READINGS: An afternoon event for those of you who don't need to be sweltering in a thankless office - Erica Jong has a conversation with writer Ariel Levy and reads from her new autobiography, Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life in the sunny Bryant Park Reading Room as part of the Word for Word Series. In the book, Jong tells spicy tales of New York and Hollywood, and describes life after best-selling novel Fear......

The Primms are: Andy, Adam, Rob and Gav The Primms manage to mix a handful of influences together without ever sounding derivative. The urgency and building intensity of the songs seem to reach near-epic levels at points, and it's refreshing to hear someone who doesn't hold back in creating a unique brand of music. This is the type of band that is made to perform live, never settling as background music and always insisting......

For a long time we didn't listen to Wolfmother just because they had "wolf" in their name. We were sick it. Wolfmother, Wolf Eyes, We Are Wolves..."how could any of them be better than Wolf Parade?" we thought. Then in a warehouse in Austin this March, sometime around 3am, we were sipping on our nth PBR and who came on stage? It was that nice gentleman with the crazy hair that we rode the hotel......

Photo by Stewart Isbell The Picture is: Robert Abel - vocals, guitar Chris Buckle - lead guitar Justin Repasky - keyboards Jake Siegler - bass Jared Vergilis - drums The Picture is a reference point for Brooklyn's take on Brit-pop. Their smooth, layered gems have been satisfying audiences up and down the East coast for a couple years now, and have even gotten them across the pond for a brief yet successful stint in......

Day 1 was long, but we managed to get a few hours of sleep and gear up for the rest of week. Last Thursday we started off our day at the South By Stereogum party. Brisket on white bread was served, Fat Tire beers were distributed and Aziz Ansari was hosting the show, which had a solid lineup: Aloha, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Rogue Wave and Ted Leo. Thunderbirds Are Now! [pictured]......

We'd been gearing up for SXSW this year for months, with shows to plan and afterparties to help out with - it took up a lot of our time, even when we weren't there yet. Now that it's over, we're not quite sure what to do with ourselves, or how to recap it all. We also haven't been near a computer in a week, so bear with our slow typing. THE PRECAP: Last year we......

Yesterday we announced details about the afterparty, and now we're gonna tell you about the "beforeparty" thrown by Austinist and Gothamist, subtitled: "Gonna Gonna Get, Get Down!". This free day party we're throwing is on Wednesday March 15th, from Noon-11pm at Austin's newest indie/hipster joint, Red 7. We'll have DJ sets indoors (until 5pm) and between bands outside (all day), by northKorean, Car Stereo (Wars!), DJ Escapeest, Preston Craig and some special others to be......

Tis the season for hibernating and canceling plans 'cause it's too cold to go out. Here's what could, possibly, maybe get us out from under the covers this week: Things admittedly start off kinda slow. We might recommend Koufax at the Knitting Factory, but we're not really into their piano- and synth-driven pop so much. Our ex-roommate swears by them, however. Tuesday boasts an interesting non-show at Mo Pitkin's: Author Simon Reynolds hosts a panel......

The Zoom In Awards take over the Puck Building tonight. Inside the room will be buzzing with a who's who crowd of the indie (and not so indie) scene - including Christine Vachon, President of Killer Films and Executive Producer of Kids and I Shot Andy Warhol - two of our favorite films that use NYC as a backdrop. Geoff Gilmore, Director of the Sundance Film Festival will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from......

Of course, after the storm of '06 hits we suggest snowball fights. Prior to the snowfall, however, we offer up the following... BENEFIT: Just when we were talking about band gear getting stolen from the streets of this city, it's done and happened again. Bravo Silva's guitars were stolen last weekend and this weekend deejay crew Finger on the Pulse will donate the proceeds from their weekly party to raise money for them. Raffles and......

Hey, happy Chinese New Year, everyone! Time to drive out the old spirits of the past year and welcome the good spirits of the new year. The Chinese do this with explosions and fireworks; we'll do it rock-style, with extremely loud noises. Such as: The week starts out with a bang on Monday, with the magically delicious, occasionally unsettling experimental rock of Deerhoof (at left) at Bowery. Instead of traditional opening bands, the show will......

New Feature Alert! In a city filled with music, bands and venues we sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed and underenthused. So here's the deal, we are going to write about one NYC band each week. We want to introduce you to some new music that we've heard, and we want you to introduce us to some new music as well (see end of post). We're all listening through cluttered ears, but that's only because we......

Not that you were asking, but we know you wanted it. The obligatory Best of '05 List. We chose to list off the Best NYC Shows in 2005. We compiled this list after closely surveying and consulting...ourselves. Here are our Top 11 NYC Shows of 2005. That's right, we said ELEVEN. In chronological order...(insert drumroll here): 1/24/05 Colin Meloy @ the Fez [photos here] - of note: Colin told us these shows were also amongst......

ART: Brooklyn Fire Proof will be presenting the final installment of curator Marc Gartman's series of exhibitions featuring successful contemporary independent musicians who are also visual artists. Previous series included the work of, among others, Bill Callahan (Smog), Devendra Banhart and David Pajo (Slint). This series (the fourth) will include artwork from DC Berman (Silver Jews), John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession), Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co.) and Archer Prewitt......

We are tired and just a teeny bit hungover, so we'll keep this short. Thanks to everyone for coming out last night! And of course to Bravo Silva, Snowden, the Cloud Room and the Capitol Years for playing some great sets and keeping us on our feet - and the deejays for keeping us on dancing (well, we were dancing on the inside). Also thanks to Aziz Ansari for making us laugh. If you......

