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I meant to put this up earlier this week but things got a little crazy. Also check out previous lists for upcoming shows not mentioned here.

ON SALE
BACK ON SALE - LISTED AS SOLD OUT
Cold War Kids / Tokyo Police Club / Delta Spirit
The Bowery Ballroom
Friday, April 6 (9:00 PM doors) $14 - tix
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Cold War Kids / Tokyo Police Club / Delta Spirit
The Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, April 7 (9:00 PM doors) $14 - tix
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Junior Boys / San Serac / Tigercity
The Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, April 11 (8:00 PM doors) $16 - tix
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Beirut / Final Fantasy
The Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, May 8 (7:30 PM doors) $16 - tix
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!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
The Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, May 16 (8:00 PM doors) $16 - tix

ON SALE
Voxtrot / Favourite Sons / Au Revoir Simone
Webster Hall
Friday, June 15 (6:00 PM doors) $18 - tix
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FUN Presents: Patrick Wolf
Studio B
Friday, April 6 (10:00 PM doors) $10 - tix

ON SALE - FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM
Polyphonic Spree
Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
Friday, May 11 (6:30 PM doors) $33.50 - tix
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Air
Theater At Madison Square Garden
Thursday, May 10 (8:00 PM doors) - tix
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Bjork
United Palace Theater
Saturday, May 5 (8:00 PM doors) $46–$86 - tix
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Arcade Fire
United Palace Theatre
Monday, May 7 & Tuesday, May 8 (08:00 PM doors) $35 - May 7 tix - May 8 tix

ON SALE - SATURDAY AT 11:00 AM
Daft Punk / The Rapture / Sebastian
Keyspan Park, Coney Island
Thursday, August 9 - $47.50

FREE WITH RSVP
Patrick Wolf
Hiro Ballroom
Thursday, April 5 (9:00 PM doors)
RSVP for the Cheeky List Here

THIS WEEKEND'S SHOWS
FRIDAY - MARCH 30
Ruff Club Presents: Lo-Fi-FNK
The Annex (10:00 PM doors) FREE

SATURDAY- MARCH 31
Fixed Presents: Data Rock / The Presets / Lo-Fi-FNK / Sebastian
Studio B (10:00 PM doors) $12
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Ohmyrockness.com presents March Radness II: Walter Meego / Oxford Collapse / Dragons of Zynth/ Del Rey
Knitting Factory (7:30 PM doors) $10 - tix

SUNDAY - APRIL 1
Les Savy Fav plus The Big Sleep / Call Me Lightning
The Bowery Ballroom (7:30 PM doors) $18 - tix
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The Long Winters plus Stars of Track & Field / The Broken West
Mercury Lounge (7:30 PM doors) $15 - tix
**Saturday and Monday Shows Sold Out**

UPCOMING
MERCURY LOUNGE
Cloud Cult / Young Galaxy
Sunday, April 15 (7:30 PM doors) $12
**Saturday Show Sold Out**
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Brightblack Morning Light / Daniel A.I.U. Belteshazzar-Higgs / Chiara Gio
Saturday, May 5 (8:00 PM doors) $13

BOWERY BALLROOM
Art Brut / Holy Hail
Tuesday, April 17 (8:00 PM doors) $16
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Ghostland Observatory
Wednesday, April 18 (8:00 PM doors) $13

WEBSTER HALL
Hot Chip
Thursday, April 19 (6:30 PM doors) $22
**Friday Show Sold Out**
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Jarvis Cocker
Sunday, April 22 (8:00 PM doors) $32
**Monday Show Sold Out**

KNITTING FACTORY
Monday, April 16 at 7:00 PM
Smoosh with The Postmarks and Creeping Weeds
Monday, April 16 (7:30 PM doors) $12
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Richard Lloyd (of Television)
Saturday, May 19 (7:30 PM doors) $15

PIANO'S
Headlights / Page France / Cheyenne
Friday, April 13(8:00 PM doors) $12
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Richard Swift / David Vandervelde
Sunday, April 22 (8:00 PM doors)

UNION HALL
Land Of Talk / The Muggabears
Tuesday, April 3 (8:00 PM doors) $10
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Page France / Headlights
Saturday, April 14 (8:00 PM doors) $12

