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Yeasayer, Tanlines, More Perform at "It Came from Brooklyn" Show Tomorrow

As you may well know, the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan has started putting on monthly concerts in celebration of its 50th anniversary to highlight the multi-discipline creativity bursting out of Brooklyn. This Friday evening will mark the third show in the aptly-titled "It Came from Brooklyn" series, this time hosted by up-and-coming comedian Max Silvestri with performances by Yeasayer and Tanlines and a reading by writer Rachel Sherman. And in the spirit of Halloweekend, the concert boasts a favorite childhood delight: that's right, 3-D glasses!...  read more

Paul Banks, Eugene Mirman, More Perform at Second "It Came From Brooklyn" Concert Tonight

Looks like the folks at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Manhattan have another night of Brooklyn artistry in store for this evening. The night of music, literature, comedy and art arrives as the second installment in the museum's "It Came from Brooklyn" series, a component of its 50th anniversary celebration held in the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. It will feature performances from Julian Plenti (as in Interpol frontman Paul Banks, who recently released an album under said pseudonym) and I'm In You, as well as readings by writers Hampton Fancher and Rivka Galchen. All the while, absurdist comedian Eugene Mirman (whom you might recognize from...  read more

The Walkmen Release Live EP, Tour

Late last summer, The Walkmen sent us You & Me, a gorgeously fuzzy postcard from tiny islands, foreign provinces, and wherever else the New-York fivesome was apparently enjoying a splendid holiday. We didn't care so much exactly where it came from, we just knew it added an umbrella to an already delicious drink. As our mailbox grew inundated with buzzworthy breakthroughs, we stashed this one safely in a desk drawer. We like to take it out whenever we're in need of mental vacation within the office walls, our feet soon tapping in agreement with its skittering drum fits, grainy guitar lines...  read more