Freakster indie-darlings Les Savy Fav are stepping up their game. Long-time residents of Frenchkiss Records - the label founded and managed by LSF bassist Syd Butler - the new Fav album will be distributed by Sony BMG. ([More →])

Those of you in the NYC area this weekend are hopefully excited about the FREE Citysol Party. You didn’t forget did you? Well, just in case you did, here’s a reminder…

The clean energy, interactive art and music festival opened tonight at 6pm with performances that included bicycle-powered turntablism by DJ Mistakes! Wow! The wheels of the bike turn the wheels of wax? Too cool! But, wait - you haven’t missed out, the festival runs all weekend long and there is great stuff happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday too! ([More →])

Perhaps you recall, waaaaaaay back at the beginning of April, I reported that Solar One and Brooklyn Vegan had teamed up to organize an FREE weekend-long event for NYC. At the time, they were still looking for volunteers, including bands, to help out. The people of NYC responded and the result is an awareness raising, green energy, arts, and music festival that will be completely powered by solar power and bio-diesel generators! Today Brooklyn Vegan announced the lineup and other goodies one can participate in during the weekend of July13-15th. For example, you can bring your energy bill to the event and switch on the spot to a green plan with ConEdison. In return you receive credit for free beer at the concert! Or, simply bring a mug and get $1 off beer! These folks know the right language to speak when talking about improving the environment!
Here is the digs from Brooklyn Vegan:

Brooklyn Vegan & Solar One present Citysol:

A FREE SHOW on SATURDAY JULY 14 (1pm-10pm) in NYC w/
LES SAVY FAV (!!)
Land Of Talk (previously announced)
O’Death (yeah)
The Besnard Lakes (previously announced)
These Are Powers (ex-Liars)
The Budos Band (funky)
Frankpollis (starring Jackson)
plus a very special performance from OCDJ
(Dance Party until the solar goes out!)

@ Solar One at Stuyvesant Cove Park - located along the East River between 18th and 23rd Streets. Solar One sits in the north end of the park, near the 23rd Street entrance and the Gulf Gas station.

Righteous! There is so much excellent information to discover, it would be difficult to reproduce all of it here, so go over to the BV and check it out:

Brooklyn Vegan Presents Citysol 2007
The Citysol page on the Solar One website

My “day job” has kept me very busy making those posts about slayer,ozzfest, ciara, etc. and it has left me with no time to keep up with my sweet artists who make the bumpin music that keeps me going through the day. so, while writing about pop music, i am secretly listening to the new roll deep album, previews of the wiley album, and wishing i could catch up on what where and who everyone is doing right now. well, before work today, i took a quick peek, and i realized that there is news that i absolutely must share with you before it is too late.

This is just a teaser, to let you know what i will be posting later this evening, but i do want you to know what’s gwan on. you can even hunt it down yourself if yr clever.

Wiley is finished with Playtime’s Over and it is in Big Dada’s hands now. Big Dada calls it “his best work to date by a long way and is very much the album we hoped for.” i knew this one was gonna be a banger! you can hear a preview of “50/50″, the first single on the album, by going to Big Dada’s website and turn the music on. The album is still set to release on June 4th. i will post more about how cool and punk rock Big Dada is, or you might glean it from listening to the new song….

Roll Deep’s new album has hit the streets and the people are lovin it! Reviews can be viewed all over the place, like <a href=”http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article2382020.ece#2007-03-23T00:00:01-00:00″>the Independent</a>, and <a href=”https://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=31456″>Boomkat</a> gives you a review, previews, and you can order the album from them! Roll Deep Crew will be playing at the Love Music Hate Racism schools trip on April 20 in London.. Links to reviews and places to listen to it will be posted later.

Apparently, Dizzee’s album is being delayed and will not come out on the same day as Wiley’s. The new release date for Math’s and English is July 2nd.

Les Savy Fav will be playing a benefit show in NYC on April 1st with The Big Sleep, and Call Me Lightning. it will be at the Bowery Ballroom, and sources claim it will sell out for sure, so to get your tix now, hit the link on the Frenchkiss Records website. Les Savy Fav will also play 2 shows in Tokyo (on their “world tour”) on May 2nd and 3rd. Call Me Lightning has a new album out, Soft Skeletons, and you can listen to a preview of a track off that album here. Be sure to comment on what you think in the comments area on spin.com as well.

Kid Koala is still on world tour and has been gracing North America with his stylish dj sets. i will post full tour info this evening. He is in Florida for the rest of this week.

By the time i get the next post up, i will probably have even more juicy bits, so stay tuned and check back here later tonight.

sorry for any major errors to this post, i am typing furiously to get it up before i go to work….