the 2008 Howl! Festival, Tompkins Square Park Saturday (CRED)

today in NYC
* HOWL
* DANCE
* The Citizens Band @ Spiegelworld
* Emily Haines (Metric) @ Union Pool
* Tokyo Police Club @ Mercury Lounge
* Arbouretum & Pontiak @ Glasslands Gallery
* Silver Jews & Monotonix @ Bowery Ballroom
* Reggie & The Full Effect @ Highline Ballroom
* Magic Christian & The A-Bones @ Bowery Ballroom
* East Village Radio Festival @ South Street Seaport
* Flying Lotus, So Percussion & Daedelus @ (le) poisson rouge

What else?

the EVR Fest latest set times below....

BAND SCHEDULE FOR SOUTH STREET SEAPORT STAGE4-ize 12:45
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 1:15
Olof Arnalds 2:30
Vivian Girls 3:00
High Places 3:45
Awesome Color 4:30
John Oliver 5:00
Devin the Dude 5:30
Flying Lotus 6:15
BORIS 7:45BANDS SCHEDULED FOR @ SEAPORT LOCATIONLil' Dusty (Pete Nolan) 1:30
Bunnybrains 2:30
Hex Message 3:30
Dan Friel (Parts & Labor) 4:30
Crystal Stilts 5:30
Woods 6:15
BIG A little a 7:00Dr. Lonnie Smith is no longer on the bill. KRS One is hosting and may or may not be playing too.

DOWNLOAD: DoE - Sailing By Night (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Sailing By Night (WHY's Christmas mix) (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Ghost In Summer Clothes (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - Winter Coat (old MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - No No One Does It Like You (new MP3)
DOWNLOAD: DoE - In Ear Park (new MP3)

Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) @ All Points West (more by Bao Nguyen)
Department of Eagles features Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and his friend Fred Nicolaus, plus additional help from two other members of Grizzly Bear, Chris Taylor and Chris Bear.Their album In Ear Park is out October 7, 2008 on 4AD. Two tracks from that album are up there for download above along with three older tracks and one remix by Why?. Pre-order In Ear ParK to get a free 7". Band pictures, album cover art and tracklists below...

Department of Eagles

new album
01 In Ear Park
02 No One Does It Like You
03 Phantom Other
04 Teenagers
05 Around the Bay
06 Herring Bone
07 Classical Records
08 Waves of Rye
09 Therapy Car Noise
10 Floating on the Lehigh
11 Balmy Nightnew 7"

band photos by Amelia Bauer

Saturday is/was the end (at least until next summer) of a lot of outdoor dancing in New York. It's also unfortunately a hurricane?! Saturday is/was the final Warm Up party at P.S.1, the final Beach Party at Water Taxi Beach, and the final People Don't Dance No More boat party! :( Info on all 3 and more below:

A very soulful/housey edition of Warm Up was today (rain or shine)3pm - Jerome Derradji (Still Music)
4pm - Bing Ji Ling (live)
5pm - Jerome Derradji
6pm - Lisa Shaw (live)
7pm - Neil Aline (Chez Music)Junior Boys

- Junior Boys close out this summer's Beach Party series at Water Taxi Beach (rain or shine). For an idea of what you can expect, check out the tracklisting of the mix they did for Get Physical's Body Language series below:Tracklisting: Junior Boys - Body Language Vol. 6
01 Sorcerer - Surfing At Midnight (Prins Thomas Miks)
02 Supermayer - Saturndays
03 Chelonis R. Jones - Deer In The Headlights (DJ Hell Remix)
04 Love Nine - Feedback
05 Kreon & Lemos Feat. Feeboy - Fola
06 Kelley Polar - Rosenband (Magic Tim's Instrumental Version)
07 Steadycam - In The Moog For Love
08 Radio Slave - Screaming Hands (Cosmo Vitelli Radioaktivitat Remix)
09 Studio - Life's A Beach! (Todd Terje Beach House Mix)
10 Gui.tar - Love Started To Shine
11 Stereo Image - Dark Chapter
12 Matthew Dear - You Know What I Would Do
13 Pushé - Don't Take Your Love Away
14 Visage - I'm Still Searching
15 Junior Boys - No Kinda Man
16 Rework - Love Love Love Yeah (Chloé Remix)
17 f0st3r - bl3w r0d30 d3m0
18 Chloé - Be Kind To Me
19 Bill Nelson - When Your Dream Of Perfect Beauty Comes TrueThe party is from 8pm - 3am and costs $5. Directions and any other info you might need is available on the Water Taxi Beach website.also: New free Saturday Late Night Bus Shuttle between Water Taxi Beach and the #7 Subway at Vernon Jackson Blvd from 10pm to 3am!Updated info on The People Don't Dance No More boat party:As you may know, Hurricane Hannah is quickly heading towards our fair city. The Coast Guard has closed down the New York waterways and as a result we won't be sailing on Saturday night. We have RESCHEDULED the party for SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Boarding begins at 2 pm and we'll sail from 3 until 6 pm.

If you've already bought tickets you should have received instructions on how to obtain refunds if you cannot make it to the party on Sunday. For refunds, please email info@ticketweb.com, or call 1-866-777-8932.

Hopefully you'll all be able to make it as its going to be a wild afternoon with a very special set from GILDAS + MASAYA from Kitsune Paris.

Added bonus, we'll get to cruise right by the WATERFALLS!

The party Sunday is rain or shine. Advanced tickets available here.

It seems blind optimism isn't the way to go for Saturday. Here's something I strongly recommend that's going on indoors at Santos. New York's own DJ Spun will be there with special guest DJ Kaos from Berlin. Kaos is great. I picked up his album Hello Stranger when it came out back in 2005 just for the track "Lessons In Love" during the height of an obsession with Erlend Oye (who does guest vocals on the track) and wound up really liking the entire thing. It's funky and disco-ey in a modern, updated way and his live sets are the same...occasionally throwing back a bit more. Regardless of what he plays he's going to leave you wanting to do it at the disco (sound familiar?).

