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Studio B was a happening place last Wednesday. Not only did Art Brut and O'Death perform, there was a late show with Muscles and Soulwax. Muscles is a dude from Melbourne, Australia not to be confused with Brooklyn's Mussels, who just released their second album, Little Voices. Nor to be confused with another recent Modular signee, New Young Pony Club, who also have a hit song called "Ice Cream." Full review at Product Shop. You can also read Jason's Review of Art Brut.

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Muscles – Ice Cream (MP3)
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See the other Mussels tonight at Knockout! at The Delancey.

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Posted by 3xWes at 02:50 PM | Permalink

Besides what is sold out, here is another list of shows.

THIS WEEKEND'S WALK-UPS
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
Awesome Color / Deerhunter / Telepathe
Silent Barn /aka Raven's Den (8:00 PM doors)
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Acid Mother's Temple
Southpaw (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Georgie James / Vampire Weekend / Pascalle
Union Hall (8:00 PM doors) $10
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The Battering Room presents: Beat Radio / Sure Juror
/ Mussels / The Mugs
The Delancey (8:00 PM doors) $8

SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Professor Murder / The Rub
Canal Room(10:00 PM doors) $10
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Finger On The Pulse presents: Apes & Androids / Cousin Cole
Studio B (10:00 PM doors) $5
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Black Moth Super Rainbow
Pianos (8:00 PM doors) $10

MONDAY, APRIL 30
The Wordless Music Series presents: The Books / Real Quiet
Society for Ethical Culture (6:30 PM doors) $20

TUESDAY, MAY 1
Peter & The Wolf / Artanker Convoy / Heavy Creatures
Union Hall (8:00 PM doors) $8

RSVP
Going.com presents: Albert Hammond Jr.
Hiro Ballroom
Thursday, May 10 (8:00 PM doors) Free before 11:00 PM

ON SALE
Patrick Wolf
Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, May 9 (8:00 PM doors) $15 (tix)
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The Jesus & Mary Chain
Webster Hall
Monday, May 21 & Tuesday, May 22 (8:00 PM doors) $45 (tix)

UPCOMING SHOWS
MERCURY LOUNGE
Brightblack Morning Light
Saturday, May 5 (8:00 PM doors) $13
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Friction presents: Dan Deacon / Ponytail / Meneguar / Lions & Tigers
Saturday, May 12 (8:00 PM doors) $8
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Frog Eyes / Alex Delivery / Chris Garneau
Friday, May 18 (8:00 PM doors) $10
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Handsome Furs / TK Webb
Wednesday, May 23 & Thursday, May 24 (7:30 PM doors) $13
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The Veils
Thursday, June 7 (6:45 PM doors) $10
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Brakes Brakes Brakes / Pela / Electric Soft Parade
Saturday, June 16 (8:00 PM doors) $12

BOWERY BALLROOM
TigerCity / Sam Champion plus Stylofone / The Affair
Tuesday, May 15 (7:00 PM doors) $13
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Mystery Jets plus White Rabbits / Vampire Weekend
Saturday, June 2 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Lavender Diamond
Sunday, June 3 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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The Long Blondes
Saturday, June 9 (8:30 PM doors) $13
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Earl Greyhound
Thursday, June 14 (8:00 PM doors) $13
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Heartless Bastards / Viva La Foxx
Saturday, June 16 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Deerhunter
Wednesday, July 11 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Tokyo Police Club
Friday, August 10 (8:00 PM doors) $15

WEBSTER HALL
Voxtrot / Favourite Sons / Au Revoir Simone
Friday, June 15 (6:00 PM doors) $18

STUDIO B
!!! (chk chk chk)
Wednesday, May 30 (8:00 PM doors) $16
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Datarock
Saturday, June 2 (10:00 PM doors) $10

CAKE SHOP
Maserati
Saturday, June 2 (8:00PM doors) $7

UNION HALL
Frog Eyes / Alex Delivery / Chris Garneau
Saturday, May 19 (8:00 PM doors) $10
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Oxford Collapse / Centipede E'est
Thursday, May 24 (8:00 PM doors) $8
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The Veils
Friday, June 8 (8:00 PM doors) $10

UNION POOL
Langhorne Slim
Friday, May 4 (8:00 PM doors)

Posted by 3xWes at 02:27 PM | Permalink

Spoon is playing Bowery Ballroom next Monday, April 23. Get your tickets now. They went on sale at 9:00 AM. Last time I saw them was The Siren Festival. That was way too crowded and I think it rained. This show should be way better.

Posted by 3xWes at 09:00 AM | Permalink

FRIDAY - APRIL 13
If you missed Klaxons at their sold out Bowery show (Amrit was there), now is your chance to see the at Studio B. Bonde do Role opens. What is the is Nu-Rave anyway? I hope it is MDM-A-mazing.

FIXED presents: Klaxons / Bonde do Role
Studio B (10:00 PM doors) $12

Page France and Headlights. I have never seen either of these bands but I have heard good things. Expect lighthearted indie rock and girl/guys singing duos.

