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The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is proud to present the inaugural Reeve Rocks benefit concert on Tuesday, July 28th at 7 p.m. in New York City. To be held at Le Poisson Rouge, (158 Bleeker Street @ Thompson), the concert is bringing together some of the best new musical acts in
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Reeve Rocks: Benefit for the Reeve Foundation Jamie McLean Band w/ Edison Jesse Ruben
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UG Strategies
FREE GALLERY BAR EVENT…
Founded in 2003, UG Strategies is a leading entertainment lifestyle marketing agency headquartered in New York City. UG fuses brand and artist development, promotions, events, emerging technology, grassroots/marketing and PR, developing new music, DVDs, music and arts festivals, clothing, video games, and consumer products.
Date: THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.Opening
Jay Brannan covers Michael Jackson // Michael Jackson Dance Party Tonight
Check out the below video of Jay Brannan covering Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror,” dance a little in front of your computer, wink at the guy next to you in the office when he looks at you funny, then come to LPR tonight for Freedom Party’s Michael Jackson tribute… (and don’t forget to come
Tiny Vipers Interview on AV Club
…Check out this great interview with Tiny Vipers at The Onion’s AV Club.
hough Seattle’s Jesy Fortino, a.k.a. Tiny Vipers, performs her songs solo with a guitar, she’s never been one to adhere to traditional singer-songwriter values. Over time, her music has effectively devolved, from slowly unfolding minimal folk to something black and desolate that
Ward 6
FREE GALLERY BAR EVENT…
Father Jeff started Ward 6 at a time when there was no weekly dance night. WARD 6 started on September 8th, 1990, a weekly Saturday night, at a small club which lacked the proper licenses, at the corner of Leroy Street and Seventh Avenue South. The police raided it a few
Flashy and Trashy DJ Jay McElfresh
FREE GALLERY BAR EVENT…
From 10pm-4am in the gallery bar you’ll find Flashy & Trashy. If you are ready to not take yourself too seriously, this is your night. You can sit at the bar and order tater tots and grilled cheese, or act a fool on the dance floor. Dress is casual, though you
Just Added: Red Wire Black Wire to The Beautiful Small Machines Show
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Beautiful Small Machines may be synthetic, but they’re not stupid. Caught somewhere between the 70’s, 80’s and deep space, this electro-pop duo learned about comedy from adult swim and heartache from Philip K. Dick and they’re spewing it all back out at you like a bunch of mandroids on whiskey and psycho-pharmaceuticals.
Just Announced: Suphala with Malika Zarra
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“This Indian-American beauty plays those two small drums like Bruce Lee in a fistfight – with fast hands and a furious beauty.” – St. Petersburg TimesThere was always music in Suphala’s life; she began studying classical piano at age four. But then she found her calling in the tabla, which won her
Signal performs Steve Reich’s ‘Double Sextet’ reviewed
Signal commemorated Steve Reich’s 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning piece “Double Sextet” with a performance of the work on June 22nd at (Le) Poisson Rouge. The night consisted of an early set and an added late set, both of which also included a performance of Reich’s 1984 piece “Sextet.”
Check out the Brooklyn Vegan review here…
Just Added: .357 Lover (Featuring Corn Mo) to Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players Show
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Time travel, making out at the mall, werewolves, rock operas and a German lady. It’s not the recipe to the greatest teenage, sci-fi horror movie ever made; it’s .357 Lover.
Deftly weaving majestic tales of wonder with a Rock ‘n Roll vaudeville act, this band creates an incomparable sound described by frontman
Jan Vogler & the Knights release Live at LPR album
Jan Vogler & The Knights performed at LPR a few months back and were recording a live album titled Experience: Live From New York. The album is no available online and as a physical release.
A review of the album from All Music…:
The survival of classical music may hinge on its ability
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Like Beirut and Arcade Fire?
