Empire State of Mind: Episode 1
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, Huw Stephens gets under the skin of one of the world's most fascinating cities in this definitive guide to the New York scene.
In this two-parter, Huw Stephens goes native in the city that芒聙聶s brought us everyone from The Strokes to Fifty Cent to Madonna, to find out why NYC has always been the music capital of America.
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, he gets under the skin of one of the most fascinating cities in the world in this definitive guide to the New York music scene.
In this programme, part one, Huw looks at the city's indie scene and finds out why Brooklyn is the hottest place in the world for music right now.
Visiting latest hipster exports The Drums in the Williamsburg house where they all live together, hanging out with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in his flat, and then getting the other side of Brooklyn from punk band Cerebral Ballzy, Huw gets the lowdown on THE place to live and make music in New York.
Also includes interviews with Brooklyn-ites Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Darwin Deez and Dave from Dirty Projectors.
Next week in part two it's Boyoz in the Hood as Huw goes hip hop in New York.
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Clips
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Inside The Drums house in Williamsburg
Duration: 02:20
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LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy
Duration: 04:00
Music Played
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Real Estate - Fake Blues
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Freelance Whales
Generator 2nd Floor
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The Drums
Let's Go Surfing
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Sleigh Bells
Tell 'Em
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Grizzly Bear
Two Weeks
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Dirty Projectors
Stillness is the Move
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Lou Reed
Dirty Boulevard
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LCD Soundsystem
I Can Change
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The Rapture
House of Jealous Lovers
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LCD Soundsystem
North American Scum
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Jeffrey Lewis
Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror
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Small Black
Despicable Dogs
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Delicate Steve
Attitude/Gratitude
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Class Actress
Let Me Take You Out
Broadcasts
- Mon 16 Aug 2010 21:00成人快手 Radio 1, 成人快手 Radio 1 Scotland, 成人快手 Radio 1 Wales & 成人快手 Radio 1 N. Ireland
- Mon 23 Aug 2010 01:00成人快手 Radio 1, 成人快手 Radio 1 Scotland, 成人快手 Radio 1 Wales & 成人快手 Radio 1 N. Ireland