Come join us TONIGHT at our Movable Hype Anniversary Show. Just a year ago we threw our first show/concert/party at the Knitting Factory. Since then we've actually thrown 4 more there, tonight is the 5th. In addition we've had a slightly smaller version of the show at Pianos and one comedy (Laughable Hype) show at Tonic. Technically that means this is lucky number 7, but we'll still call it 5 (because we never were very......

"Last year Elton John declared that Rufus Wainwright was the greatest songwriter on the planet. Quite a profound statement from the king of pop himself. This was presumably based on hearing 2004's Want One, followed earlier this year by the groundbreaking opus, Want Two." Elly Roberts goes on to say that Wainwright's recent show at The Lowry was "An epic night, and a high watermark of a musician on top of his game, who......

We'd like to take this time to remind you that Movable Hype 5.0 is TOMORROW! Here are the details, because we're betting you forgot already... Movable Hype 5.0 (The One Year Anniversary Show) Knitting Factory main space Wednesday November 2nd Show starts at 8pm sharp! Hosted by: Aziz Ansari and Rob Huebel Bands: The Capitol Years, The Cloud Room, Snowden, Bravo Silva DJs: Husky Gentleman (Spin) and Brother Lawrence $3 Bud Selects all night......

We just got word in that two of our favorite comedians will be hosting the Movable Hype 5.0 Anniversary Special Show (we're trying to make that title as long as possible)...so we thought we'd share the news with you: Aziz Ansari and Rob Huebel will be hosting! They are pictured all the way to the left and all the way to the right in this photo (which was taken at our Laughable Hype comedy show......

So we've been waiting to confirm our last band for Movable Hype 5.0 and we can now do so. Since we wanted to bring back 3 acts from previous shows we chose our favorites, one of which was so busy touring Europe with the Editors and We Are Scientists, playing shows with Maximo Park and hosting Mtv's Subterranean that it took them a while to fit us in, but alas, they finally have...so here's who......

Tickets for Movable Hype 5.0 go on sale tomorrow! You can buy them here at the stroke of midnight tonight. Our lineup has had a slight change but here's who you'll be seeing at our One Year Anniversary Special Extravaganza! The Capitol Years Bravo Silva Snowden and special guest to be announced! (We promise to make special announcements next week). The show is on November 2nd and as always it will be at the Knitting......

It's our one year anniversary of Movable Hype, and yes, we expect presents. Or at least we expect you to come celebrate with us. So save the date, it's going to be November 2nd at our usual venue, the Knitting Factory main space. Since it's the one year anniversary we're bringing back 3 previous bands from past Movable Hypes, and one new band. That said, here's who you'll see: Snowden Bravo Silva King of France......

A few months ago Indie Night School asked us to be a panelist, we obliged and promptly discovered our near paralyzing stagefright. Because of this we feel we owe them, ergo, tonight Fringe Benefits and Indie Night School are putting together a Katrina Benefit at Mo Pitkins (you know, Jimmy Fallon's bar). We're really exited to be a mere audience member for this one! All proceeds from this event will go to WWOZ New Orleans,......

THREE DAY WEEKEND! THREE DAY WEEKEND! THREE DAY WEEKEND! THREE DAY WEEKEND! THREE DAY WEEKEND! THREE DAY WEEKEND! MUSIC: Bravo Silva plays tonight at the Delancey, so if you missed them at Movable Hype last month now's your chance to catch them. Their set is just after the hour long open bar, so get there by 9 for free drinks, and by 10:30 for the band. [via the new and improved papermag.com] Details: Tonight //......

Thanks to everyone who came out last night, we hope you had a great time and were able to catch all the bands and also catch the raffle prizes we threw into the audience. And if you stayed to the end you likely got a gift bag (courtesy of Neighborhoodies). We also want to thank the bands: Langhorne Slim, Bravo Silva, Raising the Fawn and Doveman. If you missed any of them be sure......

We hope to see you all out at Movable Hype tonight. We're really excited about the lineup: 8pm Langhorne Slim 8:45pm Bravo Silva 9:45pm Raising the Fawn 10:45pm Doveman And on top of the music, we'll have a raffle (be sure to get your free raffle ticket with admission) and Neighborhoodies has gift bags! [Movable Hype 4.0 @ the Knitting Factory main space (74 Leonard Street) doors 7pm/show 8pm] See you there!......

Tonight is Gothamist's Movable Hype 4.0 show at Knitting Factory with Doveman, Raising the Fawn, Bravo Silva, and Langhorne Slim. In case you missed it, we interviewed Langhorne, Doveman, and Raising the Fawn. The free shows of summer are drawing to a close, but not without a bang. Spend nothing but your time at a show almost every night this week. "The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit,......

Bravo Silva...

PARTY: Good Peoples and Beautiful/Decay magazine bring you "the sickest party of the summer"! Or so they say. Here are some of the ingredients: -2 hour open Bacardi & Mountain Dew Bar -Gift bags -the legendary PRINCE PAUL on the tables -Screening of Bomb the System and music videos from Culturama, Mockumentaries from Prince Paul RSVP for the guest list at rsvp@good-peoples.com Friday // 9pm to 4am // TriBeCa Cinemas [54 Varick St] // $5,......

We're proud to announce that Neighborhoodies is sponsoring the Movable Hype 4.0 show on Monday. Amongst other things they'll be giving out goodie bags stuffed with treats! So get there early before they run out, it's first come first served. As if that weren't enough, we're also having a raffle. With admission you automatically get one raffle ticket and if you want to up your chances it'll only cost $1 for each additional ticket. The......