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To bad Bowery Presents is transitioning their ticket sales from Ticketweb to TicketMaster. Yeah, it is the same crappy ticket company but I really don't like the Ticketmaster website. Booo. Shows below.

HOT TICKETS
UPCOMING SHOWS
The Veils
Bowery Ballroom
Monday, September 10 (7:30 PM doors) $13
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Girl Talk / Dan Deacon / White Williams
Webster Hall
Saturday, September 15 (5:30 PM doors) $20
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VHS or BETA / Walter Meego
Studio B
Thursday, August 30 (9:00 PM doors) $12.50
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Mountain Goats / Bowerbirds
Bowery Ballroom
Mon, October 1 (8:00 PM doors) $18
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The Blow
Gramercy Theatre
Friday, October 5 (8PM doors) $15
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Arcade Fire / LCD Soundsystem
Randalls Island
Saturday, October 6 (3:30 PM doors) $39.50

THIS WEEK'S WALK-UPS
TONIGHT, JUNE 31
The Virgins / Lissy Trullie / Frankpollis / Eric Gaffney (ex-Sebadoh)
Mercury Lounge (7:00 PM doors) $10

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
Cassettes Won't Listen / 1990s / The Frequency / Cruel Black Dove
Mercury Lounge (7:30 PM doors) $10

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead / Shock Cinema
Luna Lounge (7:30 PM doors) $5
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Cuizinier & Orgasmic of TTC, Shout Out Out Out Out
Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel (10:00 PM doors) Free w/ RSVP

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3
CSS / Shout Out Out Out Out / Dirty on Purpose
Studio B (8:00 PM doors) Free w/ RSVP

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
Dirty Projectors / Effi Briest / Ecstatic Sunshine / Spectre Folk
Death By Audio (9:00 PM doors) All Ages, $tba
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Andrew W.K.
Highline Ballroom (11:00 PM doors) $8

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5
Helio/JellyNYC Pool Party: Blonde Redhead / I'm From Barcelona / The Coydogs
McCarren Park Pool (3:00 PM doors) All Ages, FREE

MONDAY, AUGUST 6
Brightblack Morning Light
Rocks Off Concert Cruises (7:00 PM doors) $25
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I'm From Barcelona / The Harlem Shakes
Southpaw (9:00 PM doors) $13

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7
GoGo!7188 / Peelander Z
Knitting Factory (7:30 PM doors) All Ages, $10

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
Totally Michael / Prizzy Prizzy Please / Sharon Cheslow's Sonic Triptych 3 w/Matterlink
The Arm NYC – 281 North 7th St @ Meeker St (8:00 PM doors) All Ages, $tba

Posted by 3xWes at 12:22 PM | Permalink

Take the slow rolling country caravan over to Product Shop to read about the Blitzen Trapper and David Vandervelde show at the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday.

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David Vandervelde - Jacket (MP3)
David Vandervelde - Nothin' No (MP3)
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (MP3)

Posted by 3xWes at 05:28 PM | Permalink

I went to Siren for The Black Lips, Matt & Kim, and Voxtrot. I was too late for The Black Lips and missed the chicken feather spectacle because the F train was all messed up at 14th street. I got there just in time for Matt & Kim. Last Saturday was hot and jumping around in the sun while they played was exhausting. I was sure somebody was going to bust their head on the concrete while crowd surfing. A few people came really close. After their set, I was almost to tired and thirsty to really enjoy Voxtrot. Oh well.



I also saw Band of Horses at McCarren Park Pool the following day. Check out Ben's beard. Now that's commitment. More at Product Shop.

Posted by 3xWes at 05:36 PM | Permalink

Jamie T played a short set on Tuesday at Union Pool. He still thinks American light beers sucks but acknowledges the potential of a whiskey chaser. He did a Rancid cover and a Billy Bragg cover. Arch from Illinois (the band) opened. Jamie will be back with a string of US dates in September. Full review at Product Shop. Jamie also came into Sirius to chat on Blog Radio. That was fun.

