PAPER
Word of Mouth
iceagebuddy.jpg

1. The annual Bicycle Film Festival is back in NYC this week, June 22 to 26, with tons of films, art, music and parties at various locations around town. The fun kicks off tonight at Santo's (96 Lafayette Street) with music by Rubblebucket, Friends and Wild Yaks and there's a big group art exhibit called JOYRIDE opening tomorrow, June 23, 6 to 9 p.m., at Spencer Brownstone Gallery (3 Wooster Street). Here's the full schedule of events.

2. This week's big teenage buzz band, Iceage, is playing a free show at Other Music (15 East Fourth Street) tonight at 8 p.m. The Danish post-punk quartet's debut album, New Brigade, was released in the US yesterday.

3. Eater and Curbed were offline on Tuesday after the F.B.I. raided their hosting facility, DigitalOne, in Virginia and seized several servers. [NYT]

4. Miami lounge "BAR" (28 NE 14th Street, Miami, FLA), site of the 2009 pop-up version of Max Fish during Art Basel, is closing on July 4th, but may re-open at a new location. The building is currently part of a re-creation of Sunset Strip, built for the filmed version of the Broadway musical Rock Of Ages starring Tom Cruise. [Miami New Times]

5. Beatport went to the SONAR music festival in Barcelona and here's what happened. [Beatportal]

6. Considering that unemployment is still hovering around 10%, here's an interesting statistic: a third of American workers are seriously considering leaving their job. [Mercer]

7. Juggalo band, Corpse Circus, sampled Ariel Pink's "Fright Night" during a recent performance. Here's video. [Buzzfeed]

8. NPR is streaming the entire Buddy Holly tribute album, Rave On Buddy Holly, on their website. It features Holly covers by Fiona Apple, Modest Mouse, The Black Keys and Paul McCartney among others. (Fun fact: John Lennon and McCartney were deeply obsessed with Buddy Holly when they were teenagers and were inspired to name the Beatles after Holly's insect-named band, the Crickets.)  [NPR]

Iceage photo via Brooklyn Vegan
Comments...