Recommended Show: FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 HAR MAR SUPERSTAR @ MERCURY LOUNGE 217 E Houston St New York, NY 10002 $14, 10:30PM With a slew of shows in the City tonight, picking one was hard. Our first instinct was to head out to Hoboken to see Mike Doughty , but who wants to go to Jersey? Stay in the City for Har Mar Superstar at Mercury Lounge. Tezeo @ Solar One Mike Doughty @ Maxwell's JJ Grey and Mofro @ Webster Hall Kaiser Cartel @ Rockwood Music Hall Seapony & Field Mouse @ Littlefield Chavez & Endless Boogie @ Bowery Ballroom Chrome Canyon & The Forms @ Cameo Gallery David ...

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 THURSTON MOORE @ LINCOLN CENTER THE ALLEN ROOM 33 W 60th St Time Warner Center, 5th Floor New York, NY 10023 $TBA, 8:30PM Solo Sonic Youth er Thurston Moore plays tonight at Lincoln Center's Allen Room. Jenny Owen Youngs @ Maxwell's Thurston Moore @ Lincoln Center Kaiser Cartel @ Rockwood Music Hall Break Science & Nerve @ Brooklyn Bowl Madam Trashy & Silent Monk @ Spike Hill Adam Arcuragi & Spirit Family Reunion @ Union Pool Space Camp, Skaters, Mon Khmer, Romans @ Bowery Electric Woodsman, Hubble, Man Forever, & Images @ Death By Audio The Big Sleep, Ex-Cops, & Man Made Sun @ Knitting Factory ...

TO DO LIST: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011 CMJ @ VARIOUS VENUES New York, NY Okay, so we don't have much time to really select any particular show for this year's CMJ. But here's a list of the first day (hopefully, we haven't missed anything), and some of these shows probably AREN'T CMJ-related. Karen O @ St. Ann's Warehouse Jane's Addiction @ Irving Plaza Zola Jesus & Xanopticon @ Knitting Factory Minus the Bear & The Velvet Teen @ Webster Hall The Alternate Routes & Kill the Alarm @ Maxwell's Friends, Grass Widow, Air Waves, & Coasting @ 285 Kent Ave Less the Band ...

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 HERMIT THRUSHES @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $7, 8PM If you can make it out to a show tonight, we really do recommend trying to find your way to the DIY venue of Death by Audio to see Philadelphia's Thrushes">Hermit Thrushes . It's been a while since we've seen the boys in action , but we're sure they are as good as ever. Leafer @ Bruar Falls Patrick Wolf @ Le Poisson Rouge Tony Bennett @ Metropolitan Opera Netherfriends & Chimneys @ Cake Shop Elektro Guzzi & Shigeto @ Glasslands Dave Matthews Band ...

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 EXTRA LIFE, Zs, NOVELLER, & ZA! @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $7, 8PM It's a typical noisy Death by Audio show tonight...Typical but also awesome. With performances from Extra Life , Zs , Noveller (pictured), and Za! , don't miss this Brooklyn DIY event! Demolisher @ Party Expo Harvey Milk @ Union Pool Saw Doctors @ Irving Plaza Citizen Cope @ City Winery Further @ Best Buy Theater Edwyn Collins @ The Rock Shop Trashcan Sinatras @ Joe's Pub If By Yes & Kaiser Cartel @ Littlefield Bombay Bicycle Club & Jonquil @ Knitting Factory Extra Life, Zs, Noveller, & Za ...

Lucinda Williams is surely better known - or at least more easily recognized - for her ragged heartbroken delivery and emotional way with a guitar than her songbook per se. But as we noted back in May of 2009, when we featured her interpretations of other peoples’ songs, it wasn’t always the [...]

