Live Shows
Radiohead live at Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY 2011-09-28
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011Radiohead live at Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY 2011-09-28 – Core News. Via Core News. Not Thomas’s usual fare, but might be of interest to the mystifyingly large number od Poopsters who are fans. I have not listened to it, so I cannot speak to the quality. And who knows if it will still [...]
Robyn at Radio City Music Hall – Feb 5 2011
Sunday, February 6th, 2011Robyn at Radio City Music Hall – Feb 05 2011 The crowd was absolutely fabulous. There were light-up swizzle sticks in the overpriced drinks. As Will said, the Gentlemen’s Lounge was probably the gayest place in town this night. When I came out of the stall I wanted to scream “enough with the skinny jeans, [...]
Live review – Ari Up Punky Reggae Birthday Party Benefit Memorial at Brooklyn Music Hall – Jan 16 2011
Monday, January 17th, 2011Contributing PoOPster Jim Finnigan writes: Jan 17 2011 – Brooklyn – What a great time was had by all at the Ari Up Punky Reggae Birthday Party Benefit Memorial at Brooklyn Music Hall last nite! Big Up! Right from the start I could tell it was going to be good. The DJ was playing classic [...]
Are you feeling precious? Belle And Sebastians Holiday Spectacular : NPR
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010Holiday listening with your favourite chamber-pop bourgie-bohemians Belle And Sebastians Holiday Spectacular : NPR Share
Captain Beefheart – A PoOPster remembers
Saturday, December 18th, 2010An obit from the Guardian, UK Captain Beefheart, who has died aged 69, was provocative and unpredictable | Music | The Guardian Our fellow PoOPSter, Jim Finnigan, sent along this fine remembrance of the famously prickly Don Van Vliet From: Jim Finnigan Subject: My Captain Beefheart experience Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 11:39 PM I [...]
Belle and Sebastian show to be webcast
Thursday, December 16th, 2010December 21st. On the NPR and Guardian.co.uk websites. The show starts at 9pm (GMT) and 4pm (EST) Barrowland Webcast | Belle and Sebastian Share
The Grand Slambovians @ Bearsville Theater, Saturday, Nov 27 9pm
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Fresh ‘n feisty from triumphantly advancing their contagious and quirky Americana from Glasgow to Penzance in ye olde UK, alt-roots DIY’ers Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams bring their haunting signature songs and sincerity back to the Hudson Highlands from whence it originated. But myth is a must in the mind-space of Slambovia, [...]
The Trapps
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Saturday, November 13, 8pm $10 Howland Cultural Center 477 Main Beacon, NY 12508 914-474-7758 For information and tickets, please visit www.howlandculturalcenter.org Handicapped accessible. Limited seating. Geo-thermally heated & cooled. New Paltz’s nationally recognized roots band returns to rock the Grand Hall at Howland! Share
Review – Little Annie & Baby Dee at Joe’s Pub New York
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Caught Little Annie & Baby Dee at Joe’s Pub New York on Sunday night 26 September. Good show. Annie was in good voice (and need I mention also nattily attired in a black pantsuit)(and the same shoes she’s wearing on the cover of Genderful) and even managed to go mezzo for a couplea bits – [...]
Brooklyn Record Riot, Sunday Sept 26th
Friday, September 24th, 2010at Warsaw 261 Driggs Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222 Hours: Noon-8 PM $3.00 regular admission $20.00 early admission from 10 am-noon Beer! Traditional Polish food. Eight massive DJs led by Phast Phreddie (yup, Phreddie who used to work at Rhino) 50plus tables of merchandise from 30plus cool dealers hailing from the USA and Canada. Public transportation: [...]
Professor Louie & Special Guests
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Friday, September, 24th 8pm $15 Howland Cultural Center 477 Main, Beacon, NY 12508 For information and tickets, please visit www.howlandculturalcenter.org Handicapped accessible. Limited seating. Geo-thermally heated & cooled. About Professor Louie Tagged Prof. “Louie” by the late vocalist/bassist Rick Danko of The Band, our world travelin’, barrel-housin’ Professor co-produced, engineered and performed on The Band’s [...]
BBC coverage of Sonar 2010 – Includes DJ sets (Joy Orbison!), songs, interviews
Thursday, June 24th, 2010The Sonar festival in Barcelona has become a vital part of the European festival circuit. And by far the most important to the exposure of new electronic-based music. Billed as a festival of “Advanced Music and Multimedia Art”, the booking ranges far and wide (ie. it’s not just banging house and trance, or even just [...]
MAH, FlyLo, Roska, Joy Orbison – Sonar 2010 – Video
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The Beeb has just posted a quick 8 minute video with Mary Anne Hobbs talking to the cats she brought with her to the Sonar Festival in Barcelona – Joy Orbison, Roska and Flying Lotus. Includes footage from the stage also. Of note: Flying Lotus making a point of mentioning the importance, to him, of [...]
Bassface @ Coachella – A heavy duty lineup indeed
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Share
PoOP-associated live music shows coming up in the Hudson Valley
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009A long-standing PoOPster, Mike J, is curating/putting together/hyping/ slaving over a series of interesting looking shows at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon NY. We’ll push an update closer to each of the shows, but here are the details in case you wanna get a jump. Seating is limited, so it might be a good [...]
The Guardian’s twittering Glastonbury
Saturday, June 27th, 2009Glastonbury 2009: Follow our Twitter updates throughout the festival | Music | guardian.co.uk . Share
Sonic Youths
Monday, June 22nd, 2009SFJ with a Lee Renaldo memoir of seeing/hearing/experiencing Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Trio for the first time: Sonic Youths Share
Live review: #majorlazer at SOB’s June 13 2009 – Qualified Bangin’
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009I have had a chance to think a bit more about the Major Lazer show. My initial reaction still stands, but I figured I’d try to tease out a little more. I haven’t seen any other reviews of the show yet, so I’ll write this and then go looking. SOB’s was sold out. The crowd [...]
NOW! Major Lazer streaming new CD
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009At their MySpace page: Major Lazer on MySpace Music (sorry for the Myspace link, but what can one do ;=) NYC headz note live show at SOBs Saturday June 13th 2009 Share
Must read: “What your favorite Dead song says about you”
Thursday, April 30th, 2009What your favorite Dead song says about you (Slate Magazine) Hilarious, and too close to the mark for some (including a whole bunch of my contemporaries at “a small liberal arts college in upstate NY”). I’ll admit that I never “got” the Dead. And possibly never got over having to explain that a radio [...]
Gig of the year?? – Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Zomby & Martyn
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Possibly the gig of the year: New York Voice Choices – Brainfeeder NYC Presents Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Zomby & Martyn If you are going, please make sure to tell us about it… Share