11/05 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
All dates below...
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10.26 Thu Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Bard College
- w/w/ the apes, telepathe, shellshag
10.27 Fri London, Ontario. Call the Office
- w/w/ aids wolf, the apes
- w/w/ Aids Wolf, The Apes, The Plot, Green Milk, Genghis Tron and more!
- w/w/ the apes, genghis tron
11.03 Fri Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Warehouse Party!
(339 Scholes Street at Bogart)
- w/w/ Erase Errata, the Plot, The Apes, Genghis Tron, The Mall, Shellshag, ZoOoOom (Todd P Party!)
- w/w/ the apes, rah bras
- w/w/ dmonstrations, the mall
- w/w/ dmonstrations, tussle, retching red
11.20 Mon Eureka, California.
Synapsis
- w/w/ dmonstrations, get hustle
11.26 Sun Chicago, Illinois. Logan Square Auditorium
" is a rock and roll band from New York City.
They formed in 1986, disbanded in 1996, only to reform in 2004.The band toured relentlessly, and then, after their 1000th live performance, the members decided to take a break to pursue other projects..
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"On October 21, 2006, New York City's underground legends Alice Donut will play its at the city's famed Knitting Factory and will provide a free live webcast of the show on the band's website at .
Alice Donut’s ninth full-length album, , was released by last month."
The Brooklyn Peace Fair is NYCs largest annual grassroots event dedicated to the promotion of peace, social justice, and education on sustainable development. The event is organized by Brooklyn Parents for Peace, a non-profit organization which has been working to raise awareness through education and collective citizen activism in NYC and abroad for over 22 years.
Sunday October 22, 2006 marks the 4th year of the annual event. Thousands of attendees will participate in a day of discussion, workshops, keynote speeches, music, and art -- a true community-building program that involves the participation of hundreds of organizations city-wide.
Speakers include writer, poet, and playwright Sonia Sanchez who will share insights from her life's work as a leader of the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements; Roger Touissant, President of the Transit Workers Union; Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK; Sheldon Anita Drobny, Co-Founders of Air America Radio; The Honorable Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President; and journalist Michael Massing.
The Peace Fair will bring together a diverse range of emerging local artists and musicians committed to pushing the boundaries of their respective genres while exercising their own DIY-ethic. They represent a cross-section of music that combines and bridges a wide-range of styles and genre. Most importantly, these musicians have raised a creative call to arms, with reverence to the great agitators of the past, and with regard for future generations to come.
"'The excitement for Christina is similar to what I saw with Norah Jones,' says Brice Rosembloom, who cooked both women for residencies at Makor, 'The difference is that with Norah, it took a push from the industry to get things going. With Christina, the buzz is purely audience driven.'"
"Courtin’s bold, busy voice touches on both Janis Joplin and Antony, and her songs have an immediately classic feel—like Norah Jones, with more brawn.
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Everyone keeps telling me I have to see perform. And over the past few months I've made numerous attempts to see her at NYC places like Joe's Pub, Rockwood Music Hall and Mo Pitkins, but It never worked out. So thankfully she just put the above video on YouTube to hold me over for a bit.
Is Christina the "next Norah Jones"? Better? I think at least definitely more interesting.
I hope to find out for myself when .
Hey, that drummer ( ) .
Obie Trice's sophomore album Second Round's On Me kind of slipped by me, but I gave it some time this week and it's excellent -- Wondeful diversity of flows, good beats overall, very solid effort.
Sample and buy it and check out as well.
The last footage of Tupac performing will be released as a two-disc DVD set on October 31st. " " will include his 1996 performance at Las Vegas' Club 662 (filmed shortly before he was murdered) as well as a House of Blues performance in West Hollywood from earlier that year.
After working on Christina Aguilera's album, DJ Premier will now ?
a great black and white video for My Love featuring Timbaland, T.I.
and Justin Timberlake.
Download a quality freestyle by Fort Nox over Jay-Z's Show Em What You Got . Then go and download an AZ freestyle over the same beat.
Then watch the actual Jay-Z video .
Daytrotter did a session with Rhymesayers/Doomtree rapper P.O.
S. and they offer .
Redman posted about his long delayed album Red Gone Wild and how it won't see a release until March.
Read more over at .
the EPMD show featuring Redman Keith Murray and even Das EFX that I really shouldn't have missed.
Saturday, October 21 at 11:30 PM
The Roots' very own ?
uestlove will be DJ-ing for all to see at Canal Room in NYC. are $10.
Tuesday, October 31st at 8pm
Prince Paul, CL Smooth, J.
Period, AG, Stetsasonic, Mr. Len, J-Live, Freddie Foxxx and more will be performing at BB Kings in NYC..
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Saturday, November 4 at 10:30 PM
Clipse will be performing Knitting Factory in NYC for a special CMJ Showcase featuring Kidz In The Hall.
are $18.
