Celebrate BUST Magazine’s brand new February/March issue in NYC! Baby, it’s cold outside, so why not warm up on the dance floor with DJs Dirty Finger and Amylulita (Nacotheque/Le One Night Stand)who will be spinning your favorite jams all night long? Then hit the stage room for performances from Mixel Pixel and Heloise and Savoir Faire. The first 200 guests will fall in love with goodie bags sponsored by Quirk Books, Torrid, Lollibomb Beauty, Dark Candles, BurdaStyle, MAUstudio, Tulip Fashion Paint and Aleene's Craft...

A few months back we featured these New Zealand cuties in a fashion spread in BUST, and their new video has just been released. Heather and Jonathan are the Brunettes, and if they come to your town, definitely check them out live, their shows are very fun, as I'm sure you can tell from this Mystery Date inspired vid directed by our pal Darren Roark.    ...

Do ya like the psychedelic rock? Well I sure do. Coming to a city near you is the fantastically heavy Black Mountain (Jagjaguar). Mojo calls their latest CD "a modern heavy psych masterpiece." They are on tour for the next few months in the US and Canada, check em out. Click here for dates. ...

Sweet! Our dear friends in The Ettes are playing a show with Mooney Suzuki and The Nouvellas tomorrow night at Luna Lounge in Williamburg! You probably remember The Ettes from our June party when they totally rocked our summertime ankle socks right off. They just got back to the states from a very successful European tour, so why not give them a proper homecoming with your best shimmy in the front row? Plus, The Nouvellas (a newly reformed version of The Dansettes) are playing too!...

Happy Monday kids! I feel it my obligation to make you all aware when i stumble upon a new band worthy of praise, and this is certainly one worth mentioning. Check out these adorable guys from Texas called The Orange: www.myspace.com/theorangeband and then don't miss them when they roll through your town:Jan. 16, 2008 9 PM ...

For those of you that are waiting for that Le Tigre reunion, dont hold your breath! I have no idea if that's ever happening, but in the mean time, you can check out JD Samson and Johanna's project called MEN. I bumped into JD the other night at Home on the LES and she told me about it. I think its a band, but I also know they DJ around together. Whatever it is I'm sure its smokin' And they are performing Saturday night in...

quite possibly the best music video i've ever seen. loooooooove these 2! ...

...and you will too! A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E. AU REVOIR SIMONE PLAYS SELECT DATES IN 08! New York’s own Au Revoir Simone will be playing a few very special shows this winter, taking them from coast to shining American coast.  Following a hugely successful tour opening for Air in Europe this November/December, these shows are likely to be some of the only dates Au Revoir Simone will be playing in 2008, as they begin working on the follow-up to their acclaimed debut, The Bird of Music, out now on...

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