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East River Music Project benefit

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Brian Turner (WFMU), Maria Tessa Sciarrino (WPRB), and Thanaton will be DJing at the East River Music Project benefit from 6pm-11pm on July 18, 2008.
please come and visit us and support listener-supported radio’s support of listener-supported live music shows.
and as a reminder, the East River Music Project is a 501c3 organization. we work on a […]


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benefit for East River Music Project

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008 | 6-11 PM

there will be DJs, and drinks, and it will be a damn good time

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Brecht Forum
451 West Street
between Bank and Bethune
in New York f’ing City

The East River Music Project: Summer 2008 Season (our sixth season!) is made possible in part […]


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East River Music Project

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The East River Music Project’s sixth season kicked off this past Saturday, June 7, with a show curated by Lucky Dragons.
The Village Voice was there. (Twice.) So was CMJ. I expect some footage will turn up on Punkcast before too long as well.
LVHRD had some kind words to say in anticipation of the show, as […]


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Ad Nauseum

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Billboard – January 12, 2008
Ad Nauseum
by Cortney Harding
Indie Acts Battle Appropriation of Their Images
Baltimore electronic musician Dan Deacon opened his December issue of XLR8R magazine to find he’d been named one of the worst artists of the year in the reader’s poll.
But that wasn’t what prodded him into making an obscene blog post. Rather, […]


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Indie Bands Sue RJ Reynolds, Rolling Stone

Friday, December 21st, 2007

December 18, 2007
By Cortney Harding, N.Y.

As first reported by the Daily Swarm, bands Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up have filed a class action lawsuit against RJ Reynolds and Wenner Media, alleging the unauthorized use of artists’ names, unauthorized use of artist names for commercial advantage (right of publicity), and unfair business practices.
The suit stems from […]


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East River Music Project

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Footage from the Paper Thin Walls-curated show is now up on Punkcast; specifically, selections from These Are Powers and Clockcleaner.


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East River Music Project - August 11th

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

August 11
And now the lineup for our third show of the summer. Oh yes.
>> VAMPIRE WEEKEND (website | myspace )
>> JONATHAN KANE’S FEBRUARY (video | myspace )
>> MEG BAIRD (website | myspace )
August 11, 2007 | East River Amphitheater | Free
(FDR Drive @ Cherry St.)
www.ermp.org
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Acclaimed by the New York Times (”…something about their preppie, […]


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Kindercore - We aren’t dead, we were just resting.

Friday, July 13th, 2007

ATHENS, Ga., July 2, 2007 – Kindercore, the influential underground boutique record label has been reborn as an independent media label – its new roster expanded to include bands, comic book artists, analysts, t-shirt designers, and humorists from Athens, GA and beyond.
The Athens-based information and entertainment syndicate will unleash its first release since 2003 in […]


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MSNBC intensely reviews LadybiRdS - OMG PONIES!!!

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Indie Study: Sugary pop from Ladybirds
Backed by high-rising synthetic swells and the pitter patter of bouncing drum machine licks, Ladybirds bat around an 11-song repertoire of electro-dance poppers that are meant to do just that.
By Paul Olund
Updated: 3:15 p.m. ET July 6, 2007
Pop.
Ladybirds co-creators Teeter Sperber (Ley Royal Scam) and Tyler Pursel (Gym Class Heroes) […]


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RIAA Adds New Colleges and Students to its Hit List

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

from Ray Beckerman at The Recording Industry vs. The People:
RIAA Adds New Colleges and Students to its Hit List
p2pnet.net reports that the RIAA has sent 405 more blackmail letters, adding to its hitlist an additional 23 universities, including Boston University (50 pre-litigation settlement letters), Columbia University (20), Dartmouth College (11), DePaul University (18), Drexel University […]


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