ATP was the year's finest festival. We've already covered that. But the band performances are only half the (All Tomorrow's) party. For a weekend, the mountain resort that inspired Dirty Dancing is a surreal estate, overrun by music-heads and artists;... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM SPENDS THE WEEKEND AT ATP NY»
Posted on October 9, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Animal Collective | Avey Tare | Axl Rose | Boredoms | Bradford Cox | Deerhunter | Hisham Bharoocha | No Age | Panda Bear | Ponytail | Soft Circle | Steve Albini | Ulrich Schnauss | Volcano The Bear | Zach Hill
After being ousted from McCarren Park when the city decided to spent $50MM to restore The Pool as an actual pool, Jelly NYC found a new home for their free summer show series in the upscale hipster haven that is... CONTINUE READING MISSION OF BURMA/FUCKED UP/PONYTAIL/JEMINA PEARL KICK OFF THE 2009 POOL PARTIES @ WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT, BROOKLYN 7/12/09»
Posted on July 13, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Be Your Own Pet | Fucked Up | Jemina Pearl | Mercury Prize | Mission Of Burma | Ponytail | Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Ponytail is not for everyone. But the best way to know if Ponytail is for you is to listen to "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)," in all seven minutes of its ecstatic ambition. Until they entirely... CONTINUE READING NEW PONYTAIL VIDEO - "CELEBRATE THE BODY ELECTRIC (IT CAME FROM AN ANGEL)"»
Posted on May 5, 2009 in , (30 comments)
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After a pretty electrifying CMJ, Ponytail dialed down their ecstatic racket for Daytrotter, dishing scoops of their Ice Cream Spiritual with acoustic guitars and hand percussion. Still a little too crazy for campfire singalongs, still a gorgeous commotion. Go download.... CONTINUE READING PONYTAIL UNPLUG FOR DAYTROTTER»
Posted on November 7, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Ponytail | The Very Best
The crew here managed to fly through some 70+ sets of music last week, and boy is our abilty-to-wade-through-the-sadness-that's-passing-for-buzzed-up-indie-rock tired. There's a very scientific formula to attaining that coveted "Guess I should see this band 'cause everybody's saying I should"... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOP 8 FROM CMJ '08»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in (28 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Crystal Antlers | Crystal Stilts | Delta Spirit | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail | The Music Tapes | Tobacco | Wye Oak
We got a late start in inaugurating the new Studio at Webster Hall, but it was worth the wait. Scheduled for midnight to 4AM, our CMJ kick-off party ran about an hour behind schedule, but even at 4:30AM -- after... CONTINUE READING CMJ '08: STEREOGUM LATE NIGHT @ THE STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL»
Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Crystal Stilts | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail
Stereogum's 2008 CMJ event is a jam-packed show taking place midnight to 4 a.m. on Tuesday, 10/21. It's at the brand new venue The Studio at Webster Hall (yes, located inside Webster Hall). It's so new, our show takes place... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM LATE NIGHT @ CMJ 2008»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | Gang Gang Dance | Marnie Stern | Ponytail
Baltimore sugar addicts Ponytail went the psychedelic green-screened performance route for "Die Allman Bruder." In this clip for fellow Ice Cream Spiritual track "Beg Waves," directors Michael Guidetti and David Berezin offer a similarly frenetic look, but the explosions are... CONTINUE READING NEW PONYTAIL VIDEO - "BEG WAVES"»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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Spastic Baltimore art-pop crew (and art school security guards) Ponytail have been entertaining us with the longstanding, Walt Whitman sampling "Celebrate The Body Electric" for what seems like eons. It's still sounding great, but it is a relief to know... CONTINUE READING NEW PONYTAIL VIDEO - "DIE ALLMAN BRUDER"»
Posted on June 10, 2008 in , (3 comments)
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Baltimore spastics Ponytail are set to release the appropriately titled, J. Robbins-produced Ice Cream Spiritual in June (it follows their 2005 debut, Kamehameha). Appropriate, because everything about the quartet shouts "sugar rush." They make a sort of deconstructed art pop... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: PONYTAIL»
Posted on April 16, 2008 in (4 comments)
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When we saw Ponytail spazz and bounce at Bowery during CMJ, we're pretty sure the Baltimore quartet played the Whitman-sampling "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)," the first single from Ice Cream Spiritual, the sophomore follow up... CONTINUE READING NEW PONYTAIL - "CELEBRATE THE BODY ELECTRIC (IT CAME FROM AN ANGEL)" & "TERRIBLE WHY"»
Posted on March 3, 2008 in (0 comments)
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With the help of Andrew, we've already uncovered what partying at CMJ's like for the fest folks parading around the Lower East Side; for the second and final installment of the Stereogum + Andrew W.K. Study of Partying at CMJ,... CONTINUE READING CMJ PARTY SCHOOL! WITH STEREOGUM AND ANDREW W.K. (PART TWO: BACKSTAGE AT BOWERY)»
Posted on October 22, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | No Age | Ponytail | White Williams
Left to right: Andrew W.K., Bradford Cox. Right, so let us explain. When the CMJ scheds first came out, the Windish Agency showcase at Bowery immediately stood out as the night with most party potential. Band to watch No... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: PONYTAIL/WHITE WILLIAMS/NO AGE/DAN DEACON/DEERHUNTER @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 10/17/07 (WINDISH AGENCY SHOWCASE)»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | No Age | Ponytail | White Williams