Break out the 2-ply —it’s the last episode of the season! Tune in as we try to squeeze in every last drop of newly acquired content, such as promotional music video assets by Goldrapp, Lykke Li, Mum, Noah & the Whale, Santogold, Tegan & Sara, Hot Chip, Hercules & Love Affair, The Presets, Meneguar, Health, The Death Set, and Ungdomskulen. Holy cow, there’s more: Ladybug Transistor cribs, a terrifying interview with Interpol, Patty Pitchfork returns, and a SXSW 2008 recap with clips of High Places, She & Him, Ruby Suns, Fleet Foxes, Cut Copy and more.
Do you like music? If you don’t, then stay away from this episode. That’s right folks- The Go! Team, Kid Sister, Metronomy, Justice, Tilly & the Wall, Spinto Band, M83, Tunng, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Animal Collectice, Prinzhorn Dance School—you name it, we got it! But that’s not all- join Simian Mobile Disco for an interview, Seth of Les Savy Fav for a tour of his apartment, Yeasayer for a fashion segment, the New York Noise street team for post-video commentary, and lots more.
This episode brings new friends and familiar faces. Ezra of Vampire Weekend takes us on a crib-steez tour of his uptown apartment, Sons and Daughters and Les Savy Fav weigh in on some videos, and the indie-lovin’ granny Patty Pitchfork joins the show by reading one of her favorite new music reviews. There’s plenty more, plus a slew of videos from the ruby suns, the shins, this is ivy league, cut off your hands, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, vampire weekend, black lips, king khan, teenagers, lcd soundsystem, band of horses, the mae shi, and a handful of others.
Nothing too unusual here, just another delightful episode of New York Noise! Join heartthrob extraordinaire Mark Ronson as he goes record shopping at Other Music, with a special cameo appearance by Peter of Peter Bjorn & John. Also, Rob Crow of Pinback discusses his new video from the backseat of a taxi, and The Klaxons weigh in on Calvin Harris. Plus videos by Andrew Thompson, The Sea & Cake, Le Loup (live on kexp!), Basia Bulat, Headlights, Au Revoir Simone, The Clientele, MGMT, Klaxons, Love of Diagrams & more!
In this episode we touch base with our best friends The Hold Steady! Catch their performance of “Chips Ahoy” from their KEXP session, and an interview with lead singer Craig Finn. Then we hit the streets for some video comments, Au Revoir Simone continue their VJ Search, and Les Savy Fav state their opinions on No Age. Plus, 14, yes, 14 music videos. New ones from Adam Green, The Go! Team, The Mountain Goats, Parts & Labor, Evangelicals, The Long Blondes, Pete & The Pirates & more!
It may not be holiday season anymore, but its definitely time for Brooklyn's Les Savy Fav to join the show, with lead singer Tim Harrington giving us a wild & wooly lesson on Hanukkah-- lighting candles, spinning dreidels, and giving out menorahs in Soho! Also, catch Jens Lekman talking about his new video, Vampire Weekend commenting on a video by The National, an interview with The Klaxons, and an exclusive live KEXP performance by The Harlem Shakes. This episode includes music videos by Jens Lekman, Dr. Dog, Panda Bear, Helio Sequence, Les Savy Fav, Imani, Of Montreal, Cut Copy, The Klaxons, and more.
New York Noise gets a piece of Brooklyn's Yeasayer with an interview and a live performance of their hot smash hit single "2080," exclusively recorded live at KEXP. You'll also get the VIP treatment when we go behind the scenes of a video by Ladybug Transistor. Catch other features with Mark Ronson, The Black Kids, and more, plus the New York Noise VJ Search continues. Music videos in this episode include The Dodos, Au Revoir Simone, Shout Out Louds, Super Furry Animals, MGMT, Jeremy Jay, CSS, Holy Hail, and Jamie T.
The new season kicks off with NYC's indie darlings Vampire Weekend taking us on a tour of Morningside Heights, the delightful neighborhood home to Columbia University, St. John's Cathedral, and Taqueria y Fonda. Then catch the first installment of the New York Noise V.J. search 2008 hosted by Au Revoir Simone, plus an interview with The Liars, a CMJ fashion recap, and other surprises. Music videos in this episode include The Thermals, My Teenage Stride, Hot Chip, Ra Ra Riot, Digitalism, New Young Pony Club, Love of Diagrams, O'Death, Vampire Weekend, The Liars, and an exclusive performance by Simian Mobile Disco recorded live at the KEXP CMJ broadcast.
