Tonight: Wild Yaks @ Bruar Falls

Our favorite Brooklyn band, Wild Yaks, is shipping out on their first national tour tomorrow (these kids are gonna be big someday I tells ya). Tonight will be your last chance to catch their hobo lullabies and drunken sea shanties live. Well, in Brooklyn anyway - for about a month or so. Violent Bullshit and Ill Ease will also be playing too.

Tonight: PBR Art Show; Team Robes @ Don Pedros; Far Out @ Macri Park

PBR is having an art show tonight and of course that means free beer. The open bar is from 9-10 and afterwards all PBR is a mere $1. The winner of the art show gets about $2K and a years worth of PBR (you drunks will make them pay dearly for that I'm sure).

Link:

PBR Art Show

There's also an awesome show at Don Pedro's tonight with Team Robespierre, Truman Peyote, Total Slacker, and more. There's supposed to be free Colt 45 at some point too but I don't k

now what time. It's $5 to get in the joint.

And if you're looking for something a little more mellow head over to Macri Park for Far Out where our pals Martin (Wild Yaks) and Julie G are teaming up for some DJ dance-a-rama.

Link:

Far Out

Tonight: Strength Through Unity Benefit @ Bell House

The best indie rock Haiti benefit named after a 25 Ta Life album is tonight! The lineup is pretty fantastic and the tickets are $50. I know that seems steep in this day and age but it's for charity so suck it up and cough up the dough. Rick Ta Life was reached for comment and had this to say, "Blarghhhhh ragga gu rarg grahhallarggggh." I could not have said it anymore eloquently. The man is a true word smith.

Link:

Bell House

JIMMY FALLON

THE WAHOO SKIFFLE CRAZIES

New York State Senator DIANE SAVINO

HERE WE GO MAGIC

PAT KIERNAN of NY 1

FREELANCE WHALES

EUGENE MIRMAN

SONDRE LERCHE

MICHAEL SHOWALTER

THE WRENS

TODD BARRY

AC NEWMAN of NEW PORNOGRAPHERS plus RHETT MILLER of OLD 97s plus NICOLE ATKINS as a SEEKERS cover band.

TED LEO

JIM GAFFIGAN

LAUREN AMBROSE & THE LEISURE CLASS

THE BLOW

fun.

THE WALKMEN

Brian Jonestown Massacre MP3 + Tour Dates

I haven't really listened to BJM in awhile but that's not to say I don't dig them. Anyway, they got a new album coming out on Feb. 23rd called Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? which hopefully fares better then the Bee Gees attempt to pay tribute to the same album.

MP3:

Let's Go Fucking Mental - Brian Jonestown Massacre

BJM tour dates:
5/28: Cabooze, Minneapolis
5/29: Turner Hall, Milwaukee
5/30: Metro, Chicago
5/31: Grog Shop, Cleveland
6/02: Phoenix Concert Hall, Toronto
6/03: La Tulipe, Montreal
6/04: Paradise Rock Club, Boston
6/06: Webster Hall, New York
6/08: TLA, Philadelphia
6/09: 9:30 Club, DC
6/10: Mad Hatter, Cincinnati
6/11: Off Broadway, St Louis
6/13: Bluebird Theater, Denver
6/14: Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City
6/15: Knitting Factory, Boise
6/17: Crystal Ballroom, Portland
6/18: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
6/19: Neumos. Seattle
6/21: Fillmore, San Francisco
6/22: Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles

New Brujeria Album + Webster Hall Show

Talk about good timing. I was just in central Mexico, and appropriately, listening to Brujeria sipping on micheladas. While I was basking in the Mexican sun I thought, "man, when is Brujeria gonna get off their asses and make a new album?" Well now, just 3 days back in the States, I get my answer.

Brujeria are currently working on a new album and announced a single show date which happens to be in NYC! The price is kinda steep ($38) but considering how rare a Brujeria show is I guess that's not so bad.

Oh, and also there's the fact that they're one of the most bad ass metal bands ever. I repeat EVER! Growling Spanish lyrics about revolution, Zapata, witchcraft, and the drug trade all told, with a twisted sense of black humor, by masked anonymous criminals. The music is the best parts of pre-Ross Robinson 90's metal (that dude ruined everything), somewhere between Chaos AD Sepultura and Soul Of A New Machine Fear Factory (which has an interesting Robinson story attached). Yeah, that's awesome shit right there.

Tonight: Bottle Up & Go @ The Studio (FREE)

Wavves Playing Free L Magazine Party @ Brooklyn Bowl

The L Magazine is celebrating Fat Tuesday with an indie rock show. Kinda weird right? Oh well, it's free and since SoCo is a sponsor I'm guessing their will be some kind of free drinks. To start the festivities there will be a parade complete with floats, costumes, and beads (show your tits!). It all starts at McCarren Park and then ends up at Brooklyn Bowl. You gotta RSVP to get in.

Link:

L Mag Free Wavves Show

It'll be just like this, only colder and more hipstery.

Give Cerebral Ballzy Your Money

Cerebral Ballzy is making a 7" album with a grip tape sleeve and they need help pressing it. Now you're not just handing over your hard earned dough for nothing. No, the Ballzy boys have special gifts for you depending on what you contribute. For example, if you donate $4.20 "lead singer Honor will roll something up with your name on it and send you a photo of him smoking it." Or maybe you've got a little more to spare, "for $30 we'll give you $10." And it just gets better from there. Take a look and make a donation.

Link:

Help Press Cerebral Ballzy's First 7"

Tonight: The Beets, Beach Fossils, Real Estate, Tony Castles, Total Slacker @ Church

Pretty killer all ages show tonight at the St. James Church. It'll cost you $10 to get in.

All the bands in the header
@ St. James Church
32 James (btwn Henry & Madison)
All Ages
$10

Tonight: Scion Garage Show @ Bruar Falls

Screaming Females (Tour Dates & MP3)

Screaming Females have announced some tour dates with JEFF The Brotherhood. I also got a track for you to chew on.

MP3:

I Do - Screaming Females

Tour Dates with JEFF The Brotherhood:

02.06.10 - New York, NY
Bowery Ballroom (Don Giovanni Showcase)

02.07.10 - Washington, D.C.
Black Cat

02.08.10 - Asheville, N.C.
Static Age Records

02.09.10 - Athens, GA
Caledonia Lounge

02.10.10 - Gainesville, FL
The Atlantic

02.11.10 - Tallahassee, FL
Club Downunder

02.12.10 - New Orleans, LA
Koenji House

02.13.10 - Houston, TX
Mango's Cafe

02.15.10 - Dallas, TX
Lounge on Elm Street

02.18.10 - Birmingham, AL
The Bottletree

02.19.10 - Atlanta, GA
529 Bar

02.20.10 - Durham, NC
The Duke Coffeehouse

02.21.10 - Baltimore, MD
Golden West

02.22.10 - Philadelphia, PA
The Terrordome

Bear Hands "What A Drag" (Video)

Bear Hands // "What A Drag" from Cantora Records on Vimeo.