New York Music

The Sudden Resurgence Of CBGB

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Cbgb, Alan Rickman, Hilly Kristal, Video, Misfits, Punk Rock, Summer Festivals, Cbgb Festival, Ramones, New York Music, Punk Music, Blondie, New York Clubs, On Our Radar, Alan Rickman Cbgb, Culture News

In 2006 one of the most renowned music venues in the country shut its doors. But now it looks like CBGB -- the venerable East Village hard rock in...

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"A Flow Master in Disaster With a Sound That's Gone" - Adam Yauch

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Mike D, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Beastie Boys, Mca, Hip-Hop, Adam Horovitz, Ad Rock, New York Music, Mca Beastie Boys, New York News

Yauch was not only a musical pioneer with Beasties; he was an activist and humanitarian. Wherever there was injustice, there was Yauch, wherever there was a voice to be given to the voiceless, there was Yauch.

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LOOK: Giant New Music Venue For The '21st Century Artist' Coming To Williamsburg

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Williamsburg Brooklyn, Original Music Workshop, New York Concerts, Music Hall of Williamsburg, NY Real Estate, Kevin Dolan, New York Music, Williamsburg Music, New York News

The non-profit group Original Music Workshop is gearing up to open a new music venue on Williamsburg's North 6th Street,already home to many of the n...

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CBGB Searching SXSW For Bands To Play Summer Festival

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Cbgb, East Village, Lower East Side, Ny News, NY Around Town, Cbgb Festival, New York Music, Sxsw, Video, New York News

More than five years after CBGB shuttered its doors, ending three decades of legendary punk performances to transform into a high-end John Varvatos bo...

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Major Australian Artist Tries To Make It In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Video, Making Mirrors, Rock Music, Kroq, Gotye, Australian Artists, Bowery Ballroom, New York Concerts, Josh Groban, Kimbra, New York Music, Susan Orlean, Rock Radio, Somebody That I Used to Know, Culture News

NEW YORK -- The crowd at the Bowery Ballroom on Monday night was there to see Gotye, the alter ego of Belgian-Australian musician Wouter De Backer, pl...

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DJ Jonathan Toubin In Critical Condition After Cab Drives Into His Hotel Room

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Home Sweet Home, Car Accident, Motor City Bar, Ny News, Portland Oregon, Dj, Jonathan Toubin, Portland, New York Music, New York Based Dj, New York News

Jonathan Toubin is in critical condition after being run over by a cab in Portland, Oregon on Thursday. The New York City based DJ was staying in t...

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NYC Was Broke In The 70's, But Had A Rich Music HIstory

AP | By MICHAEL HILL | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, Video, Bob Marley, 1970's 70's Music, Ramones, New York Music, New York News

-- "Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever" (Faber and Faber), by Will Hermes: New York City might have be...

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Little Victory: Punk Rock Parking Lot Apocalypse

Joe Schraufnagel | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: New York City Bands, Punk Rock Ethos, Gay Bashing, Punk Rock, The Cramps, Punk, Little Victory, NY Around Town, New York Music, New York News

Throughout the past couple months a slew of NYC bands, Making Friendz, Light Asylum and Little Victory to name a few, have been sexing up downtown barroom dance-floors with a take-no-prisoners punk rock swagger.

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Why the South Won (the CMJ Music Marathon, That Is)

Marissa Moss | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Music Festivals, New York City, Slidepollajax, Cmj, Music, Cmj 2011, Cmj Nyc, New York Around Town, New York Music, Country Music, CMJ Music Marathon, Culture News

Last week in NYC, amidst the 15-minute sets of guitar fuzz and vocals sometimes indecipherable from keyboard wahs, at times, the "CM" in CMJ could have stood for Country Music.

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Pitchfork Planning New York Festival

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: New York Arts, Cmj, Bowery Presents, Music Festival, Pitchfork, New York Music, NY Culture, New York News

Pitchfork is planning to take on the New York music scene with a CMJ-esque festival in February 2012. The online music publication has teamed up with ...

