This just in, early bird tickets for the 3rd edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties NY (September 3-5, 2010) are available now.

To continue our year-long celebrations of Ten Years of ATP we are thrilled to announce that All Tomorrow’s Parties will return to Kutsher’s Country Club, Monticello for it’s third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September – Sunday 5th September. Weekend and Day Tickets are available, with a Layaway Ticket option available.

Tickets are available from today on pre-sale via ATP, and will go on general sale this coming Wednesday from ticketsellers via www.atpfestival.com

We are incredibly excited to announce the start of our line-up…

On Friday 3rd September we will present our regular day of Don’t Look Back performances, with a very special list of acts set to perform:

IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power
SLEEP performing Holy Mountain
MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show)
+ more to be confirmed!

Friday will also feature DJs, a Comedy Stage and Cinema curated by the Criterion Collection.

Read the rest of the press release after the jump.

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Vampire Weekend at The Wellmont Theatre (12/08/08)

Photo: Jon Klemm

Friday November 20, 2009: On Sales
Vampire Weekend at Bowery Ballroom, Jan 19 (Buy Tickets)
Vampire Weekend at Webster Hall, Jan 18 (Buy Tickets)
Vampire Weekend at United Palace Theatre, Jan 17 (Buy Tickets)
Neon Indian at Brooklyn Bowl, Dec 17 (Buy Tickets)
Jonathan Richman at MHOW, Feb 12-14 (Buy Tickets)
Yeasayer at Bowery Ballroom, Feb 8 (Buy Tickets)
Yeasayer at MHOW, Feb 9 (Buy Tickets)
Hot Chip w/ The xx at Terminal 5, Apr 22 (Buy Tickets)
The Magnetic Fields at Town Hall, Mar 10-11 (Buy Tickets)
Lady Gaga at Radio City, Jan 23 (Buy Tickets)
Lady Gaga at Radio City, Jan 24 (Buy Tickets)
Dropkick Murphys at The Wellmont Theatre, Feb 24 (Buy Tickets)

Friday November 20, 2009: Presales
John Mayer at MSG, Feb 26 (Buy Tickets, Password: Unique Fan Club Presale Code)
Cheap Trick at Irving Plaza, Jan 25 (Buy Tickets, Password: RECORD)
English Beat w/ Fishbone at Irving Plaza, Feb 27 (Buy Tickets, Password: RECORD)
Jay-Z at Izod Center, Mar 6 (Buy Tickets, Password: Live Nation/RECORD, Internet/JAYZKTU, or Citi/1st six digits of your Citi Card)
Jay-Z at Nassau Coliseum, Mar 12 (Buy Tickets, Password: Live Nation/RECORD, Internet/JAYZKTU, or Citi/1st six digits of your Citi Card)
U2 at Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI, Jun 30 (Buy Tickets, Password: GREEN or WHITE)

Check out the new video for Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins” after the jump.

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Our good friend PJ Sykes shot the awesome cover photo for Lambchop’s brand new live album which came out digitally this week (Nov 17) and will be released as a limited edition CD and high def video download next week (Nov 24) exclusively via the Merge Store.

Lambchop – Live at XX Merge (Cover photo by PJ Sykes)

As Merge fans know, Lambchop has been on the label since 1993, releasing a string of widely varied but consistently brilliant records. But the live Lambchop experience has been somewhat elusive in the U.S. While the band has toured the gilded theaters of Europe and elsewhere for nearly two decades, the Nashville group has seldom toured their home country. Kurt Wagner has performed solo on a recent Yo La Tengo tour, and Lambchop supported their recent album, (OH) Ohio, as an intimately stripped-down quintet in a couple of short bursts over the last year. To help celebrate Merge’s 20th Anniversary the band showed up in one of their largest lineups in recent memory — 11-strong, including multiple guitars, keyboards, piano, and a horn section. Lambchop performing live is always a powerful proposition, but on this night they started quietly with “I Will Drive Slowly” from their first album (I Hope You’re Sitting Down) and accelerated from there, each song seemingly faster and more intensely played than the last, building to a furious finale of “Up With People” and an epic “Give It.” By the end of their set, everyone in the packed Cats Cradle – band and audience both – was levitating a few inches off the ground…

Lambchop’s set at XX Merge was professionally recorded and filmed, and is available now for those who missed it, or for those who want to go back again.

If you’d like to see some more live video from XX Merge, you can check out the treasure trove of exclusive footage from the festival (including The Magnetic Fields, Superchunk, Conor Oberst, Polvo, Spoon, M. Ward, Destroyer, Wye Oak, and She & Him) over at www.babelgum.com/merge.

