The Polyphonic Spree at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)

Progressive pop cult The Polyphonic Spree have a bunch of festival dates scheduled for this spring/summer and they'll also be touring around those fests, playing a number of club dates throughout the US. Those dates include NYC shows happening on July 9 at Music Hall of WIlliamsburg and July 10 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday (5/3) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (5/1) at noon.

The Polyphonic Spree were also among the recent additions to this year's Bonnaroo lineup. Other additions include Solange, White Lung, Mac DeMarco, Black Prairie, Maps & Atlases, Royal Thunder, William Tyler, Cat Martino, On An On, Bilal and more. 4-Day passes for the festival are still available.

All Polyphonic Spree dates are listed, along with a full list of the Bonnaroo lineup additions and a video of the Polyphonic Spree covering Nirvana's "Lithium" at our BV-SXSW day party (one of our greatest moments at SXSW this year), below...

Continue reading "The Polyphonic Spree touring --- dates include 2 NYC shows & the recently-updated Bonnaroo lineup"

White Lung @ Bowery Ballroom last weekend (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

As mentioned a few times, the Village Voice's 4Knots Music Festival goes down on June 29 at Pier 17 at South Street Seaport with headliner Kurt Vile & the Violators, plus The Men, Parquet Courts and Marnie Stern. The fest just announced five more acts: Reigning Sound, White Lung (who just played with Parquet Courts at Bowery), The Babies, Fat Tony and Heliotropes. With two stages to fill, there's still more acts to be announced.

Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright will get to know the Pier 17 stage pretty well by summer's end, as his other band, Oblivians, will play there for the Seaport Music Festival on June 7, which is also free. As mentioned, Reigning Sound recently signed to Merge Records who will release that band's new album at some point this year.

Continue reading "4Knots Music Fest adds Reigning Sound, White Lung, The Babies, Fat Tony and Heliotropes to 2013 line-up"

photos by Fred Pessaro, words by Andrew Sacher

Iceage / White Lung

Four different countries were represented at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday (4/20) when Denmark's Iceage and Vancouver's White Lung brought their tour through NYC for a show with German hardcore punks Burial (not the electronic artist) and Brooklyn's Parquet Courts. It was a totally solid show all night, with Burial kicking things off to a small (but interested) crowd. The place really started filling up when Parquet Courts came on, the hometown band on the bill, who had a good amount of local supporters coming out to shout along to those quotable lyrics. In addition to the material from 2012's Light Up Gold, they played some new stuff too, which you can see pictured on their setlist below. By White Lung's set, the room was totally crowded (and probably drunker) and the mosh/push pits finally started breaking out, which continued into Iceage's headlining set, played almost entirely in darkness.

Like I said, great show all around, but the highlight for me had to be White Lung (who played their own NYC show earlier that week). It was my first time seeing them play with a professional sound system and light show, and though the appeal of seeing punk bands in smaller/unconventional venues is still there, this setup really worked to White Lung's advantage. They were super loud and singer Mish Way's always powerful performance easily cut through the assault of her bandmates. They stuck mainly to 2012's Sorry but also hit other material like "Two Seen" from 2010's It's the Evil and "Hunting Holiday" from their late 2012 tour 7". It wasn't very long ago that White Lung were an unquestionably smaller band than Iceage, but from the reactions and size of the crowd on Saturday, it was pretty clear that the attention for them has grown immensely. And not for nothing.

More pictures from the Bowery Ballroom show below...

Continue reading "Iceage, White Lung, Parquet Courts and Burial played Bowery Ballroom (pics)"

photos by Lukas Hodge

White Lung at Acheron - 4/15/13

White Lung are on a tour with Iceage which hits NYC for a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday (4/20) with Parquet Courts and Burial, but earlier this week (4/15) they stopped by NYC for their own headlining gig at Acheron. Support at the show came from Goosebumps, Syphilitic Lust and Boca Raton, the latter of whom we unfortunately missed. Pictures of the other three bands are in this post.

More below...

Continue reading "White Lung on tour, played Acheron with Goosebumps and Syphilitic Lust (pics)"

photos by Tim Griffin

Vancouver punks White Lung are in NYC, and will play Acheron tonight (April 15) as part of a surprise appearance with Goosebumps, Syphilitic Lust and Boca Raton. Tickets are still available for this BV-presented, $8 show, a one-off from their current trek with Iceage (that hits a sold-out Bowery on Saturday [4/20]).

Syphilitic Lust, which feature members of the similarly great Shoxx, joined Dropdead last night at Acheron. Pictures are available at InvisibleOranges.

White Lung went absolutely wild with shows at SXSW 2013 (including one of our day parties), and played Austin again at Beerland last week (4/6) with Feral Future. More pictures from that show are below.