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Cool Idea: Musicians Turn Abandoned Buildings Into Recording Studios

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Npr, Josh Garrels, Wood Brothers, Brooklyn, New York Music, Beirut, Mason Jar Music, Entertainment News

I was happy to hear an NPR feature this weekend on Mason Jar Music, a new collective of young producers/musicians in Brooklyn, who have their own twist on getting access to abandoned buildings and recording and filming there.

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A Music Maven: Jamming With Emily Zuzik

Laura Cococcia | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Love Bites, Interviews, Moby, Singers, Musicians, Songwriters, Music, New York Music, Emily Zuzik, Entertainment News

Emily believes in the power of intuition to guide her, adoring her inspirations, but not a slave to the rules of what must define a songwriter. I'm thrilled to share more about the world behind her story.

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A Drumadic Time in New York With William B. Johnson

Lydia Hughes | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Drumadics, William B. Johnson, New York Culture, New York, New York Bands, Drumadics Band, New York Music, William B. Johnson Band, Entertainment News

Wil is jocular and affable, someone who doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. For this reason I made the assumption that his band might be just a little better than amateur. How wrong I was.

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BAND SPOTLIGHT: Blacky II Makes It 'Rain Blood'

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peaches, Ny News, NY Culture, Dj, Blackyii, NY Around Town, Band Spotlight, Chillrave, New York Music, Blacky II, New York Dance Scene, New York Clubs, My Ny, New York News

BlackyII is Bobby Picciotto, a DJ living in Brooklyn who's been spinning for a few years now and just returned from mini-tour of Puerto Rico. He makes...

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Songwriter Michael Sackler-Berner Shimmers And Shines

The Huffington Post | Josh Fleet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shimer and Shine, Stephen Talkhouse, New York Entertainment, Yes I Do, Sackler-Berner Single, Law and Order CI, Michael Sackler-Berner, Music, New York Music, Joe's Pub, Entertainment News

Michael Sackler-Berner occasionally lands a gig as an extra on television. Like in 2009, when he played "Band Member #1" on an episode of Law & Order:...

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BAND SPOTLIGHT: Thunder And Lightning

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Music, Brent Katz, NY Culture, Thunder and Lightning, New York Bands, NY Music, Band Spotlight, Nyc Bands, NY Around Town, New York Music, My Ny, New York News

Brent Katz has been performing in New York bands since Giuliani was in power. His first successful outfit the Harlem Shakes, in which Brent played dru...

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WATCH: Was There Really A Riot At The Japanther Show?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock Music, NY Culture, New York Bands, Japanther, Ny News, Big Apple Circus, Music, Rock, New York Music, New York News

JAPANTHER AT THE ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS from Scott Cramer on Vimeo. Monday's Japanther show at the Big Apple Circus was eventually shut down when the ...

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Dig on New York's The Dig

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Dig, Editors, Interview, Terminal 5, The Antlers, Portugal the Man, Music, New York Music, New York News

The Dig plays sci-fi style rock and mixes it with early indie, so think early REM or Pavement meets Muse or Editors.

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The Hunt For The New "New York Noise"

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indie Music, Music Industry, Music, New York Music, New York Noise, New York City, New York, New York News

Like many music-loving New Yorkers, we've been mourning the bizarre disappearance of our favorite NYC TV series: New York Noise. Its weekly dose of cl...

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The New York Music Project: Help Map The City In Song!

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, New York Song, New York Song Lyrics, Empire State of Mind, Song Lyrics, Jay-Z, New York Songs, Huffington Post New York Music Project, New York Music, New York, New York News

Since its founding, New York has been an evergreen inspiration for musicians, from Gershwin to Dylan to the Beastie Boys. "Empire State of Mind," Jay...

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Henry R. Kravis Gives New York Philharmonic $10 Million Donation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Donation, Henry Kravis, Henry Kravis Philharmonic Donation, Marie-Josee Kravis, Magnus Lindberg, Alan Gilbert, New York Music, New York News

NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic says it will receive a $10 million gift from philanthropist Henry R. Kravis to endow its composer-in-reside...

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