Try Plan B, or Team B. The mastermind behind Team B, Kelly Pratt, performs in both Beirut and Arcade Fire and will be bringing his new group, Team B, to LPR on Saturday night. Check out the good things NY Press has to say about them here….
Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvaer in NYT
At first blush Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvaer might seem nearly indistinguishable. Both are pristine-sounding Norwegian trumpeters with conspicuous investment in electronics. They share a fondness for fragile lyricism and rippling atmosphere, building on a 40-year tradition that began with the Miles Davis album “In a Silent Way.” Both have pushed toward modern fusions,…
Just Added: Phenomenal Handclap Band
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Phenomenal Handclap Band have just been added to the Friendly Fire show at LPR on Auguest 12….
The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. At the center of it is Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand who, after years of searching and
Everybody Loves Mika
Our Twitter is overflowing with people talking about Mika. It seems that everybody loved the show last night. There were balloons, glitter, and a line around the block…
EW reviewed the show… and had this to say:
Despite feeling a little under the weather, the ever-charismatic Mika put on an intimate acoustic show last night
Member Shows Tonight
That’s right, kids, both of tonight’s shows– Christina Courtin w/ Josh Mease and Jon Mueller (Collections of Colonies of Bees) w/ itsnotyouitsme…–are member shows!
Just what is a member show?
Glad you asked. Member shows are FREE for any member who has joined at the School of Fish member level, or above. That’s only
Just Announced: múm
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múm (pronounced [muːm], “moom”)** is an experimental Icelandic pop group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, eccentric beats and colorful effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.
múm have never walked the well trodden path. Since the the beginning of múm, they have always gone their own way, the
Just Announced: DubSpot 2 Year Anniversary Party #3
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An all-day Dubtastic party and workshop. For more information about this unique event and the artists involved go to the event page at lprnyc.com
…Scientist
Scientist inadvertently began his music career when a friend suggested he visit the legendary dub producer/mixer King Tubby, not to remix records, but to get some transformers
Fiery Furnaces Show Reviewed (and Downloadable!)
The amazingly named Lincoln Doolittle reviewed LPR’s Fiery Furnaces show… for Tiny Mix Tapes:
“The Furnaces have always had a knack for pulling together disparate parts and making them work, and this live concept was right in line with that…
Overall, the evening provided a wholesome meal of both old and new, with everything prepared
Steve Reich and Signal Photos from Monday Night
Some great photos from Dan Mazuz of Signal’s performance of Steve Reich’s Double Sextet last Monday night at LPR.
To see more of these photos, click here….
Johann Johannsson at LPR This Thursday
Johann Johannsson will be performing two shows this Thursday at LPR. Click here… for more details.
Tiny Vipers in the New York Times
Tiny Vipers, who will be performing at LPR Friday night (June 26) showed up in the New York Times earlier this week. From BEN RATLIFF of the New York Times…:
“Jesy Fortino, the young Seattle folk singer who goes by the name of Tiny Vipers, throws her stone into the water and waits, really
RCRD LBL MP3 of the DAY: The Very Best
The Very Best, who will be performing at LPR on July 18, were featured on RCRD LBL’s MP3 OF THE DAY. Click here… to download the free MP3.
Just Announced: Discovery Album Listening Party
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We happen to love summer, fun, and LPs and we know you do too. We know you also love free alcohol and partying on school nights: So join the Discovery dudes for the LP listening party. Needle drops at 9PM, followed by a dance party featuring DJ sets by Rostam and Wes. It’s free, but
Just Announced: GlobeSonic w/ Bob Duskis
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GlobeSonic
THE GLOBESONIC SOUND SYSTEM was founded in NYC in the summer of 1999 by music impresario Fabian Alsultany. Focusing on representing the modernization of world music, GlobeSonic Sound System is a DJ collective spinning a high-energy ecstatic dance celebration of the earth’s musical heritage, weaving traditional music with modern aesthetics. “The music is a
