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last night black mountain (miss it was it amazing?)
friday wolf eyes
saturday lcd soundsystem
monday VAN DYKE PARKS!!!
then the next week/s
grizzly bear, and ariel pink at Tonic (2 diff shows)
i'll never make all of these, any i shouldn't miss at all? any others you could recommend?

nix on the fiery furncaces though. can't stand them...

― i;, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, i love phoenix, should I see them live?

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

do you know what kind of material vdp is doing? his live show may not be your bag.

― jody von oy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

new order tix go on sale tomorrow morning

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Black Mountain's also tonight, at Asterisk Art Project in Bushwick --- see you jokers there...

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Mastodon at Bowery Ballroom in April.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish I were going to Cowboy Mouth tonight. Tomorrow night I'm either going to see Marc Broussard at Irving Plaza or Amelia Ray at the Cutting Room. And that's it for shows for me until after EMP.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't afford to go to shows. anything free happening?

― jody von oy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

oh good good. i thought i heard they were playing again tonight. that should be good. i've heard they are better live then their album (black mountain)

which is also what i've heard about ariel pink and grizzly bear

i should perhaps investigate that VDP show with vic chestnut. thanks for the tip jody. i just saw the name and instantly was like YES

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

someone said ariel pink was better live?
i've heard nothing but horror stories about his live show.

― mitch dub (ano ano), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

The Hold Steady are playing. Or did that already happen?

― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe i'm wrong and granted the 2 people who raved about it don't always share my tastes, but I did in fact hear good things. that it's a bit more melodic, song oriented than the album

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Grizzly bear is absolutely horrendous, live or otherwise, but I guess we don't have similar tastes.

― Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

next tuesday: bunnybrains, nautical almanac, aaron rosenblum, lexie mountain at siberia.

next thursday: books on tape

sunday the 10th: can't, vegas martyrs, 2673, mr. uterus

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a free NIN-themed party at the Avalon this Saturday. They'll play the new album in it's entirety.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

This Sunday: Willem Breuker Kollektief at Tonic. These guys are a blast live. The best jazz bang for you buck by a long shot.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

have you seen them live? i've only heard good things. four part harmonies. interesting clarinet as bass use. etc etc. then again everyone loves the fiery furnaces and I for the life of me can't see the appeal.

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

god new NIN album. i can't imagine. just when you think a band is gone. (green day anyone) they just appear again....

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

have you seen them live?

Yes, I saw them at Joe's Pub a couple of years ago. They were great musicians and great entertainers. They do the inside/outside thing with wit and personality, and clearly enjoy themselves. But I also liked the Furnaces when I saw them, so take my recommendation with a grain of salt.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

oh nate. i was talking to eppy about GB, but what you are speaking of sounds great. I might be pursuaded. i asked around and my 2 friends who saw GB raved and I trust their tastes (the be da music critics) so I'm def going to check them out. eppy is actually the first dissenting voice i've heard re: gb and their live show. as for ariel pink. tis true I've heard mixed bag. what about wolf eyes. I'm on the fence about going. is it worth it?

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

pinback! may 24

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

lucksmiths/ladybug transistor 5/08/05, knitting factory.
i'm excited.

― crly, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

What does Ladybug Transistor do these days?

― dan. (dan.), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Desmond Dekker! Knitting Factory 4/23 (i think)

― W i l l (common_person), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Andrew Bird @ Southpaw, Phoenix (absolutely amazing live) @ Irving, Joseph Arthur @ Bowery....

― jenn K (satellitesynth), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

lightning bolt both friday & saturday. friday in greenpoint @ club exit and saturday @ asterisk.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

i've been meaning to see Andrew Bird
and I forgot my friend already got me ticks for lightning bolt on friday, so sorry wolf eyes!

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost
some percentage of the ladybug transistor is on tour in australia right now...

― crly, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd say Grizzly Bear live is much, much, much better than on record; the album either bugged or bored me, whereas their live set charmed all hell out of me and what looked to be an entire room.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 31 March 2005 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

dekker for serious??? holy smokes!

