It’s hard to say it, I hate to say it, but according to this recent story in the New York Times, the compact cassette has finally died in the marketplace. Cassettes have limped along for some time, partly because of their usefulness in recording conversations or making a tape of favorite songs, say, for a…
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88 BoaDrum Is Today (08.08.08)
Today is the day (08/08/08) in NY and LA. Check out the full list of drummers after the jump.
Jose Gonzalez at BAM and The Yard
Still touring behind his year old record, In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez is returning to Brooklyn in September for New York Magazine’s Campfire on The Canal event at The Yard on September 28. Then, less than two months later, he’ll be back in Brooklyn at BAM for three nights of “Red Hot + Rio 2”…
New Los Campesinos! Record Coming
Los Campesinos! Photo: Sarah Wilmer Those crazy kids from Cardiff (Los Campesinos!) have a new record coming out on November 11, 2008 and it’s called We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Arts & Crafts). No tour dates yet, but I imagine things are being planned as we speak. Full album track listing and some summer…
Jason Mraz w/ Lisa Hannigan at RCMH Presale Info
Okay, so I’m not really a big Jason Mraz fan or anything, but the prospect of seeing Damien Rice‘s former muse, Lisa Hannigan, is very intriguing. Perhaps she’ll slip in a little NYC solo show somewhere between Scranton and Montreal (are you reading this Skippy?). Jason Mraz with Lisa Hannigan Radio City Music Hall Friday,…
Rogue Wave Tour Dates, Endless Shovels Playing Union Hall
Rogue Wave I have long been a fan of the pop stylings of Oakland’s Rogue Wave and I kind of wondered (not out loud though) why their last album, the excellent Asleep At Heaven’s Gate didn’t get a little more attention or recognition from the people in the know. Anyway, the band is on tour…