Art Brut - "Direct Hit" Video

Art Brut are back (as you know!) with their second album Its A Bit Complicated. Here is the new video for the single "Direct Hit"



Enjoy!

NY Broad x

Bonde Do Role Announce North American Tour

Everyone's favorite Brazilians (after CSS of course) Bonde Do Role are ready to take on the States and throw some live shows our way. After an amazing showing at SXSW and a nice opening slot for Klaxons, the band are ready to the world on their own...or just North America for now.

Here are the tour dates:

9/11/07 WASHINGTON, DC BLACK CAT
9/12/07 BALTIMORE, MD SONAR
9/13/07 PHILADELPHIA, PA JOHNNY BRENDA'S
9/14/07 NEW YORK, NY THE POWERHOUSE @ American Museum of Natural History
9/15/07 BROOKLYN, NY TBA
9/17/07 ALLSTON, MA HARPERS FERRY
9/18/07 MONTREAL, PQ LA SALA ROSSA
9/19/07 TORONTO, ON CABARET
9/20/07 DETROIT, MI MAGIC STICK
9/21/07 CHICAGO, IL EMPTY BOTTLE
9/22/07 MINNEAPOLIS, MN TRIPLE ROCK CLUB
9/25/07 VANCOUVER, BC RICHARDS ON RICHARDS
9/26/07 SEATTLE, WA NEUMOS
9/27/07 PORTLAND, OR HOLOCENE
9/28/07 SAN FRANCISCO, CA THE INDEPENDENT
9/29/07 LOS ANGELES, CA ECHOPLEX
10/1/07 SAN DIEGO, CA CASBAH
10/2/07 TUCSON, AZ PLUSH
10/4/07 AUSTIN, TX EMOS JR
10/5/07 DALLAS, TX PALLADIUM LOFT
10/6/07 BATON ROUGE, LA SPANISH MOON
10/8/07 TALLAHASSEE, FL BETA BAR
10/9/07 GAINESVILLE, FL COMMON GROUNDS
10/10/07 JACKSONVILLE, FL TSI
10/11/07 ORLANDO, FL THE CLUB AT FIRESTONE
10/12/07 ATLANTA, GA MJQ CONCOURSE
10/13/07 CHAPEL HILL, NC LOCAL 506

Don't miss these gigs...its the most fun you'll have in ages.

NY Broad x

UK Chart Predictions For The Week

here are the UK Singles Chart predictions for the week. Miss Kate Nash is only 2,000 copies away from being #1 so don't buy Rihanna and go buy "Foundations".



++ Number One
RIHANNA Umbrella

++ Top Ten
JACK PENATE Torn On The Platform
KATE NASH Foundations
ENEMY Had Enough
HOOSIERS Worried About Ray

++ Top Twenty
KLAXONS It's Not Over Yet
BON JOVI Make A Memory

++ Top Forty
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS It's Not About You
CROWDED HOUSE Don't Stop Now
WOMBATS Kill The Director
HADOUKEN Liquid Lives
CHERRY GHOST People Help The People
TIMBALAND The Way I Are
ARTCTIC MONKEYS Fluorescent Adolescent

NY Broad x

1990s Announce US Tour

1990s are back in the U.S. after playing Scotland Rocks! at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC a few months back (which I missed...ugh!)

Now we all have the chance to see them and NOT just in New York!

Here are the upcoming U.S. tour dates:
Jul 31 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
Aug 1 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge 8pm
Aug 2 - New York, NY - Club NME @ Annex
Aug 3 - Washington DC - Rock'n'Roll Hotel
Aug 5 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
Aug 6 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord
Aug 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour w/ Robbers on High Street


Should be good!

NY Broad x

Mark Ronson Makes U.S. Live Debut

I know, I know...I don't shut up about Mark Ronson. Sorry...but "Version" is just too good of a record (well, mostly) and Ronson is too good of a DJ to NOT mention the upcoming live and DJ dates in NYC.

Here are the dates:
Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool - DJ set (July 8)
New York, NY Highline Ballroom - Live show (11) US DEBUT!
New York, NY Love - DJ Set (11)

The McCarren Park Pool date is FREE courtesy of JellyNYC. The Superchunk gig last week was loads of fun so don't miss another one...and go see Mark Ronson!!!

