DJ in Bushwick

Kevchino & The Sky Report writer Scot Bowman will be spinning some tunes on his laptop in at Northeast Kingdom this Saturday (01/31) at 10:00pm. L train to Jefferson, look for the wooden deer sign on Wykcoff. For more details visit here.

Kevchino (iPhone) mobile users get site update

Attention Kevchino iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry users. Time to Bookmark kevchino.com. The kevchino website will now detect your iPhone and forward you to a newly formatted webpage to view our reviews. Our site developer BUXjr, just finished the final touches on mobile site 1.0. In the months to come he'll add more features. To return to the review list after reading a review, click the button at the bottom of the review labeled "Back To Reviews." Visit kevchino.com on your mobile device to test out our new mobile version.

To view the site full screen a feature for iPhone and iPod Touch users: Visit the kevchino site on Safari then hit the + sign at the bottom of the page and click "Add To Home Screen" then click "add." Then the site will run full screen and a kevchino icon will appear on your home screen like in the photo below for instant access to our reviews.

Coachella Dates Announced

Goldenvoice has confirmed the dates for this year’s COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL- Friday, April 17, Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19--to be followed a weekend later by STAGECOACH: California’s Country Music Festival, set for Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26. The two critically acclaimed events will again take place at the breathtakingly beautiful Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA, the same grounds where the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL debuted in 1999.

DUMBO Art Festival

The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is pleased to present the D.U.M.B.O. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL,™ sponsored by Current TV, now in its 12th year. Over the FESTIVAL weekend, art will be happening everywhere: streets, sidewalks, storefronts, elevators, lobbies, the water, the waterfront, parks, nooks, crannnies, on the NY Water Taxi, and more. Along with the 65+ new public art projects, over 100 local artists will open their studios to the public and at the new Galapagos Art Space, video_dumbo will feature a non-stop program of cutting edge video art from NYC and around the world.

The Deli Magazine are having a show/party on Saturday in Dumbo, during the Art Under the Bridge Festival. There will be something like 21 bands playing from 2pm until ?

Record Riot Returns!

The Brooklyn Record Riot! returns next Sunday, September 28th at The Warsaw in Greenpoint on Driggs Ave. The show runs from 11 AM til 8 PM. Admssion is $3. Early admission, from 9-11 AM, is $20. There are many of the same dealers as the 1st show and a bunch of new ones, as well. The show is sold out for dealers so there should, once again, be a great spread of goods. Food, Drink, Fun, DJ's, Records, etc.

Radiohead Rekoner Re/Mixes

Radiohead is at again with the Re-Mixes. This time it is the song "Reckoner," a tune that is in 4/4 time unlike the last remix they did of "Nude," which was in 6/8 time. Once again you can download the six individual tracks of vocals, piano, drums, bass, guitar and backing vocals but this time instead of reaming you for .99 cents each track you get all six for under a buck. Check it out at www.radioheadremix.com. Even Diplo stepped up for a remix.

Kevchino Blog Resumes

Sorry for the lack of content over the last two weeks. I had a family emergency out in California. I am back in NYC and will resume blogging shortly.

Free Chemical Brothers Download

The Chemical Brothers have a free download here in trade for your email address of "Hey Boy Hey Girl (Soulwax 2 Many DJ's Remix." The Chemical Brothers are playing a one off, free DJ gig at the Forever Heavenly Festival. They will be taking over the lobby of the Royal Festival Hall for one night only, playing a very special one off DJ set in the company of their old friends at Heavenly Recordings. This gig is ticketed but is entirely free.

Lykke Li plays free Amoeba Records LA show

Sweden's Lykke Li plays a free show tonight August 25th 6:30pm at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, CA.

Outside Lands Begins - Radiohead in SF

AT&T will be hosting live coverage at www.attblueroom.com/music and Kevchino music reviewer Dru will be sending in some posts!

Damon Albarn goes for the Monkey

September 23rd Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, Mali Music, The Good, the Bad and the Queen) will release a new LP entitled Monkey, Journey to the West. Journey to the West is performed by both European and Chinese musicians and singers and produced by Damon Albarn. The LP is based on the opera Monkey Journey to the West, the album is a natural development of the art and music which Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn created with director Chen Shi-Zheng. All formats come with a lyric book in Mandarin with Pinyin and English translations. You can read our review here. Visit www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com for more details.