SOUTHPAW
Acid Mother's Temple
Friday, April 27 (8:00 PM doors) $13

LUNA LOUNGE
Richard Swift and the Sons of National Freedom / David Vandervelde / White Rabbits
Saturday, April 21 (8:00 PM doors) $10

EUROPA
J-Live / IsWhat? / X:144 / SPS
Friday, May 11 (7:30 PM doors) $12

Posted by 3xWes at 05:30 PM | Permalink

Self-described "Absurdist composer and electronic musician," Dan Deacon is more like the mad scientist of Baltimore pulling from the "Fluxus Movement, Italian Futurism, Performance Art, Spiderman, Absurdism, and the current movement in underground rock." He hacks up and re-stitches Casio noises, computer blips, and his voice (or singing animals, super-heroes, etc) processed through some sort of helium-jacked vocoder. His album Spiderman of the Rings is a post-modern mishmash yanked from Toontown. It's-so-fun! I picture this man as cartoon.

When The Thermals played Studio B earlier this month, Dan Deacon was there too. He was going to perform in the side room but some of his equipment was messed up so he really ended up DJing. I guess we will have to wait until the end of his tour. Remaining tour dates below.

DOWNLOAD
The Crystal Cat (MP3)
Trippy Green Skull (MP3)

UPCOMING NYC SHOW
Dan Deacon :: Mercury Lounge :: May 12 :: $8

REMAINING TOUR DATES
3.30 Richmond, IN at Earlham College w/Video Hippos
3.31 Chicago, IL at the Shape Shoppe w/Wham City
4.01 Cincinnati, OH at Skull Lab w/Wham City
4.02 Oberlin, OH at Oberlin College w/Wham City
4.06 Baltimore, MD at the Ottobar w/Girl Talk
4.13 Jacksonville, FL at TSI w/Adult., Parts and Labor
4.17 New Orleans, LA at House of Blues w/Adult., Parts and Labor
4.18 Houston, TX at the Engine Room w/Adult., Parts and Labor
4.19 San Antonio, TX at the Sanctuary w/Adult., Parts and Labor
4.20 Austin, TX at Emo's w/Adult., Parts and Labor
4.21 Denton, TX at Hailey's w/Adult., Parts and Labor
5.04 Providence, RI at the Living Room w/Girl Talk, Mahi Mahi, Texas Governer
5.05 Baltimore, MD at TBA: Spiderman of the Rings Baltimore Release Show!
5.12 New York, NY at Mercury Lounge

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Jamie T played on Wednesday at the Mercury Lounge. His album Panic Prevention is easily one of my favorites for the year. In some of his songs he sounded wasted, either he really held his liquor on Wednesday going from sloshed to straight-faced or he is well practiced at acting drunk. Maybe Amy Winehouse could take a few lessons. Full review at Product Shop.

Posted by 3xWes at 03:32 PM | Permalink

Fujiya and Miyagi are somewhat of an enigma. Their name says nothing about where they are from or how many people are in the band. They also seem to mysteriously have an endless supply of track jackets and athletic shoes. Regardless, Fujiya and Miyagi put on a damn funky live show. Their bass player is a machine. I saw New Violators too. More funny clothes please. Full review at Product Shop.

DOWNLOAD
Ankle Injuries (MP3)
Collarbone (MP3)

NEW VIOLATORS

Posted by 3xWes at 02:53 PM | Permalink

This is the first time we have posted the same thing twice here. Bowery is messing with you, don't get caught sleepin'. I can also add that LCD Soundsystem's album The Sound of Silver got a 9.2 on Pitchfork, which seems like a high for the year at the world's biggest music blog.

Tickets are back on sale for the highly anticipated LCD Soundsystem shows at Bowery Ballroom.

BOTH NIGHTS! — HURRY

March 30th (tix)

March 31st (tix)

Posted by 3xWes at 12:18 PM | Permalink

This week is post-SXSW in New York. Bands are just playing shows because they are in town. Last night I saw Reykjavik! from Iceland and David & The Citizens from Sweden. These bands had been in Austin earlier that day. David was even wearing a SXSW t-shirt. Anyway, that means there are some great walk-ups this week.