In honor of this new release, I’m giving away an XX Merge T-shirt, an XX Merge button, and a couple of limited edition XX Merge postcards by PJ Sykes. To enter this contest, fill out the entry form after the jump. US entrants only, one entry per household, contest ends on November 24, 2009.

Pictures of the prize pack goodies, Lambchop Live at XX Merge track listing and a video for Lambchop’s “Give It” after the jump.

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Holly Miranda at Le Poisson Rouge (10/23/09)

Photo: Jon Klemm
DOWNLOAD: Holly Miranda – “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” (mp3)

XL Recordings is excited to announce the release date and title for HOLLY MIRANDA’s debut full-length album. The Magician’s Private Library will be released on February 23, 2010.

The forthcoming 10-track album was produced by Dave Sitek at Staygold Studio in Brooklyn, NY, and includes contributions from Sitek, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and Holly’s long-time violinist, Marques Toliver.

Holly Miranda officially has made her XL Recordings debut with her “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” single (7″ & digital) out NOW! The track is the first from Holly’s and comes backed with her stunning cover of Yoko Ono’s “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do”.

Holly is about to head out on tour with her XL labelmates The xx and Friendly Fires for a series of west coast dates on the “NYLON Winter Music Tour“. While the tour will eventually make its way to NYC, someone else will be filling the opening slot at Webster Hall on December 5 (Buy Tickets).

More Holly Miranda tour dates and pictures from CMJ after the jump.

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More than 800,000 photos were entered in the Gap Casting Call.
While we’re reviewing all the submissions and selecting the 20 finalists, you can continue to vote daily from now through November 17 for the Fan Favorite. [gap.com/castingcall]

If you haven’t been notified yet if your child is a 2009 Gap Casting Call finalist, chances are pretty slim that you’ll be among the top 20 as all the kids are set to participate in a professional Gap photo shoot sometime this week (Nov 16, 2009). If you look over here, you can see a few of the alleged casting call finalists that have leaked out over the Internet over the past week or so. On December 7, the complete list of finalists will be revealed and then the public will vote (again) to decide the contest winners each category.

Nice looking lineup for John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders at Le Poisson Rouge tonight, sadly I don’t think I’ll be able to make it out to this one (again).

John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders (Nov 18, 2009)
A.C. Newman
Rhett Miller
Steve Almond
Stephen Elliott
Mike Birbiglia
Eugene Mirman
JWH and The English UK

Renowned singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, hailed by Rolling Stone as, “a literate and ironic neo-folkie with enough bile to win over a younger, hipper audience not attuned to folk music,” recently released his latest album, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, via Popover Corps/Rebel Group. In support of the record Harding will be reviving his three-show residency at Le Poisson Rouge, the last one which takes place tomorrow, November 18: John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders. Part variety show and part concert, the Cabinet of Wonders will draw together collaborators from the worlds of music, literature, comedy and even ventriloquism all hand-picked by Harding himself. “I wanted to bring together my novel writing friends (who mostly envy my musician friends) and my musician friends (who mostly envy my novel writing friends) under one flag,” says Harding. “The fact is: I like everyone who’s performing.”

Vampire Weekend – “Cousins”

Everyone’s favorite faux African college prep band (and by everyone, I also mean me) have just announced a string of new tour dates in support of their new record Contra which hits the store shelves on January 12, 2010 via XL Recordings. The local album release shows will take place at the cozy Bowery Ballroom (January 18), the bearable Webster Hall (January 19), and the much larger and much further away United Palace Theater (January 17). Tickets for all the New York shows go on sale November 20 at noon EST.

The second single off of the new album entitled “Cousins” is available for digital download now at iTunes and the 7” will be in stores on December 15.

More Vampire Weekend tour dates after the jump.

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50 Cent at Best Buy Union Square and Jersey City (11/20/09)

UPDATE: Here’s an RSVP link for the Club Beats thing.

Check out Club Beats with Dr. Dre and will.i.am!

Club Beats at Best Buy is a new in-store sound experience featuring the best in music and sound. Come to Best Buy to be part of the Club Beats nationwide launch event November 19th 4 to 12 a.m. and get your hands on the latest in DJ equipment, learn mixing tips and tricks from the pros and have the chance to win incredible prizes. Don’t miss the following live appearances beginning at 4 p.m. :

Dr. Dre
Jimmy Iovine, Chairman Interscope Geffen A&M
will.i.am
Major Lazer featuring Diplo
David Guetta

For more information, please go to www.BestBuy.com/ClubBeats and check back regularly for updates.

50 Cent Will Be Here!
Please join us at Best Buy Union Square on Friday, November 20th at 9PM to meet 50 Cent and get your picture taken with him! Starting Monday, November 16th, you can buy a copy of his new album “Before I Self Destruct” and receive a wristband to see him on Friday. You must keep your wristband until 11/20! ARRIVE EARLY – TIME AND SPACE ARE LIMITED! [stores.bestbuy.com]

…but wait, there’s more.