Continue reading "White Lung are here, playing Acheron tonight; played Beerland with Feral Future (pics)"

Tragedy at Le Poisson Rouge (Keith Marlowe)

Tragedy are confirmed for Chaos in Tejas (with Los Crudos) and Maryland Deathfest this year, but now comes word that the Portland d-beat heroes will play NYC too! Look for Tragedy to take 285 Kent on May 27, snagging support from the great Shoxx and Altered Boys. Ticketing information is on the way.

Meanwhile, Members of Shoxx also serve in Syphilitic Lust, and you can look for that band to hit Acheron on April 15 with White Lung, Goosebumps and Boca Raton. Tickets are still available.

photos by Sarja Hasan

Goosebumps @ Saint Vitus, 2/26/2013

Acheron just got a little bit wilder. New York punk crew Goosebumps have been added to the previously discussed White Lung suprise show at Acheron on April 15. Tickets for the Brooklyn-Vegan co-presented show, which also features appearances from Syphilitic Lust and Boca Raton, are still available. White Lung's other area appearance, supporting Iceage at Bowery Ballroom, is sold out.

Goosebumps, meanwhile, joined D.R.I., Deathcycle and Concrete Cross for a show at Saint Vitus on February 26. Belated pictures and video (plus a bonus Goosebumps video), minus Concrete Cross (who our photographer missed), are below.

Continue reading "Goosebumps added to White Lung show at Acheron + belated pics from their Saint Vitus show with D.R.I. and Deathcycle"

White Lung at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Bruno Simoes)

White Lung's appearance with Iceage at Bowery Ballroom on April 20 is now officially sold out, but that's not gonna stop them from playing to their fans. Word's just come that White Lung has added another show on April 15 at Acheron, snagging support from Syphylitic Lust and Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale.

The band are also making appearances at at Pitchfork 2013 in Chicago and NXNE. All dates are listed, along with a few videos, below.

Continue reading "White Lung adds Brooklyn show at Acheron during Iceage tour (updated dates)"

As mentioned, Still Corners' new album, Strange Pleasures, is out next month (5/4) on Sub Pop. Reduced to a duo of core members Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray, the band embrace synthesizers which gives their sound an Air-y feel. The band are playing Toronto's NXNE Festival in June and will stop in NYC on their way there, playing Glasslands on June 12. Tickets to that show go on sale Friday (4/5) at noon.

Still Corners are one of many new additions to 2013 of NXNE which happens at various Toronto venues from June 10 - 16. All Still Corners dates are listed, along with the updated NXNE lineup, below...

Continue reading "Still Corners playing NYC before NXNE (dates & updated lineup)"

Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

The final Pitchfork Festival lineup has now been announced, and in addition to previously announced acts like R. Kelly, Joanna Newsom, and Swans, it now includes M.I.A., Lil B, Solange, Wire, Yo La Tengo, Low, Savages, Toro Y Moi, Phosphorescent, Metz, Autre Ne Veut, Mikal Cronin, Parquet Courts, Merchandise, Woods, Julia Holter, Glass Candy, Andy Stott, Pissed Jeans, Frankie Rose, Ryan Hemsworth, Waxahatchee, Blood Orange, Daughn Gibson, Evian Christ, White Lung, KEN Mode, and DJ Rashad.

Three-day passes and single-day tickets are still available.

In other Chicago music festival news, Lollapalooza early bird passes went on sale today, sold out, and then regular 3-day passes went on sale and sold out. Single day tickets go on sale April 9.

Full Pitchfork Festival lineup and schedule below...

Continue reading "M.I.A., Solange, Wire, Savages, Phosphorescent, Julia Holter, Waxahatchee, KEN Mode & more added to Pitchfork Festival"

photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher

Austra / APTBS / the crowd

We wrapped up our stay at The Main and The Jr (aka old Emo's) with our fourth and final BrooklynVegan SXSW day party on Saturday (3/16). Unfortunately, Foxygen had to drop off at the last minute because the singer lost his voice. They would have played the outdoor stage (Pianos Stage), where we still saw sets from the arty synthpop of Empress Of, the loudest set of all of our day parties from A Place to Bury Strangers, and a super fun set from catchy UK rockers Palma Violets. Then came the sexy R&B of Autre Ne Veut, followed by a set by Austra, who were previewing expansive material from their upcoming sophomore album, Olympia. Then finally, the outdoor stage was wrapped up with a set from psychedelic pop New Zealanders Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Inside, the show kicked off with the catchy indie pop of TEEN, followed by rockin' UK band Peace, and then three consecutive synthpop groups, Feathers, MS MR, and Doldrums. Then the show took a louder turn with an adrenaline-pumping set from White Lung, bouncy young garage punks The Orwells, and finally King Tuff.

