Posted on 29 November 2008
DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm - Ride That Cyclone (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm - Pigeon Food (MP3)
Xiu Xiu @ Le Poisson Rouge (by Zach Dilgard) (more)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
7:00pm EDT :: Tickets $15
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 :: 212-334-3324
Live From Home presents Xiu Xiu, M. Gira and Larkin Grimm in concert. Video projections by Dominick Fernow (Prurient)
Xiu Xiu’s last NYC show was November 19th @ Le Poisson Rouge. Michael Gira’s was at the Stone.
Larkin Grimm’s new album “Parplar“was released by Gira’s Young God Records. The track “Ride the Cyclone”, available for download above, is from that album. Larkin’s video for “Nomad” below…
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Posted on 21 November 2008

“Thievery Corporation is very excited to announce the first dates on the North American portion of their 2009 Radio Retaliation Tour! Each show will be a full, live-band set featuring a mix of new songs from their latest album Radio Retaliation and older fan favorites.”
Thievery Corporation are playing Terminal 5 in NYC on February 25th and February 26th (according to their tour dates), but tickets are only on sale for the one on February 25th. Radio Retalliation was released on September. All tour dates below…
Continue reading “Thievery Corporation - 2009 Tour Dates (2xTerminal 5?)” at BrooklynVegan.com


Posted on 21 November 2008
DOWNLOAD: Rafter - Sweat (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Rafter - Salt (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Rafter - Juicy (MP3)

The EP began as a collaborative project with photographer Lizeth Santos to complete an art project a day. For Rafter, this often meant a self-made song entirely from production, vocals, to instrumentation, accompanied by a corresponding photograph from Lizeth. Asthmatic Kitty published a handful of these on their website, and they made their way onto blogs and forums from there.
Rafter’s Sweaty Magic EP was released by Asthmatic Kitty in September. Three of the seven tracks on the disc are available at the top of this post for free. One of those songs first appeared on this blog last year.
TONIGHT (Friday, November 21) Rafter plays a very rare NYC show at Cake Shop at 8PM (his actual posted set time). That’s it. 8 PM on a Friday, one Rafter show and then he’s probably going right back to San Diego to live in obscurity for another two years.
A video and his only other scheduled date, below…
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Posted on 08 October 2008
Photos by Dese’rae L. Stage

The Pretenders played Highline Ballroom in NYC last night (10/7) - the same day their new album “Break Up The Concrete” was released on Shangri-La Music. Read reviews of the show here, here, and here.
One night earlier they appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. That video and more pictures from the Highline gig, below…











The Pretenders on Letterman - Oct 6, 2008

