Annie Lin w/ Christian Westbrook @ Piano's

Here's some video from Annie Lin's performance with Christian Westbrook at Piano's on Friday night. This was my favorite song from the night...

Jinners Muxtape #5

Check out the muxtape here.

1. Louis Jordan - Whiskey Do Your Stuff
2. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
3. The End of the World - Someone Else's Dollar
4. Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In the Rain
5. Monica - Just One of Them Days
6. Aaliyah - Try Again ft Timbaland
7. The Roots - Things Fall Apart ft Erykah Badu
8. Morcheeba - One Love Karma ft Cool Calm Pete
9. Hooverphonic - Shake the Disease
10. Lloyd - Girls All Around the World ft Lil Wayne
11. Cinerama - Wow [Extended Version]
12. Dirty on Purpose - You in the Monument

Latest Obsession: Cool Calm Pete

I met Cool Calm Pete (Def Jux) at the Time Machine show at Knitting Factory. He had a laid back steady demeanor that was totally chill. I looked him up on MySpace and liked what I heard, especially the song he did with Morcheeba called "One Love Karma."

Check out some live footage from YouTube.

Cool Calm Pete @ Mercury Lounge


Cool Calm Pete @ Knitting Factory


Check out some of his music videos...

Cool Calm Pete - "Black Friday" featuring RJD2


Cool Calm Pete - "Get With the Times"

Time Machine @ Knitting Factory

fun times dancing and clapping and hollerin' at time machine's show at knitting factory in new york on monday night. whoa it made me smile and laugh and love. i better not end up in that mtvu film footage. fuck! i hate being on camera! here are some pics... admittedly not so great.

Annie Lin & Christian Westbrook @ Pianos on Friday

My friend Annie Lin is playing a show at Pianos this Friday. Songs from the heart. She's accompanied by Christian Westbrook.

8pm. @ Pianos. New York. Be there!

Acoustic love songs by two cute artists.

After the Jump Fest / Stereofame Unsigned Band Contest

I got a nice opp for all of you in or working with unsigned bands...

After the Jump Fest and Stereofame are hosting a contest for an unsigned band to win $2,000 and play the After the Jump Summer Fest on June 21 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of Make Music NY. Feel free to pass this on.

More info here:
After the Jump/Stereofame Contest Details

After the Jump Summer Fest Details

After the Jump Fest Announce Noise Stage!

2008 Noise Stage Lineup
@ Galapagos
June 21st, 2008 Noon

Featuring: Ponytail, Power Douglas, Fiasco, The Shackeltons, Extra Life, The Austerity Program, Cursillistas, Monotract, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, Alex and the Horribles, Noveller, Brilliant Sweater, and more!!!

After the Jump is the joint effort of 20 New York City music bloggers whose sites attract over one million readers a week. Founded last year in support of underfunded city school music programs, After the Jump has planned and staged concerts in association with the massive South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City as well as our own all day and night festival last summer in Brooklyn. This summer, on June 21st, After the Jump will be partnering with Make Music NY to throw our second annual festival, taking over the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space, and the North 6th Street itself with four stages and over 40 bands.

After the Jump Fest 2008 is brought to you by our awesome sponsors:
Metromix.com
Stereofame.com
Snoozer Loser
Gen Art Pulse

AFTER THE JUMP IS ORGANIZED BY:
themusicslut . batteringroom . disconap . earfarm . ryspace . irockiroll . merryswankster . softcommunication . musicisart . sitdownstandup . watercoolergossip . bumpershine . themodernage . productshopnyc . subinev . punkphoto . poptartssucktoasted . stereoactivenyc . jinners


For press opportunities such as interviews with the organizers or bands, please contact publicity@afterthejumpfest.com
For sponsorship and all other requests, contact producer Jennifer Kellas: jkellas@afterthejumpfest.com

Jinners Muxtape #4

Check out the muxtape.

1. The Velvet Underground - Wild Child
2. Mossy Pine - Two Lights In Trenton
3. Teenage Fanclub - December
4. Bettie Serveert - For All We Know
5. Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect
6. The Besnard Lakes - On Bedford and Grand
7. Purse Snatchers - Library Date
8. Will Oldham - Can't Take That Away
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into
10. Young Jeezy - I Luv It
11. Time Machine - Something We're Becoming
12. Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life

TIME MACHINE! IN NEW YORK!