The party is upstairs and it's $5.

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Hopefully by Sunday (9/7) any rain will have subsided because there's more going on outside:

Get housed by two teenagers, the Martinez Brothers, at Water Taxi Beach. Check out their August chart and event info below:

The Martinez Brothers' August 2008 Chart 01) Mastiksoul - Macaron // Hoshi Recordings
02) Moodyman - Preacher (BumBum Dub) // Leftroom
03) Dakar - I've Got that Feeling // Get Physical
04) Claude Vonstroke - Scarlet Macaw (Original Mix) // Mothership
05) Ilario Alicante - Living Near Africa // CDR
06) Cassy Britton - A Plea for Me (Original Mix) // Cocoon Rec.
07) Mass Destruction - Jungle (Original Mix) // CDR
08) Shlomi Aber - In Theory Yes (Original Mix) // Be as One Imprint
09) Minicoolboys - Strike an Empty City (Alex Young Mix) // Strike Recordings
10) Pfirter - Mi Auto (Original Mix) // Stockholm LTD

Advanced tickets available here.

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No Ordinary Monkey is happening at Grand Ferry Park in Williamsburg. Free from 2pm - 9pm.

And as mentioned above, the People Don't Dance No More boat party has been moved to Sunday.

A quick FYI about some stuff happening early next week:

Monday - Danny Krivit is at the Hudson and Francois K is at Cielo.

And...not-dance related - If it's going to pour and you're looking for stuff to do I recommend hitting the movies and seeing "Man On Wire". I'm not posting the trailer because I think it spoils it, but basically...in 1974 a young Frenchman, Philippe Petit strung a wire between the tops of the Twin Towers and walked it. This film tells the amazing story of how he and his friends planned it out. It's an interesting, beautiful, moving story and the film was done extremely well. Check it out!

-Showtrotta

Portraits of Past @ Cake Shop (amore e biciclette)

today in NYC
* Carcass @ Nokia Theater
* Howl! Festival (rain or shine?)
* What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Maxwell's
* Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler @ Comix
* Monster Island Block Party (rain or shine)
* Twi The Humble Feather @ Sound Fix Records
* Silver Jews & Monotonix @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Art Parade was cancelled today.

The East Villlage Radio Festival was moved to Sunday.

David Bruno's boat party was moved to Sunday.

What else?

DOWNLOAD: Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (zSHARE)
DOWNLOAD: the Cardigans - Love Fool (Nick Catchdubs Bongo Edit) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Klever - Ski Mask Way mix (zSHARE)

the Rapture

Hope you had fun last night. There's a lot more dance headed your way this weekend. Here's what's going on Friday (9/5) alone:

Awesome electro rockers (who I wish would play some concerts soon), the Rapture (more specifically Vito & Druzzi) come out of hiding to deejay First Fridays at the Guggenheim. The party goes from 9pm - 1am. Admission is $25 at the door or free if you're a member of the Guggenheim.

From there if you want to stay more on the electro side of things, Robot Rock has a great line-up at Le Royale this week with Treasure Fingers, AC Slater, and DJ Krames.

AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked - out Sept. 30th on Palms Out Sounds

Btw - A.C.'s got a new track, "Jack Got Jacked" coming out on Palms Out Sounds on September 30th. Check it out on his myspace, and also check out Jack Beats' great remix of it (which is also going to be released along with the original on the 30th)here.

Free with RSVP to list@gbh.tv with your name and number of guests. When you arrive, ask for the GBH guest list.

Friday is also the debut of a new FREE weekly party by Nick Catchdubs, DJ Ayres, and Jubilee at Public Assembly called Flashing Lights:Strictly electronic club music, no bullsh!t - house, disco, techno, rave and very special guests each week, including our friend KLEVER from ATL (download his "Ski Mask Way" mix at the top of this post) who will be kicking off the inaugural edition!

In addition to throwing parties Nick has been busy mixing things up lately. Download the Radio Friendly Unit Shifter mix he did with Mr. Ducker for NY-based streetwear company, Mishka, at the top of this post:My good friend Mr. Ducker isn't a DJ, but he always wanted to make an ultimate '90s tape, something that brought a mixshow vibe to alt nation sounds. When he asked me to get down with his dream and collaborate, we delved deep into our middle and high school record collections (and used CD bargain bins) and brainstormed new ways to present all the alternative music we grew up on. We were inspired by DJ Spinbad's impossibly fun '80s pop mixes: big hits next to unexpected favorites with lots of movie dialogue and interludes for jokes, all smashed up in a dance party megamixxx. Picking from hundreds of beloved Buzz Bin jams was easier said than done (sorry Superdrag, you'll make Vol. 2!), but with the Mishka crew's annual trip to Magic in Las Vegas giving us an actual deadline, we finally finished this badmotorfinger as a giveaway CD for their new season. Even with double digit-old tunes, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter feels right on time, connecting the dots between Sonic Youth breakbeats, weeded Lollapalooza rap, gloriously fuzzed-out one hit wonders and much more. No irony, no empty nostalgia, just a lot of music we love that shaped what we do today. They used to play King Missile on the radio! In America! Download and enjoy. - Nick Catchdubs