Rihanna
Meet Grammy-award winning artist and style fashionista Rihanna on Monday, November 23rd, at Best Buy in Union Square – New York City. Be one of the first customers to purchase her new CD Rated R, beginning at 8:00 AM. She will be signing copies of the album. [Ultimate Rihanna]

In addition to his Best Buy Union Square appearance, 50 Cent will also be appearing at (the new?) Best Buy Jersey City on November 20 at 6 PM. Last but not least, like all the cool kids, 50 will be playing a MySpace Secret Show on November 23rd at an undisclosed NYC location, email hiphoptix@myspacemusic.com to RSVP.

Peggy Sue at Lit Lounge (10/23/09)

Photo: Jon Klemm

Well, I’m finally getting around to posting some more CMJ pics, so here’s a set from Peggy Sue to coincide with the release of their new 7″/digital single “Yo Mama” which came out yesterday (Nov 16) on the UK’s Chess Club Records. It’s the first single from their forthcoming album entitled Fossils and Other Phantoms which is coming out in early 2010 on Yep Roc. The new album was recorded in Brooklyn with John Askew (The Dodos) at Atlantic Sound Studio and Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, Two Gallants) at Future Shock Studios.

Dearest friends,

The first single from our debut album ‘Fossils and Other Phantoms’ (coming out next year!!!) is out today on iTunes. woo.
Tis called ‘Yo Mama‘ and comes with a brand new b-side called ‘Hatstand Blues.’
Go download it now.
Or if you prefer to hold it in your hands it comes out on Chess Club Records next Monday 23rd November.
You can pre-order it from Rough Trade if you so please.
More importantly. I’m going to watch Beyonce tonight at the 02. it’s probably the best day of my life.
Over and out

Katy
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[Peggy Sue's Facebook Page]

Some UK tour dates and more Peggy Sue photos from the Lit Lounge CMJ show after the jump.

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Magnetic Fields – Realism

UPDATE: I spoke too soon, Friends of BAM can purchase tickets to the Magnetic Fields Feb 13, 2010 show starting today ($25, $35, general on sale begins Friday, Nov 20).

Well, at least I can now name one big name “rock” act who will be headlining the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival at BAM this year, Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields will be holding court at the Howard Gillman Opera House on February 13, 2010 as part of the festival of Brooklyn’s finest (BAM General On Sale Date TBA 11/20/09). A limited number of presale tickets for that show and the rest of their upcoming US tour dates (including two nights at The Town Hall NY on March 10-11, 2010) are available right now (Nov 17) at magneticfields.musictoday.com. The BAM show and the ensuing tour is in support of their new record entitled Realism which will be hitting the store shelves on January 26, 2010 via Nonesuch Records.

The Magnetic Fields’ Realism will be released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010. The band’s ninth album is the follow-up to 2008’s Distortion, which was hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the best records of [their] career.” Whereas Distortion was an album of power-pop songs with heavily distorted guitars, in homage to the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy, Realism finds front man and songwriter Stephin Merritt drawing inspiration from late 1960s / early 70s orchestral and psychedelic folk. Realism’s all-acoustic recording line up featured no electronic instruments, and used untraditional percussion instruments, ranging from tabla to tree leaves. The Magnetic Fields will tour the U.S. in support of the album beginning February 4.

As the album title implies, Realism finds Merritt examining what “real” really means in recorded music, exploring the sincerity (or lack thereof) of folk lyrics and their delivery, along with non-electronic instrumentation, “realistic” production values, and even a plain brown paper sack background used for the album’s artwork.

In addition to the usual ensemble of Merritt on ukulele, Claudia Gonson (keyboard, vocals), John Woo (guitar), and Sam Davol (cello), and Shirley Simms (vocals, autoharp), The Magnetic Fields are joined by friends and longtime collaborators Daniel Handler, a.k.a Lemony Snicket (accordion), as well as
Johnny Blood (tuba) and Ida Pearle (violin).

View all Magnetic Fields tour dates after the jump.

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Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City

Today (Nov 17) marks the release of Good Evening New York City the new live CD/DVD set by Paul McCartney documenting his stadium inaugurating three night stand at New York’s CitiField in July of 2009. Here’s a little press blurbage about the latest release from The Beatles former bass player:

Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, will be immortalized November 17 when Hear Music/Concord Music Group releases “Good Evening New York City”.

This momentous musical experience will be available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney’s traffic-stopping, headline-making July 15 performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus numbers not aired on the Late Show with David Letterman broadcast).