Meet the executive board of New York Noise! Some suits take over the show, conducting a New York Noise video screening to see which videos will make the cut for the show. What is the Return on Investment of Bright Eyes? Do Herman Dune have what it takes to make it on the show? Do The Shins appeal to the target demographic? Stay tuned and you will find out. Plus, cameo appearances by Andrew Thompson and The Oxford Collapse as they bring in their music videos to the board.
Aspiring bloggers Peggy & Roy go head to head in the quest for band interviews at the SXSW Music Festival for the New York Noise Blogger War!! Catch them as they compete for interviews with Peter Bjorn & John, The Pipettes, Menomena, Dan Deacon, Fujiya & Miyagi, Matt & Kim, Voxtrot, Elvis Perkins and more! Plus, music videos by the aforementioned bands.
Today we salute our elders by voicing their thoughts on indie rock. See what they have to say about some of New York’s indie favorites, like The Hold Steady & Albert Hammond Jr. Plus, more videos by Of Montreal, Nicole Atkins, Dr. Dog, The Knife and more.
This is what Antique Roadshow would be like if it only focused on music memorabilia and if a fair amount of the statements in the show were largely false. At the WFMU Record Fair, our reliable panel of appraisers affixes a monetary value to items ranging from an empty Judas Priest record to a dancing James Brown doll. Plus, music videos from Human Television, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Magnetic Fields, Stephen Malkmus, Danielson, Animal Collective, Barbara Morgenstern, The Embassy, Tough Alliance, Dr. Octagon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Talking Heads.
To celebrate Disability Mentoring Day, the annual event that helps people with disabilities explore career opportunities, we hand the show over to one of its participants, Wayne Thomas, who takes us behind the scenes of the New York City music industry. In this episode, Wayne interviews people at the local record label DFA and at the online music store Insound.com, and a music journalist from Time Out New York. Plus, new videos by The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Goldfrapp, Moby, CSS, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Tahiti 80 and The Knife.
This episode was an experiment to see how many delicious indie nuggets we could fit into one hour of television. The answer is a lot. The loveable wannabe hip-hop rapper MC Steinberg takes us through this year’s CMJ Music Marathon and interviews The Shins, The Rapture, Hot Chip, Presets, Fields, Forward Russia!, Girl Talk, Mobius Band, The Knife and Tokyo Police Club. Plus, we have exclusive live performances of Hot Chip, Fields, Forward Russia, The Shins and Tokyo Police Club at the KEXP in-studio performances from CMJ.
Marc is about to become a man and he’s not going to let anyone stop him from celebrating it in style. In this episode, we follow the planning & execution of his bar-mitzvah disco. Ukelele pop sensation Michael Leviton performs at the bar-mitzvah to what one might call an enthusiastic response. Catch music videos by The Spinto Band, Tom Vek, The Strokes, Locksley, The Thermals, Art Brut, The Klaxons, Klaus Nomi, Jose Gonzalez, Menomena, Oliver Laric, Ralph Myerz & Jack Herren Band and Hot Chip.
New York Noise takes a summer vacation over to Chicago for one of the most exciting independent music festivals of the year, the Pitchfork Music Festival. We mixed and mingled with all the stars of today, including CSS, The Futureheads, The Mountain Goats, Aesop Rock, Yo La Tengo with Fred Armisen and roving fruit correspondent Ted Leo. Catch some clips from the festival on this episode, plus music videos by The Heavy Blinkers, Pavement, The Futureheads, Beirut, M. Ward, Mountain Goats, CSS, Ted Leo, Forward Russia and Yo La Tengo.
This episode we catch up with the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, but not before we get a lesson or two at Ethel’s Music Camp. Also, catch videos by Platic Operator, Dr. Octagon, Asobi Seksu, Dick & Dee Dee, Michael Leviton, El Perro Del Mar, The Klaxons, Dan Deacon, Danielson, Sonic Youth, Dungen, Art Brut, Arctic Monkeys and The Cribs.
This summer, New York Noise teamed up with the East River Music Project concert series for a free outdoor show with performances by Saturday Looks Good To Me, Mobius Band, Human Television and Meneguar. If you missed it, you can catch live videos of their performances on this episode; if you were there, you can now relive the magic from the comfort of your own home! This episode also follows the travails of Fallen Angel Crying who tries to finagle the bagel his way onto the stage. Music videos by Field Music, Mates of State, Oliver Laric, Camera Obscura, Broken Social Scene, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Supersystem, Services, and Psapp.
