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The Music News
New York Cool receives a lot of press
releases about up-and-coming musicians
so we have created this page so you
can know what we know. Be sure to check
back often...(more)
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Elizabeth and The
Catapult
Joe’s Pub
June 11, 2009
Main act Elizabeth
and The Catapult has come farther recently
and as a result has smoothed out more
rough edges. Even though their orchestra
has near seven to ten highly proficient
instrumentalists (at anyone time), Elizabeth
kicks off with the front-woman herself...(more) |
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Art Brut
Mercury Lounge
June 4, 2009
I caught Art Brut
on June 4, 2009, the last date of their
five-day residency at Mercury Lounge.
In an air thick with the fumes of nice
shampoo and fragrant soap...(more) |
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Flotation Wall's
Nature
Nature, the
debut album from Ohio four-piece Flotation
Walls is a record that is impressive
on first listen, but handsomely rewards
repeat plays as well...(more) |
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The Americans'
The Americans EP
The Americans, in
a fashion befitting their name, are
a vintagey collective of earnest-looking
multi-instrumentalists...(more)
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Fanfarlo's
Reservoir
The poet T.S. Eliot
said a funny thing about tradition when
invoked in criticizing individual work:
“Seldom, perhaps, does the word
appear except in a phrase of censure.”...(more) |
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Shout Out Out Out
Out’s
Reintegration Time
Shout Out Out Out
Out’s 2nd album, Reintegration
Time, kicks off with “Run”,
a slick synth groove over a light high-hat...(more) |
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Noah and the Whale
Bowery Ballroom
May 1, 2009
Noah and the Whale
burst into the Bowery Ballroom with quite
a bit of hype stemming from a Wes Anderson-esque
music video for (not to mention Saturn
commercial featuring) quirky hit "5
Years Time" and pre-show buzz for
the British band was readily apparent...(more)
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The Albertans Residency
Open for The Subjects
The Cameo at The Lovin’ Cup Cafe
Brooklyn NY
April 23, 2009
First off, I prefer
anointing this band as The Albertans
(as opposed to The Albertans Residency),
mainly because I think it’s cooler
to say...(more)
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Coachella Music
Festival
Empire Polo Field
Indio, California
April 17 - 19, 2009
New York Cool Music
Editor/Photographer Amy Davidson is
at the Coachella
Music Festival in Indio, California,
just outside of Palm Springs....(more) |
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Tab the Band, Mimicking
Birds and Modest Mouse Terminal 5
610 W. 56th St.
March 15, 2009
A few familiar
feelings came over me while I watched
TAB The Band open for Modest Mouse at
Terminal 5...(more)
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Natalie Portman's
Shaved Head
New Album
Glistening Pleasures
New York Cool photographer
Belkis Carrasco caught up with the hot
new band Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
at the Mercury Lounge...(more)
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Sean Bones, Francis
and The Lights and Les Savy Favs
Masonic Temple
March 13, 2009
Arriving
early and reconnoitering the venue at
Brooklyn’s Masonic Temple I hastily
sequestered a spot directly in front of
the stage where I could get an up-close
look at the bands I was about to see this
clear and chilly night...(more)
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Dropkick Murphys,
Civet and H2O
Roseland
March 6, 2009
Roseland kicked off
the best month on the calendar with
Civet, H2O and Dropkick Murphys Friday.
Nothing is more Irish than scally caps,
spilt beer and the smell of skunk in
a non-smoking venue...(more) |
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Glorious Veins
at
Public Assembly
Williamsburg
February 27, 2009
New York City has
no shortage of venues to catch a good
rock show. We have well known spots
ranging from arenas and cavernous concert
venues, a la Terminal 5, to the very
popular and much missed CBGB’s...(more) |
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Drug Rug @ Mercury
Lounge
February 26, 2009
“Yeah, we love that one.”
This was Sarah’s
reaction after their show Thursday when
I mentioned that I’d once heard
Drug Rug, the duo comprised of her and
boyfriend Tommy, compared to Sonny and
Cher...(more)
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Tiny Animals
Sweet Sweetness
Album Review
Sweet Sweetness
by Tiny Animals begins as a compelling
amalgam of Smashing Pumpkins angst and
Oasis neo-rock, but quickly becomes
a typical freshman effort...(more)
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Fujiya & Miyagi
Le Poisson Rouge
February 17, 2009
Should I be
dancing? This was the question I kept
asking myself throughout Fujiya &
Miyagi's entire set at Le Poisson Rouge
last night...(more)
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The Von Bondies
Mercury Lounge
February 16, 2009
‘No one
takes you seriously when you’re
24’… The Von Bondies provide
teenage angst-fuelled punk rock--for
adults...(more)
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Alaska In Winter
Monkeytown / Williamsburg
February 3, 2009
While
Williamsburg’s Monkeytown may have
a name that connotes wild partying and
off-the-wall shenanigans, the reality
was anything but for Alaska in Winter’s
February 3rd show...(more)
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G'DAY USA: Australia
Week 2009
Australia Plays Broadway
January 20, 2009
Carnegie Hall
Shrimp
on the barbie, kangaroos and koalas, and
maybe Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman come
to mind when reflecting on the land down
under...(more)
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Bear Hands
Webster Hall Studio
January 9, 2009
Bear Hands are
Connecticut-bred, Brooklyn transplants,
who proved that they have a lot more
going on than the average indie-rock
band ‘hipsters’ who have
recently emerged from New York City’s
coolest borough...(more)
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Deer Tick
and Talk Normal
The Knitting Factory
New Year's Eve 2008
Hey,
2008. Don’t let the door hit ya
where the Good Lord split ya! I don’t
think many of us will miss the last year...(more) |
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Terror
Pigeon Dance Revolt
Lit Lounge
December 18,2008
I’m still not
sure if what I witnessed was genius.
It may just be that these people have
spent way too much time together and
this is the result. Maybe they were
all thrown out of a musical theater
program together...(more) |
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Aaron Beaumont
The Living Room
December 11, 2008
Aaron
Beaumont is the perfect gentleman. Greeting
the small crowd at the Living Room with
appreciation for their staying out so
late on a weeknight - one that also happened
to include torrential rain ...(more)
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Mucc
Irving Plaza
December 7, 2008
On December 7, 2009,
Mucc put on a fantastic performance
replete with ghostly face paint and
huge guitar arrangements, rocking out
a set easily as dexterous as the elderly
rockers of Iron Maiden...(more) |
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Girls Rock & Girls
Rule
Ace of Clubs
December 6, 2008
On
December 6th the Girls Rock & Girls
Rule (GRGR) celebrated its 7th annual
show with great success...(more)
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So So Glos' Album
Review
Tourism Terrorism
The So So
Glos are in the business of legend-building;
their relatively brief yarn is defined
by shambolic, guerilla-like performances
and mythic instances of intra-band violence...(more)
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Luke Temple Album
Review
"Here We Go Magic"
At first glance, Luke
Temple's new record "Here We Go
Magic" seemed likely to be a pleasant
enough stroll down the well-trod path
of agreeable guitar pop. You know the
drill, right?...(more)
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