We helped run the two stages at Galapagos during this past weekend’s After The Jump Fest. Between coordinating bands’ arrivals, line-checks, and starts/ends of sets, we managed to snap pictures of some of the artists as they played. Here are a few of those, with more available on Flickr:
Bell:

Phil And The Osophers:

The Swimmers:

Bridges And Powerlines:

Senryu:

Cursillistas:

For [...]

Wednesday, June 18th
The Naked Hearts (RESIDENCY)
@ Rehab / 10pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
Thursday, June 19th
Man In Gray + Mancino + Gold Streets + Zero Spanish
@ The Delancey (MAN IN GRAY’S FINAL SHOW)
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
Man In Gray’s last show before going on indefinite hiatus.
8pm - Zero Spanish
8:50pm - Gold Streets
9:40pm - Mancino
10:30pm - Man [...]

The Naked Hearts begin a three week residency at Rehab tonight. If you’ve yet to catch this impressive new band, we suggest you do so soon:
Wednesday, June 4th
The Naked Hearts + The Soundscapes
@ Rehab / 9pm
25 Avenue B
New York, NY
w/ Hologram
ALSO:
Wednesday, June 11th
w/ Susu and So Li’l
Wednesday, June 18th
Presented by Stranded In Stereo

As previously mentioned, Man In Gray’s Tina DaCosta is part of a group called The Rims taking part in a long-distance bike ride to raise money for HIV/AIDS services provided by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City. In addition to the Fugazi Covers Project they’re organizing, they have a [...]

This Saturday is the June Hot Rocks Party. Autodrone, Bella Noir, and Monster Eiffel Tower will be playing. It’s going to a good time. Here are details:
Saturday, June 7th
Hot Rocks Party
@ The Delancey / 8:30pm
168 Delancey Street
New York, NY
9pm - Monster Eiffel Tower
10pm - Bella Noir
11pm - Autodrone
Drink Specials:
12am to 1am - Free Beer (Pabst [...]

By the way, the El Jezel video for “Champagne And Cold Coffee” that the band released earlier this week along with a free digital EP is on YouTube:

And don’t forget to head to Crash Mansion tonight as El Jezel releases their second full-length album, The Warm Frequency:
Friday, May 30th
El Jezel
@ Crash Mansion / 11pm
199 Bowery [...]

“All of the stories on Seven Summits are at least partly true. Some are completely true, and were told to me firsthand. Some are more like historical fiction.” - Kyle Wilson
Obviously, it’s not possible to objectively quantify the quality of any piece of music. But if counting the number of times an album is able [...]

Man In Gray has announced that they will be going on indefinite hiatus starting in July. Before that, they’ll be playing two shows. The first is this Saturday, May 31st, at Don Pedro in Brooklyn and will be shot for a documentary being put together about Brooklyn bands. Their final show will be June 19th [...]

(still from “Champagne And Cold Coffee” video)
El Jezel has a new album out this week, which they’ll be celebrating with a show at Crash Mansion on Friday. In anticipation of this, they’ve just released a new music video and a free digital EP on their newly relaunched website.
The music video is for “Champagne And Cold [...]

Boy Genius is a band we’ve seen live a few times now. Between those shows and their EP, Eureka, which we’ve been enjoying, we’d say their sound is most reminiscent of the excellent New Zealand band The Bats or Yo La Tengo’s first album, Ride The Tiger. They have a new full-length album out now [...]