Tonight: Last Forest City Show Ever!

Forest City is a Brooklyn country band with one of the dudes from Boogie Boarder and my buddy Jamen from Regal Degal. If you're lucky you might have caught one of their raucous live shows. The band doesn't play very often and after tonight they'll never play again. Well, maybe they'll play once a year in South Jersey but that's up in the air. This band has been one of my favorites for the past year or so and I highly recommend you see them while you still can, which means go see them tonight or never.

Forest City

@ Brooklyn Fireproof

119 Ingraham

Cover: ??? (free I think)

Time: ??? (let's say 9pm)

MP3:

 Forest City - Help Me Help You by BrooklynSkiClub 

 Forest City - Run Rivers by BrooklynSkiClub 

 Forest City - Six Sad Oceans by BrooklynSkiClub 

Download the Forest City album

Superfest: 24 Hour Party (Brooklyn)

Superchief.tv is throwing a 24-hour rager to celebrate the launch of their new website. They got Brooklyn's finest to show up and perform, including Japanther, Ninjasonik, Deathset, Team Robespierre, Cerebral Ballzy and a bunch more. Plus Dirty Finger, Murdertronics, Roofeeo, Morsy and like 20 other kids DJing. It all starts at 4am on Saturday and goes until 4am on Sunday, non-fucking-stop! There will be a pancake breakfast at sunrise and BBQ served up at 2pm to keep you strong. You'll need the strength for sure. Think you can hang the full 24-hours? I don't stand a chance but luckily I live 5 minutes away. Oh, and all this for $10!

RSVP:

Facebook Invite

Wild Yaks Played Cameo

On Friday I was checking out the old Facebook feed and I saw a post from Wild Yaks. It basically said they're back (they broke up in June) and were playing that night at Cameo. Prior to the break up Wild Yaks were my favorite Brooklyn band to see live so I was pretty excited to hear the news. I spread the word and easily rounded up some folks to head to the show. Turns out I wasn't the only excited about another chance to see Wild Yaks.

As with any party/show/event on N. 6th we started the night at Zablowski's for cheap pre-show drinks. After the gang all arrived and sucked down a few rounds we headed to Cameo. When we walked in I saw Martin, the drummer, in the crowd so I knew we had some time before they would be playing. What I didn't know was the band that was scheduled before them didn't even get started yet.

I headed to the back room anyway and noticed that the attendance list for whoever this band was was super huge. I walked into the performance room and it was insanely packed. I grabbed one of the free CDs on the table before the door on my way in. I pulled it out of my pocket to see who the band was, The Wicked Tomorrow. On first impression the band was as bad as their name but it turns out it was just the first song. After that the girl/guy duo grew on me and by the end I thought they were alright. The jam packed room seemed to dig them a lot more than me though.

I was dipping in and out of the band room and hanging with friends in Loving Cup, it was also the only place to get a beer that night. Eventually the Yaks headed back and started setting up. They looked a little different though. The only familiar faces were Martin on drums and Rob on vocals and

M.I.A. Playing Free Show At Brooklyn Bowl

Today M.I.A. announced on Twitter that she'll be playing a free show at Brooklyn Bowl on October 6th. It seems that it's a straight up "first come, first serve" kinda deal, so get there really early if you wanna get in.

Katy Perry's Tits Were On Saturday Night Live Too

Katy Perry was on SNL this weekend making fun of Sesame Street pulling the clip of her prancing around with her giant boobs bouncing around all over Elmo. It was a bit much for a kid's show but if the end result is this then fuck it, who cares?

Wild Yaks Aren't Dead, Playing Cameo Tonight

According to the Wild Yaks Facebook page they're back in action and playing Cameo tonight! I've been seeing comments coming through the Facebook feed from some of the band members that alluded to a reunion but until today nothing was confirmed. I kinda figured they'd be back at some point but this comes a bit sooner than expected. Today is a good day. Go see Wild Yaks!

Wild Yaks

@ Cameo (93 N. 6th Ave, Brooklyn)

Midnight

Cover = ???

