On the eve of the death of the late, great Notorious BIG's anniversary, Catfish Billy came to Brooklyn Bowl to rock the stage. Lacking the decorum of a traditional rap artist, Yela jumped in the crowd and raged with Brooklynites. Ripping mostly hooks and verses instead of full songs, Yela came through the spot killed his set before disappearing into the night in true Biggie fashion. Video and full review after the Cut!
If you build it they will come! With that ethos Jack White has been quietly grooming a stable of uber – talented musicians at his Third Man Studio in Nashville. Karen Elson, laces the acoustic version of The Ghost Who Walks with a lush melodic overture that begs the question, when can we expect more? Fret not, Elson will be preforming at both the Press Here showcase in Austin as well as the Third Man pop-up shop during South By Southwest (March, 20th). If you can't make it down to Austin to check her out, she will be preforming at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, March 22nd.
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The internet is a big, scary place filled with lots of free music, so we figured we'd point you in the direction of some good stuff. The Postelles, a quartet hailing from NYC, just dropped their new White Night EP, featuring three new songs (“White Night,” “Sleep On The Dance Floor” and “Looking Glass”) as well as a remix of their track “Sleep On The Dance Floor” done by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor. The group is about to head out on the road with Hockey for a U.S. tour, and their debut album should be out this summer, but in the meantime, check out the widget below and click over to their site to download the track “White Night” for gratis.
DJ Neil Armstrong has been tearing down mixtapes and blazing turntables in the NY scene for years. Today, he is releasing his free mixtape DNA Of The Blueprint, an ode to the man who gave him the chance of a lifetime by making him his tour DJ a couple of years back. 35 tracks deep, the tape runs through remixes and samples of Jay's Blue Print collection. The mixtape is available for download at Armstrong's newly launched site.
For those of you that haven't sought out our new Comedy Issue (on newsstands now!), you can check out our Radar profile on UK songstress V V Brown here. But for those of you who would rather see her get busy than make your brain do all that work, you're in luck. New Yorkers, pay attention: tonight at Hiro Ballroom, the singer-songwriter will perform cuts from her debut album Travelling Like the Light, in stores now. V V will be joined DJ GE-OLOGY for her free performance, taking place tonight at 7:30 P.M. RSVP is still open (click here), but before you hyperlink your way over to the other site, watch her video below the cut.
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