The Head Set is: Jordan Blaugrund (vocals, guitar), Brett Sherman (bass), Michael Blaugrund (drums), Eliot Wadsworth (guitar) Gothamist is not unfamiller with The Head Set. Back in the fall of 2004, we ran an interview with the band right before they were set to open for Sonic Youth at an Irving Plaza CMJ kick off party that year. It is a pleasure to state that, 2 years later, the band is till going strong and......

With KEXP in town there's a lot more music than usual. Check out their in studio shows online while you're at work this week. Off the airwaves there's a lot to see, hear and enjoy as well. Tonight and tomorrow night, Angels and Airwaves and I Am The Avalanche play Bowery Ballroom. If you walk by the venue to see a cluster of pierced tweens waiting to get in, it may help to know that......

“Scary” Music by Ensemble Pamplemousse (who we interviewed last year) on Mischief Night! In collaboration with The Rivington Salon, Ensemble Pamplemousse is pleased to announce its first ever Halloween concert bonanza! After indulging in the spooky sounds of Ensemble Pamplemousse the costumed and civilian guests will partake in food and drink, cavort amidst the artwork of Salon hostess Judith Braun and others, gaze at horror films projected on the walls, and encounter Langdon Crawford’s space......

Hey Kids, Got a guitar? We bet you do. Well, Gothamist wanted to give you a nice big heads up on the CMJ Battle of the Bands. CMJ looks For Brooklyn's Best on June 5 at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza presenting the Five-Borough Battle of the Bands. Ten music groups of any genre will be chosen to perform live. Five judges, including Adam Shore (Vice Records) and Danny Simmons (Def Poetry) will choose one Grand......

The weekly author of this post has fled for Las Vegas leaving us only with a trail of mumbled words. Something about two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers...Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. That's actually just a......

Last night Gothamist headed over to the Sarah Flynn Benefit @ Rothko for a good cause and good music. The show ran a bit late (Ted Leo had a short set that didn't start until 12:45) but who among us can't stay up past our bedtime on a school night? The below images are courtesy of Youngna Park (and there may be some more up later on, after the sleep wears off our eyes): [Ted......

Gothamist wanted to make you aware of a very important event next week. As per usual on a Tuesday night at Rothko jenyk/dot/com + Melody Nelson present VICIOUS. However next week, the 25th, the show will be a benefit for Sarah Flynn. From Sarah's employer, the President of SpinART Records: "One of spinART's employees has fallen seriously ill - she has been in the hospital for approx. 7 weeks.   Her current treatment has the doctor's......

Time to start the new year off right, by seeing live music and not being left out on the cold cold sidewalk listening to your favorite songs echoing down the snow-filled street. This month there are a lot of hyped up bands coming our way. We are mainly talking about the Arcade Fire, if you don't have tickets we don't know what to tell you. If you're good at haikus you could try this contest.......

Last night Gothamist headed over to Irving to catch the Head Set...but missed them. After watching a few songs by Gang Gang Dance (a band which Gothamist did not care for, at all, in fact it motivated us to depart Irving all together) we headed to Mercury Lounge to see if we could catch the much buzzed about band the Arcade Fire. We got there early and caught Lou Barlow's set. Barlow is known......

We hope you've stocked up on sleep the last few days, and stocked up on Sparks to get you through the next few because if that's the smell of unwashed rockers the wind is blowing in our direction it can only mean one thing, and that's CMJ is in town. Coolfer has filled you in on his music picks and all we can add to that is...get there early, even if you have a......

Trying to describe the Head Set we wanted to avoid the catch phrases that litter today's reviews. Post-punk, "the new Strokes"...you get the idea. It's hard though, with this band, because they are those things, in the best way imaginable. We don't usually do this, but listen to them right now, then come back and read the rest. So there you go, they're post pop and brit rock fused with what you might hear......

This Sunday, Rock the Vote is holding a fundraiser at the Delancey, with some up-and-coming area bands. Rock the Vote tells us the schedule:8:00 - Stage 9:00 - The Head Set 9:45 - Sweet D 10:15 - Group Sounds 11:00 - MadisonSuggested donation is $7. If you haven't registered to vote already, please do so - you need to be registered by tomorrow! Here's information from the NYC Board of Elections. You can visit their......

[Ed. note: Gothamist got our favorite music blogger, Coolfer, to take a break from his copious music industry watching and give us the scoop on this weekend's shows that might be of interest. Without further ado, straight from Coolfer:] A few of the best shows this weekend are sold out, but this is New York and there's never a shortage of good live music. The Cardigans play Southpaw Sunday night and the Bowery Ballroom Monday......