Hey peoples, Time Machine is in New York this week with a bunch of shows. You best catch one of these 'cause these boys are blowing up with their retro-hip-hop. Their album Life Is Expensive comes out in stores and on iTunes on Tuesday, May 20.



Weds May 14 at High Voltage (The Annex)
Fri May 16 at Highline Ballroom w/ Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Yo Majesty
Sat May 17 at Southpaw w/ Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Yo Majesty
Mon May 19 at The Knitting Factory w/ Dandi Wind

Check out the video for "The Groove That Just Won't Stop" below...

Jinners.com Presents... @ Union Hall on July 26

Save the date!

Jinners.com Presents... @ Union Hall



Listen to the bands:

The End of the World

Diamond J and the Rough

Joe & the Flying Spoons

Sponsored by Metromix.com and After the Jump Fest

Neckbeard Telecaster: This Thursday @ Union Pool

Come see Neckbeard Telecaster headline the Jezebel Music showcase this Thursday at Union Pool.

Save Union Hall!!!

Tomorrow could change Brooklyn nightlife as we know it.

Community Board 6's advisory board lead by Lou Sones (the owner of Brazen Head) is taking action against Union Hall of Park Slope. They are recommending the removal of their liquor license based on a group of about 5 people from Union street, with no facts generated to prove any violations. I repeat... THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY UNION HALL'S LIQUOR LICENSE WITHOUT A SINGLE VIOLATION! If this is allowed it could set a chain-reaction through the night life scene. If they can deny the renewal of a liquor license for an establishment with no violations they will be able to close down anyone they like.

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!

The General Board will be meeting on this and other matters at the address and time listed bellow. Show up in numbers with signs stating your support for Union Hall and Brooklyn Nightlife. The press will be there and we have to put the pressure on

May 14, 2008
6:30PM
Borough Hall
Court Room
209 Joralemon St
Brooklyn, NY

BENEFIT: Supersnack's Big Third Ball: An Evening of Music, Hilarity, and Hitting AIDS Where It Hurts

What: Supersnack's Big Third Ball: An Evening of Music, Hilarity, and Hitting AIDS Where It Hurts

When: Friday May 16th, 8pm

Where: Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Ft. Greene / 317 Clermont Ave, Fort Greene (Lafayette & Clermont), G train to Clinton-Washington, C to Lafayette, or B/D/N/Q/R/2/3/4/5 to Atlantic Center

Who's playing?:

* The Mountain Goats, playing their first show since postponing their most recent tour due to illness.

* John Oliver, fresh off the success of his Comedy Central hourlong special.

* Rock Plaza Central, they wrote an entire album from the point of view of mechanical horses – and it is awesome. Rolling Stone calls them "stars-in-waiting." Pop Matters says "Sure to have tears welling and fists aloft in raucous salute."

* Rob Lathan from MTV's Human Giant.

* Dave Hill, named one of Variety Magazine's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2007

* The Gotham Girls Roller Derby

* Sarah Bunting – Founder of TelevisionWithoutPity.com; writes hilarious things, and will share some of them with you.

* And many other special surprises. (This isn't one of those Hollywood trailers that gives away all the good parts of the movie.)

The evening will be hosted by my friends & yours Gwenn Barringer and Shawn Decker, national sex educators, authors and funny persons ("My Pet Virus").

Tickets: $25 (100% of proceeds go to AIDS Walk NY), available through TicketWeb.

Pela Tour! Billy and the boys are back in action!

After injuring his arm with his wild stage antic, dear Billy and the boys of Pela are back on the road again. Go see them! I love them!

05/18 - Kidrockers (acoustic)
New York, NY

05/19 - Rock and Roll Hotel
Washington, DC

05/20 - Beachland Ballroom Tavern
Cleveland, OH

05/21 - Schubas
Chicago, IL

05/22 - 400 Bar
Minneapolis, MN

05/25 - Tractor Tavern
Seattle, WA

05/26 - Sasquatch Music Festival
George, WA

05/27 - Doug Fir
Portland, OR

05/28 - Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, CA

05/29 - Spaceland
Los Angeles, CA

05/31 - Larimer Lounge
Denver, CO

06/02 - The Bluebird
St. Louis, MO

06/06 - Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY

06/07 - Middle East Club (upstairs)
Cambridge, MA

After the Jump Fest!

