Submitted by Joannedevault
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Slick Rick’s Eye Patch:Phillips de Pury’s Music Auction”Phillips de Pury is an esteemed auction house dating back to 1796. Its clientele includes Marie Antoinette, Beau Brummell and Napoleon. A different ilk of bidders, however, will be raising their paddles this Saturday as the firm holds its inaugural Music sale.Th (Read More)
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Slick Rick’s Eye Patch:Phillips de Pury’s Music Auction:Phillips de Pury is an esteemed auction house dating back to 1796. Its clientele includes Marie Antoinette, Beau Brummell and Napoleon. A different ilk of bidders, however, will be raising their paddles this Saturday as the firm holds its inaugural Music sale.Th (Read More)
brooklynvegan:
Indie darlings Matt & Kim kicked off the show -- which celebrates the year's best music as determined by MTVu's college-centric audience -- with an energetic performance of their breakout single "Lessons Learned." Later, the duo returned to accept their Best Video Woodie award."We've had one heck of a year," said Matt Johns (Read More)
brooklynvegan:
by BBGDROP OUT OF LIFE WITH BONG IN HAND......BrooklynVegan: A lot of your US fans are wondering why [Sleep] aren't doing a US tour or even a show in San Francisco and NYC. Whats the reasoning? Is that mostly due to Chris?Sleep's Matt Pike: I think the dude just wants to retire.... He lives up in the hills and he's got a lo (Read More)
brooklynvegan:
words & photos by Erez Avissar MNDR (aka Amanda Warner) opened the Brooklyn show at Monster Island on Wednesday night (11/18). Shouting, singing and rapping over techno-centric beats, she showed respect to tour-mate Juiceboxxx as well as a strong influence by him. She fared better than her mentor though, who played a super- (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
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Author : James LeeIt seems like the decade was just beginning I can remember witnessing the transformation from alternative rock to indie music as the preferred genre for so many fans, and boy, was it exciting Since the decade is winding down now, I'd like to take a few minutes to honor the bands that I believe to be the (Read More)
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It made me sad to learn that Edward Droste committed suicide. Not in real life, but on the internet, by deactivating his twitter account. Even though he had thousands of followers ready 2 listen to his every word, he decided that being an alternative celebrity schmoozing with ‘the common man’ was not worth it….I wond (Read More)
brooklynvegan:
DOWNLOAD: Crystal Fighters - I Love London (MP3)DOWNLOAD: Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Douster remix) (MP3)DOWNLOAD: CRYSTAL FIGHTERS - KITSUNE 1 HR RADIO MIX (MP3)Crystal Fighters looking sexy in the woodsCrystal Fighters - 2009 NYC Tour DatesThursday Nov 19 @ Santos Party HouseFriday Nov 20 @ Glasslands w/ Tanlines & (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
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Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4) At last, an “American Idol” finalist with a personality to match the pipes. (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
Take a look for yourself here.CNet:In the wake of acquiring smaller digital music services iLike—and now, it looks like, Imeem—MySpace continues to attempt to align itself as the foremost player in the digital music industry. On Wednesday, the News Corp. division rolled out a music charts page to track the most popul (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
Flavorwire:Revisionist rock criticism is a bona fide trend this year, with Slate’s Jonah Weiner vindicating the likes of Creed and Limp Bizkit, and Vulture defending the legacy of Third Eye Blind. Now that everything bad is good again, critics are getting to work dismantling the houses they built. Enter Spin’s new fe (Read More)
Altsounds:
As 2006 saw a new wave of indie dance-rock hit the radars, with bands like the Klaxons, CSS, Crystal Castles and The Teenagers quickly hijacking the attentions of music lovers and critics all over the world, an up and coming five-piece from British Columbia named You Say Party! We Say Die! (or YSP!WSD! for short) were quick (Read More)
Submitted by Altsounds
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Belladonna, inventors of Rock Noir, are back from US glory and ready to rock London with their misterotique pyromantic live show.
Although a more extensive UK tour is in the pipeline to promote their latest gem "The Noir Album", Belladonna are hitting London for an intimate preview Upstairs at the... (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
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Music Review of Freedom Wind by the Explorers Club, “The Explorers Club” are a six-part Sunshine Psychedelic (indie pop/rock) group from Charleston, South Carolina. Their music is nearly entirely influenced. (Read More)
SFist:
Composer William Bolcom William Bolcom composed two third of the pieces in the program presented by the New Century Chamber Orchestra, in a run which opens tomorrow in Berkeley (and repeats Friday in Palo Alto, Saturday in San Francisco and Sunday in San Rafael). He is also penning a world premiere for another NCCO conc (Read More)