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Francis and the Lights opening for MGMT at Radio City Music Hall August 17th

By Shannon | Published August 16, 2010

For being such a young project, Francis and the Lights is big. Front man Francis Farewell Starlite has not only a big name, but a big presence. He’s the kind of big presence to sit down to a piano, compose a really simple tune that ends up sounding epic and timeless, with the help of [...]

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Kelli Scarr with Smoke and Natureboy @ Zebulon Cafe 6/13/10

By Shannon | Published June 14, 2010

Zebulon’s late-night Euro cafe vibe set the backdrop to last night’s lineup of folk, Southern and serious rock Sirens. I’m still reeling … This is the music that makes you wish you could still light up a cigarette in a bar.

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Peggy Sue: Watchmen

By Shannon | Published June 10, 2010
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TICKET GIVEAWAY: Peggy Sue @ Pianos 6/10/10!

By Shannon | Published June 6, 2010

Man, is it HOT. I mean, almost unbearable, right? You know, it’s nights like these, when my generic 99-cent store window fan just isn’t cutting through the butter-thick humidity, and my bedroom starts to feels like a subway station, that make me wish I had saved some Misc./Entertainment cash from last paycheck to go drink [...]

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Arcade Fire blazes a trail this summer: The Suburbs tour dates announced!

By Shannon | Published June 2, 2010

I just read over at Baeble Music that Arcade Fire has officially released a list of summer tour dates. This international tour is their first since 2007. Track previews, snippets and full leaked songs off of the August 3rd 2010 release The Suburbs have been showing up on Hype Machine for a few weeks now, [...]

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Shout Out Louds at Webster Hall with Freelance Whales 5/5/10

By Shannon | Published May 7, 2010

If I wasn’t feeling the electric charge of summer before, in the unnaturally sweaty temperatures and midnight lightening storms we’ve been having, then the nostalgic Freelance Whales and the pop icons Shout Out Louds certainly brought summer to me last night at Webster Hall in the form of summer-stadium worthy pop-rock that floated out into the humid streets of the East Village well into the night. Accompanied by a hot dog and an airplane bottle of vodka, I felt nearly invincible when I left Webster Hall. I might have taken off my shoes and wandered Tompkins Square Park just to stay in the spirit but, you know, urban hazards abound.

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