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 31 March 2005 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

did anyone go to tuxedomoon last night (i think geeta mentioned something on her blog about this - so geeta if you read this, please report!)? i just visited new york yesterday, and the only thing the music listings convinced me of were how relatively few acts choose to stop here in philly.

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Thursday, 31 March 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

joseph, you are crazy. cowboy mouth are no good., no good at all. im surprised they're still together.
also, phoenix are kinda lame live. more of a standard rock band than the brilliant pop group i was hoping for.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 31 March 2005 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Hold Steady and Phoenix are playing on the same night!

Also: Blood Brothers! Mountain Goats! King Sunny Ade! Out Hud!

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 31 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Clientele
08 June 2005 Webster Hall USA New York, NY w/ Spoon.
09 June 2005 Webster Hall USA New York, NY w/ Spoon.

Does anyone know what Webster Hall is like?

― youn, Thursday, 31 March 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I LOVE THE CLIENTELE!!! they should be headlining NOT spoon. buying tickets now. thanks YOUN.

― breezy, Thursday, 31 March 2005 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

PG Six, Emerald Tablets, Pothole Skinny, Marianne Nowottny, Sharron Kraus @ Piano's on Saturday April 23rd.

― Venus Glow (1411), Friday, 1 April 2005 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

DMBQ, Roxy Pain, the Assault, Machete, TRipple Nipple, and Monarch at Pianos Saturday, apr. 2nd. It will be an early show, Japan's DMBQ goes on at 7pm.

― Miguelito, Friday, 1 April 2005 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

webster hall is a large, multi-purpose venue in the east-ish village. they mainly do horrifically cheesy dance nights, but within the past few years they started doing a lot more live dates. i've never been for one, though, as most bands big enough to play there would also do a brooklyn show in a more familiar venue.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

the folks that run the bowery ballroom are managing the live shows at webster hall now. i really didn't like my first couple visits there - muddy sound, OK sightlines, expensive drinks, long lines to get out. i've heard it's gotten much better recently though, especially with the sound.

― rajeev (rajeev), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

webster will never have anything on bowery. if I can avoid it I will at all costs.

― breezy, Friday, 1 April 2005 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks for all the info!

― youn, Friday, 1 April 2005 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

shit! the gris gris are playing soon too. conflicting with the grizzly bear show. damn damn. i'll see them another time. but I've been into that album.

― breezy, Friday, 8 April 2005 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

just when you think a band is gone. (green day anyone) they just appear again....

I'm kind of sick of hearing people say that.

― billstevejim, Friday, 8 April 2005 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Annie (From Norway) on April 15th!@#$

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 8 April 2005 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, too bad - I'm planning to go see my friend's band play that night.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i get the sense these annie shows may be list-only - does anyone know any details?

unrelated, i just saw that antena have reformed and are playing tonic on may 19.

― rajeev (rajeev), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

wolf eyes was awesome

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

does anyone know where the gris gris are playing? I want to check that show out. I like the album, don't love it, but many folks have told me the live show's awesome.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)

the birdman site says free 103.9, but their site says nothing about it...

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Mountain Goats, Northsix - 5/7 (post-Derby)
Gang of Four
Go-Betweens, Southpaw - 6/11
Yo La Tengo / Malkmus / Laura Cantrell, Battery Park (free) - 7/4

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

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Hah, Alex Chilton w/ the Box Tops!

The South Street Seaport and River to River present Seaport Music: The Box Tops featuring Alex Chilton
Date: 08/18/2006
Time: 7:00PM
Location: South Street Seaport, Pier 17

― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 19:23 (twenty years ago)

PARK SLOPE HOLLA

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 19:34 (twenty years ago)

oh, now i see morbs beat me to it

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Marzipan Marzipan (soft-noise lo-fi disco-dance country-swing crossover experiment, Berlin) at Cake Shop Friday, Barbes in Park Slope on Saturday.

http://profile.myspace.com/marzipanmarzipan

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 May 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Tonight, 7pm, Rocky's Bar, Brooklyn
(351 Kent Ave at South 5th)

The Occasion
The Suckers
The Friends Band
Damon McMahon
Zeke Healy
(not in that order)

The Occasion is supposed to be on somewhere around 10, and that's who I'm mainly going to see if I go.

