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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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Dawes and Phosphorescent
American Express's
River Rocks Festival
Pier 54
July 8, 2010
After a particularly
brutal heat wave, favor turned our way.
The heat broke, and the breeze coming
off the Hudson made for the perfect
summer evening. On the bill--Dawes and
Phosphorescent. The alt country folk
stylings of each paired nicely with
the beneficial change in climate...(more) |
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Eric
Atienza Talks to
The Henry Clay People
Los Angeles five-piece The Henry Clay
People - named after the Great Compromiser
as a compromise between several other
names - were in town opening for Against
Me! and the Silversun Pickups at East
River State Park. After playing a show
on the waterfront facing the early evening
Manhattan skyline they sat down with
New York Cool to answer some questions...(more) |
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Henry
Clay People's
Somewhere on the Golden Coast
LP Review
Listening to The Henry Clay People’s
new album Somewhere On the Golden
Coast, there’s automatically
an eerie sense you have heard them somewhere
before...(more)
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Woven
Bones and
Beach Fossils
South Street Seaport
July 2, 2010
Summers in full
swing, and River to River is back in
full swing. We were at the Seaport to
see Woven Bones and Yellow Fever, who
were scheduled to appear as part of
the traveling Taste of Texas Tour...(more)
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Ariel Aparacio's
the bEdRoom tapeS
LP Review
A fast-paced
lyrical pantomime supplementing a fun
and distinctive guitar riff make Ariel
Aparacio's version of "People Who
Die" one of those LPs that you
play in the morning on the subway, and
are hearing in your head on the subway
home...(more)
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American
Folk Art Museum Party
Espace
635 West 42nd Street
May 15, 2010
Henry Darger
was a reclusive American writer and
artist (1892-1972) whose works were
not discovered until just before he
died when his landlords entered his
one room apartment...(more) |
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DJ Roger Sanchez
Santos Party House
May 15, 2010
Grammy Award winning
producer and DJ, Roger Sanchez, played
a solo show on May 15th at Santos Party
House...(more)
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Infected Mushroom
May 8, 2010
Roseland Ballroom
Saturday,
May 8th, 2010, Infected Mushroom played
Roseland Ballroom in support of their
latest release, Legend Of The Black
Shawarma...(more)
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Ok
Go With The Booze and
and Eytan & The Embassy
Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 30, 2010
So yeah yeah yeah, it’s that
Band from the Video right? The You Tube
thing? Hey, I’ll be the first
to admit that is about all I knew of
Ok Go prior to going in...(more) |
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Tobacco's New CD
Maniac Meat
Tom Fec aka Tobacco's
sophomore release Maniac Meat is definitely
a challenge – and a compelling listen.
In a field swamped with sampling and digital
precision...(more) |
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Bear in Heaven's
Beast Rest Forth Mouth
As the bands coming
out of Brooklyn having been relying
on more and more complexity, layering
and electronics Bear in Heaven’s
latest album - last year’s Beast
Rest Forth Mouth - shouldn’t
have been surprising...(more)
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The Dead Trees
Bowery Ballroom
April 24, 2010
The Dead Trees played
NYC April 24th at The Bowery Ballroom
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Turin Brake's EP
Outburst
Turin Brakes
new album, Outburst, is composed of
twelve tracks of some of the most tranquil
collection of tunes you’ll hear
this year...(more)
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NYC
DJ Battle
Mango Soho
561 Broadway
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Fashionistas, shoppers,
and lovers of music flocked to the Mango
store in Soho this past Thursday for
a DJ Battle like no other...(more) |
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Tasting
the Blues With
NYC Bluesman & Guitar Slinger
Meyer Rossabi
Singer, composer and blues guitarist
Meyer Rossabi is dedicated to keeping
the legacy of the Blues alive...(more)
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Review
of Soundtrack of
No One Knows About Persian
Cats
When I think about
the country of Iran, independent music
is about the last thing that comes to
mind...(more) |
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Imelda May
Southpaw
March 3, 2010
Fresh off of her breakout
Grammy performance, Imelda May’s
east coast tour swept into Brooklyn’s
Southpaw...(more) |
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Ebony Bones
Jessica 6 Opening
South Paw
February 13, 2010
Braving the frigid
night, we made our way to Brooklyn’s
Southpaw to check out a set from Ebony
Bones...(more) |
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Arms and Asobi Seksu
Le Poisson Rouge
January 22, 2010
Outside
of Le Poisson Rouge temperatures were
dropping, winds were swirling and limbs
were freezing. Outside, winter was asserting
its dominance exhibited by chattering
teeth, shivering limbs and thick clouds
of breath...(more)
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Twin Tigers'
Grey
Waves LP
Twin
Tigers' Grey Waves LP has reminded me
of that age old adage that one is never
wise to judge a book by it's cover...(more) |
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Vulture Whale’s
EP Review
Bambooyou
One can easily
be distracted, or turned off by some of
the least important things when listening
to an album for the first time...(more)
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Voodoo Music Festival
New Orleans City Park
October 30-November 1, 2009
Voodoo Festival is
really the only festival worth going
to, offering a spirit and local flavor
that you normally don’t find at
other festivals...(more) |
