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Live Photos: The Black Lips at Bowery Ballroom [3.10.08]

Labels: bowery ballroom, photos, the black lips

Live Photos: Bear Hands @ Cake Shop [1/4/08]

Bear Hands played Cake Shop with their gloves off. Tag team support was provided by J.A.C.K., Bottle Up and Go, and She Keeps Bees.

J.A.C.K.

Bear Hands

[Photos by Lori Baily]

Labels: bear hands, cakeshop, J.A.C.K., photos

In and Out: A Year in Loose Photos - 2007

Lori Baily:

Clipd Beaks

Kristeen Young

These Are Powers

Abbey Braden:

New Young Pony Club @ Studio B

Morrissey @ Hammerstein Ballroom

Simian Mobile Disco @ Gramercy Theater

The White Stripes @ MSG

Edwina Hay:

Kathy Foster of the Thermals @ McCarren Park Pool (August 2007)

M.I.A. @ Siren Festival (July 2007)

Leia Jospe:

Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own PET @ Maxwell's on Nov. 1st

Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley @ Roseland Ballroom (MTVu Awards) on Nov. 8th

Lovefoxxx of CSS @ Irving Plaza on June 1st

Mina K:

Kazu & Amadeo of Blonde Redhead - Webster Hall - 05.08.07

OOIOO - Knitting Factory - 03.20.07

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation Tour) - McCarren Pool - 07.28.07

Sean O'Kane:

As Tall As Lions @ Highline Ballroom

The Rocket Summer @ The Crazy Donkey

Lupe Fiasco @ Irving Plaza

Chris Owyoung:

The Puppini Sisters @ BB Kings - 08/26/2007

VHS or Beta @ The Blender Theater - 11/16/2007

Modern Day Zero @ The Pageant (St. Louis) - 11/21/2007

Diana Wong:

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Justice

Stellastarr*

Labels: best of 2007, in and out, photos

Live Review: CMJ's Choose Your Own Ending

It was another "slow morning" today...but the last in the CMJ 2007 series. The final night of this year's new music festival concluded in the wee hours with special appearances, parties, and "secret" shows on both sides of the East River. Xtina and I were faced with the difficult choice between dancing through an unannounced Justice set at Studio B at 3am, or bopping with our Almost Gold friends to the beat of Peter and Bjorn (plus Doug from Dirty on Purpose) at Galapagos. Here is evidence of the ending we chose to this year's CMJ story:

The tiny venue of Galapagos was packed thick with bodies when we arrived, at the tail end of the Black Kids set. We waited patiently in the company of Isaac (Almost Gold), George (MuseBox), Jackie (SPIN Online), and other media folks who were barely hanging on after this week of concert insanity. Peter, Bjorn and Doug kicked off their set with a velocity that blew the tired out of our heads immediately. Peter Moren's feet were an unstoppable force. They were in hop/tap/dance hyper-drive for the duration of the show.

Towards the end, Peter got so excited that he leapt into the crowd, sacrificing the functionality of his borrowed guitar for the next song (that was Isaac's guitar).

There were a few special guests too (including Matt from Foreign Born):

The rest of CMJ Day 5 will have to be covered piece-by-piece, but I felt that this cool and cheery finale was worth reporting to you all first.

[Photos by Mina K]

Labels: almost gold, cmj, cmj 2007, galapagos, live review, peter and bjorn, peter bjorn and john, photos

Live Photos: Dan Deacon, Cult Leader [10.17.07]

Dan Deacon predictably opts for the floor over the stage at Bowery Ballroom:

Labels: cmj, cmj 2007, Dan Deacon, photos

Live Photos: Wednesday Wrap-up

I'm rushing out to catch some panels...more words and reviews coming when I can spend QT with the interweb. Meanwhile, don't forget to keep real-time tabs on Loose Record's whereabouts on Twitter!

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