The name Ill Fits seems appropriate for a band with such disparate parts—Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Will Berman (of MGMT), Don Devore (of Amazing Baby) and Johnny Hunt (of Foreign Islands)—until you actually hear the five-piece play. The group first came together for some late-night jam sessions, mainly doing covers, but with new material like [...]

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION @ MAXWELL'S 1039 Washington St Hoboken, NJ 07030 $15, 8PM Holy shit! It wasn't long ago when we announced 2011 tour dates for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ; New York wasn't on the list. While Maxwell's is technically New Jersey, we're happy about this! Signal Path @ Brooklyn Bowl Iron and Wine & The Low Anthem @ Terminal 5 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Glasslands The Crystal Ark & Light Asylum @ Le Poisson Rouge Sky White Tiger & Persephone's Bees @ Cameo Gallery Laetitia Sadier & Mansions and Junipers @ Mercury Lounge Sightings, Doomsday Student ...

As mentioned in last week's This Week in Indie, Ill Fits, who played Cameo on Saturday (7/30), have members of MGMT and Amazing Baby. Since that show, more details on the band have emerged. The Village Voice writes of...

Manhattan Inn Piano Bar & Restaurant (632 Manhattan Ave at Bedford Ave in Brooklyn) continues presenting free music all summmer. Upcoming shows include James Chance, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Aaron Pfenning, The Shivers, Only Son, Miguel Mendez & more....

Requested by ALEX GAINER • Compiled by spacecadetglow 01. The Tallest Man on Earth - "The Gardener" (Shallow Grave) 02. Phoenix - "1901" (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix) 03. LCD Soundsystem - "Dance Yrself Clean" (This Is Happening) 04. We Are Scientists - "After Hours" (Brain Thrust Mastery) 05. The Walkmen - "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone" (Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone) 06. Snow Patrol - "Set Fire to the Third Bar" (Eyes Open) 07. The Elected - "Greetings in Braille" (Me First) 08. Vashti Bunyan - "Train Song" (Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind) 09. Band of Horses - "St. Augustine" (Everything All the ...

Recommended Show: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 MINIBOONE, MURDER MYSTERY, & THE HOMOPHONES @ ZEBULON 258 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 FREE, 8PM You may not know the names Miniboone , Murder Mystery , or The Homophones , but, heck, that's why this show is free! And even if you don't know them, I can tell you that each of these bands on their own is great. Together, they become a do-not-miss event! Diehard @ Union Hall SOJA @ Bowery Ballroom Morcheeba @ Irving Plaza Henry Rollins @ Joe's Pub Eric Lindell @ Sullivan Hall Beach Fossils @ Brooklyn Bowl Ben Ottewell @ Mercury Lounge John Medeski @ Le Poisson Rouge Emilie Autumn @ Gramercy Theatre Josh Joplin & Jill Andrews @ 92YTribeca The Powder Kegs, Uncles, & Help @ Coco 66 Living Days, Hard Nips, & Behavior @ The Gutter Javelin, High Life, & Monster Rally @ Glasslands Trey Songz @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden Elk, Pistola, Milk Toast, & Angry Dragon @ Cake Shop Xylos, The Yes Way, & Dinosaur Bones @ Cameo Gallery Wesley">John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders @ City Winery Tony Castles & Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Pianos Martin Bisi, Quiet Lights, Noveller, & Psychic Reality @ Bruar Falls The Steinways, The Measure, Black Wine, & Full Of Fancy @ Death By Audio Ruckus">Frontier Ruckus, Diamond Doves, & Lady Lamb The Beekeeper @ The Rock Shop Starring, Guardian Alien, Black Cosmic Mother, & Dick Heaven @ Silent Barn Calvin Johnson, Chain and the Gang, Trouble">Girls In Trouble, & E-Prhyme @ Dead Herring Fucked Up, Double Dagger, DD/MM/YYYY, & No One and The Somebodies @ E&L; Auditorium Revolt">Colour Revolt, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, & Your Skull My Closet @ Knitting Factory Weekends, Rebound">Indian Rebound, Widowspeak, N'ere Dowells, & Easter Vomit @ Monster Island

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson's video for "The Sound", from the album Summer of Fear. Directed by Alicia J. Rose

Recommended Show: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010 BODY LANGUAGE, DELICATE STEVE, & BLUEJAY @ BROOKLYN BOWL 61 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 FREE, 8PM From time to time, Brooklyn Bowl will put on free shows with some bands that probably couldn't usually play such a large space. But the buzz behind the bands often give them a bit of push and the free price helps fill the space. Tonight that show has Body Language , Delicate Steve , and Bluejay . Liz Phair @ Bowery Ballroom Shalitas @ Knitting Factory S. Carey & White Hinterland @ Highline Ballroom Hilly Eye, The Facts We Hate, & Queening @ Cake Shop Body Language ...