Thursday, November 2nd at 8pm
Stones Throw will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary featuring Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, J. Rocc, Percee P, and more.
are $19.50.
Lady Sovereign's first Def Jam Single Love Me Or Hate Me went number one on TRL.
No YouTube up yet. Sov will start her first headlining North American of 25 cities over 6 weeks. Appearances on Letterman (Nov 2nd) and Jimmy Kimmel (Nov 9th) coming up as well.
, her debut LP, will be released October 31st. New York shows at . Will the midget stand up under the pressure?
Tour dates below.
Nov 3 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY w/ Mew, the Grates, Kevin Devine
Nov 6 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY w/ Voxtrot and Finally Punk
Nov 15 TT the Bears Cambridge, MA w/ Evangelicals
Howlin' Rain - Indians, Whores and Spanish Men of God
and then I closed the set off with this..
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BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs on Sirius Satellite's on Tuesday nights @ 10 pm EST.
Doors are 6 PM, festivities begin at 7PM. is located at 213 n. 8th Street (718-599-4224, ).
You can start the fun early at Bar/None’s official CMJ showcase, November 1 at , 107 Norfolk St, Manhattan, with Mosquitos, The Slip, Hotel Lights, Oppenheimer and Birdie Busch."
The rest of the press release below..
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Surviving as an independent record label in the constantly trend- shifting music business for two decades is indeed a remarkable feat, but the Hoboken, NJ-based Bar/None has a lot more to celebrate than just its survival.
The label continues to be a vital player on the indie scene, with a current roster featuring such artists as Architecture in Helsinki, the Spinto Band and the soon-to-be-released The Slip, who can’t make the party since they’ll be on the road with My Morning Jacket.
You can say that Bar/None Records has always remained one step ahead of the curve, but the truth is, no one at the label was ever really trying just to anticipate the next big thing. They did A R the old fashioned way: they listened to music, they fell in love with it, they shared their unique and quirky discoveries with the rest of us.
Co-founders Glenn Morrow and Tom Prendergast would probably admit they didn’t go into this back in 1986 with a real business plan, but they did have passion, a certain fearlessness and, we know now, really good musical instincts. Their first joint effort as record company owners was the debut album from They Might Be Giants, which instantly put the label and the band on the indie rock map (as well as on MTV).
That label-establishing, left-field hit set the tone for everything that followed over the next two decades.
Just dip into the online catalogue and you will find lots of surprises, acts that Bar/None had championed long before the pundits of the blog-o-sphere were even old enough to buy CDs at their neighborhood brick-and-mortar record store, including the earliest recordings from Of Montreal and the pastoral sound of Lullaby For the Working Class, which featured Ted Stevens of Cursive/Mayday and the young Mike Mogis, the producer behind Bright Eyes and all things Saddle-Creek. Then there was the unforgettable Space Age Bachelor Pad Music of Esquivel! (yes, that’s where the now-famous expression comes from): Arto Lindsay’s sexy, iconoclastic take on bossa nova music: an acoustic solo album from the KLF’s mad genius Bill Drummond; the debut disc from the moody yet dashing British quintet Tindersticks; the chart-topping “A Girl Like You” from the brilliant Edwyn Collins; and heartbreakingly beautiful songs from Freedy Johnston, who made Bar/None his first home.
There were times, we admit, when it looked as if Glenn Co. couldn’t possibly stick it out another month, that the dream might truly be over, the delicate balance between profit and loss having suddenly gone all out of whack. Then something miraculous would happen, the most unlikely project would connect with a real audience.
The Langley School Music Project came along at one of those moments, and it illustrated just what makes Bar/None so special. The album, rescued from thrift-shop obscurity, wasn’t marketed as kitsch – it was an album to seriously fall in love with, not laugh at -- an improbably affecting collection of classic rock numbers performed by a choir of school kids. Glenn’s eyes would mist up when “Desperado,” sung by a preternaturally expressive ten year-old, came on the office sound system, and soon sensitive souls all around the world found themselves reaching for the tissue box too.
If you’re not afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve, then Bar/None has always been the label for you.
Following the success of the Langley School, Bar/None was back on a roll, with Japanese duo Puffy AmiYumi, who landed their Cartoon Network animated TV series after the release of their first Bar/None disc; NYC bossa nova trio Mosquitos, whose “Boombox” became the most oft-licensed track in Bar/None history; plus Mason Jennings, Evan Dando and the inimitable Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players. And that’s merely mentioning a few.
So let’s take a minute to salute the taste, the perseverance, the blind faith and dumb luck that has made Bar/None Records a part of our lives for twenty years. Then, let’s get back to work.
Nov.
