Tuesday Wrapup

A few interesting things to take note of around the web today...

Is there a new NYC music venue in the offing? A tipster over at Curbed.com reports:

I was walking by the Gramercy Theater just off the corner of 23rd St and Lex, which has been closed for about a year or so. This time I noticed an 8"x11" piece of paper taped to the door through the iron gates. At closer look it appeared to be a work certificate for the site. Basically it said that a music venue would be opening up and that the proprietors would be Delsener/Slater Enterprises, the concert promoters, and Live Nation, the recently spun concert production side of Clear Channel. The notice also referenced that liquor will be served there.

Torr.org links to a diary entry at the official Idlewild site which mentions that the band is beginning work on their next album. In the meantime, singer Roddy's solo album is finally coming out in the UK at the end of the month (not sure of a US release date, if any), and the song "My Secret Is My Silence" is posted at his MySpace page. Great tune, check it out.

Torr also points out a place to find MP3s of The Fire Theft's in-studio performances at KEXP from a couple of years ago.

Someone made a "fan video" for Midlake's "Roscoe", i.e., the song that makes me think I'm listening to a modern day Fleetwood Mac. (Link via Gorilla vs. Bear.)

I missed it last week, but Bishop Allen has posted a song from their recent June EP called "The Same Fire". I've put this off long enough -- I'm buying everything these guys have done.

Music (for Robots) links to a song called Quiet Babies by Danava. Can't say I like it, but it's interesting to see the floodgates begin to open in the stoner-prog-Sabbath-metal now that Wolfmother has arrived.

Finally, for those of you, like me, stuck in NYC without a car for the summer, check out 10 things to do in the city this summer.