Cue the dancing gorillas— its time to shoot the music video for NYC pop sensation Beirut! At the Sweet N’ Low sugar factory in Brooklyn we take you behind the scenes of the production of the music video for “Scenic World” by Beirut and then present you with the world premiere. Other music videos in this episode include Jamie Lidell, Feist, Regina Spektor, Jose Gonzalez, TV on the Radio, Kudu, Spank Rock, Figurines, The Spinto Band, I’m from Barcelona, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names and The Besties.
Nothing spells a day by the sunny shores of Coney Island like hot dogs, beach balls, and all your favorite indie rock bands! In this episode we cover the 6th Annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival at Coney Island with this episode’s host, Staci Shands, the pageant winner known as Ms. New York America International. Staci interviews Art Brut, Dirty on Purpose, Man Man, Celebration, Serena Maneesh, Rogers Sisters, Tapes N Tapes, The Cribs and Stars using scintillating pageant questions. Catch live performances from the Siren Festival of Man Man, Serena Maneesh, Cribs, Stars and Art Brut plus music videos from Dirty on Purpose, Tapes N Tapes, Islands, Rogers Sisters and Hot Chip
Don’t miss this episode—it could save your life. If you’ve been slacking on your fire safety skills, or just need a little refresher, join the Fiery Furnaces in a fun adventure in fire prevention with NYC’s bravest at Ladder 54 Engine 8, The Pride of Midtown. Catch videos by Irving, The Futureheads, Kelley Stoltz, Islands, Sonic Youth, Rogers Sisters, The Presets, The Real Tuesday Weld, They Might Be Giants, and the new one from The Fiery Furnaces. From their Marcata recording studio in Harlem, NYC’s The Walkmen host New York Noise. Hamilton & Walter discuss life in the City and introduce videos, including ones by artists who have the same manager as the one they fired. Catch videos by Fischerspooner, DJ Spooky, Jason Forrest, We Are Scientists, Spoon, Neko Case, Band of Horses, Dirty on Purpose, Serena Maneesh, and a trio of videos by the Walkmen. During last year’s Take Your Kids to Work Day, New York Noise let kids take over the show to let us know what’s hot and what’s not. This year, naturally, we handed over control to the kids once again! They’ll give you the final word on music videos from these artists: The Cloud Room, Ezra Reich, LCD Soundsystem, The Knife, Blondie, Phofo, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, and more. KID POWER! This episode of New York Noise is your one-off chance to travel back in time to catch some classic and hard-to-find post-punk videos. But wait, theres more - Simon Reynolds, author of the new book “Rip It Up and Start Again: a history of post-punk” hosts the show while some nice kids get post-punk haircuts at Dr. Mikes barber shop on Church St. in Manhattan. Expect videos from The Talking Heads, Oraneg Juice, OMD, Klaus Nomi, A Certain Ratio, ESG, Josef K, Franz Ferdinand, Monochrome Set, Devo & The Raincoats! You want purple pants? We got purple pants. Want ladies in Bio-suits at the airport? We got that, too. Take a journey into the dirty south, well, Austin, TX, for the biggest music festival of the year, of the millennium, in the history of the whole world. Join fashion correspondent Peggy Wang, Pitchfork’s Ryan Schreiber pretending he is Morrissey, Aziz Ansari & Paul Scheer with their secret shows (third eye blind in the bathroom), and Art Brut, Ted Leo, Au Revoir Simone, Serena Maneesh, Calla, and more at this years SXSW. We have performance footage from The New Pornographers, Joggers, Love is All, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Matt & Kim, Meneguar, Psychic Ills, Art Brut, Boy Least Likely To, Belle & Sebastian, and Afrirampo. Music videos from Baby Dayliner, The Go! Team, Pizzicato Five, Shugo Tokumaru, Arctic Monkeys, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Menomena, and Ivy League. Play a song for us, purple pants man! Hey Kids! It’s time for the Adam Green Variety Hour. NYC’s anti-folk poster boy Adam Green takes over the show with a cast of friends. Together they join in musical harmony and share in a joyous celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim, and do other things you couldn’t possibly understand. You’ll also be titillated with three music videos by Adam, including his new video for “Nat King Cole,” plus videos by Jenny Lewis, Rogue Wave, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Animal Collective, The Strokes, Langhorne Slim, Mr. Scruff, Human Television, and The Knife. At an early age, German-born Walter Kuhr decided he wanted to play an instrument, “preferably one