Today’s On Sales: Friday, Feb 26

Echo and The Bunnymen at All Points West Photo: D. Caplan Today’s On Sales: Friday, Feburary 26 Mar 102010 Broken Bells Music Hall of Williamsburg Buy Tickets12:00 PM Mar 242010 Julian Casablancas Irving Plaza Buy Tickets10:00 AM Mar 272010 Little Dragon Mercury Lounge Buy Tickets12:00 PM Apr 102010 Lupe Fiasco Irving Plaza Buy Tickets12:00 PM…

Today’s Presales: Wednesday, Feb 24

Broken Bells at MHOW (03/10/10) Buy Broken Bells Tickets James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a Danger Mouse have completed work on the first album by their new and ongoing band Broken Bells. The album, also titled Broken Bells, will be released by Columbia Records March 9, 2010. The album features 10 melodically seductive and psychologically…

Vampire Weekend Announce Radio City Show

Vampire Weekend at Wellmont Theatre (more) Photo: Jon Klemm Hey, when folks like Spoon and The National are doing it, the band with a No. 1 record to its credit might as well be doing it too. That’s right, because United Palace, Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall weren’t enough to satisfy the hungry masses, Vampire…

Sasquatch Lineup Announced Tonight/Tomorrow

Sasquatch Music Festival Launch Party at The Crocodile Cafe (02/15/10) There is a party going on right now at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle where they are announcing the performers for this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival. The full lineup will be made public tomorrow (Tues, Feb 16), but so far Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden,…

Vampire Weekend is #1, See Them at Barnes & Noble Union Square Tonight

Vampire Weekend w/ Kwame Das at B&N USQ (01/21/10) Let’s hear it for blogs, cable-knit sweaters and Morningside Heights: Vampire Weekend, the band of Columbia University graduates that began its rise to indie-rock fame long before it had released any recordings, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart with its second album, “Contra”…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 01.12.10

New year, new Drake! I know there are a lot of haters out there, but for the record, I’m in the first camp (“those who enjoy it”) when it comes to Vampire Weekend. I’m pretty sure about this because someone asked me to stop dancing this morning while I was listening to “Horchata” on my…