NY Broad x


Photo Credit: Guy Eppel

tapedeck Start a Blog

tapedeck make my favorite remixes EVER (eat your heart out MSTRKRFT) and they've just started a blog as well.

Look out for weird and random videos, news, downloads, gigs...THE WORKS

Find the blog here:
http://www.txtxtxt.typepad.com/

Enjoy!


NY Broad x

2007's Latest Supergroup Is...

Lily Allen, James from Klaxons, Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Dizzee Rascal! Spilling the beans at Glastonbury, (where he was running around with Lily Allen's plushy costumes all weekend) Turner spoke about the collaboration between all the artists.

He said to the Daily Mirror: “It’s definitely happening. We’re recording an album. It will be out before you know it.”

All acts in some way have already collaborated with each other so its not too much of a surprise. Now, what will their name be???

NY Broad x

Lily Allen Produces Her First Track

What comes with DJing is well, producing and Lily Allen has done just that. Producing a track by Justin and Alan called "LIDL REBL" its definitely got the ska infused bit of Lily that everyone loves.

You can download the track at their MySpace page

NY Broad x

Bloc Party - Video for "Hunting For Witches"

Bloc Party have a new single coming out in the UK on July 9th for "Hunting For Witches".

Here is the video for the single:


The import section and I totally have a date on July 9th.

NY Broad x

The Verve Reunite!!!!!!

Does this really need any form of an introduction?

Here are the dates:
Glasgow Academy (November 2,3)
Blackpool Empress Ballroom (5,6)
London Roundhouse (8,9)

YES Nick McCabe will be there.

NY Broad x

Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own...The Video!

Pretty much my favorite song off of "Back To Black" so I'm glad this is FINALLY a single. Here is the video for "Tears Dry On Their Own" shot by David LaChapelle.



NY Broad x

White Stripes Rock The Fillmore (aka Irving Plaza)

Last Tuesday was a day for celebration! Icky Thump, their new release came out and to make everyone happy the band did a special show at Irving Plaza.

It was absolutely brilliant, the set list was unreal and the band were the way I remembered them...fun, talented and not the same band that I could ever see at Madison Square Garden. Plus, the crowd went MENTAL when Meg got up to sing "Cold, Cold Night".

Here is the setlist:
01 "When I Hear My Name"
02 "Dead Leaves"
03 "Icky Thump"
04 "Cannon"
05 "John The Revelator"
06 "My Doorbell"
07 "I’m Slowly Turning Into You"
08 "Jolene" (cut short)
09 "Hotel Yorba"
10 "I Think I Smell A Rat" (Jack teases "Misirlou")
11 "Effect And Cause"
12 "Apple Blossom"
13 "Same Boy You’ve Always Known"
14 "Catch Hell Blues"
15 "St. James Infirmary Blues"
16 "Cold, Cold Night"
17 "I Want to be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart"
18 "You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket"
19 "Astro"
20 "Union Forever" (lyric tease to "Little Cream Soda")
++ Jack's caffeinated NYC sightseeing day*
21 "Blackjack Davey"
22 "Black Math"
23 "Let's Build A Home"
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23 "Blue Orchid"
++ Jack's squirrely standup#
24 "A Martyr For My Love For You"
25 "I Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
26 "Ball And A Biscuit"
27 "Bo Weevil"

(via The Modern Age)

If only the world could have seen this show. All I know is that it made me fall in love with Jack and Meg all over again.

NY Broad x


Photo Credit: Victoria Belanger

Bloc Party Plays Madison Square Garden (well sort of...)

After rumors were floating around that Bloc Party would be playing the ACTUAL Madison Sqaure Garden it has now been announced that it will just be the Theater at MSG. Still, holy fuck and congrats to BP.

Here are all the details via the official website:
Tickets for these two shows will be on sale to Bloc Party's fan club Marshals tomorrow (June 26) and will be available to the general public on Friday (June 29) at 9am.

The two dates set to go on sale are:
Sept 28 - Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto Ontario
Oct 03 - Theatre at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Woohoo! More Bloc Party pleeeeeease!