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Tracklisting:
1. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
2. Sonic Youth - 100%
3. Folk Implosion - Natural One
4. King Missile - Detachable Penis
5. Beck - Beercan
6. Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin'
7. Meat Puppets - Backwater
8. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
9. Nirvana - Sliver
10. Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around
11. Porno For Pyros - Tahitian Moon
12. Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
13. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl
14. Primus - Wynonas Big Brown Beaver
15. Body Count - There Goes The Neighborhood
16. Offspring - Come Out And Play
17. Rancid - Roots Radicals
18. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
19. Weezer - El Scorcho
20. Green Day - Longview
21. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
22. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
23. Bjork - Army Of Me
24. Soundgarden - Outshined
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
26. Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (Live @ The Tibetan Freedom Concert)
27. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man (Live @ Woodstock '94)
28. House Of Pain - Shamrocks and Shennanigans
29. Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
30. Breeders - Cannonball
31. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
32. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
33. Sublime - Doin' Time
34. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
35. Faith No More - A Small Victory
36. MC 900 Foot Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
37. Everclear - You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
38. Toadies - Possum Kingdom

One last option for Friday:

If you're craving some discooo, Theater of the Virgin Ear is happening at Love with the No Ordinary Monkey crew - Carlos Arias, Phil South, and Anton Esteban who will be:...mining the depths for pure psychedelic disco madness.Check out Phil and Anton's set from May 6th on Beats In Space for what that might sound like.

Doors 10pm. $5 before midnight, $10 after.

Don't bother stopping...before you know it you'll be back out dancing again (hopefully in the sunshine) Saturday & Sunday - posts are on their way!

-Showtrotta

The debut of the East Village Radio Music Festival may be delayed by one day due to the heavy rains and gusty winds expected for New York City throughout Saturday, as tropical storm Hanna moves up the East Coast.

The festival, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, September 6, may be moved to Sunday, September 7 from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.

Organizers will evaluate the weather conditions on Saturday morning at 6 a.m. and determine if the festival will go forward on Saturday, or be delayed one day until Sunday.Complete second stage lineup below...

"On The Side" @ SeaportLil' Dusty 1:30
Bunnybrains 2:30
Hex Message 3:30
Crystal Stilts 5:30
Woods 6:15
BIG A little a 7:00Main stage info HERE.

Bumbershoot festival-goers (more by Chris Graham)

today in NYC
* FREE STUFF
* DANCE
* Fiasco @ Death By Audio
* TheDeathSet @ The Annex
* Crom & Villains @ Cake Shop
* Mr Gnome @ Knitting Factory
* Steve Earle in Montclair, NJ
* The Fratellis @ Roseland Ballroom
* Fashion Rock @ Radio City Music Hall
* Benefit for Terry Karydes @ Maxwell's
* Bear Hands & Boy Crisis @ Mercury Lounge
* Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler @ Comix
* Titus Andronicus, Chairlift & special guest @ Lit
* What Made Milwaukee Famous Plus Wild Sweet Orange @ Southpaw

ALSO: Musicfest in NJ

NO Cribs @ Irving Plaza.

NEW Jenny Lewis.

What else?

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Crom - King Osric (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Crom - The Black Ring (M4A) (as seen here)

Crom (via Vice)

Instead of going on and on about Crom, who are playing late tonight at Cake Shop with Villains (doors at 12AM), I figure I will let Crom's guitarist Phil Vera (ex-16 and Despise You) try and persuade you:VICE: Let's try a fill in the blank, it's easier. For the unassociated: Crom is a ________ band. We sound like ______.
Crom: Crom is a shitty band. We sound like garbage.

....In other words, the average person at a Crom show is...
Fat kids, the associated press, train-jumping crusties, nothing worth fucking, and the spirit of beerwolf.

Dude, come on.
I know this sounds like a joke, but it's totally fucking true.OK, maybe that didn't work.... but imagine if Girl Talk decided to splice together some of the greatest metal riffs of all time, add in some sludge-grind of his own (thats a fun thought), and interweave the whole thing with Conan The Barbarian samples.... thats kinda what you would get with Crom.

Yes, I just mentioned Crom and Girl Talk in the same sentence.

Crom's sample-heavy metal assault is scheduled for a live WFMU "sesh" before skipping around the east coast and finally to Rockstar Bar in Brooklyn on Sept 13th (the same day as Lightning Bolt & Krallice). All dates below...

CROM - 2008 TOUR DATES
9/5 @ Cake Shop in New York City, NY w/ Villians (late)
9/6 WFMU (recording live) Jersey city, NJ
9/7 @ Talking Head in Baltimore, MD w/ Triac, Oak, Deciever(last show) & Drugs of Faith
9/8 @ Nara Sushi in Richmond, VA w/Inter Arma, Light Yourself on Fire(ex-Reversal of Man), Brainworms & Racebannon
9/9 @ Nara Sushi in Richmond, VA w/TBA
9/10 @ Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ w/ Chainsaw to the Face & Maegashira
9/11 @ Firehouse 13 in Providence, RI w/ Tides & I Destroyer
9/12 @ Porter's in Boston,MA w/ Raw Radar War
9/13 @ Rockstar Bar in Brooklyn, NY w/ Villians & Inswarm

DOWNLOAD: Spencer Product - Ruff Club mix (MP3)

He coasts through, with nonchalant hello-nods and Zoolanderish fingerpointing, he knows everyone in attendance. Who is that dark-framed man? Spencer Product: Johnny Appleseed of NY night havens, director of the scene such clubs have subsequently bloomed, and quite the turntable mix-maven. A pioneer of the electroclash movement (remember that?), and former frontman of Black Moustache, Product is now primed for first his solo ...Product. [URB]TheDeathSet play the release party tonight (sep 5) at The Annex aka Ruff Club aka Spencer Product's weekly NYC party. The flyer and all Death Set dates below...

