http://newyork.metromix.com/rss Your Daily Picks for Music us-en Wed Jul 16 11:10:34 -0500 2008 For over ten years, Brooklyn&rsquo;s own Love as Laughter has been putting out a steady stream of &lsquo;60s garage rock and idiosyncratic pop that has long earned the admiration of the indie rock set. To celebrate next week&rsquo;s release of their sixth album &ldquo;Holy,&rdquo; the band is... http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/love-as-laughter-east-village/507991/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/love-as-laughter-east-village/507991/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/507991?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/love-as-laughter-east-village/507991/content/image"><img alt="Love as Laughter" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/507991" title="Love as Laughter" /></a> Tue Jun 24 14:29:32 -0500 2008 One of the most interesting groups to come out of the late-‘90s electronic music scene, San Francisco’s M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel made a name for themselves creating beats out of ordinary sounds, like the cutting of hair and surgical equipment. This may sound gimmicky on paper, but trust us,... http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/matmos-greenwich-village/473426/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/matmos-greenwich-village/473426/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/473426?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/matmos-greenwich-village/473426/content/image"><img alt="Matmos" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/473426" title="Matmos" /></a> Thu Jun 26 12:13:00 -0500 2008 Johnny Siera and Beau Velasco moved from Australia to the states with a dream: make extremely short, raucous songs and play the hell out of them live. The duo is now a quintet and the home is now Baltimore, but on their new album “Worldwide,” 18 songs still take roughly 25 minutes to complete... http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/the-death-set-lower-east-side/473414/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/the-death-set-lower-east-side/473414/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/473414?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/the-death-set-lower-east-side/473414/content/image"><img alt="The Death Set" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/473414" title="The Death Set" /></a> Wed Jul 09 13:10:43 -0500 2008 Weiss was the lead singer of the Shangri-Las, a a "girl group", of the 1960s. best known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walking in the Sand)". Mary put out a new album recently, and when other are are announced on this bill it is sure to be quite a party. With Nouvellas and The Lost... http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/mary-weiss-of-the-financial-district/292694/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/mary-weiss-of-the-financial-district/292694/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/292694?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/mary-weiss-of-the-financial-district/292694/content/image"><img alt="Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/292694" title="Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las" /></a> Thu May 22 13:35:57 -0500 2008 English rapper and producer. Whose music is a blend of garage, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with some crazy eclectic samples mixed in. He is the youngest person to win the Mercury Prize for best album, which is the most prestigious award in England, in 2003. http://newyork.metromix.com/music/experimental/dizzee-rascal-meatpacking-district/318469/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/experimental/dizzee-rascal-meatpacking-district/318469/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/318469?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/experimental/dizzee-rascal-meatpacking-district/318469/content/image"><img alt="Dizzee Rascal" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/318469" title="Dizzee Rascal" /></a> Wed Apr 16 09:42:10 -0500 2008 70s Disco and R&amp;B superstar will be bringing her classics to town, but also her first collection of new material in 17 years, "Crayons." Summer has sold an estimated 130 million records and charted 21 No. 1 singles. http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/donna-summer/380475/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/donna-summer/380475/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/380475?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/pop/donna-summer/380475/content/image"><img alt="Donna Summer" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/380475" title="Donna Summer" /></a> Wed Apr 16 18:59:00 -0500 2008 Deerhoof have been called many things, but "symphonic" is not one of them. The San Francisco noise-popsters may just blow the minds of classical-music fans (and perhaps vice versa) in this unusual pairing meant to expand parkgoers' horizons. While the Metropolis Ensemble will perform Stravinsky's... http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/deerhoof-metropolis-ensemble-stravinskys-park-slope/381328/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/deerhoof-metropolis-ensemble-stravinskys-park-slope/381328/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/381328?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/deerhoof-metropolis-ensemble-stravinskys-park-slope/381328/content/image"><img alt="Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/381328" title="Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring" /></a> Wed Jul 16 17:27:35 -0500 2008 A benefit to support local band concerts at the East River Amphitheater. http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/east-river-music-project-west-village/507546/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/east-river-music-project-west-village/507546/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/507546?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/concert/east-river-music-project-west-village/507546/content/image"><img alt="East River Music Project: 2008 Benefit" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/507546" title="East River Music Project: 2008 Benefit" /></a> Thu Jul 10 16:24:41 -0500 2008 Over 60 bands exploring the boundaries of music. http://newyork.metromix.com/music/performance/ripple-music-festival-fort-greene/494736/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/performance/ripple-music-festival-fort-greene/494736/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/494736?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/performance/ripple-music-festival-fort-greene/494736/content/image"><img alt="Ripple Music Festival" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/494736" title="Ripple Music Festival" /></a> Tue Jan 22 15:25:24 -0600 2008 Indie dance party held every first and third Friday. With DJs Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, and Kevington. http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/mondo-an-indie-dance/110630/content http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/mondo-an-indie-dance/110630/content http://newyork.metromix.com/content_image/full/110630?quality=100 <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/indie/mondo-an-indie-dance/110630/content/image"><img alt="Mondo : An Indie Dance Party!" src="/content_image/thumbnail/3x4/190/110630" title="Mondo : An Indie Dance Party!" /></a>