Weekly Review
To be frank, I am less concerned at the moment with what happened in music this past week, across the land, than what is happening today (right now actually!), right here in Brooklyn. The Northside Festival goes out with a kick-drum-boom bang today with a whole bunch of awesome shows – including, my pick, a daytime fiesta at Studio B with Phil and the Osophers, Laura Gibson, and The Dodos, which will then transform into darktime fiesta with more evening-centric bands Cool Dads, Thank You, Ponytail, and Crystal Stilts. There’s an afternoon show going on at Bruar Falls with Browns, Air Waves, and The Sundelles, which should also be pretty great and a slew of other evening bills that are going to be difficult to choose between (though for many, the Callahan choice – playing at 10:40pm at Music Hall of Williamsburg – will be clear). Anyway, I’m late (or right on time given the requisite 20-minute-late start time for these shows), so gotta get going. And so do you.
by Elana Jacobs
Alison Mosshart (of The Kills) Did NOT Mess With Jack White [NME]
The REALLY BIG Summer Tours [Rolling Stone]
The Late Show Does Love Its Independent Brooklyn Bands - Featured White Rabbits Last Night [Stereogum]
Who Will Pay for Dylan’s Pre-Pubescent Poem? [NME]
Ponytail Guitarist’s Premiere Solo Album [The Tripwire]
Akon/T-Pain Protege Murdered Monday in L.A. [SPIN]
Jane’s Addiction Using Teleprompters on Tour [Prefix]
The Pirate Bay to Launch DDo$ Attack [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Disturbing Manson-Related Incident in Louisiana [The Tripwire]
compiled by Elana Jacobs
Ponytail’s New Psychic “Celebrate the Body Electric” [The Tripwire]
‘Pirate Party’ In Parliament? [NME]
RiverRocks 2009 Festival Features Yeasayer, Ted Leo, Matt & Kim, Radio 4 [Brooklyn Vegan]
Bon Iver Opening for Indigo Girls [Pitchfork]
T.I.’s Last Performance Before Prison [Prefix]
Now Tweedy’s On Trial [NME]
Ozzy Admits to Intoxication While Filming The Osbournes [Prefix]
DC Rapper Dale’s Debut Features Impressive List of Collaborations [Pitchfork]
New David Byrne and Dirty Projectors MP3 [Stereogum]
compiled by Elana Jacobs
