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Favorite building in NYC #nypl #libraries #scenicnyc #seen_in_nyc (at NYPL The New York Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B46fwD8ndUK/?igshid=14tijmzxotww5

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Downtown #seeyourcity #scenicnyc (at Grace Church in New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BbX96nDzC/?igshid=1dwpw4kdwb81i

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Sex On The Beach... BK version. Dream come true to play w @DjAssault1 last night! Thx @scenicnyc & @elcortezbushwick. #djassault #scenicnyc #sexonthebeach #jeffersonaverecords #fbp (at El Cortez)

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Lambchop at Warsaw in Brooklyn (June 16)

New friend of the blog Robert Johnson, (ScenicNYC and Scenic Presents.) is bringing Kurt Wagner of “Nashville’s most fucked-up country band” Lambchop to Warsaw in Brooklyn 261 Driggs Ave on Sunday June 16th as part of the 2013 Northside Festival. Get Tickets Here 

The band’s eleventh studio album Mr. M released early in 2012 is dedicated to late friend and musical collaborator Vic Chestnutt, who passed away on Christmas Day 2009. Wagner explained of Mr. M’s genesis…

“As I worked, I was approached by Mark Nevers [former full time band member & producer for the likes of Andrew Bird and Will Oldham] with the idea of making another Lambchop record. He had a concept of a sound and a method that worked with the tone of my writing. His idea was a kind of ‘psycha-Sinatra’ sound, one that involved the arranging of strings and other sounds in a more open and yet complex way.

“It was a studio creation, not a type of recording based on band performance, and this was a radical approach for us. I felt Lambchop had one more good record in us, and this time I was going to do things as directly and true to my desires as possible.”

It’s been nearly two decades since Lambchop released its first album, at the time pronouncing itself “Nashville’s most fucked-up country band.” Provocative it may have been, but the description made sense: at the heart of all that ruckus was a band at once defying and embracing the musical legacy of its hometown. Since then, Lambchop has evolved into an accomplished ensemble, adding palpable depth and substance to singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Wagner’s songs—and the band sounds as commanding as ever on its 11th album, Mr. M, a collection of meditations on love and loss and the detritus of everyday existence.

As on past Lambchop records, many of the songs on Mr. M are framed with lush strings, and there’s a restrained undercurrent of distortion and discord. The core of the music remains the cyclical picking of Wagner’s guitar and the soft, warm croaking of his voice. The songs are spacious, even dreamy, as on the Countrypolitan instrumental “Gar,” while the lyrics and titles are rich with allusions, some of them obvious, others seemingly unknowable.

For the fifth year in a row, Northside Music (June 13-16) is bringing 350 bands in a span of four dizzying days to nearly every music venue across Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Click here for the first look at our 2013 bands including Ava Luna, Black Flag (feat. Greg Ginn and Jealous Again-era vocalist Ron Reyes), Iceage, Kylesa, Lambchop, Mac DeMarco, Merchandise, The Men, Milk Music, Nü Sensae, Sonny & the Sunsets, Swans, The Toasters, Twin Sister, White Fence and another 300 are on the way.

The Northside Festival Needs Volunteers! 

You can score a Northside Music badge (valued at a cool $80) for literally no money at all. All that we ask is that you join the Northside Fest team as a volunteer. To sign up to be a Northside volunteer, click here. 

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James Maddock Duo w/ John Shannon Fri Apr. 6 @ The Grand Victory

James releases new iTunes Exclusive on March 6th! Get the Brand New Single + the New Video + the WUAD album!

James and the folks at Casa del Fuego Music and The End Records are pleased to announce the release of the new song "My Old Neighborhood" and the re-release of Wake Up and Dream Digital Deluxe as iTunes exclusive items.

The "My Old Neighborhood" EP will include the long version of the song, the radio edit, and a very cool video directed by Mary Ellen Matthews of SNL fame. The digital deluxe version of WUAD will include the two versions of "My Old Neighborhood" and the video. The song was recorded in late 2011 with the band (Aaron Comess, Oli Rockberger, John Shannon, and Drew Mortali with an assist from Counting Crows multi-instrumentalist David Immergluck) at the Brooklyn studio of industry veteran Mike Musmanno who produced and mixed the track. The song is already garnering airplay on non-comm and satellite radio. James hopes you all like the song!!! Be sure to visit him on Facebook and check out more live video on James’s Official YouTube Channel.

Bio

British born James Maddock was first recognized in the U.S as leader of the band Wood (Songs From Stamford Hill - Columbia Records). Songs From Stamford Hill, which remains a fan favorite 10 years later, produced a Top 5 Triple A hit (Stay You) and was included in the first Dawson's Creek compilation. In 2009 Maddock released the exquisite collection of songs, Sunrise On Avenue C, for which he won the 2010-11 NY Music Award for Best Americana Album. Maddock followed Sunrise in 2011 with Wake Up and Dream. NYC’s WFUV 2011 Listener's Poll named Wake Up and Dream as one of the top albums of 2011. The song “Beautiful Now”, co-written with Mike Scott of Waterboys fame, was named the #9 song of 2011 in the same poll.

Taping/Sharing Policy

James encourages fans to tape his live shows for personal use and sharing with other fans as long as the sharing is non-commercial in nature. James hopes to see you at a show soon. Happy taping!

James Maddock Duo pays The Grand Victory 245 Grand Ave (at Roebling) Brooklyn NY-- April 6 w/ John Shannon doors at 7pm show at 8pm.