SIREN: FREE FEST FOR N.Y.

hey not to familiar with any of these acts besides Dr. Dog..anybody add and insight?

that's because these are all indie bands. Make sure to borrow your sister's jeans if you go to this show!

Hey Roberto,

String Cheese Incident and Umphrey McGee's labels are independantly owned. Does that make them indie too. Borrowing your sisters jeans? What does that mean?

As for some insight welfpack.

NEW YORK DOLLS - legendary punk band from the early 70's.
MATT AND KIM - keyboard and drum melodic stuff.
BLACK LIPS - scuzzy drunken good time garage rock.
NOISETTES - raw punk soul with this chick from NIgeria on vocals with a great set of pipes.
TWILIGHT SAD - Scottish folk psych rock.

I dont know any of these bands.
Sounds good for free!

Elvis Perkins is very cool. He and his crew opened for MMJ here in Portland and were really good.

Roberto767 = Most insecure poster on this website

Seriously how many people are you going to put down to make yourself feel better?

by da beach boyeeeee.....this is probably the last year of the siren fest because they are about to corporatize coney island...last year on july 21st (i remember because it's my gf's b-day) i went to see umphrey's/galactic in central park and then phix at nite....good times. last year i had to leave the siren fest early to go to see les claypool and en route i bought a mets bic lighter that i said last season would last until they won the world series. they narrowly missed last year and unbelievably enough i still have the lucky mets bic lighter in my possession....good stuff!

the new york dolls kick ass

New York Dolls started punk in the U.S. They influenced many including The Ramones. Also, unfortunately, all the 80's hair bands.

Come to think of it...they started punk rock everywhere. They were even managed by Malcolm McLaren, who later became The Sex Pistols manager. A direct line.

They're going to add more bands plus another headliner, the other being NY Dolls. I mean its free and coney island is nyc's own venice beach.

saw elvis perkins open for clap your hands say yeah. in my opinion he outplayed them. great folky songwriting. great new act.

the detroit cobras are worth checking out. they are a hard-rocking, all female outfit from the D who mainly play revved up versions of atypical moldy oldies. think, me first and the gimmie gimmies meets hells belles. they're not going to break any new ground, but they'll go just fine with a glass of wild turkey and a pbr chaser.

Gmoo...Were you born without a sense of humor? Obviously you can't take a joke. I guess you are one of those kids that wears his sister's pants. Because I definitely seem to have hit a nerve. And thanks for that diagnosis on my level of insecurity. I'll give Tony Robbins a call and enroll in one of his self help workshops ASAP.

Crusty Dumpling - I was utilizing the word "indie" as a genre, not as an indicator of being signed to a major record label. "Indie" is the present day equivalent to what the word "alternative" meant in the 1990s. If you don't know what I mean about the sister's pants reference, then you need to hit up your nearest scenester bar/hangout. Wearing tight girls' jeans is the new rage apparently. If you make it out to San Diego, there's a joint called the Casbah that will illuminate my point. I saw a recent movie about the New York Dolls. The guitarist is a wreck. Hope he doesn't collapse on stage. He's been working as a library assistant for like the last 15 years.

free new york dolls show? thats awesome

roberto- although I really don't condone trying to put down bands or people on this site, I understood your comment and thought it was hilarious. Sisters jeans.....hahahaha.