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June 2008

Julian Casablancas, Santogold, and Pharrell on “My Drive Thru”

June 9, 2008

in mp3s, music, nyc bands, the strokes

You’ve heard about this Converse project which joins The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Santogold, and Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., now you can finally hear the results of their collaboration, a song called “My Drive Thru.”

DOWNLOAD: “My Drive Thru” by N.E.R.D. featuring Julian Casablancas and Santogold (via Sit Down Stand Up)

Writes We Heart Stuff:

Converse are seemingly sticking heavily to showing off their rock n’ roll heritage and have devised a campaign entitled ‘Three Artists, One Song’ which apparently will see artists as diverse as Deerhunter, Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Gallows along with of course the 3 effortlessly cool individuals who have put together this track…

Thanks to C for the head’s.

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Meg White Steps Out with the Raconteurs in Detroit

June 9, 2008

in concerts, music, the raconteurs, white stripes

Writes a poster on the Little Room message boards about the June 8, 2008 Raconteurs show in Detroit, Michigan:

Meg did sit behind pk’s [Patrick Keeler's] kit for a min, and I went complete ape shit. I thought she was gonna play a song, but then pk came up and said “sorry honey, wrong band” an she went backstage. She looked so nervous, like they really had to try to get her to come out.

Another poster chimed in:

Yes Miss Megan came out with Jack right after the break and sat on Patrick’s stool. She cocked her left shoulder forward and looked over it at Jack and gave him a good WS stare. The crowd went nuts! :) Did I mentioned that I almost cried AGAIN!

Here’s a little blurry picture of Meg walking away. (Thanks to whitestripesman.)

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More at Rolling Stone and Billboard.

Thanks to A and W for the head’s up.

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2 Nights at Santos: Hedi Slimane and Misshapes

June 9, 2008

in fashion, misshapes, music, nightlife, nyc

So for the last three nights I’ve been heading to Santos Party House (aka 100 Lafayette) for some fashionable parties.

On Friday night was a V Magazine celebratory party for designer/photographer Hedi Slimane’s new book, Rock Diary where PYT and recent Slimane muse Hayes Peebles played a solo set in front of the very stylish crowd. When a young fashionista squealed out, “You’re so sexy!,” I turned around and mentioned that Peebles is still a tender 15 years old, to which the girl shook her head and moaned, “Noooo!!”

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Photo courtesy of the BSB

The next night was the Misshapes.com launch party, where the dark-haired trio of Greg, Leigh, and Geordon mingled with famous faces such as M.I.A. (and her new fiance), Sophia Lamar, and Benjamin Cho as well as the regular cast of Misshapes party revelers.

Guest DJ Lightspeed Champion was there as well, and a couple of my er… well lubricated… friends took it upon themselves to give him a hefty hug and hoist in the air:

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Needless to say, the party was a fantastically fun event, with both Apache Beat and These New Puritans busting eardrums with their raucous sounds, and dancing fools taking advantage of the dance floor downstairs.

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Announcing the 2008 After the Jump Summer Show Line-Up

June 8, 2008

in concerts, music, nyc bands

The annual After The Jump Festival on June 21st in Williamsburg, Brooklyn! This year’s festival now includes bands such as Health, Wakey Wakey!, Pela, Project Jenny, Project Jan, Autodrone, The Shackeltons, The Forms, Chairlift, Ponytail, and Fiasco.

Musicians featured in both events will perform on four stages in three incredible spaces: The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space and on North 6th Street. Also, be sure to check out Afterthejumpfest.com for any further updates and news as the festival approaches!


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Misshapes.com Relaunch Party

June 6, 2008

in misshapes, music, nightlife, nyc bands

How could it be possible that I’ll probably end up spending the next two nights at the venue I was at last night–Santos Party House, aka “100 Lafayette” aka “Santa’s Party House”?

Misshapes is back to attack the party scene, having their Misshapes.com release party at the bi-level venue in Chinatown. Awesome local band Apache Beat will play as well. From what I saw last night at the S Magazine party, there are GINORMOUS speakers every which way, two bars on the main floor, and a performance stage. And there were neon hoola-hoop girls… which I don’t think come with the venue.

Info for Missssssssssshapes:

June, 7 2008 at MISSHAPES w/ THESE NEW PURITANS & APACHE BEAT LIVE

MISSHAPES w/ THESE NEW PURITANS & APACHE BEAT LIVE + DJ’s Lightspeed Champion, Aggy + Jacky, Ben Cho, Spencer Product, Sean March, Dimitry!!! OPEN BAR 10pm – 12am 100 LAFAYETTE – DOOR: Thomas. 10pm – 4am. NEW SITE LAUNCH. NO COVER.

