Central Village Blog - Bands on tour

• The 40 Best Songs of 2007

  I'm not gonna do an albums of the year list because there were hardly any full albums that I really got into. Of Montreal, Tegan and Sara, The Maccabees, Paramore and...thats about it. There were lots of albums I listened to, but hardly anything that I went back to over...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Band Of Horses ON TOUR (US)
  • Black Kids ON TOUR (US/UK)
  • Black Lips ON TOUR (US/UK)
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Feist
  • Is
  • Kellie Pickler ON TOUR (US)
  • The Kings
  • Okkervil River
  • Paramore ON TOUR (US)
  • The Photo Atlas
  • Pinback ON TOUR (UK)
  • Plain White T's ON TOUR (US)
  • Ryan Adams ON TOUR (US)
  • Tegan And Sara
  • This
  • Vampire Weekend ON TOUR (US/UK)
• There's Paramore Where That Came From

  You'd think that, going to see a band with one popular, breakthrough album, you're bound to hear both your favorite songs. So how on earth did Paramore, one of my favorite bands of the year, get through an entire 80 minute set without playing Hallelujah? That's one of my top...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Paramore ON TOUR (US)
• MTV and MIA

  I watch videos on MTV in the morning sometimes. Recently, they've been picking a lesser-known, or "indie" band to feature during the commercial breaks.Live clips, video bits, interviews, etc. This week is apparently MIA week, and they seem to have kicked up the in-between band exposure quite a bit. So...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Lupe Fiasco ON TOUR (US)
  • M.I.A
  • Rilo Kiley
• Yikes

  Hearing the Garden crowd boo Steph every time he touched the ball was depressing. Really really low. Maybe the lowest point I've felt at a Knicks fan. You do that to the guy on the other team who talked shit in the pregame, or the guy who started a fight...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Is
• Orange Box, Uncharted, COD 4, Heavenly Sword, and Stranglehold

  I'm gonna have a lot of free time this Thanksgiving, and I'm totally looking forward to catching up and finishing a bunch of games I've started/purchased over the last few months. First off, Orange Box, which I've actually already gotten a good chunk through already. I had never played all...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Is
  • The Sword ON TOUR (US/UK)
• The Last Couple Nights: Dashboard Confessional, Kid Nation, Black Angels, The CMA's and The Knicks

  Two nights ago I went out to see Dashboard at Highline. Enjoyable show. Old crowd (maybe 21+ to get in?) Played solo/acoustic, mostly songs off his earlier albums, which was nice since I cant name three songs he's put out since '...Come to Fear the Most.' He's a major cornball...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • The Black Angels ON TOUR (UK)
  • Dashboard Confessional ON TOUR (UK)
• The Office is Terrible

  The office is SO BAD. How did they screw this up?? The hour long thing was an awful, awful idea. The last two episodes started ok, then Michael starts acting craaaazy, Dwight tags along, then all the rest fall into stereotypes of themselves. God. I feel like the writers were...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Is
• I Like Chuck. A lot.

  I wasn't sure if this was needed yet, but after Stereogum's off the cuff burnjob and apparently declining ratings, I feel the need to chime in here. While you, dear reader, may not care for my music recommendations any longer (don't get me started on how amazing that new Maroon...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Is
• Dessert Truck, Rickshaw Dumplings and La Mia Pizza

  On my way home from getting the videogame mentioned in the previous post, I walked down East 8th street on my way home. A couple stops... La Mia Pizza is closed. For renovations...to be converted into one of those Sbarro-ripoff mall pizza places, "Fratelli's Pizza." Considering Mama Mia up the...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • M.I.A