Thought the passing of '09 would mark the end for our Phantogram [13] love here? The Saratoga Springs duo just keeps making stride after stride and recently they had their EP named one of the top albums of '09 from a Minnesota radio station [14], found "Mouthful of Diamonds" as the download single of the week at Starbucks [15] and then made their first appearance on Pitchfork.com [16]. See below for their upcoming CNY date and make sure to catch them before they're too big for the area (it may be soon... they're trying to contact the NYT [17] and NPR is lining up to stream their album early [18]). via @Phantogram [19]
+ Another album to look for (hmm, a great Otto-Tune podcast [20] topic?) is the upcoming release from veteran Peter Gabriel. He won't play with Genesis at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame [21], but he is releasing covers of his favorite modern bands [22] (including Arcade Fire and Radiohead). Stereogum has a first listen [23]. via NME, Rolling Stone and Stereogum
+ Check out the feature on local DJs: The Syracuse Scene Remixed [24]. One of the DJ's record label, O, Morning Records [25], recently raised $5,000 [26] to help get them off the ground. (Congrats!)
+ Finally, there are still two weeks left in January and that's enough time to sneak in a few more best-of lists from 2009. We've had a few here already - I offerred a Syracuse music list [27] and Jett Wells provided Top Songs [28] (even if I disagree [29]) - but here's two more of the same from CNY outlets. The Post-Standard's Listen Up blog had a CNY Year in Music [30] list and Ra Ra Riot (technically a Syracuse outlet*) had their Top Songs [31]. Yes, it did include Discovery [32].
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CNY Upcoming Shows for February
Albany
Suzanne Vega [34] - 2/3 (Wed)
Lewis Black [35] - 2/4 (Thur)
Phantogram [36] (w/ Minus The Bear) [36] - 2/5 (Sat)
George Clinton [37] - 2/24 (Wed)
Buffalo
Cold Cave [38] - 2/21 (Sun)
Ithaca
Dan Deacon [39] - 2/14 (Sun)
Syracuse
Dr. Dog [40] - 1/30 (Sat)
Ani DiFranco [41] - 2/5 (Sat)
Canada
Editors [44] - 2/16 (Tues)