JAMIE T US TOUR DATES
Saturday, September 8 – Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Festival
Sunday, September 9 – Toronto, Ontario – V Festival
Wednesday, September 12 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
Thursday, September 13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, September 15 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star
Tuesday, September 18 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
Wednesday, September 19 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Saturday, September 22 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Café
Sunday, September 23 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Tuesday, September 25 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
Wednesday, September 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour

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Posted by 3xWes at 01:43 PM | Permalink

The Pool Parties at McCarren Park Pool have been blessed with lovely weather thus far. There really is no better way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Dan Deacon, being a beacon for all things DIY, has of course yet to perform on a stage. The stage at McCarren is probably 10 feet of the ground and yet he still played in the crowd. He is one with the people. I hope he can keep this up forever, including at the push-button battle royal at Webster Hall with Girl Talk and at the huge V-Fest in Baltimore. Erase Errata and Octopus Project also performed. Next up at the pool is Band of Horses. Also check the pics over at Stereogum.

Posted by 3xWes at 02:25 PM | Permalink

Plenty of people seem salty that they had to wait for three and a half hours to find out that they could not get into the Boredom’s 77BOADRUM on 07/07/07 with 77 drum kits. I arrived around 3:15 and waited that long and did not get in either. I am not bitter but I was a bit surprised that 17,000 other people wanted to go to a show fit for 3,000. Luckily, there is some cool video floating around on the web. Other artists really should be taking more advantage of these numerical date alignments. There are only four left for this century!

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Posted by 3xWes at 02:13 PM | Permalink

Owen Ashworth or Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is a burly man who stands alone on stage mashing keys, tweaking knobs, and crooning in monotone into a dry mic. His songs tell stories about sobering regrets, missed connections, and sometimes the beginning of a rebound but the lyrics ride over booming funky beats. Sometimes you don’t know whether to stare off into distance or start dancing. People did their own thing at his show at Mercury Lounge last Thursday. Toward the end of the show, The Donkeys joined him on stage as a backup band and suddenly we are watching an enlivened Owen perform as the front man for a morbid bar band a la Hold Steady minus the party. This was a cool thing to do for show if you know his albums but for his solitary music, I think we all prefer painfully alone auteur.

DOWNLOAD
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Young Shields (MP3)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Malone Moves Home (MP3)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Daytrotter Session with The Donkeys

Posted by 3xWes at 02:02 PM | Permalink

After waiting for four hours to buy these tickets many months ago, the show finally came around on June 26th. I thought that since a lot people were willing to show up eight hours early to buy tickets, they were probably going to be there right at the 7:00 doors too. That was not the case. Wilco did not go on till 9:30 and played for a total of two hours and forty minutes. That Tuesday was a long night of standing. However once Wilco left the stage we cheered them on for three encores. The only other time I have seen them – at The Vic in Chicago circa 2003 – they only did two encores.

Some accused their new album of summoning The Eagles and all that is sour in Dad Rock but their sound is actually still experimental albeit there is less noise and some new songs could pass for light rock. At the show, Nels Cline – the oldest dude – was rogue figure in a black shirt and red pants, while the rest of the guys were decked out in metro-western wear. He shredded freely on the guitar, doing crazy stuff with octaves and holding chords forever. Their music has the same sophistication but of other Americana bands like The National but it lacks the sexiness, so people are quick to call it Dad Rock.

Maybe they are starting to show their age in their music, but Wilco still has some fire running through their blood. Tweedy said they could play as long as they wanted that night: “Every show this tour we have had a curfew. Curfews are for sucks.” Full of tour angst, he sounds like a kid or a dad mocking a kid, but either way the crowd – most of whom were younger than the band – could not get enough that night.

More photos after the jump.

Posted by 3xWes at 01:33 PM | Permalink

One rainy Thursday – June 21st to be exact – North Seventh at Bedford was shut down for Make Music New York. I am not sure what the band is called when only one guy shows up, but Best Fwends opened. The other missing Fwend was stuck on the BQE. But Matt & Kim were there upfront singing along. Dustin Pilkington, the missing Fwend, drew the faces on the banner that they bring to every show and he also did the cover art for this month’s Showpaper – that bi-monthly all-ages show guide printed on one sheet of newspaper.