bigger than the recorder or triangle,” which marked the beginning of his rise towards becoming the Accordion King of New York City. Today Walter talks all things accordion: running the Main Squeeze Accordion shop on Essex Street and conducting the Main Squeeze Orchestra, NYC’s only all-female accordion orchestra. Susan Hwang of the Orchestra joins Walter to gossip about the other girls. Catch clips of the orchestra in action, plus music videos by The Envelopes, Of Montreal, Gogol Bordello, The Cloud Room, The Walkmen, Test Icicles, The Liars, Burnside Project, Annie, Phofo, Ezra Reich, and The Peachwaves. We’re at the coolest awards show ever. The Oscars? No. The Grammys? No. The Screen Actors Guild Awards? No. We’re talking about the PLUG Awards. The loveable Aziz Ansari once again takes the mic on New York Noise and guides us through the wonderful world of the 2006 PLUG independent music awards at Irving Plaza. Catch live performances from The PLUG Awards by Beans & The Holy F*ck, Celebration, Emiliana Torrini, Chad VanGaalen, and The National, plus features with TV on the Radio, Claire & Patrick OhMyRockness.com, Jack Rabid of Big Takeover, Nick Sylvester, and other noteables. Plus the usual batch of delightful music videos. As the year
comes to an end, we take a look back at all the
beautiful times we had. Like when JD from Le Tigre
talked about her crushes, and when Casey of Fischerspooner
was none too happy when the ice cream man gave
him the wrong topping. Oh, and who can forget
the kids who trashed Cat Power? Oh, all those
beautiful memories, and plenty more. Now we can
re-live them together. Plus, the best videos of
2005, including The National, Jason Forrest, M.I.A.,
The Go! Team, Out Hud, and others that we wont
give away because we want it to be suspenseful. NYC group The Hold Steady take their message
to the streets and perform for a variety of boys
& girls in Queens at The Variety Club Boys
& Girls Club of Queens. The kids also have
a chance to interview the band and ask them questions
about what its like to be musicians, and if they
live in mansions. Music videos by Ivy, The Clientele,
Magic Numbers, Pia Fraus, Snoozer, Sons &
Daughters, Cornelius, No-Neck Blues Band, Talking
Heads, The Double, Bright Eyes, the Bats, and
Run On. Roger Lodge
was out of town, but J from The Cloud Room and
Nicole Atkins of Nicole Atkins and the Sea were
available to partake in our Indierock Blind Date.
Join J and Nicole on their quest for True Love
as they take a private Punk Rope class, enjoy
a fine dinner, and sing a karaoke duet at Lit
Lounge. Music Videos? Yes, we have those too.
Wolf Parade, Grizzly Bear, Bright Lights, Beat
Happening, The Knife, Matt Pond PA, plenty more
as per usual. Keeping up with
the coolest music isn’t easy—that’s why we enlisted
Thadius P. Scornburner and Nigel P. Radcliffe,
fake music editors-in-chief of the very best website
in the world- pitchforkmedia.com - to help you
out. They look a lot like the sexy NYC comedians
Aziz Ansari & Rob Huebel, but don’t be fooled.
Thadius & Nigel teach us the ins & outs
of indierock and introduce us to some hot new
bands, like an obscure group called “Cold Play.”
Remember, you heard it here first! Plus videos
by Pinback, My Morning Jacket, Devendra Banhart,
Pavement, Chalets, Bloc Party, Burnside Project,
LCD Soundsystem, The Go! Team, and more!We’re certainly
not going to Kentucky, but we are in fact going
to the fair. The WFMU Record Fair that is! WFMU
music & programming director Brian Turner
takes us around New York City’s largest annual
record fair. Behold WFMU radio personalities exposed
on camera—DJ Trouble, OCDJ, the inimitable Small
Change, Mac of Antique Phonograph, and other special
cameo appearances. And the best part- Brian Turner
shares some selections from his music video collection,
including rare videos by Afrirampo, Lightning
Bolt, The Fall, Serge Gainsbourg, Captain Beefheart,
Devo, Deerhoof and more! Tres Bien!Its awesome
when people are awesome, and the peoples of Oneida
are indubitably awesome. Baby Jane and Kid Millions
of the Brooklyn trio Oneida play most delightful
hosts to New York Noise from their studio in Williamsburg.
They discuss the NYC music scene and the effects
being in a band has had on their lives, and give
us a blinged out tour of their studio. If that’s
not enough Oneida to get you excited, there’s
also a rocking and wholly entrancing 8+ minute
performance of Oneida, recorded by Joly of punkcast.com
at the East River Music Project (ermp.org) concert
this past summer. Plus new videos by Jason Forrest,
Antony & The Johnsons, Shout Out Louds, Mother
and the Addicts, The Peachwaves , Goblin Cock,
and plenty more.
