NYC Shows/Just Announced Thread

sweetcell wrote:
Hercules And Love Affair,  with James Lavelle
Thu 02/11/10
Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY

hopefully this will be to road-test some new tunes, in prep for a new album

You coming up for it?

nope, can't make a mid-week show.  not THAT big a fan :)

I usually ignore this thread, butthis (Haiti benefit) show tonight at the Bell House caught my eye..

All performers will be playing abbreviated, acoustic and/or stripped down sets. Scheduled to appear (in approximate order of appearance):
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

Time to make Sweetcell's morning :)
Shpongle
Irving Plaza
4/17

Guessing this is a live set? It's not labeled with (DJ set).

azaghal1981 wrote:
Time to make Sweetcell's morning :)
Shpongle
Irving Plaza
4/17

Guessing this is a live set? It's not labeled with (DJ set).

ZOMG.  if live, totally there.  unfortunately the twisted website is down for upgrades so can't confirm there.

oh, their myspace has the NYC date… and a bunch of others.  with that many dates, and that many locations, i don't think this will be the full production with a full band.  i'd expect it to be raja on flute and simon on synths & computers doing the "live remix" thing (i'd be happy to be proven wrong, maybe NYC will be spoiled). 

sweetcell wrote:
with that many dates, and that many locations, i don't think this will be the full production with a full band.  i'd expect it to be raja on flute and simon on synths & computers doing the "live remix" thing (i'd be happy to be proven wrong, maybe NYC will be spoiled).

nope, looks like it'll be DJ sets… from twitter:

@therealshpongle Simon! Can you please tell us: are any of your US dates with a live band? Your MySpace lists some as DJ sets but not all!   
12:48 AM Jan 27th   from web  in reply to therealshpongle

@billtill No they are DJ sets… Some with Benji, and we might do some Younger Brother. No band tho'.   
8:58 AM Jan 27th   from web  in reply to billtill

boo.  that probably won't get me on a bus/train to NYC.  well, maybe, if NYC also has YB and the new album is really good.

Yeah. Weak.

When the hell will Shpongle finally do a live set in the US?

betao wrote:
When the hell will Shpongle finally do a live set in the US?

*sigh*  when someone is willing to bankroll the show, and is ready to potentially lose money on it.  it's an expensive production to put on, corporate sponsors would be limited to non-existent, the label has no money to put in to this, they're not managed by a big-time management company, they are not known in the mainstream = the whole thing would be financially risky.  maybe someday the seths of this country will get together and share the cost & risk.  hey seth?  (actually, seth has previously mentioned here that he likes shpongle and would love to see them perform… maybe he's already inquired?)

shpongle has played at least twice in japan because an individual put up the money to get the people and the equipment over there.  they ended up selling enough tickets to cover costs, there is a pretty healthy psytrance/psybient scene.  over here, i'm not positive there is enough interest to make a show feasible.

another potential issue is the scene they come from, and where a lot of support would be needed: people going to trance and/or psybient parties expect to pay at most $20 for a full night of entertainment, not $50 for 2 hours.  i'm fairly certain you can't put on a shpongle show for $20, and at $50 you lose a lot of people (with the usual claims of "corporate sell-outs"  ::)).  there is a weird sense of entitlement in the scene, wherein the faithful "deserve" to see great artists at low prices, 'cause that's how it was back in the day… oh, wait.  that's not an uncommon perception, come to think of it.

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Peter Gabriel
May 2 and 3
Radio City Music Hall

Hot Chip
2/5 (this friday)
Highline Ballroom
free

myspace free show.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Hot Chip
2/5 (this friday)
Highline Ballroom
free

Jonsi
May 8 and 9
Terminal 5

wow, seriously? No DC date AGAIN? Sigur Ros skipped DC on their last tour too.

:(

closest jonsi date, for those who don't want to shlep up to NYC:

May 3
Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory

Four Tet
2/17
Le Poisson Rouge


a wednesday.  dammit.

xneverwherex wrote:
myspace free show.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Hot Chip
2/5 (this friday)
Highline Ballroom
free

For all you non New Yorkers out there,
this show will also stream live at Myspace Music
starting at 8 PM EST, Friday Feb. 5!
http://highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1257

last chance to take them on:

A-Ha: Ending on a High Note - Farewell Tour
Thu 5/06/10 Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Fri 5/07/10 Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Sat 5/15/10 Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, CA


edit: LOL

"In the mid 80's the Norwegian trio created teenage hysteria and general pandemonium wherever they went. In recent years the focus has shifted to the musical legacy they will leave behind, inspiring a whole generation of artists such as Coldplay and Keane to Kanye West, Oasis, The Strokes, Robbie Williams and U2."
http://nokiatheatrenyc.com/eventdetail.php?id=26279

I want to go!  ;D

sweetcell wrote:
last chance to take them on:

A-Ha: Ending on a High Note - Farewell Tour
Thu 5/06/10&nbsp;Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Fri 5/07/10 Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Sat 5/15/10 Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, CA

sweetcell wrote:
last chance to take them on:

A-Ha: Ending on a High Note - Farewell Tour
Thu 5/06/10&nbsp;Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Fri 5/07/10 Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY
Sat 5/15/10 Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, CA


edit: LOL

&quot;In the mid 80&#039;s the Norwegian trio created teenage hysteria and general pandemonium wherever they went. In recent years the focus has shifted to the musical legacy they will leave behind, inspiring a whole generation of artists such as Coldplay and Keane to Kanye West, Oasis, The Strokes, Robbie Williams and U2.&quot;
http://nokiatheatrenyc.com/eventdetail.php?id=26279

Ha! (no pun intended)

This feels like finding out Perfect Strangers was never cancelled and now claims to be a defining influence of modern comedy . . .or maybe I'm misinformed here