Audio Fiction To Play Pianos, April 18

www.audiofictionband.com
www.myspace.com/audiofictionband
www.pianosnyc.com

On Sale Dates For The Week of April 12

Tickets go on sale this week for upcoming shows in the New York Area.

On Sale Wednesday, April 15, 2009

June 25 -- Dinosaur Jr. at Music Hall of Williamsburg
www.MusicHallofWilliamsburg.com
July 2 -- Jay Reatard at Music Hall of Williamsburg
www.MusicHallofWilliamsburg.com

On Sale Thursday, April 16, 2009

May 30 -- Mercury Landing / Caitlin Krisko at Mercury Lounge
www.MercuryLoungeNYC.com
June 14 -- Telekinesis at Mercury Lounge
www.MercuryLoungeNYC.com

On Sale Friday, April 17, 2009

May 11 -- The Thermals (pictured) at Music Hall of Williamsburg
www.MusicHallofWilliamsburg.com
June 25 -- 311 and Ziggy Marley at Central Park SummerStage
www.summerstage.org
June 27 -- Pansy Division at Mercury Lounge
www.MercuryLoungeNYC.com
July 9 -- Matisyahu / Umphrey's McGee at Central Park SummerStage
www.summerstage.org
July 29 -- Yes with Special Guest Asia at Wellmont Theatre
www.WellmontTheatre.com
August 5 -- Gov't Mule at Wellmont Theatre
www.WellmontTheatre.com
September 24 -- Marianne Faithful at Town Hall
www.the-townhall-nyc.org

On Sale Saturday, April 18, 2009

June 19 -- Better Than Ezra at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
www.irvingplaza.com

Record Store Day

This Saturday, April 18, is Record Store Day! Once a year, independently owned record stores and artists join together to celebrate the art known as music. There are hundreds of artists making appearances and or performing, DJ's spinning tunes, meet and greets, special releases and all kinds of stuff.

Real record stores are sadly a dying breed so it's important to support your local indie shops. These are the places where the staff knows and loves music. A good deal of these shops you can still get your hands on vinyl. You try going to Best Buy to dig through vinyl while sitting on the floor. What's that? They don't have vinyl? How about non-bestselling CD's older than five years old? No? Oh yeah, silly me what am I thinking?! Go ask your local indie store. If they don't have it, they'll order it if it's in print and if all else fails someone in that store can likely tell you where to find it.

Here's a list of shops in the NYC area that are participating. For additional participants, shops in other states and more information, visit www.recordstoreday.com.

Academy Record Annex (Brooklyn, NY)
www.academyannex.com/

Basement Mix Records (Brooklyn, NY)
www.basementmixx.com/

Black Star Music & Video (New York, NY)
www.blackstarvideo.com/

Bleecker Street Records (New York, NY)
www.bleeckerstreetrecords.com/store/bleecker.html

Downtown Music Gallery (New York, NY)
downtownmusicgallery.com/

Earwax Records (Brooklyn, NY)

Etherea (New York, NY)
www.ethereanyc.blogspot.com

Fat Beats (New York, NY)
www.fatbeats.com/

Generation Records (New York, NY)

Halcyon The Shop (Brooklyn, NY)
www.halcyonline.com/

Hall of Fame Music (Jamaica, NY)
www.hfmstores.com/

Harmony Records (Bronx, NY)
www.myspace.com/harmonyrecords

J&R Music World (New York, NY)
www.jr.com/

Kim's Video & Music (New York, NY)

Majors Records & Video (Staten Island, NY)

Other Music (New York, NY)
www.othermusic.com/

Rebel Rebel (New York, NY)

Record Express (Brooklyn, NY)

Rock and Soul (New York, NY)

Sound Fix (Brooklyn, NY)
www.soundfixrecords.com

ResidentBand Features Overnight Lows "The Breaks"

The good folks over at ResidentBand have a new episode out. It features the band Overnight Lows performing "The Breaks." Check it out!

ResidentBand - Episode 018 - Overnight Lows

www.residentband.tv
www.myspace.com/residentbandtv
www.overnightlows.com
www.myspace.com/overnightlows

Around New York ... April 13 - April 19, 2009

Upcoming shows in the New York area ...

