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The Music News
New York Cool receives a lot of press
releases about up-and-coming musicians
so we have created this page so you
can know what we know. Be sure to check
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Giant Squid
Union Pool
August 12, 2009
Over the past several
years Williamsburg has become known
as quite the hipster haven, with Union
Pool serving as one of the central hubs
of cool. Returning NYU twenty-somethings
had some competition for bar space,
however, when Giant Squid bought its
entourage of metal-heads into the Pool’s
stage...(more) |
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All Points West
August 1, 2009
It
was a disappointing weekend. In that we
disappointed our audience and were unable
to bring a more in depth coverage. Due
to elements outside our control, we were
only able to cover Saturday...(more) |
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David Mead's
Almost and Always
Thank you,
David Mead. After wading through an endless
selection of mediocre, boring and out-and-out
bad albums lately, I was starting to despair
for the future of music...(more) |
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Alvin Band's Mantis
Preying
There is absolutely
nothing the Alvin Band‘s album,
Mantis Preying, fails to deliver...(more) |
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Bryan Scary's Mad
Valentine EP
In today’s
music, it’s hard to find an artist
that can be played around the whole family
without having to worry about explicit
language or adult content...(more) |
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Blake's Souvenir
Rock 101: The
Truth about the Blakes' new album Souvenir
and what you need to remember! Lesson
1 - A sad confession: The Blakes are
a little tough to listen to. Not because
they sound bad; no! The Blakes are actually
hard to listen to because calling them
the successful heirs to counter-culture
rock bands form the 60's and 70's, particularly
the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Ramones,
and the Clash, would be a bit of an
understatement...(more)
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Arlo Guthrie
American Express
River to River Festival
Battery Park
July 30, 2009
All through July,
the River to River concert series in
Battery Park has been hosting acts in
celebration of Woodstock’s 40th
anniversary, bringing in such acts as
the ubiquitous Richie Havens...(more)
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Juan Calle & His
Latin Lantzmen’s
Mozeltov Mis Amigos
If you think
your ears are playing tricks on you while
listening to Juan Calle & His Latin
Lantzmen’s album, Mozeltov Mis Amigos,
then you’ve got another thing coming...(more) |
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A Camp's New Album,
Colonia
A
Camp released their latest, Colonia,
on April 28th of this year in the United
States and on February 2nd everywhere
else...(more) |
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Pool Party With
Health and The Black Lips
July 26, 2009
Sometimes it is just
not meant to be. Sometimes the forces
of nature conspire against you, and
in the eternal battle of man against
nature, nature usually wins...(more) |
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Black Moth Super Rainbow,
Blank Dogs, and Dan Friel
Seaport
July 24, 2009
Let’s
get straight to it. This was the seaport’s
most adventurous offering yet. They
did not play it safe, and they should
be rewarded and commended for it. ...(more)
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Richie Havens
Castle Clinton
July 23, 2009
Such mind associations,
of course, constitute the wonder that
is Richie Havens, who has always possessed
the unique ability to instill a duality
of emotions in his listener's (among
a slew of other soulful sentiments)...(more)
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Mean Creek's The
Sky (or the Underground)
In the spirit of “If
you don't have anything nice to say,
don't say anything,” I called
my editor after listening to the Boston
foursome Mean Creek's latest, The
Sky (or the Underground), to ask
if I could just pretend my iPod ate
my homework...(more) |
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Dirty
Projectors
Magnolia Electric Co
Crystal Antlers
JellyNYC Pool Party
July 19, 2009
It’s Sunday,
July 19, and we are on the banks of
the east river. It’s a perfect
day for a show. We had come down to
see our friends Jelly NYC...(more) |
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Versus
Superchunk
South Street Seaport
American Express River to River
July 17, 2009
It’s Friday,
so we must be at the seaport again.
Thank goodness for river to river. With
the state of my budget these days, free
shows are about the only one’s
I can afford...(more)
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Scott Hardkiss'
New Album
Technicolor Dream
Technicolor Dreamer,
Scott Hardkiss' long awaited debut album
is one album that was, arguably, well
worth the wait...(more) |
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JellyNYC Pool Party
Ponytail
Fucked Up
Mission of Burma
July12, 2009
JellyNYC has done
an admirable job the last few years
with their pool parties. With the news
of the pool was to reclaim its original
purpose, everyone was all atwitter with
worry. Where would they spend their
Sundays?...(more)
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River
Rocks
July 9, 2009
On July 9, we
checked out River Rocks first Pier 54
show of the summer. The line up consisted
of Team Robespierre, Flosstradamus,
and Matt and Kim...(more)
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Frankel:
Anonymity Is The New Fame
I want to
put the songs from Anonymity is the
New Fame in a hybrid car--a vehicle
streamlined in design with lots of bright
graphic effects on the digital dashboard,
and a "life is precious" bumper
sticker...(more)
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Jenny Lewis and
Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Battery Park
River to River Festival
Sponsored by American Express
July 4, 2009
233
years ago, the founding fathers decided
to take a break from fighting the British.
They grilled some hot dogs...(more)
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Here We Go Magic
Seaport
July 3, 2009
We
started our summer music outings with
a Friday at the Seaport. It’s a
good location for shows, and on a nice
day with a breeze coming off the river,
it can be quite a pleasurable experience...(more)
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Elizabeth and The
Catapult
Joe’s Pub
June 11, 2009
Main act Elizabeth
and The Catapult has come farther recently
and as a result has smoothed out more
rough edges. Even though their orchestra
has near seven to ten highly proficient
instrumentalists (at anyone time), Elizabeth
kicks off with the front-woman herself...(more) |
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Art Brut
Mercury Lounge
June 4, 2009
I caught Art Brut
on June 4, 2009, the last date of their
five-day residency at Mercury Lounge.
In an air thick with the fumes of nice
shampoo and fragrant soap...(more) |
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Flotation Wall's
Nature
Nature, the
debut album from Ohio four-piece Flotation
Walls is a record that is impressive
on first listen, but handsomely rewards
repeat plays as well...(more) |
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The Americans'
The Americans EP
The Americans, in
a fashion befitting their name, are
a vintagey collective of earnest-looking
multi-instrumentalists...(more)
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Fanfarlo's
Reservoir
The poet T.S. Eliot
said a funny thing about tradition when
invoked in criticizing individual work:
“Seldom, perhaps, does the word
appear except in a phrase of censure.”...(more) |
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Shout Out Out Out
Out’s
Reintegration Time
Shout Out Out Out
Out’s 2nd album, Reintegration
Time, kicks off with “Run”,
a slick synth groove over a light high-hat...(more) |
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Coachella Music
Festival
Empire Polo Field
Indio, California
April 17 - 19, 2009
New York Cool Music
Editor/Photographer Amy Davidson is
at the Coachella
Music Festival in Indio, California,
just outside of Palm Springs....(more) |
