New Webseries episode! The Music Playground Presents: Have Gun, Will Travel performing “Time Machine” at our studios!

MP’s Weekly Concert Recommendations

New York, NY

Wednesday, May 30


Foster The People - Rumsey Playfield / Central Park

Galactic - Brooklyn Bowl

Michael Franti - Starland Ballroom

The Crystal Ark - Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Thursday, May 31


Curren$y - Webster Hall

Radiohead - Prudential Center (Newark)

Regina Spektor - Le Poisson Rouge 

Friday, June 1


David Cassidy - Ridgefield Playhouse

The Psychedelic Furs - Jeane Rimsky Theater

Steep Canyon Rangers - St. George Theatre

Saturday, June 2


Gogol Bordello - Wellmont Theatre

Lauryn Hill - HighLine Ballroom

Dr. John - Sussex County Fairgrounds

Victor Wooten - Iridium Jazz Club


Sunday, June 3


Nicki Minaj - MetLife Stadium 

Galactic - Sussex County Fairgrounds

Monday, June 4


Dengue Fever - Webster Hall

Foreign Exchange - Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Lionel Richie - Apollo Theater

Tuesday, June 5


Bela Fleck - Blue Note

The Dandy Warhols - Irving Plaza 

Wednesday, June 6


Lettuce - Brooklyn Bowl

LP - Joe’s Pub

The Original Wailers w/ Al Anderson & Junior Marvin - B.B. King Blues Club

Los Angeles, CA

Wednesday, May 30


Daughtry - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

Jack White - The Wiltern

The Shrine - The SlideBar

Thursday, May 31


Active Child - Troubadour

The English Beat - Canyon Club

Santigold - House of Blues 

Friday, June 1


The Marshall Tucker Band - Canyon Club

Rusko - Hollywood Palladium

Van Halen - Staples Center

Saturday, June 2


The Beach Boys - Hollywood Bowl

M.C. Hammer - St. Angela Merici

Sunday, June 3


Delta Spirit - The Observatory 

Lana Del Rey - El Rey Theatre

Steel Toed Slipper - Private Function

Monday, June 4


The Colourist - Bootleg Theater 

Electric Guest - The Observatory 

Tuesday, June 5


Ben Howard - Troubadour

The Rocket Summer - The Roxy Theatre

Wednesday, June 6


Destroyer - El Rey Theatre 

States - Glass House 


2000 photos, 300 people, 3 minutes. Our artist J.Viewz just released an amazing video for one of our favorite songs, “Rivers and Homes.”

With their music recently featured in CBS’s “The Good Wife”, Have Gun Will Travel is keeping busy and just released a brand new video as well. If you like well written, alt country, blue grass, Americana music these are your guys.

MP’s Weekly Concert Recommendations

New York, NY

Friday, May 4

Andrew Bird - Beacon Theatre 

St. VIncent - Brooklyn Academy Of Music

DMX - Paradise Theatre 

Martin Sexton - Irving Plaza Powered By Klipsch

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Prudential Center 

Twin Shadow - BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

Saturday, May 5


Beirut - Brooklyn Academy Of Music

Feist - Radio City Music Hall

Kid Ink - HighLine Ballroom

Shpongle - Wellmont Theatre

Sunday, May 6


Scissor Sisters - Bowery Ballroom

Human Nature - Beacon Theatre 

Monday, May 7 

Eve 6 - The Gramercy Theatre

 

Spiritualized - Terminal 5

Tuesday, May 8

The Beach Boys - Beacon Theatre 

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Roseland Ballroom

Korn - The Paramount 

Wednesday, May 9

ALO - Brooklyn Bowl

 