There will also be some sort of BBQ-ing going on.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 26 May 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

I meant to post that on the other show thread (not really "best of the best")

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 26 May 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Summer series begins Saturday at East River Park Amphitheater... with Meneguar, Human Television, Mobius Band, Saturday Looks Good To Me.

http://www.eastrivermusicproject.com/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Pas/Cal at the Mercury Lounge next Thursday, opening for Asobi Seksu. I hear that Betty Marie (ex-Saturday Looks Good to Me) will be playing with Pas/Cal.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Religious Knives
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice (only US show of 2006)
+ one more TBA

Union Pool, BKLYN, 6/20

― Leroi Jones (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

i think i will be able to make that.

― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 23:49 (twenty years ago)

Sunday July 25th:
Watersports and Imaginary People playing a BBQ at dusk on an abandoned boat in the Gowanus Canal

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

FREE geezers on Thursday and Friday... party like it's 1972! (maybe I'll wear my McGovern button to both)

Liza Minnelli
Thursday, August 17, 2006 (7:30 PM)

Asser Levy Park
West 5th Street & Surf Avenue (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)
Brooklyn, New York

http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

The South Street Seaport and River to River present Seaport Music: The New York Dolls

Date: 08/18/2006

Time: 7:00PM

Location: South Street Seaport, Pier 17

http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/events/index.php

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:40 (nineteen years ago)

maybe I'll wear my Re-Elect the President button!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

tralala is opening for the new york dolls, btw.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

NOBODY opens for Liza.

I'll spot you with the flashlight and roll of masking tape, gabbneb.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/69/215033928_c2603bcd52.jpg

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

that's a pretty flyer!

mathew jonson is playing PS1 that same day, for all the techno-heads out there.

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

Martin Bisi + Spielerfrau
Tonic, August 31, 9PM

I wouldn't normally post a Frau show on Best Of The Best, but I want to take credit for coaxing Bisi into a rare live performance. You many know him as a Swans/Sonic Youth producer, but his own stuff is... well, something. He's a genuine live relic of early-80s East Village art-thrash.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

So...Clogs just dropped off that show I posted above
Magik Markers are playing instead

August 19
1:30pm "doors"
2 > 6 show

MAGIK MARKERS
EXCEPTER
BLUES CONTROL
FERN KNIGHT

@ the East River Amphitheater, New York City
(the legendary "Wild Style" dome)
F / JMZ trains to Delancey Street
head east, cross the FDR, turn right / south...
between the Williamsburg Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge on the East River
http://www.ermp.org

― Russell (Russell), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

comenow you promote spieler frau plenty on here

― kevin barking (arghargh), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

mathew jonson is playing PS1 that same day, for all the techno-heads out there.

Matthew who? BEPPE LODA is DJing (also at Dazzle Ships next wednesday).

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

and thurs aug. 17th is alexander robotnik at tribeca grand hotel for free!!

― speculator (speculator), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

comenow you promote spieler frau plenty on here

Shit, I did post a show here. Once. Fuck. I'm not sure if that qualifies as "plenty" but I am, in fact, embarrassed.

Can a mod get rid of my previous post? I really didn't mean to. Sorry.

― Erroneous Botch (joseph cotten), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

Come on, self-promote with confidence! Mixed w/just the right amount of reticence and self-effacement, it goes down nice and smooth.....for instance:

Oneida and Black Dice, playing Sat August 26 at Studio B in Greenpoint -- no openers, just the two bands....and it's air-conditioned!

See, that went down real easy...

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

excepter: there.
black dice: there.

excellent.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone going to see Diamanda at the Fulton Fish Market?

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Friday, 18 August 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

anything going on aug 24-28?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 18 August 2006 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

the spiegeltent is kinda cool, but it's fucking loud inside. also, you can hear everything outside with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge and some extra dollars in your pocket.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 18 August 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone going to see Diamanda at the Fulton Fish Market?

who the what now?