TheDeathSet F Yeah (more by Tod Seelie)

TheDeathSet - 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 5 - Ruff Club @ Annex New York, New York
Sep 6 - The Stood, Purchase, New York
Sep 13 - The Key Room Bellevue, Pennsylvania
Sep 19 - U of MASS Amherst, Massachusetts
Oct 3 - Mass College of Art+Design-Baltimore Round Robin w/ Dan Deacon,Videohippos, ++++ Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 5 - Eglise Saint Enfant Jesus (Pop Montreal)- Baltimore Round Robin Montreal, Quebec
Oct 9 - Museum of Contemporary Art - Baltimore Round Robin w/Dan Deacon, Videohippos, +++ Detroit, Michigan
Oct 11 - Epiphany- Baltimore Round Robin w/Dan Deacon, Videohippos,Adventure, ++++ Chicago, Illinois
Oct 14 - Oberlin College - Baltimore Round Robin w/Dan Deacon, Videohippos, Adventure, ++++ Oberlin, Ohio
Oct 16 - Baltimore Round Robin w/Dan Deacon,Videohippos,Adventure, ++++ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 17 - The Green Bean Greensboro, North Carolina
Oct 18 - JJs Bohemia Chattanooga, Tennessee
Oct 20 - Lounge on Elm Street (Free Show) Dallas, Texas
Oct 21 - Red 7 Austin, Texas
Oct 23 - Modified Arts Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 24 - Beauty Bar San Diego, California
Oct 25 - Henry Fonda Theater w/ Girl Talk Los Angeles, California
Oct 28 - The Fillmore w/ Girl Talk San Francisco, California
Oct 30 - In the Venue w/ Girl Talk Salt Lake City, Utah
Oct 31 - Ogden Theater w/ Girl Talk Denver, Colorado
Nov 1 - Granada Theater w/ Girl Talk Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 3 - First Avenue w/ Girl Talk Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 4 - Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Girl Talk Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 5 - Canopy Club/ Club Void w/ Girl Talk Urbana, Illinois
Nov 6 - Cannery Ballroom w/ Girl Talk Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 7 - Headliners Music Hall w/ Girl Talk Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 8 - Congress w/ Girl Talk Chicago, Illinois
Nov 9 - Bogarts w/ Girl Talk Cincinatti, Ohio
Nov 10 - Beachland Ballroom w/ Girl Talk Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 11 - Eagle Theater w/ Girl Talk Pontiac, Michigan
Nov 12 - Koolhaus w/ Girl Talk Toronto, Ontario
Nov 13 - Club Soda w/ Girl Talk Montreal, Quebec
Nov 14 - Showcase Live w/ Girl Talk Foxborough, New Jersey
Nov 15 - Terminal 5 w/Girl Talk New York, New York

Johnny Marr as a Modest Mouse member (more by Ryan Muir)
The Cribs - complete with Johnny Marr as part of their line-up - have revealed that they plan to release a new single this year during an exclusive video interview with NME.COM. The band had already revealed that they will record a full album in early 2009, but made the single revelation while speaking to NME.COM at the Leeds Festival on Friday (August 22).

"We don't know when it's going to happen, but we'll try and do that [release a single before the year ends]," said Marr.The Cribs were scheduled to kick off a U.S. tour at Irving Plaza in NYC tonight (Sept 5), but it looks like all those shows were cancelled (again).

Before Earle was signed as an artist in his own right, he was employed as a songwriter, writing songs for the likes of Carl Perkins, Vince Gill and Steve Wariner. His song "Mustang Wine" was due to be recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, but Presley did not turn up for the recording session. The song was released as a single by Carl Perkins. [Wiki]The Friday night (9/26) show is sold out, but there are still tickets available for the other three shows Steve Earle and Allison Moorer are playing at Judson Church in NYC. Tonight they play a show at Outpost in the Burbs in Jersey. All dates below...

Steve Earle - Tour Dates
Sep 5 2008 - Outpost in the Burbs Montclair, New Jersey
Sep 6 2008 - Grand Opera House Wilmington, Delaware
Sep 7 2008 - Birchmere Music Hall Alexandria, Virginia
Sep 8 2008 - Birchmere Music Hall Alexandria, Virginia
Sep 10 2008 - The Historic Avalon Theatre Easton, Maryland
Sep 11 2008 - State Theatre Ithaca, New York
Sep 12 2008 - Colonial Theatre Keene, New Hampshire
Sep 13 2008 - CT Folk Festival and Green Expo New Haven, Connecticut
Sep 22 2008 - Judson Memorial Church New York, New York
Sep 23 2008 - Judson Memorial Church New York, New York
Sep 25 2008 - Judson Memorial Church New York, New York
Sep 26 2008 - Judson Memorial Church New York, New York
Nov 2 2008 - Regal Theatre Perth, Western Australia
Nov 2 2008 - Regal Theatre Perth
Nov 4 2008 - Norwood Concert Hall Adelaide, South Australia
Nov 4 2008 - Norwood Concert Hall Adelaide
Nov 6 2008 - Forum Theatre Melbourne, Victoria
Nov 6 2008 - Forum Theatre Melbourne
Nov 8 2008 - Enmore Theatre Sydney, New South Wales
Nov 8 2008 - Enmore Theatre Sydney
Nov 10 2008 - Tivoli Theatre Brisbane, Queensland
Nov 10 2008 - Tivoli Theatre Brisbane
Nov 12 2008 - Opera House Wellington, Wellington
Nov 12 2008 - Opera House Wellington
Nov 13 2008 - Bruce Mason Centre Auckland, Auckland
Nov 13 2008 - Bruce Mason Centre Auckland
Nov 14 2008 - James Hay Theatre Christchurch, Canterbury
Nov 14 2008 - James Hay Theatre Christchurch
Jan 24 2009 - Landmark on Main Street Port Washington, New York
Jan 24 2009 - Landmark on Main Street Port Washington, New York

The Wellmont Theatre is not the only venue in Montclair, NJ holding interesting concerts. "Outpost in the Burbs" holds shows at religious and educational institutions. Tonight's Steve Earle show at The First Congregational Church is sold out (Sept 5), though the Graham Parker show on September 26th still has tickets available

Monotonix on the F Yeah Tour (more by Tod Seelie) *

2008, Silver Jews
Sept 6 - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sept 7 - Bowery Ballroom
Sept 8 - Maxwell's

* What does Monotonix have to do with Silver Jews?
Answer: They share a label and they'll be opening both NYC shows and a bunch of other Silver Jews shows on the tour.