On a beautiful
end-of-summer day, Brooklyn’s delightful rock
quartet Bishop Allen pack their guitars and ketchup
and walk up the death trap that is the ladder
that leads to the rooftop upon which a BBQ is
to be held. At said BBQ, Bishop Allen do BBQ things,
as well as play one of their new songs for us.
This episode features a cameo and guest directing
duties by Andrew Bujalski, director of “Funny
Ha Ha,” one of the most charming indie films to
come out recently. Plus videos by Mates of State,
Coco Rosie, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon, Bloc Party,
Out Hud, Smog, Fiery Furnaces, and more. I’m not one
to pick favorites, but this may very well be the
best episode of New York Noise yet! Take one part
comedian Eugene Mirman, one part music man Langhorne
Slim, add in some fried scallops, cake displays,
and a giant Pikachu, and you have yourself some
A++ television. Catch music videos by 33hz, Cut
Copy, Langhorne Slim, The Magic Numbers, The Ramones
and more. Plus! Clips from bands who performed
at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon—the 25th marathon,
no less. Clips include Au Revoir Simone and Mahogany,
who both performed at the New York Noise CMJ Showcase
at Cakeshop. And then you have The Besties, Of
Montreal, The Hold Steady, Why?, Tomorrow’s Friend,
The Castanets, and Skeletons & the Girl-Faced
Boys, and punkcast.com CMJ footage of The Gossip,
Blood on the Wall, and The Test-Icicles.This summer
marked the first Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
in New York City. For one week, 75 girls ages
8-18 gathered to have fun and learn how to make
music. In this episode, the organizers talk about
the mission and logistics of the camp. You can
catch clips of the girls at their final performance,
plus candid confessions from them on the lunchroom
floor about the drama that comes with being rock
n roll superstars. Videos by Dirty on Purpose,
Stars, Sons & Daughters, The Legends, and
more, plus OK Go’s “A Million Ways” exemplifying
how to make the awesomest video with nearly no
budget. Dave Martin,
employee extraordinaire of Beggars Group, and
Carl Newman of the New Pornographers host this
episode from the Beggars Group 10th Anniversary
in New York Party. From this star-studded event
we feature cameos by Martin Mills, Fred Armisen,
Dead Meadow, Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham,
Ben Goldberg, and other D-listers. Plus, strictly
music videos from the Beggars Group catalogue,
including New Pornographers, The Double, Calla,
The Avalanches, M/A/R/R/S, Cocteau Twins, Charlatans,
The Pixies, and other nice things.This episode
we focus on Klaus Nomi, the enigmatic figure on
the New York scene in the early 80s. With his
operatic vocals and alien-like appearance, Klaus
Nomi stretched the boundaries of the New Wave
and became an unforgettable presence, even two
decades after passing away as an early victim
of AIDS. We will be airing some Klaus Nomi performances
as well as clips from “The Nomi Song” – an insightful
documentary about the life and times of Klaus
Nomi, which was just released as a DVD on Palm
Pictures. Man Parrish and Richard Barone, who
had worked closely with Klaus, will also be talking
about him. And catch music videos by Architecture
in Helsinki, Of Montreal, The Cloud Room, LCD
Soundsystem, and more.Its New York’s
favorite family slideshow players --- The Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players! Jason, Tina, and supercutie
10-year old drummer Rachel take over the tube
and host New York Noise right out of their East
Village apartment. They’ll be talking about the
benefits of having a family band and other highly
conceptual matters, followed by an acoustic performance
from a bed. Plus catch music videos by M83, Spoon,
Arcade Fire, Mr. Scruff, Interpol, and more.We know you
want some good summer reading recommendations,
and surely you want to become more familiar with
NYC’s forefront indiepop group “My Favorite”—Now
you can have it all! It’s what you’ve always dreamed
of! “My Favorite” hosts New York Noise from The
New York Public Library while dispensing some
fine reading recommendations and talking a bit
about the band and their superstardom in Sweden.