NY Broad x

Lily Allen Vs Cheryl Tweedy Round 24252323623

Lily Allen has a mouth on her...we all know that. Then again, I love her for it and I think speaking her mind makes her the anti pop star...

Her appearance at the Glastonbury festival this weekend proved to be just another way to take a blow at Cheryl Tweedy from Girls Aloud. After thinking enough was said from both parties, Allen dedicated the song 'Cheryl Tweedy' to "someone VERY unspecial".

Then quick witted Lily changed the lyrics from "I wish I looked just like Cheryl Tweedy" to "I'm glad I don't look like fucking Cheryl Tweedy."

Ha ha. Let the war continue. But honestly Cheryl...give up now because you know you're gonna lose.

NY Broad x

Lily Allen Vs New Young Pony Club

Lily Allen has a new enemy in Tahita Bulmer from New Young Pony Club.

At their performance at Glastonbury while Miss Lily was watching from the side of the stage, Bulmer threw a mic stand in Lily's direction and said, "It is a token of my love...take it as a souvenir." The mic stand was inches away from missing Lily.

Lily quickly left the set half way through and who knows whats going to happen next...MySpace Lily blog anyone?

NY Broad x

Albert Hammond Jr. Does Webster Hall

When Albert Hammond Jr first came out with Yours To Keep I was a bit hesistant to even give it a chance. Now its an album that is constantly on rotation no matter what day it is.

Seeing Albert for the second time at Webster Hall since the Blender party at SXSW, the show was just as good if not better than last time around. Albert played tracks from the debut album, two covers (of course Postal Blowfish by Guided By Voices and a Cars cover) and several new songs which you couldn't really understand what the hell they were called.

The band together sounded super tight and Albert really has emeged as a frontman. Maybe for the 4th Strokes record Julian can step aside?!

NY Broad x


Photo credit: Tomiffy

Editors Tour The U.S.

The much anticipated new Editors album is about to hit Stateside on July 17th. Of course, with any record release there *should* be a tour...and that there is!

Here are the upcoming North American tour dates:

Washington, DC 9:30 Club (September 4)
Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (6)
NY, NY Webster Hall (7)
Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival (8)
Toronto, ON Virgin Festival (9)
Chicago, IL Park West (11)
Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café (12)
Denver, CO Monolith Festival (14)
Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound (15)
Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards (17)
Seattle, WA Chop Suey (18)
Portland, OR Berbati's Pan (19)
San Francisco, CA - Fillmore (20)
San Diego, CA - Streetscene (23)
Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (24)

The last time they came around they were one of the most talked about live bands of the year...let's see if they can do it again.

NY Broad x

I Pray To St. Vincent

Well, I'm not Catholic, but if Vinny is good enough for Annie Clark, the 23 year old guitar virtuoso(and freckled hottie) who plays under the St. Vincent moniker, then I'm gonna go buy a rosary.

To hear what I mean listen to her latest from her debut album Marry Me, which will be out on Beggars July 10.

| St. Vincent - Now, Now MP3 |

Also, check out her performance of "Paris Is Burning" at the Beggars' NYC offices via Pitchfork here.

She's on tour right now. Pray she comes to a city near you:

Jul 6 - Hailey's - Denton, Texas
Jul 7 - The Parish - Austin, Texas
Jul 8 - Walter's - Houston, Texas
Jul 9 - The Parish / House of Blues - New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 11 - The Earl - Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 12 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, North Carolina
Jul 13 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jul 14 - The Rock And Roll Hotel - Washington DC, Washington DC
Jul 15 - North Star Bar - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 17 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, New York
Jul 18 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jul 19 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, Quebec
Jul 20 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, Ontario
Jul 21 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 22 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, Illinois
Jul 24 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 25 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, Nebraska
Jul 26 - Record Bar - Kansas City, Missouri
Jul 27 - Hi-Dive - Denver, Colorado
Jul 28 - In The Venue - Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 30 - Lamplighter - Vancouver, British Columbia
Aug 1 - Doug Fir - Portland, Oregon
Aug 3 - Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, California
Aug 4 - The Echo - Los Angeles, California
Sep 1 - Bumbershoot - Seattle, Washington

x, LA Broad

Likely Looks: Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Down Boy"

Do I really need to say anything to introduce this?