Saturday Sep 6, 2008 - free outdoor NYC festivals *
* The Monster Island Block Party in Williamsburg
* The LES Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park
* The East Village Radio Fest @ South Street Seaport

* stay tuned here for cancellations and/or venue changes

Titus Andronicus @ McCarren Pool (more by Jason Bergman)

Fiasco have a bunch of interesting shows coming up including one tonight (Sep 5) at Death By Audio and one tomorrow (Sept 6) at the LES Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park (on the North Stage):SHOWPAPER Presents (Saturday)
4.00pm The Crayons
4.20pm The Sediment Club
4.40pm No One and the Somebodies
5.00pm FIASCO

Howl! Presents (the last band)
5.30 Left Over CrackFiasco hits the stage the same time as The Cockettes. The rest of Fiasco's tour dates are below.

Titus Andronicus are also playing a show tonight (Sep 5). Sup Mag presents this one at Lit Lounge. Chairlift and a "special guest girl band" are also on the bill. Titus's next area show is at Maxwell's in October (for now anyway). That's the show with Love is All & Abe Vigoda. All dates below...

Titus Andronicus - 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 5 - Lit Lounge, NYC w/ Chairlift & ?? girls
Sep 9 - Echo Los Angeles, California
Sep 12 - Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania
Sep 19 - Pygmalion Festival @ the Canopy Club w/ Black Mountain, Pattern is Movement Urbana, Illinois
Sep 20 - Grinnell College Grinnnell, Iowa
Sep 21 - The Sco Oberlin, Ohio
Sep 27 - Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Oct 13 - Maxwell's w/ Love is All, Abe Vigoda Hoboken, New Jersey
Oct 30 - Casbah w/ Ted Leo/RX San Diego, California
Oct 31 - Club Congress w/ Ted Leo/RX Tucson, Arizona
Nov 2 - The Opolis w/ Ted Leo/RX Norman, Oklahoma
Nov 3 - The Blue Note w/ Ted Leo/RX Columbia, Missouri
Nov 4 - Buskirk-Chumley Theater w/ Ted Leo/RX Bloomington, Indiana
Nov 5 - Diesel w/ Ted Leo/RX Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fiasco - 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 5 - Death By Audio w/ Crime Novels, Alex & the Horribles + more! Brooklyn, New York
Sep 6 - Showpaper Benefit @ Howl Fest w/ No One & The Somebodies, Sediment Club, The Crayons + More! New York, New York
Sep 20 - Greenpoint Gallery w/ Sigmund Droid, Snakes Say Hiss, + more! (MAYBE) Brooklyn, New York
Oct 2 - Death By Audio w/ Shearing Pinx (MAYBE) Brooklyn, New York
Oct 18 - Ithaca NY w/ White Mice Ithaca, New York
Oct 24 - Panache CMJ Showcase @ Knitting Factory w/ The Mae Shi, DMBQ, The Apes, Monotonix, An Albatross New York, New York

The Saint At Large presents
Roisin Murphy in concert
Friday October 24, 2008, Doors 8:30pm
@ Mansion (530 West 28th Street, NYC)

Tickets: Labor Day Special: $30 through September 5th, Advance Tickets $40, $50 at Door
(sales tax & shipping handling not included)The show is also part of CMJ. Tickets are on sale now (thx jed). RM videos below...

Roisin Murphy - "Overpowered"

Róisín Murphy - "You Know Me Better"

DOWNLOAD: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue (MP3)

this much would even last Jay Reatard a while

No I've never heard of a bible officer

"Acid Tongue" (that MP3 up there) is the debut track off the new Jenny Lewis album with the same name. Acid Tongue is out September 23rd via Warner Brothers. I can't tell who the backup singers are on the track, but if we were going to guesss, we have Johnathan Rice, Farmer Dave Scher, Jason Boesel, Jason Lader, M Ward, Chris Robinson, Benji Hughes, Zooey Deschanel, and Vanessa Corbala to choose from. I would have added Elvis Costello to that list, but we already know his track is called "Carpetbaggers". The cover art would make Albert Hofmann proud. You can see it above. The track listing can be viewed below.

Tickets may still be on sale for the show Jenny Lewis is playing at the Apollo Theater on October 4th, and tickets just went on sale for a show she added one day later in New Haven, CT. All tour dates below...