Sunset Junction 2008

If your in California, head for the gates to Silver Lake this weekend for 2008's Sunset Junction. Saturday's headliner Isaac Hayes was scheduled to headline at the Sunset Junction Music Festival before his death. The festival has announced that friend of Hayes and a legendary soul man himself, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) will perform in his place. The Festival takes place from 10am till 11pm both Saturday and Sunday, August 23rd and 24th.

Stereolab "Spool of Collusion" 7" Inch

The cat is out of the bag Stereolab is still an amazing band proven by their new LP Chemical Chords. Read our review here. If you pre-order their new LP you get a free 7 inch of "Spool of Collusion" and B-side "Forensic Itch" (pictured above) while supplies last. Both tracks our not on the standard jewel case edition of Chemical Chords. And if you catch the Lab on tour this year you can pick up another tour only 7-inch which will include the tracks "Explosante Fixe" and "L`exotisme Intérieur."

Isaac Hayes RIP

Soul legend Isaac Hayes (Chef on South Park) was found dead in his home located just east of Memphis, Tennessee on August 10, 2008 as reported by the Shelby County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Department. A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy responded to Hayes' home after his wife found him on the floor near a still-running treadmill. Hayes was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08pm. We just saw him perform an amazing free show in Brooklyn's Prospect Park this June.

Burial is not J. D. Salinger

The once unknown artist Burial released a statement on his MySpace blog that is he is in fact not the writer J. D. Salinger or DJ Fatboy Slim or even the cartoon drawing on his debut LP but his real name is Will Bevan. His site read:"hi for a while theres been some talk about who i am, but its not a big deal i wanted to be unknown because i just want it to be all about thetunes. over the last year the unknown thing become an issue so im not into it anymore. im a lowkey person and i just want to make some tunes, nothing else. my names will bevan, im from south london, im keeping my head down and just going to finish my next album, theres going to be a 12" maybe in the next few weeks too with 4 tunes. hope u like it, i'll try put a tune up later sorry for any rubbish tunes i made in the past, ill make up for it a big big thank you to anyone who ever supported me, liked my tunes or sent me messages, it means the world to me. big up everyone, take care, will ( burial )"

Brooklyn Record Riot!

Get ready for buying some vinyl! Over forty record dealers plus beer, pierogies, kielbasa and live DJ's will invade Brooklyn this Saturday June 28th! The Brooklyn Record Riot will open its door from 11am-8pm at Warsaw which will supposedly be air-conditioned.

1am Modest Mouse Show Tonight in Brooklyn!

Tonight Friday, June 20th after Modest Mouse open for REM at Madison Square Gardens the band will cross over to Brooklyn to play a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg at 1am! The tickets go on sale at noon at Ticket Master.

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band

Conor Oberst is now working with The Mystic Valley Band (his friends). Together they're releasing an album this August on Merge Records. The band holed up January and February of this year in a mountain villa studio in Tepoztlán, Morelos, México to record the album. It was produced by Conor Oberst with much help from engineer and long time associate Andy LeMaster. Click here to stream a few tracks "Danny Callahan" and "Souled Out!!!," and check out the bands tour dates in July thru October.

Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) covers Wolf Parade

White Whale Records are very proud to be releasing the Shine A Light 7″ with Handsome Furs (Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade) and Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) covering a track by each others “other” band. Listen Here!

Dan has just finished recording the sophomore Wolf Parade record and Handsome Furs are currently working on their follow-up record. Dan and Alexei of Handsome Furs are covering a yet to be announced Swervedriver track and the 2 tracks will be available as a limited edition 7” on colored vinyl as well as digitally.

Adam Franklin’s cover of Shine A Light is available on iTunes now! The Handsome Furs track will be available once the 7″ is ready, later summer '08.

My Morning Jacket 2008 New Years Show NYC

On December 31, 2008 My Morning Jacket will take the stage at New York City's Madison Square Garden for what is sure to be an unforgettable New Year's Eve concert. Hailed as one of the most important bands today by critics and fans alike, MMJ are ready to kick off 2009 at the world renowned venue. "An Evening with My Morning Jacket" will be the latest in a line of legendary New Year's Eve performances at the Garden. My Morning Jacket are particularly honored to be invited to play for an entire night's worth of festivities.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 27 at 10am through Ticketmaster.com or by phone 212-307-4111.
Doors open at 8pm and the show begins at 9pm.