MONDAY - MARCH 19
REBEL - 251 W. 30th St
C-mon & Kypski (9:30) / Voicst (8:30) / and some other Dutch bands
(7:30 PM doors) FREE

When was the last time you could say you saw a good band that uses turntables? C-mon & Kypski serve up some hip-hop beats with drums, guitars, strings, samples, keyboards, and a little scratching.
Somebody said to me yesterday Voicst was the most underrated band in indie rock right now. Just so happens they are playing a free show tonight at Rebel.

VOICST DOWNLOADS
Detail 2003 (MP3)
Acts of Fire (MP3)
Sgt. Gonzo (MP3)

PIANO'S
The Automatic
(Sets at 9:00 & 10:00 PM) $10

No idea who these Brits are but a few people seem to be going there and it is in the neighborhood. Two sets!

TUESDAY - MARCH 20
MERCURY LOUNGE
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. / Fionn Regan
(7:00 PM doors) $12

I don't really like Get Cape... but they were nominated for a NME Shockwave Award. I would get there early for Fionn. He is a singer-songwriter from Ireland. Great album.

FIONN REGAN DOWNLOADS
Put a Penny in the Slot (MP3)
Be Good or Be Gone (MP3)

WEDNESDAY - MARCH 20
MERCURY LOUNGE
Panda Band / Jamie T / Luke Schurman
(8:30 PM doors) $12

Jamie T should be your priority for the week. But don't get there so early that I can't get in. He won a NME Shockwave Award.

PIANO'S
New Violators / The Epochs / The Dead Trees / Dappled Cities / Middle Distance Runner
(7:00 PM) $10

Pretty much every band on this bill has some buzz behind them. But New Violators could be one of the next big things. This band from Norway sounds exactly like 1982. "Runaway" seems to be a direct rip from "Girls on Film." Stereogum has some MP3s.

FRIDAY - MARCH 23
SIN-E
Brooklyn Vegan Presents: Pela / Shy Child / Marissa Nadler / Tim Fite / FUN
Friday, March 23 (8:00 PM doors) $10

Yeah Pela is good. Marissa Nadler plays dream-folk. Sin-e is closing. This will be a good one.

SATURDAY - MARCH 24
THE DELANCEY
Music Slut's Spring Fling Featuring: Locksley / The Silent Years / A Brief Smile / Cassettes Won't Listen, / The Midnight Hours
(7:30 PM doors) $9

Go support all the blogger shows. This is a solid bill. Locksley is almost too catchy.

Posted by 3xWes at 10:40 AM | Permalink

120 Days and Shout Out Out Out Out played Southpaw in Park Slope on Friday night.

120 Days were exhausting, but I never thought I'd enjoy an hour of Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" so much. I don't remember them stopping for their entire set, or at least I don't remember the music stopping, and it probably didn't because the 200 layers of delay and echo would keep whatever sound had last left the army of analog synths ringing for a good five minutes. Frontman Ådne Meisfjord was on some serious rock'n'roll shit, tremendously drunk, staring off into the crowd looking bewildered at all the people. By the end of the set dude had his shirt off and was unleashing primal screams. He also made some of the gnarliest facial expressions this side of Dana Carvey.

It would be damning Shout Out Out Out Out with faint praise to call them a knock-off !!!, but there's no shame in being compared to the finest indie dance band working. Shout are a little more electro; drum machines reign on their awesome Not Sayin/Just Sayin album, so I was surprised to see them rock with a pair of drummers. Also surprised to see SHOUT in big freakin KISS-style letters on stage. They pretty much tore it down and it's a shame so few people stuck around to see them. Those who did got to see Mikhail Bakunin on keys. Just kidding.

More pix after the jump, the rest of my pix are here.

Posted by Young Cleaners at 02:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Here are a few SXSW links you may be interested in...

– Sarah Hepola already has a recap of the entire 2007 SXSW Festival.
– The official SXSW site has a ton of free MP3s for download. But you have to browse through the bands playing. Click on the ones with cassette icons. Pitchfork has sorted out a few.

For those of you actually going to Austin, here are a few links that might help you find some good shows...

–Done Waiting SXSW
–Oh My Rockness SXSW & their free showlist
–Austin, Tx Showlist
–Pitchfork's SXSW Itenerary

Posted by 3xWes at 11:30 AM | Permalink

Well, in the time I wrote this and the last post, a few tickets were released for LCD Soundsystem and sold back out. Bowery is trying to keep you on your toes. There is not much going on this weekend because of SXSW but maybe some of those bands will head to New York after the party is over in Austin. Also see last week.