Acid Tongue tracklistBlack Sand
Pretty Bird
The Next Messiah
Bad Man's World
Acid Tongue
See Fernando
Godspeed
Carpetbaggers
Trying My Best to Love You
Jack Killed Mom
Sing a Song for ThemJenny Lewis - 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 15 - Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sep 16 - Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Sep 17 - Bluebird Theatre Denver, Colorado
Sep 18 - The Granada Lawrence, Kansas
Sep 19 - Epiphany Church Chicago, Illinois
Sep 20 - Anchor Inn Omaha, Nebraska
Sep 21 - Ryman Auditorium- w/ Conor Oberst! Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 22 - Bijou Theatre- w/ Conor Oberst! Knoxville, Tennessee
Sep 23 - George's Majestic Lounge- w/ Conor Oberst Fayetteville, Arkansas
Sep 24 - The Lyric Theatre- w/ Conor Oberst! OXFORD, Mississippi
Sep 25 - Cain's Ballroom- w/ Conor Oberst! Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sep 26 - Austin City Limits Austin, Texas
Sep 28 - La Zona Rosa Austin, Texas
Sep 30 - Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 1 - Keswick Theatre Glenside, Pennsylvania
Oct 2 - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue WASHINGTON, Washington DC
Oct 3 - Grand Opera House Wilmington, Delaware
Oct 4 - Apollo Theatre New York, New York
Oct 5 - Shubert Theatre New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 8 - Le Maronquinerie Paris
Oct 9 - Melkweg Amsterdam
Oct 10 - Knust Hamburg
Oct 11 - Lido Berlin
Oct 13 - Kagelbanan Stockholm
Oct 14 - Vega Jnr Copenhagen
Oct 16 - Gebaude 9 Cologne
Oct 17 - Koko London
Oct 18 - QMU Glasgow
Oct 19 - Button Factory Dublin
Oct 20 - Manchester University Manchester
Oct 24 - Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, California
Oct 25 - Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Oct 26 - Showbox @ Market Seattle, Washington
Oct 28 - Herbst Theatre San Francisco
Nov 1 - UCSD La Jolla, California

Alejandro Escovedo is keeping it real. His next NYC show will take place at the relatively modest sized Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are on sale. All dates below....

Alejandro Escovedo - Tour Dates
09.08.08: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
09.09.08: Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
09.11.08: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
09.12.08: Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
09.13.08: Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
09.14.08: The Triple Door, Seattle, WA
09.16.08: Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
09.17.08: Egyptian Theatre, Boise, ID
09.19.08: Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
09.20.08: Lake City Wine and Music Festival, Lake City, CO
09.25.08: Shady Grove, Austin, TX
09.26.08: Austin City Limits Music Festival - Zilker Park, Austin TX
09.27.08: The Continental Club, Austin, TX
10.13.08: The Redstone Room, Davenport, IA
10.15.08: Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
10.16.08: High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
10.17.08: Park West, Chicago, IL
10.19.08: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
10.20.08: Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
10.22.08: Sonar, Baltimore, MD
10.23.08: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
10.24.08: 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
10.26.08: Exit / In, Nashville, TN
10.27.08: Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN
10.29.08: Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX
10.30.08: House of Blues, Houston, TX
10.31.08: House of Blues, Dallas, TX
11.01.08: South Padre Island International Music Festival, South Padre Island, TX
11.02.08: Concrete Street Amphitheater, Corpus Christi, TX
11.07.08: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg, VA
11.08.08: Avalon Theatre, Easton, MD
11.09.08: Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
11.11.08: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
11.12.08: World Cafe Live Upstairs Main Room, Boston, MA
11.13.08: Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY
11.15.08: Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
11.21.08: Antone's, Austin, TX
11.22.08: Antone's, Austin, TX

Lucinda Williams is playing the Wamu Theater @ MSG on October 3rd. Tickets are on sale.

Secret Machines are playing Webster Hall on October 18th. Tickets are on sale.

Tickets are on sale for the Decemberists show at Terminal 5.

Tickets are on sale for the Billy Bragg show at Grand Ballroom.

Tickets are on sale for the Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit show at Webster Hall.

Tickets are on sale for both upcoming The Sea and Cake shows.

Tickets are on sale for the Pelican show at Bowery Ballroom.

Goldfrapp tickets were reduced in price

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Morne - "Machine" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hey Colossus - "Tight Collar" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Rats Assembly" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Church of Broken Glass" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grails - "Reincarnation Blues" (MP3)

MORNE (members of Grief)

Influential doomers Grief are back from the dead! This time, the band have lined up a show in Baltimore (@ The Nowarehouse on 10/24) and Philly (@ The Khyber Pass on 10/25 with Black Cobra) in preparation for a European tour with the mighty Trap Them (European tour dates forthcoming). Meanwhile, guitarist/vocalist Jeff Hayward (formerly of the equally menacing Disrupt) is touring with his new band, the oh-so-crusty Morne, who are poised to attack the east coast and as far as Minneapolis during a ten-city tour (dates below) including one date at Cake Shop on Sept 28th with Attake, Cop On Fire, and Lost Cause. Morne will be promoting their recently released demo (out now) and the band was kind enough to drop a taste here! Check out "Machine" downloadable above, and check them out on tour.

Earth have added a few shows including a date at Columbia University (10/17), another at Wesleyan University (10/18), and a date at Union Pool (10/14), in addition to the previously announced date at the Knitting Factory with Arbouretum (10/19, tickets here).

Pelican announced a show at the Bowery Ballroom on 11/2 and some other tour dates.

From The Nursery Records, current home of locals Orphan, will drop 12" of Melvins tracks recorded during the Nude With Boots sessions. Look for it hopefully by the end of this year.

Jarboe, Dillinger Escape Plan, Hammers of Misfortune, Nachtmystium, Hellshock, Landmine Marathon and more below...

Hey Colossus is currently working on a follow up to Happy Birthday, in addition to their upcoming split 7" with Tractor. For the unfamiliar, these Londoners play a ultra-heavy experimental sludge-doom that is as comfortable with the thunder as it is with the Their latest testament to discontent, Happy Birthday is on Riot Season (pick it up here), and the band have hooked us up with "Tight Collar" available for download above!

Hey Colossus - I Am The Chiswick Strangler LIVE

Hammers Of Misfortune have posted a pair of new MP3s, one from each of their upcoming albums (Fields / Church Of Broken Glass) for Profound Lore / 20 Buck Spin. Check 'em out and download above!


Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan on the rumored departure of new drummer Gil Sharone:"He didn't leave and we didn't kick him out. He will be busy, though, working with his other band (Stolen Babies) a lot over the next year, so I am talking to other dudes both for Dillinger possibilities and just for me to play with on other creative projects. We still may be touring and writing with Gil, though. Kinda in the air. No big drama though or anything."So, I guess that means maybe he isn't not out of the band, perhaps? Reportedly dummers Marco Minneman (Ephel Duath, Necrophagist) and Raanen Bozzio have been named as possible replacements, should one be needed.