3 Fri 06 New York,NY Irving Plaza supporting clap your hands say yeah
Oct. 30 Mon 06 Grand Rapids,MI One Trick Pony
Feb. 2 Fri 07 Saratoga Springs,NY Caffé Lena
Oct.
25 Wed 06 Boston,MA Boston Museum of Fine Art
Oct. 28 Sat 06 Buffalo,NY SoundLab
This is another FREE during-CMJ show brought to you by BrooklynVegan - @ Fontana's - no CMJ badge required. Still working out all the details - like free food and alcohol and if it makes sense to make you RSVP.
(21+ - sorry)
The bands are playing in cozy basement. There will be DJ's playing in the huge upstairs area (TBA).
This is one of three Thermals show during CMJ this year.
The first is Thursday night at Bowery Ballroom during (though some badges will get in). The second is this BV show (Thermals go on at roughly 4:45, but due to capacity limitations you'll probably need to get there much earlier if you want to see them). And the third is later the same Friday night (Nov 3rd) --- The Thermals, Horrors, Birdmonster, Sam Champion, and Ra Ra Riot @ Studio B in Brooklyn.
Bound Stems (10:00), The Big Sleep (10:45), Vietnam (11:30), Favourite Sons (12:00), Annuals (12:45) and Professor Murder (1:30) - ALL AGES and FREE to the public.
11.03.
06 - Brooklyn, NY @ Galapagos - Crashin' In party with tons of bands and free Sparks 7-9; Big Sleep on at 9pm
11.04.06 - @ The Annex - (Noon - 5pm) w/ Silversun Pickups, Tokyo Police Club, Elvis Perkins, Annuals, White Whale, Takka Takka; Free and open to the public.
The Big Sleep (10pm) are also playing a free show this Monday (Oct 23) in the basement of with one of VICE's newest signings - Norway's 120 Days (11pm).
If you miss that show, and you happen to live in NY, don't worry:
I've been a little obsessed with Patti Smith since witnessing . That said, the 3.
5 hour show was enough to hold me over for a while so I probably won't be attending one of her annual New Years shows at Bowery Ballroom. But you probably should.
Friday, December 29 at 8:00 PM (8:00 PM doors) -
Saturday, December 30 at 8:00 PM (8:00 PM doors) -
Sunday, December 31 at 9:00 PM (9:00 PM doors) -
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, October 8, 2006
Hello, everyone...
And of course we played some new music. It's taken us a while but we're extremely excited with the results. We can't say for certain when the album will come out, but it looks like it will be late February or early March.
We'll let you know as soon as we find out.
After recording, we drove to New York City and played a show as part of . Jeremy, if you read this, we're proud of you and we love you.
Also, a couple of weeks ago we played at the Austin City Limits Festival. If you braved the heat and oppressive rush of bodies to come see us, then we love you, too. For us it was one of those shows where we might have played well or we might have been abysmal--we literally have no idea.
Thankfully we had a nighttime slot, and it was interesting to hear Willie Nelson between our songs. That helped to alleviate some of our terror.
There are a few shows coming up.
All of them are in California (San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Pomona) and you can find out more about them on . Middle America, we know we've been showing an apparent love for the coasts these past couple of years but we will see you early in 2007. As for Europe, Asia, and Australia.
..we will be visiting you as well in 2007.
And hopefully some other places (Mexico, South America), too.
Thanks for caring.
Tu Oct 31 - Suzanne Vega, Keren Ann, and The Bird The Bee (Blue Note CMJ) ( )
Fr Nov 03 - Deerhoof, Erase Errata, Mary Timony, and Excepter (KRS CMJ) ( )
Sa Nov 04 - The Fall, Yikes, Iran and Women Children (Narnack CMJ) ( )
Narnack's other CMJ showcase is at Union Pool in Brooklyn on November 2nd with Women and Children, X27, Restaurant, Vaz, and Bunnybrains.
All Robyn Hitchcock tour dates below...
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NOVEMBER 23, GENT, Vooruit Theaterzaal, www.vooruit.
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NOVEMBER 27, MILAN, Tunnel, www.ticketone.it
NOVEMBER 30, CADIZ, Aulario la bomba,
are coming back to the States.
On November 1st they're playing one of those super-hard-to-get-into-late-night VICE CMJ-afterparties at Cake Shop in NYC. Then they go to Philly, and on November 4th they come back to play Galapagos in Brooklyn (also during CMJ). Then they go to Cali.
The next NYC party happens on Halloween at the Roxy ( ). NYC's own (the band everyone loves to hate even more than the Klaxons) are playing. Plus there's a "'laid back' performance by secret band" @ 1:30 am.
All I know is the 'secret band' is from the UK, and it's during CMJ, so it could be anyone.
All tour dates below..
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UPDATE: This Klaxons tour has been cancelled.
"GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has proclaimed pop star Christina Aguilera to be "one of the greatest vocalists of our time," according to Blender magazine.
