Stuff I'd Show My Friends:

April’s gonna be a good month for Hippodromers. Dig dig dig:

The Netherfriends:

4.14.08 – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
5.3.08 – Detroit, MI – CAID (Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit)

The Novel Ideas:

3.20.08 – Somerville, MA – P.A.’s Lounge
3.31.08 – Boston, MA – The Paradise Lounge

The Wailing Wall:

3.20.08 – Winooksi, VT– The Monkey House
3.21.08 – Bennington, VT – Carriage Barn at Bennington College
3.22.08 – Worcester, MA – The Q
3.23.08 – Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – The Root Cellar
3.25.08 – Middletown, CT – 202 Washington St.
3.26.08 – Clifton, NJ – Chris Faroe’s House
3.27.08 – Baltimore, MD – Buchner Hall at Goucher College
3.29.08 – New York, NY – Reboot (Rats of NiMH show)
4.11.08 – Bronxville, NY– Sarah Lawrence College
4.19.08 – Brooklyn, NY – TBA (Rats of NiMH show)
4.26.08 – New York, NY – TBA

Red Sails:

3.21.08 – Ridgewood, NY – Silent Barn
3.22.08 – Greenwich, CT – Party (Undisclosed location!?)
3.23.08 – Haverford, PA – Haverford College
3.24.08 – New York, NY– TBA
3.25.08 – Annandale-on-Hudson, New York – Bard College
3.27.08 – Winooski, Vermont – Monkey House
3.28.08 – Middletown, Connecticut – Wesleyan University
3.29.08 – The Lilypad – Cambridge, Massachusetts

A couple good ones for you tonight and next weekend:

The Best, Phoebe Kreutz, Noah Britton, Air Waves, The Beets, Eskalators: Sputnik Bar, 2.8.08 (tonight)

Some nice work from a host of artists, especially notable are the Eskalators, who despite needing some more high fidelity recordings, show alot of promise. Sputnik Bar is located at 262 Taaffe Pl. Brooklyn by the Classon G stop. 8pm, and only $2!

Zombieville IX: Southpaw, 2.15.08

Zombieville doesn’t often feature unsigned bands, but is a major Hippodrome notable because of its focus on uniting the fragmented NYC music community. At the ninth installment, you’ll find luminaries such as Deer Tick, Doveman, the New York Howl, and Mark Denard. Free cookies if you show up on time. Southpaw is located at 125 Fifth ave. in Brooklyn. 8pm, $8.

Ta-ta-ta-tour dates. The only one you don’t have an excuse to miss is Mildsparrow in Australia.

Japandi:

1.9.08 – Monterey, CA – Monterey Live
1.11.08 – San Francisco, CA – The Bike Kitchen

The Lisps:

1.5.08 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub (CD Release)

Mildsparrow:

11.22.07 – Northcote, Victoria (Australia) – The After Dark

Miracles of Modern Science:

12.2.07 – New York, NY – The Lion’s Den

Sinister Turns:

11.26.07 – Somerville, MA – PA’s Lounge

Woohoo! I’m proud to announce the first of many international music festivals present by The Hippodrome! That’s right, several of The Hippodrome’s illustrious features have a few shows coming up, so if you live in North America, you don’t have an excuse to miss out on any of them. Some dandies:

Boy Crisis:

10.20.07 – New York, NY – CMJ Orchard Bar
11.16.07 – Middletown, CT – Wesleyan University
11.17.07 – Troy, NY – Renaissslaier Polytechnical Institute
12.1.07 – New York, NY – The Annex

Ross Brown:

11.3.07 – Kansas City, MO – The Roasterie

Bruce Peninsula:

11.9.07 — Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
11.16.07 – Ottawa, ON – Barrymore’s
11.24.07 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe

Pale Young Gentleman:

10.20.07 – Chicago, IL – Stasiu’s Place
11.5.07 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout
11.9.07 – Madison, WI – Wisconsin Pop Fest
11.10.07 – Minneapolis, MN – Bedlam Theater (Clapperclaw Music and Arts Festival)
12.20.07 – Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge

A bunch of our favorite artists don’t have any dates planned, so as a poor substitute, we have a couple live videos to hold you over until they do.

Zak and His Unhappy Guitar

Va Va China

See you there!