Cheeseburger got two songs in before it started to rain. An old dude in a tropical shirt, pink shorts, and beach shades from “the classic rock station KCRX” or something introduced them. That was funny. I left when the downpour started and did not stay for Oxford Collapse.

Posted by 3xWes at 01:23 PM | Permalink

The last ever Television performance promised to be a great show until one of their guitarist Richard Lloyd got sick and had to be hospitalized a few days before their show at Summerstage. There is a lot of guitar wanking in their music and some of the songs jam on forever. Having the rival dueling guitar of Richard Lloyd would have been nice but the other guy filling in did a pretty good job. Some of the notes the other guitarist – and the singer – Tom Verlaine would hit sounded more like a string instrument than a guitar. Their last song, "Marquee Moon" was the best song they played and they played the entire ten minutes of it even though the stage manager was started making the cut sign across his neck about half way through. Apples in Stereo played with a bit more energy in their songs – granted it is power pop and they sing a lot about the sunshine. Too bad it was raining during most of their set.





APPLES IN STEREO

Posted by 3xWes at 12:55 PM | Permalink

So I went to Sasquatch this year at the Gorge in George, Washington. What stoner thought that pairing up? The main stage sits right on the edge of a cliff and has the backdrop of a river cutting through a canyon. The view is almost enough but all the music entices you to stay there for 12 hours straight for two days. However, being out in the middle of nowhere sometimes means you have to stop the show for three hours to wait for heavy winds to pass or that you have to freeze your ass off in order to see the bands at night. I am not going to write much more but everything about Bad Brains is true. Also read Yeti's other summary at BV.

THE BLOW AT THE YETI STAGE




THE ARCADE FIRE AT THE SASQUATCH MAIN STAGE


PS – SEATTLE IS COOL


BACK TO NEW YORK
Animal Collective was a good way to start the South Street Seaport concert series. The show was one big jam. After that show I went to The National at Bowery—grown man music. They will also be playing the Seaport on August 17th. Every year that festival seems to be booking bigger bands.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT




THE NATIONAL AT BOWERY BALLROOM

Posted by 3xWes at 11:28 AM | Permalink

Here are a few shows of note – that you have to pay for – happening this weekend. I forgot to mention the free Fujiya & Miyagi show with Black Moth Super Rainbow at South Street Seaport in the last post about free stuff. I am also very excited to see Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Mercury Lounge tonight. His album Etiquette from last year should have made it on to my top 25 list but I did not start listening to it until this year.

HOT TICKETS
UNION POOL
Jamie T
Tuesday, July 17 (8:00 PM doors) $10

THIS WEEKEND’S WALK-UPS
THURSDAY, JULY 5
Benni Hemm Hemm / Casiotone For The Painfully Alone / The Donkeys
Mercury Lounge (7:30 PM Doors) $10

DOWNLOAD
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Young Shields (MP3)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Malone Moves Home (MP3)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Daytrotter Session with The Donkeys

FRIDAY, JULY 6
Fujiya & Miyagi / Black Moth Super Rainbow
South Street Seaport (7:00 PM show) FREE

DOWNLOAD
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sunlips (MP3)
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Britta Persson
The Living Room (11:00 PM show) FREE

SATURDAY, JULY 7
Yeasayer / Suckers / Mgmt
Flamboyan Theatre – 107 Suffolk Street (9:00 PM doors) $tba
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Fixed presents: Simian Mobile Disco
Studio B (10:00 PM doors) $12

SUNDAY, JULY 8
Dan Deacon / OCDJ / Wyld Stallone
Death By Audio – 49 S 2nd (9:00 PM doors) $6
Http://Myspace.Com/Deathbyaudioshows

TUESDAY, JULY 10
New York Magazine Bad Art Auction with Band of Horses and Zach Galifianakis
Hiro Ballroom (8:00 PM doors) $30 tix