Recommended Show: FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 IRON AND WINE @ APPLE STORE 103 Prince St New York, NY 10012 FREE, 7PM This is sure to be a packed show at the Apple Store. (Are any of them not?) Iron and Wine has quietly found his way into the hearts of hipsters for years, and what is more hipster than playing at the place where everyone gets their iPods? Hey, at least it's free! Lissie @ Webster Hall Jessica 6 @ Cameo Gallery The Muffs @ The Bell House Bryan Adams @ Beacon Theatre Mission of Burma @ Maxwell's Gemma Ray @ Gramercy Theatre Xray Eyeballs ...

I'll Do Better- Jarrod Gorbel by Little Operation Ten Years Older- Jarrod Gorbel by Little Operation Jarrod Gorbel, formerly of The Honorary Title, kicked off a national tour last week and he is playing a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom on Jan. 28th. Gorbel released his debut solo album, Devil's Made A New Friend , on August 31st, 2010, and recently completed fall tours with Fun and Steel Train and Hanson. Prior to starting the current tour, Gorbel posted an email addres where fans could request any five songs from The Honorary Title catalog that they'd like to ...

Brooklyn-based Kaiser Cartel will be making a stop at the Cake Shop for a Monday night house show on December 13. The night before, they’ll be rockin’ the Cedar Cultural Center for a show with Romantica, but this one is a bonus. Via Cakein15: This concert will be limited in capacity, so reserve your space today. Reservation cost is $10, and to reserve space, please log into PayPal and send your payment to CakeIn15@gmail.com. Please mark your payment as a “GIFT” in order to avoid PayPal fees. This is money going to the artists, so please don ...

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 GRANDCHILDREN @ GLASSLANDS 289 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 $8, 9PM Part of that tour we talked about where Philadelphia band Grandchildren finally hit New York City at the very end. The band perform tonight at Glasslands. We're sure it's going to be great, but it also looks like they're headlining. At an indie space in Brooklyn, who knows how late of a night this will be? Tunng @ Mercury Lounge Grandchildren @ Glasslands Toots and the Maytals @ Brooklyn Bowl Lucinda Black Bear & Kaiser Cartel @ Maxwell's 14 Iced Bears & The Secret History @ The ...

Recommended Show: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010 DAN BLACK @ HIGHLINE BALLROOM 431 W 16th St New York, NY 10011 $15, 6PM We don't really have the time to explain WHY Dan Black is awesome, but you should see the photos of his previous performance to really get an idea of his amazing show. This will be one of the must-sees of CMJ. Night Shows: *Drop the Lime @ Canal Room *The Bogmen @ Mercury Lounge *Greg Dulli @ Bowery Ballroom *My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 *Justin Townes Earle @ Webster Hall *Yo La Tengo, DOM & Screaming Females @ Brooklyn Bowl *Harper Blynn, Smoosh, & Midnight Spin ...

What say you!? Oh. Sorry. No. You're welcome. We will gladly clog your Google Reader with more CMJ fodder. While others are here to present the facts about CMJ 2010, we are here to wax philosophic. We are here to tell you about the security of your shit. We at Stark, are mere good samaritans, looking out for you! (to be read with Uncle Sam accent.) So, we present to you, the Stark-supported, Top 10 Do's and Don'ts of CMJ 2010: 10. DO Check out the Syndicate's "Conflict of Interest" CMJ opening party @ Rebe l. Swag ...

Man, writing about Kaiser Cartel's new video made me nostalgic for their tour earlier this year with Jeremy Messersmith. I've gone to a lot of shows this summer that ranged from "Fan-freaking-tastic!" to "Oh Gosh, Is It Over Yet?" and...

Do Brooklyn duo Kaiser Cartel sound familiar to you? Maybe it's their "Like a Better Version of She and Him" vintage charm and or maybe it's because no less than three of their songs were featured on HBO's underground favorite...

Top 3 places to be tonight: ☛ Tracy Bonham has a new album out, her fourth, titled “Masts of Manhatta.” She plays the Hotel Cafe along with Kaiser Cartel. ☛ Japan pop-punker Shonen Knife are in town — they play a 5 p.m. in-store at Amoeba and headline Spaceland later, supported by Puro Instinct. ☛ And the Omar [...]