Category Archives: New York

Best Coast: Sun Was High (So Was I) Acoustic

Get past all the corporate sponsorship in the beginning and here’s Best Coast doing an acoustic version of Sun Was High (So Was I)

Family of the Year, Alina Simone + More at Whitesmith CMJ Showcase

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MP3: Summer Girl by Family of the Year

Family of the Year (pictured above) joins donewaiting.com buddy Alina Simone for a Whitesmith Entertainment showcase that is free to the public – no badges required..

Family of the Year‘s melodies are stunning… I can’t wait to hear them live. Be sure to listen to more songs (or download their debut EP) over here.

It’s no secret that we love Alina Simone. Donewaiting.com’s little record label, Sunken Treasure Records, released a split 7″ with Alina and The Black Swans a few months ago. More details here.

Alina’s childhood friend Eugene Mirman recently posted an MP3 of Alina’s new, soon to be released album over at Magnet Magazine.

Lots of other great acts on the bill too:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST
The Living Room | 154 Ludlow St, New York NY

Emilyn Brodsky (7pm, with Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls)
Sydney Wayser (8pm)
Pinky Swear (8:30pm, featuring Rachel Trachtenburg of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
Sara Benincasa (comedy, 9pm)
Elon James White (comedy, 9:15pm)
special surprise guest ! (comedy, 9:30pm)
Family of the Year (10pm)
Jason Trachtenburg (11pm, of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
Alina Simone (11:45)

Multimedia: MediaVoxNYC

Hosted by Sara Benincasa and Emilyn Brodsky

7pm Show, 21+, one drink minimum, & no CMJ badge required

Dovecote CMJ Party

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We just added Justine D! Justine is a NYC veteran well known for her DJing and her late party MOTHERFUCKER. Dave P, another veteran of the scene, when he’s not too busy on DJ tours with Soulwax, 2manydjs, or Simian Mobile Disco he can be found in NYC throwing his highly acclaimed Fixed NYC party, or in Philly throwing the longest running and much revered party, Making Time. If that isn’t enough to wet your whistle, try this on: ACID GIRLS! Acid Girls, on a full US tour with Jokers of the Scene, are making a pit stop to lay down some of the electro jams you’ve heard spread across the blogosphere and posted in record shops across the world lately. They’ve just released a single on Kitsune and another on IHEARTCOMIX and are ready for you on the dance floor. Now that your whistle is wet, we also have local greats Finger on the Pulse DJs. You’ve seen them, you love them, and you’ve woken up the day after swearing you’d never drink again after partying with them.

This party is free and it’s first come first serve, so get there early!

YOU NEED TO RSVP HERE AND TO RSVP@DOVECOTERECORDS.COM

Next week is CMJ.

We used to throw parties where our bands would play and we’d all get drunk. Ah those were the days? While yes Tim Williams is playing some shows. We’re not doing an official showcase. FROWNY. FACE.

OR SO YOU THOUGHT (sort of?)

We’re still allowing everyone to get fucked up because we’re throwing a goddamn dance party with the RADDEST DJs (Dave P, Acid Girls! how did we land them?!) we love and ToNz Of BoOzE. We’ve named the party “Blue Boogers,” you figure it out. We don’t condone said behavior.

Party will take place on the second floor of 34 Ave A (between 3rd and 4th Streets). This space is fucking AWESOME. It is above the bar “Aces And Eights” (HOLD YOUR ANGSTY SIGHS) which is normally not the coolest place, but the owner for some reason decided to deck out this floor and never use it. It is in fact a club. With a KILLER soundsystem, lights, craziness, but it only holds 120 people. Soooooooo YOU NEED TO RSVP TO RSVP@DOVECOTERECORDS.COM.

We are serious. We will not help you on tuesday if you forget to RSVP. We might be friends, but we probably wont be conscious.

Other Music Haul

Other Music Haul

Beaten Awake: Thunder$troke

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Beaten Awake played one of the Donewaiting.com Three Year Anniversary shows. Doesn’t seem too long ago, but year seven anniversary is coming in February…. Damn we’re getting old.

ANYWAY… The band has a new record out on Fat Possum, and here is the title track for your downloading delight:

MP3: Thunder$Troke

They’ve got a few shows coming up, too:

NOV. 18 CLEVELAND, OH GROG SHOP (w/The Meat Puppets)
NOV. 19 COLUMBUS, OH CARABAR
NOV. 22 WASHINGTON, DC THE RED AND THE BLACK
NOV. 24 BROOKLYN, NY MONKEY TOWN

Bebel Gilberto, Chica Chica Boom Chic

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MP3: Chica Chica Boom Chic

Bebel Gilberto‘s new album, All In One, is being released Tuesday. To celebrate, she’s performing two sets that same day at The Box in Manhattan before heading on an international tour. Tickets are still available.

Park Slope Kanye West Reminder

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Taken in front of this wine store (sorry, forget the name) where I took this photo yesterday.

The Swell Season Performing “Low Rising” at 92YTribeca

We moved into New York last week but we didn’t plan any advance concert ticket buying. This show at 92YTribeca sold out within minutes, but here’s a video of The Swell Season performing a new song:

Clare and the Reasons MP3: Ooh You Hurt Me So

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Clare and the Reasons are releasing their sophomore album, Arrow, on October 20. Members of The National and Beirut contributed to the album, as well as Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. I really regretted not seeing them at SXSW in 2008, so I can’t wait to check them out in New York.

Brighten up your Monday morning with this song from the new record:

MP3: Ooh You Hurt Me So

Keep reading for tour dates, most with The Vic Chesnutt band… Continue reading

Megan Palmer: Desperate Housewives

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MP3: Desperate Housewives

Megan Palmer is part of Sunken Treasure Records, the lil’ donewaiting.com record label. The song Desperate Housewives was originally released on a limited edition bonus disc to Megan’s latest album, Take You Away. The first run of hand screen printed copies were sold out, and when it came time to repress the CD in a more traditional means (jewel cases), this song was added to the new version as part of a new tracklisting (everything else stayed the same).

So for people who bought that first record, don’t feel like you’ve been left out. Download the song here. And if you don’t have the record, we’ve got a bunch of shiny new CDs for you, right out of the factory. Click here to exchange commerce.