Brooklyn Vegan — Wow...Public Image Ltd, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, Fever Ray, Devo, Hot Chip, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Mew, Camera..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Vincent Cornelli Real Estate, Beach Fossils, The Beets, The Tony Castles and Total Slacker, a lineup that would have been right at home at Market Hotel, crossed the river and played an LAMC-presented show at a historic religious... more info

!tashed — A FEW YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED. Before we go completely crazy for 2010 and its endless musical possibilities… There’s still time to look back on some of 2009’s hidden gems. Here are a few classic albums that may just have slipped under ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Vincent Cornelli Real Estate, Beach Fossils, The Beets and Total Slacker, a lineup that would have been right at home at Market Hotel, crossed the river and played an LAMC-presented show at a historic religious institution in Manhattan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — THIS FRIDAY, January 15th, our good friends at Less Artists More Condos are hosting a show at a rad new venue: the St. James Church in Chinatown. MIDNIGHT: Real Estate (Last show before Europe Tour) 11PM The Beets 10PM Tony... more info

Stereogum — Here's Rainbow Bridge, a different rainbow-named boy/girl electric-guitar-and-drums duo than profiled here earlier, with a winter-released video for a song that made its waves this past summer. It's low blood pressure but tidal, built for slackers an... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Getting cleverly disguised ZIP files over the holidays from an anonymous source is somewhat exciting, sorta like an aural form of "Secret Santa" where you never know if smiling or scowling is proper etiquette. This time around it was all grins, as t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Andrew Frisciano The Babies Real Estate and The Babies (formerly "Babies"?) played the third "Fader Bowl," a series of free monthly shows at Brooklyn Bowl, last night (Tuesday, January 5th). The gig was a a victory... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Real Estate @ Brooklyn Bowl during CMJ (more by Oren Loloi) today in NYC * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Charlie Hunter @ Rose Live Music * Real Estate, Babies @ Brooklyn Bowl * Shitstorm, Tree Collage, Alex Chechile... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Real Estate, whose self-titled debut album came out on Woodsist last year (how fun to say that! Happy 2010!), will bring their jangly surf rock to Brooklyn Bowl tomorrow (Tuesday, January 5) for a FREE show with openers The Babies. Doors are at 6 pm,... more info