw their stock rise significantly, but also managed to gather many album of the year accolades. Fast forward nearly three years, and the Baltimore natives are following up that success with [READ ON]
This week is another that’s light on releases but heavy on things we’ve been waiting to hear for a long time. Animal Collective are giving us a single, and the first taste of their sounds to come, Flaming Lips let us hear what Ke$ha sounds [READ ON]
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Joining the indie-electronic crowd alongside bands such as Animal Collective, Yeasayer, and Panda Bear, is Chicago-based YAWN (@yawnmusic). The quartet’s debut LP, Open Season, was released at the end of August, and after weeks of listening to it repetitively, I can fully attest to its truly fantastic [READ ON]
We’re in the thick of it now here in NYC. It’s super humid, sticky, and disgusting, but that also means we’re getting [READ ON]
Last Friday night, Celebrate Brooklyn began a summer of music and art at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell with a show from the magical and mysterious Andrew Bird. For the most part, the evening was a huge success. The music was great, the accommodations were great, the sound was even great. That is, if you [READ ON]
Brooklyn-based indie pop outfit Small Black returned this week with their sophomore effort Limits of Desire, and while it blends more into the background than[READ ON]
What could be better than a festival of New York City's best food, drink, and music? The answer is nothing. The Great Googa Mooga festival, brought to you by the same folks that put on Bonnaroo[READ ON]
Celebrities cameo in music videos all the time. Whether it’s a way for them to launch an image makeover (Megan Fox hoping to be a serious actress in “Love the Way[READ ON]
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