Confidence is a tricky thing. If a musician comes across as too confident, too bolshy, too, well, arrogant, then audiences go colder than it currently is outside (ooh, topical!). No one likes to be told how good the artist they’re listening to is, and certainly not by the artist themselves. But a little bit of confidence, a swagger say, is a great thing. In recent times, a strain of troubadours – fellas with nothing to prove and no hipster credentials to struggle to keep hold of - have risen to considerable public acclaim in American music, and Wooden Wand, the alias ...

I stopped by the Delancey for the first time ever last night, actually intending to catch Sky Larkin and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. But being unfamiliar with the venue, I didn't realize they were playing the downstairs stage, so I gravitated to the first thing I saw, which was a rather enthusiastic lady in a dress (whom I mistook for Sky Larkin's Katie Harkin) leaping about the crowd. It was instead Electric Child, the new band of  Alison Clancey , a multi-talented singer, dancer and artist. I didn't get a full listen, arriving as the set was wrapping ...

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010 EAR PWR @ CAKE SHOP 152 Ludlow St New York, NY 10002 $TBA, 7PM At this point it feels like the bands listed for these shows are the same over and over again. It's not just the unofficial shows this year that wear these bands thin. We haven't done a count this year of who is playing the most official shows, but there's one band (who is only playing one show that we know of) that we wouldn't mind seeing multiple times (and we have ): Ear Pwr ! *Cerebral Ballzy @ Europa *Glasser ...

Recommended Show: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010 MATH THE BAND @ CAKE SHOP 152 Ludlow St New York, NY 10002 $10, 7PM I should probably post some sort of disclaimer that not ALL of the shows in these posts are technically CMJ shows (meaning that damned badge might not get you into them). Of course, those badges often do no good anyway when shows are "badged-out" (a version of sold out that means a CMJ badge will no longer get you into a show). We only hope that sort of good fortune for Math the Band , who play at Cake Shop tonight ...

Recommended Show: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES @ THE BELL HOUSE 149 7th St Brooklyn, NY 11215 $15, 8PM King Khan and The Shrines are one of those must-see acts. You owe it to yourself to catch their wild live show if you've never seen it before. It's guaranteed to be filled with energy and insanity. Apache Beat @ Cameo Gallery Rasputina @ Knitting Factory Magik Markers @ Shea Stadium Tom Tom Club @ Brooklyn Bowl Gordon Voidwell @ Apollo Theater Agnostic Front @ Santos Party House Rhys Chatham & Angie Eng @ The Kitchen Seabear & North Highlands @ Highline Ballroom The Henry Clay ...

Old Canes tour dates Lawrence, Kansas legend Chris Crisci (Appleseed Cast) is hitting the road with Old Canes for a two week U.S. tour heading out to the Saddle Creek CMJ showcase in New York where they'll share the stage with The Mynabirds, Adam Haworth Stephens, and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Check out their latest album " Feral Harmonic ". 10/15 Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room 10/16 Chicago, IL, Mayne Stage 10/17 Indianapolis, IN, The Vollrath 10/18 Newport, KY, Southgate House 10/20 Pittsburgh, PA, Brillobox 10/21 New York, NY, The Delancy (Saddle Creek CMJ ...

Lawrence, Kansas legend Chris Crisci (of Appleseed Cast fame) is hitting the road with Old Canes for a two week U.S. tour heading out to the Saddle Creek CMJ showcase in New York where they’ll share the stage with The Mynabirds, Adam Haworth Stephens, and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Little Bird Courage MP3 Their album, the bold and loud Saddle Creek-released Feral Harmonic, is a gem that deserves revisiting and only grows more striking over time. “Little Bird Courage,”…