Proprietor Andrew W.K. was seen mingling with the crowd last night, so perhaps he’ll bring his party hard on Saturday night as well.

Tonight will be a party for Hedi Slimane‘s new book, Rock Diary.

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House of Campari: St. Vincent

June 6, 2008

in concerts, music, nightlife, st vincent

Last week was the XYZ Affair, this week the musical ante was upped with the House of Campari offering “A Night with St. Vincent” aka- Annie Clark.

She did a nice little set, comprised of songs from her debut album (“Marry Me,” “Paris Is Burning,” “Jesus Saves, I Spend,” “Your Lips Are Red,” “Now, Now” ) and her cover version of “Dig a Pony” by the Beatles.

Great little intimate set. Annie Clark is adorable!

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Albert Hammond Jr.’s “Como Te Llama?” Album Cover Revealed

June 5, 2008

in music, nyc bands, the strokes

Albert Hammond Jr.’s new album, Como Te Llama? drops on July 8th, but his new single,
“GfC” is now available on iTunes and streaming on Albert’s Facebook and MySpace pages too.

What do you think of the artwork? Love it, or hate it?

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Albert has also launched his official website, ALBERTHAMMONDJR.COM, where you can currently post your very own photo to appear as part of the homepage.

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Diggnation Live Show in New York

June 5, 2008

in nightlife, nyc, photographs

I possibly spent my Wednesday night in the nerdiest way possible–at a taping of popular tech podcast, Diggnation starring hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht.

Long-time listeners of the podcast will know that Diggnation often does live shows in their home state of California, but they have also taken their show on the road to places like Japan, the Netherlands, and the UK. So it’s been a long time waiting for the very first New York Diggnation show, so as soon as I found out about it I knew I had to go.

Little did I know that when I arrived slightly after 6pm (when the flyer said the doors were opening) at Studio B in Williamsburg/Greenpoint, there would be a line that literally wrapped around the block. Apparently more people are interested in two dudes, a couch, and their laptops then say… your old roommate’s crappy noise rock band. Who’d've thunk it?

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The fire marshal came to the venue and looked around for quite a while. The venue usually fits around 1200 people, but for some mysterious “sewage problem” reason, they only had room for 600, so literally hundreds of people (and by “people” I mean 592 dudes and me and 7 other girls) were left outside to wait and hope that they would eventually be let in.

Kevin and Alex came out to apologize, as did Digg CEO Jay Adelson. Brian Brushwood of Rev 3′s Scam School came out to perform a few of his tricks, Sarah Meyers from Pop17 got in trouble with the PR list ladies for handing her pass to one of her friends, and Digg Meet-up posters were handed out.

After the fire marshal left, the coast was clear and they let the remaining people into the venue. A little after 8:30pm, the show started and the crowd roared!

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It was a lot of fun watching them tape a show live. I can’t wait to see the results!

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More coverage of the sausage-fest that was: Daymoon Design, Alley Insider, The Social at cNet, APP Scout, the Analytics Guru, Style by Mary, gPowered, Toddspell, and many MANY other likeminded nerds.
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Campari House: The XYZ Affair

June 4, 2008

in indie, music, nyc bands, photographs

Last Thursday I headed over to the enormous space that Campari is currently renting in NoLiTa for the “House of Campari.” It was the opening night of the “Defining a Moment: 25 New York Artists,” exhibit sponsored by Paper Magazine and the Guggenheim’s Young Collectors Council.

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The XYZ Affair did the honors of performing for the night–doing a short set of their catchy pop tunes and also throwing in a cover of “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” by the Temptations, while model Theodora Richards grinned ear to ear.

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The party was so packed, I hardly got a chance to get a look at any of the artwork hanging and installed throughout the three floors.

This week TMA fave St. Vincent will be gracing the party–surely rocking the socks off the guests who arrive!

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Coldplay Performing “Lovers in Japan”

June 3, 2008

in britrock, coldplay, music

Via MyColdplay.com:
“Coldplay’s Chris Martin & Jonny Buckland performing ‘Lovers in Japan’ acoustic version and the full Coldplay band perform snippets of ‘Chinese Sleep Chant’ and ‘Yes’. ”

And according to Coldplaying.com:

“Coldplay have completed recording the video for the new single (heavily rumored to be “Lovers In Japan”), Coldplaying.com can reveal.

The video was directed by Mat Whitecross, who you may remember also directed the unofficial Dancing Politicians video for Coldplay’s new single “Violet Hill,” the mini Amazon-clips and the Rough Cut of Life In Technicolor.

Here’s all we know about the new video so far: “Following his hugely successful viral video for Violet Hill, Mat Whitecross has just wrapped the shoot for Coldplay’s next single from their new album. Watch this space for more details.”

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