The NYTimes decided to write about rock venues again yesterday (July 31), here’s the gist of what Ben Sisario said: Brooklyn Bowl – A combination 600-capacity music club and 16-lane bowling alley, it will also have a menu created by Blue Ribbon, a chain of restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Built on the site of…
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Jaguar Love | Siren Pics, New Record, Tour (Southpaw)
Jaguar Love at Siren Music Festival (07/19/08) Photos: Jon Klemm for Bumpershine/Siren Music Festival This post is really an excuse to post a boatload of Jon‘s Jaguar Love pics from Siren, but the band really is in the news right now with a new record coming out on Matador called Take Me To The Sea…
SPIN Book Club at Housing Works w/ Tegan Quinn and Augusten Burroughs
Yes folks, that does say a “performance by musician Tegan Quinn“. SPIN Magazine and Housing Works host an evening of music and literature with a reading by author Augusten Burroughs (Running With Scissors; A Wolf at the Table) and performance by musician Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara) to highlight the mutual effects of music and…
Rolling Stones Sign with UMG, Shine A Light on DVD
Shine A Light, the Martin Scorscese directed concert film starring the Rolling Stones is now available on DVD. In other news, on July 25, the Rolling Stones made the move from their longtime label EMI to Universal official, signing a long-term deal with UMG that encompasses future Stones albums as well as the band’s entire…
Jenny Lewis Tour Dates (Apollo Theatre)
Jenny Lewis is releasing a new solo record on September 23 called Acid Tongue. Right around that time, she’ll be hitting the road and playing a gig at the Apollo Theatre on October 4, 2008. Tickets for the Apollo Theatre show go on sale Friday, August 1 at noon. All Jenny Lewis tour dates after…
Win Tickets to a Taping of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… The Police
The Police at MSG (08/01/07) On Wednesday, August 6th The Police will film an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… at an undisclosed location in Manhattan (though previous shows were taped at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center). To win tickets to the taping, follow the directions below. To get your name into the ticket lottery…