THIS WEEKEND'S WALK-UPS
PIANO'S
Reykjavik! (Iceland) / The Swimmers (residency)
Sunday, March 18 (9:00 PM doors) $8

HOT TICKETS
MERCURY LOUNGE
The Cribs
Wednesday, May 2 & Thursday, May 3 (7:30 PM doors) $15

BOWERY BALLROOM
Beirut / Final Fantasy
Tuesday, May 8(7:30 PM doors) $16
**Sunday and Monday Sold Out**
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!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
Wednesday, May 16 (8:00 PM doors) $16

KNITTING FACTORY
Ohmyrockness.com presents March Radness II : Walter Meego / Oxford Collapse / Dragons of Zynth / Del Rey
Saturday, March 31 (7:30 PM doors)

SIN-E
Brooklyn Vegan Presents: Pela / Shy Child / Marissa Nadler / Tim Fite / FUN
Friday, March 23 (8:00 PM doors) $10

WARSAW
CoCoRosie
Friday, April 20 (8:00 PM doors) $18.50

Posted by 3xWes at 02:23 PM | Permalink

Tickets are back on sale for the highly anticipated LCD Soundsystem shows at Bowery Ballroom.

BOTH NIGHTS! — HURRY

March 30th (tix)

March 31st (tix)

Posted by 3xWes at 01:46 PM | Permalink

Beau Velasco and Johnny Siera are The Death Set. These two, who met in Sydney but now live in Baltimore, play punk over lo-fi electro. Live, this translates to them thrashing guitars and screeching into old harmonica microphones or rotary telephone receivers while a mechanical rhythm chugging in the background. To add to the mess, they both sing at the same time. Their robo-rhythm section pulls together all sorts of noises from Casios, toys, synths, old records, to kitchenware into disco, b-more, and electro beats. That may seem a little bare, but all the while, Beau and Johnny are spazzing out in smack dead in the middle of the crowd.

I have never seen them live but the two are so notorious that Baltimore City Paper named them Best Live Band of 2006. The Death Set has played shows with Japanther, Lifetime, Matt & Kim, Spankrock, and Best Fwends. They are playing tonight at Uncle Paulie's in Greenpoint. The have an EP To from 2005 on RabbitFoot Records, which clocks in as a ten-minute electric jolt of abrasive punk rock. If you can't go tonight, you'll have to wait till May.

UPCOMING SHOWS
The Death Set / Team Robespirre / JuiceBoXXX / Naked Boys Makin Noise!
Uncle Paulie's (directions) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Friday, March 9th (8:00 PM doors) $6 at door
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The Death Set / Abstract Artimus / Team Robespierre
Venue TBA by Todd P – In Brooklyn
Thursday, May 10th

DOWNLOADS
Intermission (MP3)
Paranoia (MP3)

Posted by 3xWes at 05:13 PM | Permalink

THIS WEEKEND'S WALK-UPS
UNCLE PAULIE'S
The Death Set / Team Robespirre / JuiceBoXXX / Naked Boys Makin Noise!
Friday, March 9th (8:00 PM doors) $6 at door

FONTANA'S
The Octagon (coming home party) / Other Passengers / Grammer Debate! Black Tie Revue
Friday, March 9 (8:00 PM doors) $7 at door

BOWERY BALLROOM
The Horrors / Favourite Sons / The Films
Saturday, March 10 (8:00 PM doors) $13

MERCURY LOUNGE
120 Days / Shout Out Out Out Out / Born Ruffians / Germans
Saturday, March 10 (8:00 PM doors) $10 at door

HOT TICKETS
MERCURY LOUNGE
Bishop Allen / +/- / Say Hi To Your Mom
Friday, March 30 (8:00 PM doors) $12
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The Long Winters / Stars of Track & Field
Sunday, April 1 (7:30 PM doors) $15
**Saturday Show Sold Out**
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Cloud Cult / Young Galaxy
Saturday, April 14 & Sunday, April 15 (8:00 PM doors) $12
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Brightblack Morning Light
Saturday, May 5 at 8:00 PM (8:00 PM doors) $13