Announcing Evening Benefit Portion of After the Jump Fest 2008
@ The Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 21st, 7:30pm ft:



HEALTH
Titus Andronicus
Pattern is Movement
Project Jenny, Project Jan
DJ XXXchange (Spank Rock)
and more!

Tickets onsale NOW!
Click here for ticket information

After the Jump is the joint effort of 20 New York City music bloggers whose sites attract over one million readers a week. Founded last year in support of underfunded city school music programs, After the Jump has planned and staged concerts in association with the massive South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City as well as our own all day and night festival last summer in Brooklyn. This summer, on June 21st, After the Jump will be partnering with Make Music NY to throw our second annual festival, taking over the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space, and the North 6th Street itself with four stages and over 40 bands.


After the Jump Fest 2008 is brought to you by our awesome sponsors:
Metromix.com
Stereofame.com
Snoozer Loser


AFTER THE JUMP IS ORGANIZED BY:
themusicslut . batteringroom . disconap . earfarm . ryspace . irockiroll . merryswankster . softcommunication . musicisart . sitdownstandup . watercoolergossip . bumpershine . themodernage . productshopnyc . subinev . punkphoto . poptartssucktoasted . stereoactivenyc . jinners


For press opportunities such as interviews with the organizers or bands, please contact publicity@afterthejumpfest.com.

For sponsorship and all other requests, contact producer Jennifer Kellas: jkellas@afterthejumpfest.com.

Lymbyc Systym @ Death By Audio Last Night, Knitting Factory Tonight

If you get a chance, check out Lymbyc Systym at the Knitting Factory tonight. I went to see them last night at 2am at Death By Audio, and they totally took me into an internal space. I didn't expect to get lost in my thoughts during their set, but I was in a trance. Then just as suddenly, they shook me up with the amazing dynamics and changes in their songs -- and I stood at attention. They even had everyone in the place clapping to their songs.

Listen here on MySpace.

Peter Doug and Tobias Cover Vampire Weekend

Jinners Muxtape #3

Check out the muxtape here.

1. Elvis Perkins - It's Only Me (Live @ Living Room)
2. Modest Mouse - Never Ending Math Equation
3. Dinosaur Jr - Feel the Pain
4. Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
5. The Fiery Furnaces - Rub-Alcohol Blues
6. Audrey Hepburn - Moon River
7. The End of the World - Show Your Age
8. Mos Def - Leavin' On a Jet Plane
9. Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own
10. Lou Reed - There Is No Time
11. Arthur & Yu - 1000 Words
12. Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight

South Street Seaport's Summer Shows Are Some of My FAVES

Against the water, with the impressive backdrop of ships behind the stage, South Street Seaport is one of those perfect summer outdoor venues that can't be beat. A Place To Bury Strangers! Wire! Dirty Projectors! Sounds like a rad summer to me.

May 30
WIRE
Die!Die!Die
[River To River Launch]

June 27
A Place to Bury Strangers
King Khan & The Shrines

July 11
Telepathe
Abe Vigoda

July 18
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las

July 25
Atlas Sound
El Guincho

August 1
Brother Ali

August 15
Dirty Projectors
White Williams

Jinners Muxtape #2

Check out the muxtape here.

1. Nico - These Days
2. The Wedding Present - Rotterdam
3. Rollerskate Skinny - Swingboat Yawning
4. Guided By Voices - Game of Pricks
5. M83 - Kim & Jessie
6. Cass McCombs - Not the Way
7. Swearing at Motorists - Drunk on Monday
8. Kelis - Millionaire featuring Andre 3000
9. Sam Cooke - Cupid (Live at the Harlem Club)
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Breathless
11. Liz Phair - Fuck and Run (Girlysound Demos)
12. The Jinx Clambake Explosion - Esmerelda Joins the Circus