The scariest (Jarboe) photo ever?

As we reported back in March, Jarboe has an album on the way with co-conspirators Attila Csihar, Phil Anselmo, Josh Graham, and host of others. Mahakali, named after the mythical Indian goddess of death and destruction, is due on Oct 14th via The End. Check out the cover art here and scoot on over to The End's myspace to sample "The House Of Void". Color me stizoked.

Bongzilla (with Dixie Dave Collins of Weedeater and ex-Buzzov*en & Sourvein fame) have reformed to play a one off gig in Madison, Wisconsin on 9/20 at the Forward Festival with fellow reformed Madison-ians Killdozer. (Thanks Bessie!)

Landmine Marathon's cover Art for Rusted Eyes Awake. The vinyl for the Landmine Marathon / Scarecrow split drops next week.

Pouring salt into an gaping wound, Nachmystium announced that they are also on board for the Chicago Nifelheim date. The Nifelheim show precedes their appearances with Opeth and High On Fire, as well as newly announced dates with Wolves In The Throne Room. Wolves In The Throne Room is currently on the hunt for a bassist. Will Lindsay of WITTR's other band, Middian, has dissolved but his Middian bandmate Mike Scheidt has reunited with Yob.


If you missed the mighty Harvey Milk when they played Europa and the Knitting Factory, you may be in luck. A little birdie told me that "da Milk" are scheduling another date in the five boroughs before the end of the year.

Saviours have added a new guitarist, Sonny Reinhardt of Watch Them Die. The band is currently working on their follow-up to Into Abbadon, due in 2009. Check out video of a recent set they did at Amoeba Music.

Finnish black metallers Horna have announced the Blood Fire Death Tour (sounds tempting so far!) of the US with Blood Stained Dusk and Azrael. So far none of the venues have been booked, so view this as a tenative schedule (I'll report back the fo' real sched when it happens) but their itinerary includes on date in NYC on 11/16. We'll keep you posted. Another band with a currently tentative tour schedule, Today is The Day, have announced a string of tour dates, including NYC on Nov 5th. Keep your schedule clear.

ASRA have lined up a show with fellow local grinders Dissasociate, Defeatist and Baltimore's Triac at ABC No Rio on Nov 15.

Cover Art for Cynic's new record, Traced In Air

If you missed it, Grails have a new album on the way. Check out "Reincarnation Blues" available for download above!


Speaking of Atakke, the band will hit the Knitting Factory on Nov 2nd supporting thrashy crusters Hellshock. Tickets are on sale. November 2nd marks five years since Hellshock swung through the tri-state, and the band have tacked on a few additional east coast dates as well. Full tour schedule below, check out the flyer for the show here.


Metallica's "The Day That Never Comes" Music

Metallica tickets are currently on presale for their upcoming shows.

PUNISHMENT DUE:
Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose Of Death: If you can get past some of the ridiculous lyrics, this is quite possibly the best of the new wave of thrash records to drop this year.
Sigh - A Tribute To Venom: If you are a fan of either Venom or Sigh, this limited edition EP is worth a look just for the reimagination of the classic Venom tracks. More interesting than your average covers record.
Khold - Hundre Ar Gammal: Groovy Celtic-Frost style black metal. My only complaint is the vocal levels seem too high in the mix (might be less of a complaint if I could understand Norwegian).



NEWS BLAST (BEATS):
- The Red Chord gave guitarist Mike Keller the boot.
- Misery Index are streaming a second track, "Ghosts of Catalonia", from their upcoming Traitors.
- The new Across Tundras disc has been delayed until Oct 8th due to "circumstances out of our control".
- Soulfly is hitting the road in the USA and a few dates have trickled out so far, including Nov 14th at the Blender (tickets on sale 9/12 at noon). Full tour listing so far below.
- Amenra is currently booking a tour of the East Coast in Feb of 2009, including two tenative dates in NYC.
- Krallice are playing with Lightning Bolt and (the recently added) Growing.
- Decrepit Birth have scheduled a single date with The Faceless, Abigail Williams, Neuraxis, and Veil of Maya at the Blender Theater on on Oct 27th. Tickets are on sale.
- Destruction is currently streaming the title track from album, D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N..
- Orange Goblin signed on with Candlelight Records.
- Spylacopa posted a new track to their myspace. Spylacopa is John LaMacchia (Candiria), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and Julie Christmas (Made Out Of Babies, Battle Of Mice).
- Lambgoat interviewed Alex Skolnick of Testament.
- Translation Loss is currently taking pre-orders for Rosetta's Wake/Lift on vinyl and Cable's CD reissue of Variable Speed Drive.
- Zimmer's Hole have dropped off of the Sigh & Unexpect tour due to immigration issues.
- The Haunted posted an e-card for their upcoming record Versus. Check it out here.
- Check out Witchcraft preforming "No Angel or Demon" acoustically here.
-Graveyard was interviewed by Crustcake.
- InvisibleOranges interviewed Martin Van Drunen of Hail of Bullets.
- Check out a batch of live photos from Immortal's performance at the Shadow club in Moscow, Russia on Aug 29th
- From A Second Story Window are no more.
- Animosity have posted their remix album with Drumcorps for free download here.