BOWERY BALLROOM
Guru's Jazzmatazz
Tuesday, March 27 (8:00 PM doors) $25
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Les Savy Fav
Sunday, April 1 (7:30 PM doors) $18
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Xiu Xiu / Shearwater / Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Sunday, April 8 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Junior Boys / San Serac
Wednesday, April 11 (8:00 PM doors) $16
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Sunset Rubdown / Katie Eastburn
Friday, May 4 (8:30 PM doors) $15
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Panda Bear
Saturday, June 23 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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The National plus guests
Monday, May 28 – Thursday, May 31 (8:00 PM doors) $15
**Thursday Sold Out**

WEBSTER HALL
Hot Chip
Friday, April 19 & Saturday, April 20 (6:30 PM doors) $22
**Second Night Just Added**
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Jarvis Cocker
Sunday, April 22 (8:00 PM doors) $32
**Monday Sold Out**

LUNA LOUNGE
The Black Angels / Vietnam / The Cave Singers
Sunday, April 8 (8:00 PM doors) $12
**Mercury Lounge Saturday Show Sold Out**

UNION HALL
Fionn Regan with Hayes Peebles
Monday, March 19 (8:30 PM doors) $8

Posted by 3xWes at 09:39 AM | Permalink

Beirut is releasing a two song EP of recordings that were made before Gulag Orkestar called Pompeii. This is far far away from the awesome Lon Gisland EP he released earlier this year. Here are the first tracks off of both for your comparison. "Elephant Gun," the first track off of Lon Gisland, could possibly be one of the best songs the band has recorded. While "Fountains and Tramways" is just plain bad. Please guys, no more silky-smooth R&B beats. It is amazing how far they have come.

DOWNLOADS
Elephant Gun (MP3)
Fountains and Tramways (MP3)

Posted by 3xWes at 11:14 PM | Permalink

So I went to that Matt & Kim show on a whim in the Bronx at Forham. The venue was so tiny and full of crazy kids. There is a review and video at pschoPedia. The photo is from their Flickr stream but this show was just as crazy except it was in the Bronx not the 'Burg. And there was no beer (or coffee even though the venue was called Rodrigues' Coffee House).

Posted by 3xWes at 10:47 PM | Permalink

Yes, I went to both Thermals shows – they are that good live. Review over at Product Shop. I am also starting a band with another blogger, we are considering the name Bowery Presents and Todd P Probably Aren't Friends. Not sure where we will play though.

Posted by 3xWes at 02:50 PM | Permalink

I wrote about Chris Garneau's performance at Bowery Ballroom opening for Marissa Nadler and El Perro Del Mar over at Product Shop. El Perro was good too. She has a lot of sombre charm.

Posted by 3xWes at 02:40 PM | Permalink

Jamie Treays or better know as Jamie T is a 21-year-old English kid from the suburbs of Wimbledon. He has the lyrical swaggered of Mike Skinner or Lily Allen and usually incorporates a catchy sample or two but his guitar parts could have be plucked right out of a lost Arctic Monkeys' record. Jamie started off DJing eclectic sets of punk, hip-hop, and pop in London clubs so this mash-up of styles in his music sort of makes sense.

Jamie T is quickly becoming a big name in the UK. On March 1st he won the Shockwave NME Award for Best Solo Artist 2007. Not Best New Artist – Best Solo Artist – beating out the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Thom Yorke, Lily Allen and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (who plays March 20th at Mercury).

Jamie T is coming to the Mercury Lounge in two weeks on Wednesday March 21st; you might want to start lining up now because you can't buy advanced tickets. Hopefully nobody really knows about this. Remember, Wolfmother played the Merc even after going platinum in Australia. Why doesn't T have two sold out shows the following nights at Mercury (or even advance tickets) like The Fratellis (who lost to Klaxons - who sold out Bowery – in the Best New Artists category)? His album Panic Prevention is out in the UK and you can buy it on iTunes. Jamie T is signed to Virgin so his album will be here in no time. For now, take these two bangers from Mr. T.

UPCOMING SHOW
Wednesday, March 21 :: Jamie T at Mercury Lounge :: 9:30 :: $12

DOWNLOAD
Salvador (MP3)
Sheila (MP3)

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