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Christina tour dates below...
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2/20 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
(as you know) played the last show at CBGB's Sunday night, October 15th, 2006. I figured there'd be a bunch of special guests -- at least for the encore -- or maybe a secret opener.
Nope. There was no opener. She dedicated "Space Monkey" to Michael Stipe, but he wasn't there .
And though Television's Tom Verlaine was a character in many of her on-stage stories -- including one about her recording with him "LAST NIGHT" -- he was nowhere to be found (actually she told us he sent his regards). Television guitarist , as was -Patti Smith bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
There was a roughly 25-minute painful intermission at this show.
I say painful because it just meant more time trapped in place at this extremely crowded, long, bathroom-less show. I say bathroom-less because they closed the downstairs bathrooms - you had to go next door. The show was great - don't get me wrong, but it wasn't exactly comfortable.
Audience members worth noting: Talking Heads' , Jesse Malin (who , but not CBGB), , Jim Carroll (who Lenny Kaye also played/plays guitar for), Michael Azerrad ( ), , Little Steven Van Zandt ( ) and The Dictators' Andy Shernoff ( ), and the guy in the picture below...
"At the end of a three-and-a-half hour show, on the last night of music at the New York club CBGB, Patti Smith read a list of the fallen, just a few of the musicians and spirits who were so important to the room's legend but couldn't be there for the October 15th wake. They included the Cramps' Bryan Gregory, the critic Lester Bangs, singer Helen Wheels, guitarist Robert Quine, Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee Ramone and Smith's original pianist Richard Sohl. As her band played at soft funeral-march volume behind her, someone in the audience yelled out, "You missed one.
" Smith smiled. "We remember everything," she said with maternal assurance. Then she pointed out that CBGB was expiring at thirty-three -- the same age as Jesus.
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I can't believe they took the awning down already...
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"Due to unprecedented demand, online apparel orders will take 14 - 21 days for processing. We appreciate your patience and urge you to visit our retail location at 313 Bowery from now through October 31st.
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"CBGB's last show is October 15th and the club will reopen in the near future. CBGB Fashions: (the CBGB store, wholesale department, and online store) will remain open at our 315 Bowery premises until October 31. On November 1, we will move to and open CBGB Fashions at Broadway and Bond Street.
All phone numbers will remain the same. "
Sharing lengthy anecdotes with the crowd between songs, Smith at announced that "My favourite show here was Easter 1974, Television played. To nine people".
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"When I started performing a lot with Lenny Kaye and Richard Sohl, we had goals: to infuse new life into performing poetry—merging poetry with electric guitar, three chords—and to reembrace rock and roll. It drew us together and kept us informed, whether through Bob Dylan or Neil Young or the Who. In the early seventies, rock and roll was monopolized by record companies, marketing strategies, stadium rock.
Tom Verlaine and Television were for me the most inspiring: They were not glamorous, they were human." [ ]
"Oh, we were further along in our development when we got there, just because Patti, for one, is such an astonishing creature intellectually and performance-ly, and all of the above. I've even seen videotapes of us in '74 where I – I think of that as fairly primitive in our development, yet we were pretty far along in terms of the structure of what we were dealing with.
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There was a huge mob of press waiting to get inside CBGB by the time I got there at 6:30 pm Sunday night (October 15, 2006).
I managed to get inside for the press conference that was held during soundcheck. Most, if not all, of the video footage you saw on the news came from then.
Patti Smith and band played a few songs and answered a bunch of questions, some mockingly. Then she told the press to get out. Those waiting on line were let in shortly thereafter for the show that ran until just after 1 a.
m.
"Hundreds of music fans packed the small downtown club Sunday, while reporters hovered outside. The mood was both somber and raucous at CBGB, hailed by many as the birthplace of punk.
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"CBGB hosted its final concert Sunday night after a 33-year residence in downtown New York as the iconic, grungy bastion of punk." [ ]
"A memorial service for punk rock was held at the weekend at New York's CBGB club, birthplace of the movement in America, which closed its spit-spattered doors after 33 loud years, a victim of gentrification." [ ]
"Kids, they'll find some other club," Ms.
Smith insisted during her set. "You just got a place, just some crappy place, that nobody wants, and you got one guy who believes in you, and you just do your thing. And anybody can do that, anywhere in the world, any time.
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"The club, which has a capacity of 350 people, was easily packed with at least 500 faithful fans." [ ]
"Everything will be moved into storage, as Kristal hopes to open a club and museum in Las Vegas in 2008 that will be an homage to CBGB, as well as other punk-era New York institutions, such as the Mudd Club and Max's Kansas City." [ ]
"Patti Smith said CBGB was more a "state of mind" than a venue and other clubs would replace it.
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"It was indeed a nasty, scary place" [ ]
"Smith says, no matter what, she's grateful for the memories.
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