The Glass – Wanna Be Dancin’ (Eli Escobar remix) [mp3]

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This is a last mintue reminder that our friends at Plant Music are doing their monthly party at Ella in NYC tonite, Wednesday Jan 13.

DJs:
Stretch Armstrong
Eli Escobar (birthday boy)
Dominique Keegan (The Glass)
and residents Gavin Royce & the Boogie Bros

Check ot the Facebook page of the event for more NFO.

BE THERE and buy happy BDay drinnxxxx to Eli ;)

U2 have had a street in New York temporarily renamed in their honour in recognition of their musical achievements. U2WAY , the stretch between Broadway and 8th Avenue will remain Rawk’n'Roll-ified for one week.
Er Bono, now the streets have a name…

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart –
Come Saturday [MP3]

Meet The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, a charming little energetic four piece noisy pop punk combo from Brooklyn, NY.

Their debut album is released this month and it's packed with highly infectious and  brilliant jangly, fuzzy, pop melodies, half of which remind me of Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, and their likes – albeit with distorted guitars, and the other half of shoegazy indie stuff like, say, My Bloody Valentine. Heck, at times it even gives me a serious Ramones vibe.

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Apollo Zero – New York From Blue To Green
[mp3 Fairtilizer]
Chicane – Blue To Green
Moby ft. Debbie Harry – New York, New York

Does it taste right? Does it feel right? Debbie asks the burning question as Chicane moves us across the blue and green… Do you know all the stars?

Remember the muppet covered "Hurt"
Now Kermit goes New York electro, singing  LCD Soundsystem.

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Thought that'd get your attention. The Only Good Rock Star Is a Dead Rock Star depicts the singer  surrounded by a puddle of blood
after being shot in the head by William S Burroughs, who sits nearby.



Marco Perego , the artist behind the piece, said it was intended as a “warning” for the star to change her lifestyle.

The piece of art, which is on sale for $100,000, is on display now at the Half Gallery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

During their last US tour, Los Angeles residents were able to catch the Kooks busking in the streets for Sidewalk Sets. Now, New York fans of UK wunderkinds The Kooks will have the opportunity to win a seat on a very special rock and roll tour of New York, and be witness to some outdoor performances of their own. One day ahead of the band’s show at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on September 10th, the Kooks are treating a handful of lucky contest winners to a guided tour of the city’s most famous (or infamous) rock and roll sights, and will be taking their guitars along for the ride. It could possibly be the first acoustic show on the top of a double-decker bus New York City has ever seen. The tour will finish up at the Apple Store in Soho, where the band will be playing a free in-store show.

Courtesy of Astralwerks, 101.9 WRXP, VisitBritain, and Time Out New York, the grand prize winner will scoop two round trip flights to NYC, hotel accommodation for three nights, two seats on the double-decker tour bus with tour guide Matt Pinfield (101.9 WRXP morning show DJ), two spots at the in-store performance at the Apple Store in Soho, and two tickets to see The Kooks live at Central Park Summerstage on September 10th. To enter, head to the band’s homepage and the contest rules and regulations can be found here.

Keep your eye out for the soon-to-be-released ‘Gossip Girl’ soundtrack, featuring ‘Do You Wanna’, the second single from ‘KONK’. The album hits stores in September.

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