Plus music videos by Emiliana Torrini, Jennifer
Gentle, Iron & Wine and more, and some clips we
shot at this years SXSW music festival, including
Voxtrot, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Dirty on Purpose,
Hot Chip, Kings of Convenience, Ariel Pink, and
more!During Take
Your Kids to Work Day 2005, New York Noise producer
Shirley Braha applied the skills she acquired
making $2/hr as a summer camp counselor and schooled
the children of the City in the sounds from the
underground. As it turns out though, the kids
are the ones who give us some schooling. After
you enjoy some videos by Sparks, The Real Tuesday
Weld, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Adam
Green and more, you’ll hear some assertive arguments
as to why you are stupid for liking it. A life
altering episode, not to be missed!Things take
a turn for the bizarre as Ben Goldberg of The
Leaf Label hosts New York Noise with “Top 40 Me”-
a spin-off of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “Super-Size
Me.” Allowing himself to be our guinea pig, Ben
Goldberg replaces the indie in his diet with a
heavy stream of Top 40. This episode includes
a cameo appearance by expert Jay Ruttenberg of
Time Out NY’s music staff. Plus music videos by
M.I.A., Solvent, Antony & the Johnsons, Caribou
and more!Warren Fischer
and Casey Spooner of Fischerspooner host this
episode right out of their studio space in Williamsburg.
Highlights include an intense ice-cream truck
encounter and an exploration of hard feelings
and soft emotions between Warren & Casey as they
battle it out right on camera. Plus music videos
by ESG, Sonic Youth, Beck, Matisyahu, Enon, Talking
Heads, and more.This week the
Brooklyn rock quintet “The National” gets interviewed
by an alligator at the release party for their
new album released on Beggars Banquet. We’ll also
be airing footage of The National performing at
their release party at Williamsburg’s Supreme
Trading. Plus music videos straight off the dubbing
decks from Bright Eyes, Sleater-Kinney, Annie,
The Shout Out Louds + tons more!
Over a really expensive cup of tea, New York Noise is graced with the presence of Tommy Ramone, original drummer of the Ramones! He’ll be talking about “End of the Century,” a truly interesting and insightful documentary on the Ramones, which is currently being released on DVD. Tommy will also be introducing videos as well as answering viewer’s etiquette questions! We’ll be airing classic Ramones videos, “Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio,” “Rock & Roll High School” and “I Wanna Be Sedated,” and clips from the DVD. Plus videos by Fischerspooner, My Favorite, Brazilian Girls, and some other great new videos!
The votes are in: Cupcakes are awesome, and NYC's Animal Collective are too! Put 'em together and who knows what could happen! At Sugar Sweet Sunshine, a bakery in the Lower East Side, i interviewed this psych-folk band over a bakers dozen. Hear them talk about the transition from playing in their basements in Baltimore (much to the bewilderment of their parents), to selling out shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Music videos by Ariel Pink, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, Devendra Banhart, Matisyahu and more. Thanks goes out to Cupcake Queen Rachel Kramer Bussel at cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com
When Steve Herbst began whistling as a child in Brooklyn, little did he know he would one day become the International Whistling Champion. At the Central Park Zoo, we interviewed Steve about his fight to the top. While Steve has a broad whistling repertoire of Broadway & classical songs, he was so kind as to grace us with whistled renditions of the musical stylings of Adam Green, M.I.A., My Favorite, The Postal Service, Jens Lekman and more. We'll also air non-whistled renditions by said bands, plus new videos by The National, Dirty Projectors, Aberfeldy and more.
The dashing men of NYC's 33hz host an episode of New York Noise while preparing the classiest of dinners, which includes the southern delicacy known as a turducken- a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed inside a turkey. Mmmmm....Delicious? Dont miss this! Music videos by Regina Spektor, Annie, Emiliana Torrini, Sonic Youth, Supersystem and more, plus a video of 33hz which includes footage of them performing at Joe's Pub and at NYC TV's Winter launch event in February. Big thanks to David Guinan for his directing skills on this episode, and to Matt Brocchini for the use of the “Turducken Song.”
When WFMU DJ and musician Jason Forrest AKA Donna Summer returned to New York to play at the Knitting Factory and throw a party for a release on his new label, Cock Rock Disco, we made sure to catch up with him. At Greenpoint’s Luncheonette Fountain we interviewed Jason about his music, his alter ego, working in a sub sandwich shop, and gardening tips. Music videos from Beck, LCD Soundsystem, Royksopp, Kings of Convenience and more, plus video clips of Jason from his Knitting Factory show by Corey Smith, and the video for Jason Foresst’s “Steppin Out” directed by Jon Watts.
To submit a video, send a DVD or mini DV to:
Shirley Braha
New York Noise/ NYC TV
1 Centre St., 28th Floor
New York, NY 10007
sbraha@tv.nyc.gov
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