Apparently wowing North American audiences wasn’t enough, because before the year is out, Sir Paul will embark on his first European tour in five years entitled “Good Evening Europe”. The 8 night trek will commence in historic Hamburg (where The Beatles cut their cut their teeth as a young band) and finish off before his hometown crowd in London, England.

This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all began. Starting in Hamburg, ending in London and rocking everywhere in between. I’m very much looking forward to ending the year on a high. [TheTelegraph.co.uk]

Paul McCartney 2009 European Tour Dates
12/02/2009 Hamburg, Germany
12/03/2009 Berlin, Germany
12/09/2009 Arnhem, Netherlands
12/10/2009 Paris, France
12/16/2009 Cologne, Germany
12/17/2009 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena
12/20/2009 Dublin, Ireland
12/22/2009 London, United Kingdom

If you’d like to win a copy of Good Evening New York City standard edition (2 CD+ 1 DVD), you can fill out the entry form after the jump or follow me on Twitter and Tweet the following:

RT this for a chance to win a copy of Paul McCartney’s “Good Evening New York City” from @bumpershine http://bit.ly/2lVkHh

US entrants only please, contest ends on November 23, 2009. One entry per household please (IP checking enforced).

Check out the full album press release and official track listing after the jump.

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See The Roots and Jane Krakowski perform live!
When: Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009
Location: New York, NY
Arrival Time: 8:30 PM
Request Tickets

More info after the jump.

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John Mayer
Madison Square Garden
February 25, 2010

American Express cardmembers have access to a limited number of advance tickets Monday, November 16 at 10AM – Friday, November 20 at 10PM before they go on sale to the general public on Saturday, November 21 at 9AM. (Buy Tickets)

Think About Life at Arlene’s Grocery | “M for Montreal” Showcase at CMJ (10/21/09)

Malajube at Arlene’s Grocery | “M for Montreal” Showcase at CMJ (10/21/09)

Photos: Jon Klemm

M for Montreal 2009 Schedule (Nov 19-21, 2009)

Beast, Malajube and Think About Life were three of the bands I caught at the M for Montreal Showcase at CMJ ‘09 (Oct 21) and two of them will be playing the full on M for Montreal Festival which starts this week (Nov 19-21, 2009) in Montreal, Quebec. Here are some of my thoughts on that night:

Even though they went on a little early, Beast put on highly energized set for the small but attentive crowd at Arlene’s and in the end, they won me over as a fan of their live show (I’m gonna go back and revisit the record now). Think About Life took the stage after Beast and they whipped the full capacity room into a frenzy with their electrified dance tunes. Personally, I think it was probably the most unexpected and enjoyable set I witnessed at CMJ this year. After leaving the club for We Are Wolves, I came back to Arlene’s for Malajube, probably the biggest Francophone indie rock act to cross-over into the US market. After heavily imbibing in their 2006 debut Trompe-L’oeil over the years, I was pretty excited to finally see these guys live and in person. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if it was my high expectations or the band being a bit off, but their performance seemed a little underwhelming to me that night (especially compared to TAL who had torn the place up earlier). Their guitars seemed washed out in the mix, and my favorite riff from the beginning of “Montreal -40″ seemed to lack any of the bite that it has on the album. Since it was CMJ, I’ll give them a pass this time because you never know what head space a band is in during the marathon, a lot of times bands are dealing with multiple shows and no sound-check situations, so things can be hit and miss. I’ll be sure to try and check out Malajube next time they headline a “proper show” somewhere in NYC before I pass final judgment.

Full press release for M for Montreal 2009 plus more Think About Life and Malajube pics after the jump.

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On Sunday, November 15th from 4 pm – 1:00 am (Today!), WUSB 90.1 FM, Stony Brook, Long Island’s leading non-commercial community radio station will present its sixth annual Elvis Costello Marathon. The marathon, with WUSB deejays John O, Mr. Edison and others spinning, will feature music from the entire 32 year career of Mr. Costello. There will be a wide variety of music featured mirroring the eclectic output of the artist from his early post-punk period and including classical, jazz, country, rock, ballads, Americana and roots music. Other highlights include:

• An exclusive interview with Attractions drummer Pete Thomas who will talk about the 32 years he has worked with Elvis.
• Hundreds of rare and live tracks from the WUSB vaults and the personal collections of the deejays.
• Requests and dedications from around the world as Elvis Costello fans from around the globe listen via the web at www.WUSB.fm
• Lots of great Elvis Costello premiums for those pledging during WUSB’s annual Fall Radiothon fundraiser. Pledges can be made at 631-632-6901 or www.WUSB.fm.

Listen in at 90.1 FM, WUSB Stony Brook, L.I. or on our live stream at www.WUSB.fm.

In other Elvis news, the man himself will be at Barnes & Noble Tribeca on Tuesday, November 17 for a signing of the new Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… DVD box set which comes out the same day.