Pela broke up:(

One of my absolute favorite Brooklyn based bands, Pela just announced that they have split up.
If you ever saw them live, you know what a great show they put on.
They were a band that certainly deserved a lot more recognition. Their only release Anytown Graffiti is an excellent album, but even that pales in comparison to how awesome they were to see live.
I am very sad to hear the news that they have split, and I wish them the best in their future endeavors.
http://www.pelamusic.com/2009/09/18/thank-you-and-good-night/

PAVEMENT REUNION!!!!

This is a reunion I have been waiting for for a long time. Pavement is playing 1, no 2, no 3, no 4 shows at Central Park next September, and tickets are now on sale for the 4th show. I've never heard of tickets going on sale a year in advance for a show, but what the hell. I scored tickets.

Grizzly Bear and Beach House at Williamsburg Waterfront

Grizzly Bear and Beach House were a fine way to close out the summer of Pool Parties (sans pool) at the waterfront in Williamsburg. The park filled to maximum capacity on a beautiful Sunday Afternoon.
I took a ton of photos. Here are a few:
Beach House:




Grizzly Bear:






More Photos from the show on my Flickr Page

V.O.D. and Killswitch Engage at Jones Beach

Long Island hardcore legends Vision of Disorder played Jones Beach on Saturday Night supporting Killswitch Engage. Also on the bill were Unearth, and All That Remains.
The show was on the new Bay Stage, a standing room venue outside of the theater in a parking lot I never knew existed. It was the perfect venue for this show as they were able to have a proper pit with none of the seating from the regular ampitheater to get in the way.
Photos from the show:
V.O.D.




Killswitch Engage:




I have plenty more photos from the show up on My Flickr Page
All Photos by Kurt Christensen

Girl Talk @ Williamsburg Waterfront JellyNYC Pool parties

The Girl Talk show at Willaimburg Waterfront was one of the craziest scenes of the year Here is one shot I took:

The rest can be seen at my flickr page LINK

Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones are Them Crooked Vultures!!!

A new Supergroup emerged in Chicago late last night, playing at the Metro in a post-Lollapalooza show. Them Crooked Vultures. Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones. Enough Said.

So far all of the YouTube videos of event are as good as Bigfoot or UFO footage:

Black Lips at the Pool Parties at Williamsburg Waterfront

Here are some pics from the Black Lips set during yesterday's pool party.




More Photos from the set HERE

Health @ Williamsburg Waterfront Pool Parties

And You Will Know us by The Trail of Dead didn't get to play The Pool Party yesterday, due to lightning. As the storm rolled in, organizers were forced to clear out the state park for safety issues. A good call, as it did get pretty crazy about 15 minutes after the place was emptied out.


Before that disappointment, we were treated to some great bands. Grupo Fantasma, Health, and Black Lips. Grupo Fantasma kicked things off with a very tight set of latin music. It was an odd pairing with the other 3 (2) bands, but they were excellent. (I will post some pictures of their set shortly, as well as from the really wild Black Lips set).

Here are some shots of Health:



More shots from their set HERE

More from yesterday's Pool Party shortly....

Wilco and Conor Oberst at Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls, NY

WILCO with openers Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band played Dutchess Stadium in Wappinger's Falls, NY last night. It was the last of 4 ballpark shows.
I have a few pictures here to wet your whistle, and the rest are be on BrooklynVegan.com.

WILCO @ Keyspan Park, Coney Island with Yo La Tengo joined by Feist and Ed Droste 7-13-09

WILCO played an amazing show at Coney Island last night. In my opinion, they are easily the tightest live band touring today. This was the most intense show I have seen them play yet.

Tweedy didn't talk much, but he did seem really happy the whole show. Feist came out during the encore, and sang You and I, and then stayed on while Ed Droste, lead singer of Grizzly Bear joined them for "California Stars" off of Mermaid Avenue, an album named after a block just a stones throw from the the venue. Droste didn't really add much to the mix, just some awkward maraca shaking.

Openers, Yo La Tengo came out and joined WILCO during the encore for a crazy 12 minute long Spiders (kidsmoke) which turned the volume up higher than the rest of the show.

Here are a few photos from the show:

WILCO





Yo La Tengo


More photos can be found HERE.