For 25 days in March, Rough Trade NY is housing the world’s largest modern Moog installation as a mile-marker on the road to Moogfest, and Moog invites all artists in the area to stop by and utilize the space for experimentation and discovery. The residency serves as a physical manifestation of the intersection of music, art and technology, and it is meant to be used as an artist’s resource.

Although it is free to the public, this is no museum exhibit—visitors are encouraged to interact, engage and experiment with the analog electronics. All are welcome to craft sound as well as bring a recording device to sample the instruments. The interactive feature of the installation includes a producers’ station, drone towers, 10 voice polyphonic analog synth, 6 voice Minimoog drum synth, and over 50 analog effects boxes.

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If you can harken all the way back to Tuesday, and by Tuesday, we mean yesterday, you’ll remember reading that La Poisson Rouge hosted an event to rally for fair pay for radio play for musical artists.

Who knew that if you stopped by for $5 well drinks you might get a view of a David Byrne / Biz Markie moment?

Well, nobody knew, really, obviously, but Stereogum weighed in, was promptly schooled by David Haglun at Slate, who had just himself been schooled via tweet by Future of Music, and we read it all and no matter how confusing it got, we really only wished we had been there.

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An Indoor Rally: “Artists’ Pay For Radio Play”
presented by Content Creators Coalition-NYC
Tuesday February 25th 6-9 pm at Le Poisson Rouge

Patrons who have submitted an RSVP have priority, but does not guarantee entry. Please arrive early to ensure entry. Walk ups will be permitted to enter if space permits. This is a general admission, standing event. Happy hour from 6-7 pm including $3 beer and $5 well drinks.

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In honor of next month’s 25th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul are making their entire catalog available for free download for 25 hours on the group’s website. The download bonanza will begin on Friday, February 14th at 11 a.m. EST until Saturday at noon.

Me, Myself, and I

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Lee Renaldo and the Dust at Union Pool with Steve Gunn on Valentine’s eve; treat yourself to a bouquet of pastoral psychedelic cool.

Lee Ranaldo and The Dust will be touring in 2014 in support of the Last Night On Earth album, released October 2013, the followup to 2012’s Between The Times and The Tides. Opener, Brooklyn’s Steve Gunn, is a sometime-guitarist in Kurt Vile’s Violators, and one-half of the Gunn-Truscinski Duo. Get thee to Union Pool this Thursday night.

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