Page France / Headlights / Cheyenne
Piano's (9:00 PM doors) $12

SATURDAY - APRIL 14
YATCH IS A DUDE WHO LIKES ALL CAPS. He is also a dude who has been chopping the "instruments" to make beats for The Blow. Previously only know for that a few solid indie-rock remixes he has now unveiled I Believe In You Your Magic Is Real. Go say hi at Cinder's Gallery. Also. And Telepathe will be there. This is FREE.

YATCH / Telepathe
Cinder's Gallery (9:00 PM doors) FREE

Page France / Headlights
Union Hall (8:00 PM doors) $12

SUNDAY - APRIL 15
Cloud Cult always puts on a good live show. Maybe they will have someone painting there too. I am still curious about Young Galaxy. Sunday is not sold out as of now.

Cloud Cult / Young Galaxy / Exit Clov
Mercury Lounge (8:00 PM doors) $12

Posted by 3xWes at 03:08 PM | Permalink

Wilco is finally going to stop in New York. Hallelujah. They play Hammerstein Ballroom with Low opening on June 25th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (thx Adam) at noon. Their new one, Sky Blue Sky, is killer. Check out the last track on the album courtesy of the band.

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What Light (MP3)

WILCO TOUR DATES
06.13.07 RiverCenter: Adler Theatre – Davenport, IA
06.14.07 Bonnaroo Music Festival – Manchester, TN
06.19.07 Chastain Park Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
06.20.07 Ovens Auditorium – Charlotte, NC
06.22.07 Count Basie Theatre – Red Bank, NJ
06.24.07 Pines Theatre – Northampton, MA
06.25.07 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
06.28.07 Bank of America Pavilion – Boston, MA
06.29.07 The Green at Shelburne Museum – Shelburne, VT
06.30.07 Massey Hall – Toronto, On

[photo: Jim Saah / WilcoWorld]

Posted by 3xWes at 02:46 PM | Permalink

Here is another list of things to do this weekend. Obviously sold out shows are not mentioned. See the last list for some tickets to buy. Also The National added a fifth night at Bowery, Beirut will probably add a fourth.

THIS WEEKEND'S WALK-UPS
THURSDAY - APRIL 5
After the closing of Sin-é, FRICTION is moving to the Mercury Lounge. The have put together a big line up with Land of Talk headlining their first show there. Dave Bruno from Slap You In Public is DJing all night. Or you could check out UK pop sensation Patrick Wolf at Hiro Ballroom if you can stand the wait to get inside.

FRICTION Presents: Land of Talk / Mahagony / Vampire Weekend / Balún
Mercury Lounge (7:30 PM doors) $10
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GBH Presents: Patrick Wolf
Hiro Ballroom (9:00 PM doors) RSVP Here

FRIDAY - APRIL 6
Bang Camaro bring to life the world's best Guitar Hero band. If you have every played the game you know exactly what their music sounds like. Plus they are backed by a choir of singing bros. Or Patrick Wolf again.

Bang Camaro
Mercury Lounge (8:30 PM doors) $12
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FUN Presents: Patrick Wolf
Studio B (10:00 PM doors) $12

SATURDAY - APRIL 7
Knockout Round 3 is going down Saturday. Benzos and The Diggs are playing. The Battering Room has hand-picked a bunch of other bands too. Check the site for set times.

KNOCKOUT Round 3: benzos / The Diggs / Square Wave Punch / The Diggs / Bridges and Powerlines
Matchless (8:00 PM doors) $8

SUNDAY - APRIL 8 - EASTER
This Easter show is a random pairing of bands but is exciting because Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is making an overdue New York appearance. Also if you are missing The Black Angels and Vietnam at Mercury Saturday, you could always catch them at Luna Lounge.

Xiu Xiu / Shearwater / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Bowery Ballroom (8:00 PM doors) $17
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The Black Angels / Vietnam / The Cave Singers
Luna Lounge (8:00 PM doors) $12

Posted by 3xWes at 02:25 PM | Permalink

Good Shoes is a young band from Morden, south London, near Wimbledon. Judging from their lyrics, Morden, or maybe Modern in a word jumble, is a classic shopping-town suburbia that still has its fair share of skinheads and drug dealers amongst the sprawl. The band has been lumped with technical prog-poppers Mystery Jets from Eel Pie Island and the Thamesbeat scene. However, some have argued that other neighboring bands like Jamie T, Larrikin Love, or Holloways, also labeled as Thamesbeat, only share a location not a sound. Regardless of whether there is a cohesive Thamesbeat scene in London, Good Shoes sings about the encompassing neighborhood where they grew up abound with small-town-meets-big-city dilemmas.

Their sound owes some to The Futureheads, Gang of Four, Television, The Jam, or any other UK band with chops on their guitars and lyrics that ride those riffs. Their album Think Before You Speak is out in the UK and I like it better than any of the other most recent imports like The View, The Fratellis, or The Kooks – Jamie T excluded. Something is happening in the suburbs of south London right now.

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Small Town Girl (MP3)
Photos (MP3)

Posted by 3xWes at 04:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)