MORNE - 2008 TOUR DATES
19 Sep 2008 Valentine's, Albany, New York
20 Sep 2008 TBA, Buffalo, New York with Trystero
21 Sep 2008 Tower 2012, Cleveland, Ohio
22 Sep 2008 Stan's Place, Madison, Wisconsin
23 Sep 2008 Bedlam, Minneapolis, Minnesota with WAR//PLAGUE and Bastard Sons of Bukowski
24 Sep 2008 TBA. Chicago, Illinois w Expendable Youth, Securicor
25 Sep 2008 KOPEC'S Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Wrathcobra and Slices
26 Sep 2008 Artists Underground Cafe, Richmond, Virginia with Lost Cause and SSR
27 Sep 2008 TBA, Philly, Pennsylvania with LOST CAUSE,ALEDRIVER, THE YOUNG
28 Sep 2008 The Cake Shop NYC, New York with Atakke ,Cop On Fire,Lost Cause


HELLSHOCK - 2008 TOUR DATES
November 2 - Knitting Factory, New York, NY*
November 3 - Wheelchair Warehouse, Worcester, Massachusetts*
November 4 - Sachson's, Waterbury, Connecticut*
November 5 - TBA, Providence, Rhode Island
November 8 - A Varning From Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
* w/ Estranged, Attake, Parasytic
** w/D.S.B.,A.T.B., Estrange


EARTH - UPDATED 2008 TOUR DATES September 18 - The Artistry, Portland, Oregon*
September 19 - VERA Project Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington**
September 20 - Department Of Safety , Anacortes^^
September 23 - Showbox Sodo, Seattle, Washington***
September 24 - Showbox Sodo, Seattle, Washington***
October 11 - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
October 12 - Time of Rivers Festival, Portland, Maine
October 13 - Great Scott, Allston, Massachusetts^
October 14 - Union Pool, Brooklyn, New York
October 15 - The Sterling Hotel, Allentown, Pennsylvania
October 16 - the First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA +
October 17 - Columbia University, New York, New York
October 18 - Wesleyan University, New Haven, Connecticut
October 19 - Knitting Factory, New York, New York^
* with Stebmo, Tara Jane O'neil
** with Stebmo, Triumph of Lethargy
*** with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
^ with Arbouretum
^^ with Stebmo
+ with sunn 0))) & Thou


SOULFLY - 2008 TOUR DATES
September 29 Sport Arena, Odessa
October 1 B1 Club, Moscow
October 3 Sport Arena Trud, Irkutsk, Siberia
October 5 Gavana Club, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
October 6 Rock City, Novosibirsk, Siberia
October 7 XL Club, Omsk, Siberia
November 9 Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale, FL
November 14 Blender Gramercy Theater, New York, NY
November 16 Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA
November 17 Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
November 21 Pearl Room, Mokena, IL

NACHTMYSTIUM - 2008 TOUR DATES
09/07/2008 Double Door - Chicago, IL*
09/16/2008 The Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY**
09/17/2008 Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA**
09/18/2008 Nokia Theatre - New York, NY**
09/19/2008 The Palladium - Worcester, MA**
09/20/2008 Theatre Imperial - Quebec City, QC**
09/21/2008 Centennial Hall - London, ON**
09/23/2008 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH**
09/24/2008 House of Blues - Chicago, IL**
09/25/2008 The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI**
09/26/2008 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI**
09/27/2008 Myth - St. Paul, MN**
09/29/2008 The Garrick Center - Winnipeg, MB**
09/30/2008 Odeon Events Centre - Saskatoon, SK**
10/01/2008 Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, AB**
10/03/2008 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC**
10/04/2008 Showbox @ The Market - Seattle, WA**
10/10/2008 Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR***
10/11/2008 Stillwater - Ashland, CA***
10/12/2008 Metro - Oakland, CA***
10/14/2008 The Phix - Phoenix AZ***
10/17/2008 Red 7 - Austin, TX***
10/18/2008 Rubbergloves Rehearsal - Denton, TX***
10/19/2008 The Marquee - Tulsa, OK***
10/20/2008 The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO***
10/21/2008 The Picador - Iowa City, IA***
10/23/2008 Uncle Pleasant's - Louisville, KY***
10/24/2008 Mac's Bar - Lansing, MI***
10/25/2008 Reggie's - Chicago, IL***
11/29/2008 Gunfest - Oslo, Norway***
*w/Nifelheim, The Chasm, Superchrist
**w/Opeth, High on Fire
*** w/Wolves In The Throne Room


HORNA, BLOODSTAINED DUSK, AZRAEL - 2008 TOUR DATES(Tentative)
October 31 San Francisco, California
November 1 Los Angeles, California
November 2 San Marcos, California
November 3 Las Vegas, Nevada
November 4 Salt Lake City, Utah
November 5 Denver, Colorado
November 7 San Antonio, Texas
November 8 Houston, Texas
November 9 New Orleans, Louisiana
November 11 Fort Lauderdale, Florida*
November 12 Jacksonville, Florida*
November 13 Atlanta, Georgia*
November 14 Winston Salem, North Carolina
November 15 Springfield, Virginia
November 16 New York City, New York
November 18 Chicago, Illinois
November 19 Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 21 Seattle, Washington
November 22 Portland, Oregon
*w /Kult Ov Azazel


TODAY IS THE DAY - 2008 TOUR DATES (Tentative)
November 1 - Atlanta, Georgia
November 2 - Wilmington, North Carolina
November 3 - Richmond, Virginia
November 4 - Baltimore, Maryland
November 5 - New york, New York
November 6 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 7 - Boston, Massachusetts
November 8 - Danbury, Connecticut
November 9 - Montreal, Quebec
November 10 - Toronto, Ontario
November 11 - Rochester, New York
November 12 - Cleveland, Ohio
November 13 - Detroit, Michigan
November 14 - Lansing, Michigan
November 15 - Minneapolis, MInnesota
November 16 - Chicago, Illinois
November 18 - St Louis, Missouri
November 19 - Little Rock, Arkansas
November 20 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 21 - Fayetteville, Arkansas
November 22 - Nashville, Tennessee