The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff knows that it’s virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don’t cost a dime. We decided to weed through all the listings and present to you our 5th Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let’s take a look… HT Recommends: Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason Where: Celebrate Brooklyn! – Prospect Park Bandshell ...

His set featured: Full Circle Jealous Girl Gossip Mean To Me Download all tracks here. Ben Kweller recently dropped by Conan. Purchase Ben Kweller items via Insound. MP3: Ben Kweller – The Rules (Live)

Black Joe Lewis, Hayes Carll, Ben Kweller, Eisley, Centro-matic, Octopus Project, Robert Ellis, Mystery Skulls, Bright Light Social Hour, Ume, Mohicans, Girl in a Coma, Low Dark Hills, the Bird Dogs and Madisons hit downtown and represent Austin, Houston and Dallas. See this week's music feature ...

Ben Kweller @ Town Hall in 2008 (more by Eric M. Townsend) That free 7/14 Blitzen Trapper gig is actually a co-headlining bill with Ben Kweller, and that show is one of a few free shows that will be hosted...

It was the crafty music video for “Thick As Thieves” that put Ontario’s Kalle Mattson on 2012′s radar and now the Lives In Between EP is a welcomed transition to a calmer state of being. Short and sweet, this EP offers insight into the direction Kalle Mattson is moving. Although the EP orbits closer to the original folk culture, Kalle’s vocals remain just as soothing with the Ben Kweller circa 2002 boyishness. This calmness is immediate with EP opener, “Someday” [...]

May 29th marks the release of New York’s The Dig upcoming album ‘Midnight Flowers’ via Buffalo Jump Records. The vocally suave foursome that just came off from touring with Sleeper Agent and Ben Kweller, are presenting us today with a cut from the album titled ‘I Already Forgot Everything You Said’. A dreamy summer-friendly tracks that has enhanced our anticipating for its release in two weeks. Enjoy.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over five years since Ben Kweller was singing about pennies on train tracks. It’s also easy to forget that Kweller is releasing his fifth studio album aged 30, eighteen years after joining his first band. Go Fly A Kite begins with a pop-rock number and continues in the [...]

New single '*Jealous Girl*' is released on 21st May. New album *Go Fly A Kite* is released on 14th May on The Noise Company. *Go Fly A Kite* is the critically acclaimed new album from *Ben Kweller*, released in the UK on May 14th. From the first crashing cymbal and dynamic electric riff of ‘*Mean...

Bethan is the moniker of Dallas, TX cowgirl Jessi James, who wields beats and bleeps like guns in a fistfight. Although James has been haunting the Dallas music scene for several years, the real fun began when collaborating with producer Roger Greenawalt (Ben Kweller, The Pierces), giving her punchy music a minimalist flair that seems simultaneously jazzy and familiar. She recorded Chapter 1 in New York at Shabby Road Studios, and has since assembled a five-piece band to tour with acts like Pur

Bowerbirds - Cargo // 7th May 2012 Watching a band that have released one of the best albums of 2012 in a small venue on a bank holiday is up there as one of my favourite things to do. Come join me. Click here for more info/tickets, and head here for more info on Bowerbirds. Other Gigs 08/05/12 : Yacht - XOYO // [Tickets/Info] 09/05/12 : Friends - Scala // [Tickets/Info] 09/05/12 : Cloud Nothings - Cargo // [Tickets/Info] 09/05/12 : Dj Jazzy Jeff - Jazz Cafe // [Tickets/Info] 09/05/12 : Grimes - XOYO // [Tickets/Info] Gigs chosen by Oliver Primus ...

WHAT: Up to 15,000 people, 300 bands, 30 venues WHY: It's become a one-stop shop for big names with something to prove to themselves, up and coming acts getting set for big summers and the little men fighting their corner WHEN: 10th-12th May WHERE: Across Brighton WHO: THURSDAY: Maximo Park, Friends, Niki & The Dove, Jonquil, Toy, Mystery Jets, Eugene McGuinness, Zulu Winter, Django Django, Willy Mason, Cloud Nothings, Fever Fever, Deaf Club, Jamie N Commons, Bastille, Ben Kweller, Francois & The Atlas Mountains, White Arrows, Weird Dreams, Gross Magic, Cut Ribbons, Shabazz Palaces, Sunless 97, Gemma Hayes, Tribes, Gaz ...

Austin-based singer-songwriter Amy Cook will release her new album, entitled Summer Skin, on August 28 via Roothouse Records/Thirty Tigers. The 12-song release features an all-star list of guests including Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Ben Kweller and an equally star-studd...

WHAT : +(PLUS) Fest WHEN : May 4 WHERE : Austin, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston, Chapel Hill, Columbia, New York, Miami, and Washington, DC WHO : Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar, MSTRKRFT, Freedia">Big Freedia, Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation), the Hood Internet, more WHAT : The Great Escape Festival WHEN : May 10-12 WHERE : Brighton, England  WHO : Shabazz Palaces, Perfume Genius, Grimes, Cloud Nothings, Alabama Shakes, Willis Earl Beal, Kwes, Com Truise, YACHT, the Twilight Sad, Bass Drum of Death, Django Django, Ben Kweller, Porcelain Raft, Gang Colours, Stay+, Shelly in Athens">Keep Shelly in Athens, Milagres, Willy Mason, Pond, Jam City, more WHAT : Los Lobos Festival ...

Ben Kweller, Sleeper Agent @ Neumos | 4/28 | 9:15pm | $16 (Get Tickets) | All-Ages   Photo courtesy of Ben Kweller’s Facebook page [...]

Ben Kweller, Sleeper Agent @ Neumos | 4/28 | 9:15pm | $16 (Get Tickets) | All-Ages   Photo courtesy of Ben Kweller’s Facebook page [...]