Band Weblogs

The Tenth Annual moe.down 2009 will be held September 4, 5 and 6 at the Snow Ridge Ski area in Turin, NY. moe.down has become known as Upstate NY’s most musically diverse festival …

Pictured: Fredrik. Two new Kora Records October releases are coming up! Ithaca, NY’s The Piano Creeps and Malmo, Sweden’s Fredrik. On October 28th, 2008 it’s the album ‘Na Na Ni’ by Fredrik from Malmo, Sweden …

Southern Comfort has announced Altamont Fairgrounds near Albany, NY will be the new venue for the SoCo Music Experience on Saturday, September 13, 2008 …

The New York Times has given its imprimatur to East Village Opera Company’s rock renditions of opera arias, with NY Times reviewer Allan Kozinn raving in his recent live review that “You could get used to hearing these things this way” …

In the middle of a New York City summer heat wave, The Shake took steps to set the music scene a-sizzle. On the hottest Sunday of the summer, the band filmed their debut music video at Context Studios in Brooklyn for the song “Manic Boogie” [...]

Adam Holzman (Director of Miles Davis’ band), Pat Thrall, (Guitarist: Hughes and Thrall, Meatloaf, Asia) Steve Lillywhite (Simple Minds, U2, Talking Heads), Nir Z (Drummer: Genesis, Chris Cornell, Joss Stone, John Mayer)

As part of its 30 Year Anniversary celebrations, New York’s Avatar Studios – originally launched as The Power Station in 1977 – threw open its hallowed doors on Friday October 5th, 2007 and celebrated three decades of hit-making with literally hundreds of some of the best known music producers in the world [...]

Come out for the opening night of the CMJ Music Marathon for Super Volcano – we are performing Tuesday October 16th, 2007 at 10:30pm at the Luna Lounge in Brooklyn, Williamsburg [...]

Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello are set to release their latest album, ‘Super Taranta’ July 10th 2007. I watched Gogol Bordello’s televised Glastonbury 2007 performance and thought they were great. They put on an amazing show – one that you can’t turn away from when watching as there’s so much going on …

Brooklyn-based Americana artist Lara Ewen will perform with her band at the Hudson Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge in Red Hook, NY on July 14th, 2007. This will mark the 13th season of George Tocci and David Sharpe’s Sunset Music Series. For all shows, doors open at 7:30 PM and the show starts at 8:00 [...]

Indie-pop anti-hipsters Starcode will play at a free all-day outdoor concert taking place on June 23, 2007 at Tawasentha Park. The park is located on Route 146 in Guilderland, New York. This will be the band’s second year hosting and participating in the event.
“Every year this turns out to be better than we could imagine,” [...]

Brooklyn songwriter Ben Godwin kick starts his month long residency at NYC’s Sidewalk Cafe, home to the Antifolk scene, tonight with “Antifolk Covers Night.” He will be playing a set drawn entirely from the work of other songwriters on the Antifolk scene in NYC.
Ben Godwin’s schedule for the rest of the month is as follows:
6/13/07 [...]

Brooklyn songwriter Ben Godwin announces the release of his new record “Skin and Bone,” via KarmaFarm Records today. Skin and Bone is available for purchase everywhere online at stores such as iTunes, eMusic, Real, Rhapsody and Audio Lunchbox. To download the track, “Constantly Reminded”, for free, please visit www.napster.com. To learn more about Ben and [...]

If you’re out and about on Earth Day (Sunday April 22, 2007) or that weekend and are wondering what to do, there are some great shows happening at the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival. The festival is spread out across three cities: New York City, Chicago and San Francisco and takes place April 20-22, [...]

MusicDish Network, the artist development department of MusicDish LLC, a leading music magazine publisher and marketing firm, announced the addition of New York-based alternative rock band The Love Kills Theory to its roster. MusicDish will provide full online management support, including brand development and marketing, as well as representation at major music conferences such as [...]

Canadian calypso act Kobo Town announces the release of their debut album Independence to North American retail and online outlets today.
The band will celebrate with performances in NYC and Toronto this week. The first of which is their record release party at the monthly Listen Liberally showcase hosted by online publisher MusicDish Network and indie [...]