April 13 -- The Cliks / Plushgun at Mercury Lounge
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
April 16 -- Middle Distance Runner (pictured) / The Stationary Set At The Annex
www.theannexnyc.com
April 16 -- Findlay Brown / Mia Riddle at Union Hall
www.highlineballroom.com
April 16 -- Shawn Mullins at Highline Ballroom
www.highlineballroom.com

April 17 -- Plain White T's at Blender Theatre
www.blendertheater.com
April 17 -- Young Love / Jump Into The Gospel at Webster Hall
www.websterhall.com
April 18 -- Puppetbox / Hadron the Collider at Red Star Bar
www.redstarny.com
April 18 -- The Appleseed Cast / An Horse at Mercury Lounge
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
April 18 -- Audio Fiction (pictured) / A.L.X. / Blip Blip Bleep at Pianos
www.pianosnyc.com
April 18 -- Lucinda Black Bear / Kaiser Cartel / Winterpills at The Bell House
www.thebellhouseny.com

Happy Easter!

I'd like to wish everyone well this Easter weekend!

QNYC

Chester French & Clinton Sparks Unleash Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Chester French were hooking fans up with free stuff. Well, they unleashed Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance this past Wednesday. Did you get it? No? Why not, it's FREE!



There's the link chesterfrench.com/mixtape ... go get yourself some free goodies and get familiar!

Paper Route On Tour & Set To Release Absence

Nashville band Paper Route, Chad Howat (bass, piano, programming), JT Daly (vocals, keyboards, percussion), Andy Smith (vocals, guitars, harmonica) and Gavin McDonald (drums), are set to release their full-length debut Absence on April 28.

They are also touring in support of the upcoming release of Absence. There are plenty of opportunities to catch them in the New York area. They'll be with Copeland at Southpaw in Brooklyn on April 20 and at The Crazy Donkey in Long Island on April 22. Then, they'll be back in the area on June 2 with Young Love at Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan.

Have a listen to "Carousel" from Absence.

On Sale Dates For The Week of April 5

Tickets go on sale this week for upcoming shows in the New York Area.

On Sale Wednesday, April 8, 2009

April 14 -- The Dead Weather at Bowery Ballroom
www.boweryballroom.com
August 15 -- Animal Collective at Prospect Park Bandshell
www.bowerypresents.com/event/2937; www.briconline.org/celebrate/benefits.asp

On Sale Friday, April 10, 2009

May 21 -- The Shins at Terminal 5
www.terminal5nyc.com
May 27 -- Unwigged & Unplugged at Beacon Theatre
www.beacontheatre.com
June 13 -- Asobi Seksu (pictured) at Music Hall of Williamsburg
www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com
June 13 -- The Detroit Cobras at Mercury Lounge
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
June 19 -- Phoenix at Terminal 5
www.terminal5nyc.com

On Sale Saturday, April 11, 2009

July 31 -- AC/DC at Giants Stadium
www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/406675
November 14 -- Metallica at Madison Square Garden
www.thegarden.com

Action Painters Set To Play NYC Plus, New EP!

New York band Action Painters will be taking the stage at Cake Shop, this Thursday, April 9. I happened upon their debut EP, Chubby Dancer which was released in 2007, late last year. Better late than never, right?! "Sooner or Later" and "Absolutely Clear" from that EP, sold me on them, and are worth the price of the record alone. If you haven't already laid your happy little hands on that EP, it's worth checking out!

Today, I got word that Action Painters released a follow-up EP, Lay That Cable, last week! I've had a listen and I'm really enjoying it. It has a bit more of a harder edge to it than Chubby Dancer does. Nice band that they are, they have decided to be generous. For a limited time, fans can download Lay That Cable for FREE! Isn't that nice of them? Of course, if you like what you hear, you could also be super cool and BUY a copy. A full-length record is in the works that should be out later this year. And, they're hitting the road in April and May so if you see them playing near you, check them out.

Download Lay That Cable.

www.actionpaintersband.com
www.myspace.com/ActionPainters