The Avett Brothers 

Lacuna Coil - The Gramercy Theatre 

Thursday, May 10

Flux Pavillion - Roseland Ballroom

Active Child - Bowery Ballroom

Los Angeles, CA

Friday, May 4

Coldplay - Hollywood Bowl

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Greek Theatre 

Portugal. The Man - Fox Theatre Pomona 

Saturday, May 5

Incubus - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 

Los Lobos - Greek Theatre

M.C. Hammer - Club Nokia

Night Beats - The Satellite 

Sunday, May 6


Deer Tick - Yost Theater 

Styx - Greek Theatre

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 

Monday, May 7

Death Cab For Cutie - Walt Disney Concert Hall 

Tuesday, May 8

Meek Mill - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 

Snow Patrol - Hollywood Palladium 

Wednesday, May 9


Jonathan Wilson - Troubadour

Wax - El Rey Theatre

Thursday, May 10


Dragonforce - Troubadour 

Ed Sheeran - Fox Theater Pomona



MP’s Weekly Concert Recommendations

New York, NY 

Thursday, April 26 

The Heavy Pets - Brooklyn Bowl 

The Hives - The Studio @ Webster Hall

Meek Mill - Paradise Theatre 

Miike Snow - Terminal 5 

Punch Brothers - Town Hall

Raekwon - B.B. King Blues Club

Friday, April 27

Chicago - NYCB Theatre At Westbury

Death Cab For Cutie - Beacon Theatre 

Jack White - Webster Hall

Psychic Ills - Mercury Lounge

Saturday, April 28

Bob Weir - NYCB Theatre At Westbury

Conspirator - Irving Plaza 

Rammstein - Nassau Veterans 

Smokey Robinson - Lehman Center For The Performance Art

The Weekend - Bowery Ballroom

Sunday, April 29

The Curious Mystery - Ace Hotel 

The Shins - Terminal 5 

The Motet - HighLine Ballroom

Monday, April 30 

Fabolous - Hammerstein Ballroom

Santigold - Bowery Ballroom

Acid Mother’s Temple - Knitting Factory

Tuesday, May 01

Suckers - The Glasslands Gallery

PJ Morton - HighLine Ballroom 

Heath Brothers - Birdland 

The Shins - Terminal 5

Wednesday, May 02

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Prudential Center

The Cranberries - Terminal 5

Eric Hutchinson - HighLine Ballroom

Los Angeles, CA

Thursday, April 26 


The White Buffalo - Troubadour 

Screaming Females - Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock

Mastodon - Gibson Amp. At Univ. CityWalk 

Friday, April 27 


Active Child - Glass House 

Waka Flocka Flame - Club Nokia

Saturday, April 28 

Cypress Hill - Gibson Amphitheatre At CityWalk

Electric Flower - Bootleg Theatre 

Sunday, April 29

Blood Sweat & Tears - City National Grove Of Anaheim 

Monday, April 30 

Jack White - Mayan Theatre 

The Little Ones - Silverlake Lounge 

LP - Viper Room

Yukon Blonde - The Avalon 

Tuesday, May 01 

Coldplay - Hollywood Bowl

Curren$y - The Fonda 

Wednesday, May 02

Cage the Elephant - Mayan Theatre 

The Janks - Troubadour 


The Music Playground Presents: The Hot Sardines

Check out our new webseries episode and take a time warp to 1932 with The Hot Sardines! This all-out rendition of Bei Mir Bist du Schoen ends with a fever pace tap dance-off you need to see to believe. We love these guys!

In honor of Levon Helm, we decided to release this outtake from our session with Big Terrible for “The Music Playground Presents” webseries. The Band often covered Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” and many times played it as Dylan’s backing band. It seems like an appropriate tribute. We hope you enjoy.

MP’s Weekly Concert Recommendations

New York, NY 

Monday, April 16

Kraftwerk - Museum of Modern Art

The Moody Blues - Bergen Performing Arts Center

Neon Trees - Bowery Ballroom

WAR - B.B. King Blues Club

Tuesday, April 17

Furthur - Beacon Theatre 

Modeselektor 

Wednesday, April 18

Cactus - B.B. King Blues Club

Paul Simon - Rose Theatre 

Thursday, April 19 

Cultfever - Pianos

Com Truise - Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Friday, April 20 

Air Supply - B.B. King Blues Club

Chilly Gonzales - The Bell House

Deer Tick - Stone Pony

Portugal. The Man - Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Shpongle - Roseland Ballroom

Smokey Robinson - NYCB Theatre At Westbury

Saturday, April 21

Blue Oyster Cult - Bergen Performing Arts Center

Sharon Jones - Beacon Theatre

Johnny Mathis - State Theatre 

Sunday, April 22

The Drums - Webster Hall

Train - Roseland Ballroom

Monday, April 23

Gipsy Kings - Beacon Theatre

The Vaccines - Webster Hall

Young Widows - Saint Vitus

Tuesday, April 24

Counting Crows - Roseland Ballroom

Miike Snow - Terminal 5

Wednesday, April 25 

Cabinet - Sullivan Hall 

Dickey Betts & Great Southern - State Theatre

Los Angeles, CA

Monday, April 16

Bon Iver - Fox Theater

The Rapture - Glass House

Neon Indian - The Observatory

Tech N9ne - The Observatory 

Tuesday, April 17

Elvis Costello - The Wiltern 

Joe Bonamassa - Saban Theatre 

Kimbra - Troubadour 

Miike Snow - El Rey Theatre

Wednesday, April 18

The Infamous Stringdusters - Saint Rocke

Justice - Club Nokia

Thursday, April 19 

Gotye - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

Nero - Club Nokia

Sub Focus - The Fonda 

First Aid Kit - El Rey Theatre 

Friday, April 20 

The Cat Empire - Key Club 

Saturday, April 21

The Burn Riffs - Saint Rocke 

Sunday, April 22

Natural Child - Alex’s Bar

Monday, April 23

Grace Woodroofe - Bootleg Theater 

LP - The Avalon 

Tuesday, April 24

Gatekeeper - Echoplex

Wednesday, April 25 

Ben Kweller - El Rey Theatre