UPCOMING SHOWS
SILENT BARN AKA RAVEN’S DEN
Black Lips / Turbo Fruits / The Coathangers / Golden Triangle
Friday, July 20 (8:00 PM doors) $10

MERCURY LOUNGE
David Vandervelde And The Moonstation House Band / Blitzen Trapper / The A-Sides
Wednesday, July 25 (7:30 PM doors) $10
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The Virgins / Lizzy Trullie
Tuesday, July 31 (7:00 PM doors) $10
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Handsome Furs
Tuesday, August 7 (7:30 PM doors) $13

BOWERY BALLROOM
Deerhunter / Ex Models / Blues Control
Wednesday, July 11 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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The Cribs / White Rabbits
Thursday, August 9 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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Tokyo Police Club
Monday, August 13 (7:30 PM doors) $15
**Friday show sold out**
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Cloud Cult
Saturday, September 8 (8:00 PM doors) $15
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The Veils
Monday, September 10 (7:30 PM doors) $13

PIANO’S
Japan Seoul / The Hazey Janes / The Wildbirds / Eastern Conference Champions (CD Release Show)
Monday, July 23 (9:00 PM doors) $8

STUDIO B
Battles
Friday, July 20 (8:00 PM doors) $14
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CSS / Shout Out Out Out / Dirty On Purpose
Friday, August 3 (8:00 PM doors) FREE with RSVP

LUNA LOUNGE
Shout Out Louds / Saturday Looks Good To Me
Tuesday, July 17 (7:30 PM doors) $15

WEBSTER HALL
Okkervil River / Damien Jurado
Friday, September 28 (7:00 PM doors) $20

HIGHLINE BALLROOM
Art Brut / White Rabbits
Monday, July 9 (8:00 PM doors) $18
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Dj Z-Trip / Special Guest MCs: Gift Of Gab / Aceyalone / King Heron
Sunday, August 5 (6:00 PM doors) $30
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Black Dice
Friday, November 23 (7:00 PM doors) $15

UNION HALL
Enon / Yeasayer
Saturday, July 14 (8:00 PM doors) $12

SOUTHPAW
I'm From Barcelona
Monday, August 6 (9:00 PM doors) $13

THE ARM
Totally Michael / Prizzy Prizzy Please / Sharon Cheslow
Friday, August 10 (8:00 PM doors) $tba
281 North 7th St @ Meeker St

KNITTING FACTORY
SubHumans / World Inferno Friendship Society
Sunday, September 23 & Monday, September 24 (6:30 PM doors) $12

Posted by 3xWes at 02:15 PM | Permalink

77BOADRUM with Boredoms
4 PM on Saturday, 7/7/07 at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park under the Brooklyn Bridge
FREE with RSVP

From the Vice:

Legendary Japanese iconoclasts Boredoms, a visionary band who has spent over twenty years pushing itself toward new frontiers, will stage the most extraordinary concert of their career on July 7, 2007. A once-in-a-lifetime performance featuring 77 drummers, and meant to be performed just once (on 7/7/07), Boredoms will create 77BOADRUM as a free show in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

DOWNLOAD
Boredoms - Jungle Taitei (MP3)

Cheeky Bastard presents: Chromeo / Flosstradamus / 33Hz
Thursday, July 5 at Hiro Ballroom
Svedka Vodka Open Bar 10 to 11 PM
FREE with RSVP

TONIGHT is a double dose of the duos Chromeo and Flosstradamus. If you plan to go out to Hiro get there early or you might end up paying the cover.

DOWNLOAD
Chromeo - Tendreroni (MP3)

JellyNYC presents: Octopus Project / Erase Errata / Dan Deacon / OCDJ
Sunday, July 8 at McCarren Park Pool
FREE

And of course you could RSVP for the Pool Parties but that is unnecessary. Get there early for Dan Deacon and OCDJ. The first band usually goes on around 4 PM but doors open around 2 PM and folks from The Rub will be DJing.

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