The EP that features "Down Boy"—as well as 4 other songs that were written and recorded in 2004 in between their massive touring schedule for Fever To Tell— called Is Is comes out on July 25 on Interscope. If you can't wait until then, I highly recommend their live DVD that came out in 2004, as well, Tell Me What Rockers To Swallow. it's a live concert movie of their performance at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The DVD also comes with some neat features, like a Spike Jonze directed mini-doc that interviews YYYs fans.

But, don't let me convince you to buy it, I'll let Karen do that....



"IS IS isn't your mommy or daddy's EP
Bad.
Suggestive.
Wrong.
Yes. Yes. YEAH! What's a summer without a little stinking trash to roll around in? We've got the garbage oh yeah we do, dumped into five songs to encourage bad listening habits. YYYS would love to heat up and bother you at a loud volume, so please help us help you and seek out our new tunes? Some of you may know a few of these songs, we've been terrorizing with them at our shows for years, Rockers to Swallow, Down Boy, 10X10, WE GUARANTEE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THEM LIKE THIS BEFORE, nor have you heard them ALL. We deliver them to you with a snarl this July accompanied with new videos all shot in the dark at a very intimate show we threw last month. We cannot tell you how EXCITED the three of us are to drop this music in your laps, our mouths water at thought of you listening to RTS (ep's first track) in your car stereos.
Summer nights are made for this shit.
This shit IS IS made for summer nights.

THE EP
Songs for the EP were written in 2004 in between touring behind their first record Fever to Tell.
Written amidst one of the most turbulent and emotionally unstable periods in YYYs history, for whatever reason the angst that colored that point in time translates erotically into a sexually charged body of songs. On their choice of producer, Karen O intones; "Nick Launay was the natural choice having produced PIL Flowers of Romance, collectively a favorite between us. I put that record on and want to stuff my mouth with raw hamburger meat.". Is Is is an expression of similar sordid energy, the rawness is unavoidable and good for you too!

THE FILM
YYYs have captured all this excitement in the EP recordings. In fact, they love playing them so much they’ve made a special live film to accompany the EP with co-directors KK Barrett (Sofia Coppola films) and Lance Bangs (video director - Sonic Youth, Nirvana and producer of Director’s Cut series of DVDs – Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham). Recorded in night-vision at Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn on 7th May, the band played 2 sets that night to just 100 lucky fans each time – the first for a mixed audience and the second for females only. There will be 2 filmed versions of lead track Down Boy – one live, and one to EP audio.

EP TRACKLISTING: 1.Rockers to Swallow* 2.Down Boy* 3.Kiss Kiss 4.Isis 5.10x10*. *previously only available on the Tell Me What Rockers To Swallow live DVD with the exception of Down Boy, a demo version of which appeared on a limited edition split 7” single with Liars in Japan and Australia. FORMATS: The EP will be available on CD, double gatefold 7” vinyl, single track download and digital bundle in addition to a special USB stick. All formats will carry all 5 tracks, making this a special, non chart-eligible, release.

Please note – EP title is “Is Is” with a space in between the first “s” and the second “I” whereas track “Isis” has no space.

Confused?

Don’t be."



x, LA Broad

BRMC Video Shoot In Downtown LA

BRMC. Love those leather clad dudes. And for the record Peter Hayes really drives a black motorcycle. I've seen it.

BRMC and Little Radio have a long history together. They're buddies, and BRMC are such good mates that they're going to shoot their next video for "Berlin" at Little Radio. For those of you who don't know what Little Radio is (NY is off the hook... kinda), it's an awesome company that has a few different incarnations. Firstly, it's a web-based radio station that plays awesome music and has DJs like Annie Hardy from Giant Drag on their Monday night show GTFU, Anne Lee from Princehouse Records, and man about town DJ Myles Hendrick (also of Bloodcat Love.

They are also a rad music venue in the arts/warehouse district of downtown. I've seen Sonic Youth there. It blew my mind. And, now BRMC will be playing the stage. Check out the info below:



Also, I'm sure most fo you now about the internet radio rates inflation of royalties. PLEASE help stop this bill from passing, otherwise Little Radio probably won't be able to do cool events like this anymore. Go here to help out! SaveNetRadio.org

x, LA Broad