― mentalismé (sanskrit), Friday, 18 August 2006 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

did the work myself:

http://www.spiegelworld.com/index.html (scroll down)

heavy

― mentalismé (sanskrit), Friday, 18 August 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

i chose to stay inside and bake tonight and i missed alexander robotnick AND diamanda galas? cripes. well, at least i got a cheesecake out of it.

― joseph (joseph), Friday, 18 August 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

what is the spiegeltent? my friend just invited me to go tomorrow night because he's dancing in one of the numbers or something..

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 18 August 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

that link up there with 'spiegel' in the url might be promising.

Diamanda will be back 8/24 and 31

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 18 August 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

The Knife is playing Webster Hall on Nov. 1st. I'm soo there.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 18 August 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

I bought tickets for the Vashti Bunyan show on 9/15. Hoping it will be good!

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Friday, 18 August 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

i'll be at spiegeltent at midnight tonight for Maison du Chic. I was at Robotnik last night, third time. Lots of fun but everything's so damn fast I can barely dance to it.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 18 August 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

I'm also into the Knife show.
Sir Richard Bishop live solo

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 August 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

anything going on aug 24-28?

a free Walkmen show?

http://www.ohmyrockness.com/VenueDetail.cfm?VenueID=413

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 August 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

at the same venue, but not for free, you can catch Neko Case, Joanna Newsom and Martha Wainwright on the 24th

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

the cramps are playing at labor day motherfucker

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 19 August 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

damn. i got a job and had to start work today

no excepter/magic markers :(

how was it?

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 19 August 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

i wanna know as well! what kind of set did magik markers play?

― rizzx (Rizz), Saturday, 19 August 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Magik Markers played a heavy improv psych rock set.
it was great.
good afternoon overall...

― Russell (Russell), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

good to hear they got their psych steez rockin'

did they sell anything new? that pussey album?

― rizzx (Rizz), Monday, 21 August 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

FREE DANCE PARTY AFTER BANDS

ihttp://www.acuterecords.com/oneida-dice.jpg

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 26 August 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

definitely going.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Saturday, 26 August 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Math and Physics Club
Friday, October 6th @ Union Hall, New York, NY with The Envelopes.
Saturday, October 7th @ Pianos, New York, NY with The Icicles.

― youn (youn), Monday, 25 September 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

Nicedisc, in conjunction with Andrew Cappetta, is proud to present "Art, Audience and the Cosmic

Consciousness", a selection of film and videos that explores the intersections between art and artist, between

artwork and audience, and between the artistic experience and the psychedelic imagination. The screening is

the first in a monthly series that draws together a diverse selection of classic experimental cinema,

documentary work, video art, and various film and video detritus.

This month features:

* Caveh Zavedi's "Tripping With Caveh", an illuminating and hilarious exploration into the fusing of

artwork and consciousness that sees Caveh Zavedi and musician Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Palace

Music, et al) taking psychedelic mushrooms, driving go-karts through the woods, and being attacked by hornets.

(Courtesy of Caveh Zavedi)

* "Les Maitres Fous", Jean Rouch's searing 1953 documentary about the religious "possessions" of the

Hauku religious sect of West Africa, in which supplicants consult their gods through intense trance

ceremonies.

* "Trance/Performance," the documentation of Matt Mullican's
performance in Geneva in 2003, in which he is hypnotized by a Jungian
practitioner and then undertakes a series of tasks which see him drawing, chanting, and in general

re-examining the world around him in a childlike state of wonderment. (Courtesy of the artist and Tracy

Williams, Ltd.)

* A selection of short films assembled from personal collections.

DATE: Thursday, September 28 at 8pm

LOCATION: Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, 101 Richardson Street, Top Floor, Brooklyn, NY

PRICE: Free! (Donations always appreciated....)

― nicenick (nicenick), Monday, 25 September 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

(apologies for bad HTML....)

― nicenick (nicenick), Monday, 25 September 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

EXCEPTER
IDEA FIRE COMPANY
GHOST EXITS
+More

March 29
Saturday
9pm
Glass Lands in Brooklyn
myspace.com/theglasslands

New Idea Fire Company & Excepter records ought to be available at the show.

― ian, Saturday, 22 March 2008 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

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