Comebacks?
Conan O’Brien To Take It On The Road
Amy Rose Spiegel :: Friday, March 5th, 2010 4:20 pm
A caveat of Conan O’Brien’s exit agreement with NBC states that he’s not allowed to have a TV show for some time. Isn’t it a little outrageous that they can not only kill his show, but his TV career? He can, however, perform his material live, and it looks as though he’s preparing to do just that. MORE »
Events
Vincent Moon Screens Take-Away Shows in NYC This Weekend
Matt Kiebus :: Friday, February 12th, 2010 4:15 pm
La Blogotheque’s founder Vincent Moon is holding a special screening of his “Take-Away Shows & Other Music Shorts” this Saturday at Union Docs in Williamsburg at 7:30 p.m.  The 30-year-old Parisian music director has already put his uniquely innovative stamp on music videos. His La Blogotheque website is a collection of acoustic videos shot guerrilla style throughout Paris. Bands ranging from REM, The National, and Arcade Fire to Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, and Vampire Weekend have all participated in Moon’s Take-Away Shows. Moon’s real talent lays in being able to use the backdrop of beautiful city, like Paris, without aid of special effects, quick cuts, and multiple takes to create a striking finished product. The result gives fans a more intimate relationship to the music. MORE »
Events
Bonnaroo Announces 2010 Lineup!
Johnny Sanford :: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 12:00 pm
In the mood to take a trip to the backwaters of Tennessee this summer for 3 days of peace, love and long bathroom lines? Well, here’s your chance to get to gator country and see some bitchin’ music. This year, Bonnaroo’s organizers have let the artists announce themselves. And so far it’s a big ticket! Tickets go on sale at 12pm today, and the list of artists we’ve gathered so far is after the jump! MORE »
Bands, Contests
Free Stuff = The Best Kind of Stuff
Amy Laviero :: Friday, February 5th, 2010 2:00 pm
Free concert, free drinks, free prizes!
Baeble Music is holding a free, hi-def screening party for a pre-recorded Passion Pit concert that took place last September in Central Park. If you need more incentive to check it out, there will also be free booze between 7:00 and 8:00. The screening will take place next Wednesday, February 10th, between 7:00 and 10:00 at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, 70 North 6th street between Wythe and Kent.
They are also giving away three Passion Pit prize packs, each with a signed vinyl of Manners and a signed poster from the Central Park concert. To enter the contest, log-in to Facebook, connect with Baeblemusic.com, and leave a comment about the concert on this page. The announcement didn’t specify what kind of comments they are looking for, but it said that winners will be announced via Facebook.
News
Phoenix Take To The Streets
Isaac Lekach :: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 4:30 pm
Check out Phoenix performing in the streets of Paris after the jump. Vincent Moon, the man behind the Take Away Shows, was behind these clips. In related news, Phoenix was nominated for a Grammy! Big ups to our Issue 21 cover boys!
Live Reviews
Noah And The Whale live at Mercury Lounge
Alex Moore :: Thursday, November 5th, 2009 1:20 pm
Noah And The Whale played at Mercury Lounge last night, the last of three shows in New York, and their last stateside for a while.
The band turned in a precise, beautifully-arranged set of songs from their new record, The First Days Of Spring.
The new record is a decidedly dark, emotive departure from their more cheerful debut Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down. It’s the kind of touching, heavy record that can be tricky to pull off live, and the band rose to the occasion.
Noah’s next tour is a string of dates in Europe with Phoenix. Stay tuned at this blog for an exclusive daily tour diary from the band as they make their way across Europe. More photos from the show after the jump.
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News
How to Make Money in Indie Rock, 101
Stephen Blackwell :: Thursday, October 29th, 2009 4:15 pm
Getting paid in indie rock is no easy feat. As selling music gets tougher and tougher, bands have to do all sorts of things to, you know, diversify their revenue streams. Nobody wants their cash position negatively effected. And touring isn’t cheap. You’ve gotta rightsize that capital outlay.
When we put Blonde Redhead on the cover of an earlier issue of Death+Taxes, they reiterated several times throughout the interview they had no money. I think a lot of people consider Blonde Redhead to be one of the largest indie bands in the world, myself included. So where does that leave, say, Wooden Birds. Probably in the doghouse, if its members weren’t composing ad campaigns for CitiBank. MORE »
Events, News
Noah and the Whale Invade NYC
Stephen Blackwell :: Thursday, October 29th, 2009 10:00 am
London band Noah and the Whale begin their residency at the Mercury Lounge on November 2, which wraps up the group’s current US tour. They’ll be bringing their pretty, Sigur Ros-esque jammage to town for three nights accompanied by a screening of their film, The First Days of Spring at Pianos on November 1. (Charlie will be doing a Q&A that evening.)
After that, the band will head back to Europe to support Death+Taxes 21 cover band, Phoenix.
I wonder what those guys are going to talk about? Why Fender Twin Reverbs from the sixties are way better than the re-issues? Conscientious objection? We’ll find out soon, as I hear Noah and the Whale will be hosting a tour diary right here on this very site. I’d post the Euro dates after the jump, but we just don’t have enough European readers to justify all the copying and pasting.