MP3:

 Wild Yaks - River May Come by BrooklynSkiClub 

Katy Perry's Tits Were On Sesame Street

Now, I'm far from a prude and I love boobs but is this cool? I mean, I realize that the only reason Katy Perry is famous is because of her rack and therefore it's critical she keeps those things on display at all times but, Sesame Street? She's wearing a see-thru shirt with massive cleavage action on a kids show. It's a bit much, no? Not only that but she's literally running around with her titties bouncing all over the place. Maybe, I'm just jealous that Sesame Street wasn't tittiefest when I was a kid.

Tonight: Spirit Family Reunion @ Living Room

Since you didn't get into the secret Yeah Yeah Yeahs' show why not check out something new? I highly recommend heading over to the Living Room tonight and catching Spirit Family Reunion. I've been raving about this band for about a month now and I'm not stopping any time soon. They're pretty young kids but they play country music that is so damn good and authentic that Hank Williams himself would have been dancing at their shows.

Spirit Family Reunion 

@ Living Room

10PM

FREE (I think)

Wanna read about the first time I saw these guys? You will dig these guys. I drug some friends who hate country to their last show and they loved them. It's damn near impossible not to love this band once you see them live.

More CMJ Bands Announced

Today CMJ announced their second round of bands performing at this years Music Marathon.

Phoenix, GZA, UNKLE, Black Sheep, John Vanderslice, Cute Is What We Aim For, Justin Townes Earle, Black Label Society, Corin Tucker Band, Dan Black, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Freddie Gibbs, Frankie and the Heartstrings, Adam Haworth Stephens, Cults, Oberhofer, Baths, Blood Red Shoes, Extra Lens, The Bogmen, Clutch, Francis and the Lights, Screaming Females, Franz Nicolay, Children of Bodom, Wild Nothing, Dom, Marit Larsen, Good Old War, Reggie Watts and BRAHMS.

You can check out all the bands here.

New Video From OK Go, "White Knuckles"

OK Go has a new video and while I'm not a huge fan of their music, the dudes know how to make a video. This one isn't nearly as spectacular as past ones but hey, it's got little dogs in it so the chicks are going to love it. That's all that matters now, isn't it.

CMJ 2010

Bands playing the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon have been slowly trickling out since August. This year's marathon is scheduled to take place from Oct. 19-23rd all over NYC. Generally speaking, CMJ is a chance for up-and-coming bands to showcase their talent in front of industry folk who are in town for panels and scouting.

However, established bands like The Drums and Surfer blood will be playing this year as well. We're most excited about getting to see Helmet again, maybe Unsane will decide to play too. We also know that Langhorne Slim, Gunfight!, SHAPES, So So Glos, The Rassle and a bunch of our other favorites will be playing too.

We'll give you the heads up once the full schedule is released.

Link:

CMJ 2010 Artists Page

So So Glos Announce Tour Dates w/ Matt & Kim + New Album (MP3 Download)

The So So Glos are going on tour with Matt & Kim and the Futureheads. It's cool to see Matt & Kim bringing their Brooklyn bros out on tour with them. This will be massive exposure so SSG and well deserved. Probably won't be able to catch them at DIY warehouse parties for much longer.

They boys also have a new EP coming out on October 12th on Green Owl called Low Back Chain Shift. We've got an MP3 of the first single called

Tour Dates

09/16 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *

09/17 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *

09/18 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *

09/19 - Chicago, IL - Metro *

09/21 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *

09/22 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *

09/23 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre *

09/24 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre *

09/27 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre * 

09/29 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #

09/30 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge #

10/02 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #

10/04 - San Diego, CA - Casbah #

10/06 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #

10/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #

10/09 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre #

10/11 - Dallas, TX - Loft #

10/12 - Austin, TX - Emo's #

10/16 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl %

10/22 - New York, NY - Pianos (Force Field PR CMJ Showcase)

* = w/ Matt & Kim

# = w/ Futureheads

% = w/ The Coathangers, Woven Bones, Carnivores

MP3:

Lindy Hop - So So Glos

 So So Glos - Lindy Hop