In addition to the music, we had an interactive photo and video booth set up by Oxygen tattoo show, "Best Ink". The second season (hosted by Pete Wentz who made a surprise appearance in their booth) premieres April 3rd. Onkyo was there, sampling their new headphones which hit stores next month. mophie maker of invaluable iPhone chargers, were giving away discount cards good at their pop-up shop which was set up right across the street on Red River. We were also serving complimentary Jameson, and Zico coconut water, and free vegan queso and chips from Food For Lovers. We also had BrooklynVegan t-shirts for the first 50 people in the door, thanks to American Apparel. Also thanks to our other sponsors, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, Creative Recreation, Signazon, Zazoo, and Redigi.

More pictures from Saturday's party below...

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan SXSW Saturday day party in pics (UMO, King Tuff, Austra, Orwells, APTBS, Palma Violets & more)"

photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher

White Lung at the BrooklynVegan SXSW Saturday day party

You see so much music at SXSW that it all starts to blur. "Oh yeah I totally forgot I saw (insert artist name here) two days ago!" I found myself thinking so many times. But one of the bands I know I'm not going to forget seeing is White Lung. I first caught them Wednesday night at the Enabler/Don Giovanni/Sacred Bones/Suicide Squeeze showcase, which was the night of my first full day in Austin and I was totally energetic. But when I saw them again on Saturday (3/16) at the BrooklynVegan day party at The Jr. (the indoor stage of the old Emo's), I wanted to pass out -- or just do anything but watch live music. Yet somehow I found myself in the front row putting everything I had into screaming along with their set, because that's what White Lung makes you do. Mish Way is one the most powerful singers I saw at SXSW and the band's constant full-throttle attack is the kind of adrenaline-pumping music that sets you off. I dare to you see White Lung and stand there with your arms folded.

I was talking to a friend after their set about how it's kind of unfortunate that when punk bands get attention outside of their micro punk scenes, it's usually for making a relatively un-punk album. If enough people catch on to White Lung though, they seem like the type of band who would defy this trend. They are brutal and relentless and have the type of passion in their lyrics that made early punk bands so necessary. And they never sacrifice those things when harnessing the same kind of melody and accessibility that send kids to Fucked Up and Japandroids shows.

Big thanks to our sponsors Oxygen, Best of Ink, Onkyo, mophie, Jameson, Zico, Food For Lovers, American Apparel, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, ReDigi, Signazon, Korg, Creative Creation, and Mirrored Media, who we couldn't do the day party without. A full set of pictures from all the bands at the party is coming soon, meanwhile check out more of White Lung from that show below...

Continue reading "White Lung @ the BrooklynVegan SXSW Saturday day party at The Jr (pics, review)"

photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Andrew Sacher

White Lung / Nu Sensae @ Holy Mountain, 3/13/2013

The Enabler/Don Giovanni/Suicide Squeeze/Sacred Bones SXSW showcase went down at Holy Mountain last night (3/13) in Austin with a bunch of great bands like White Lung, Waxahatchee, Nu Sensae, California X, and more.

I'm a fan of California X's self-titled album, which came out recently on Don Giovanni, but much like Torres did earlier that day, these guys really blew me away live on a level I didn't get from the record. They tend to get grouped into the "bands that sound like Dinosaur Jr." category, but after seeing them for my first time last night, I really think they come off as force of their own. They rock out, swing their long hair around, and deliver a solid mix of riffage, punchy tunes, and sludge-drenched heaviness, that only sounds hinted-at on their album. Someone get these guys in the studio with Steve Albini.

Easily one of the most anticipated artists at this year's SXSW is Waxahatchee, whose new album, Cerulean Salt, just hit shelves and is driving a lot of people wild. And her live show lives up too. She played full band and stuck to the more rock-oriented songs and rock versions of softer tunes, and at least in the front of the room, the crowd was completely zoned in. "I loved Waxahatchee!" I excitedly said to someone at the show. "Yeah, everyone does," was her response. It's true.

The show ended with two Vancouver punk bands (who also happen to be good friends), Nu Sensae and White Lung. Nu Sensae played a pretty short set on the backyard stage and their great mix of noise rock, punk, and no wave was spot on last night. Then White Lung took the stage indoors and really tore things up. Singer Mish Way is a powerhouse on stage and her band are no slackers either (watching that guitarist shred is about as intense as Mish's shouts). The crowd was super into them too, starting mini moshpits and fist-raised shoutalongs, especially during tracks like "Thick Lip" and "Glue."

You can catch White Lung at our free SXSW day party on Saturday (3/16) at 3:45 PM on The Jr. stage.

Continue reading "White Lung, Nu Sensae, Waxahatchee and more played SXSW (pics); White Lung play BV day party on Saturday"

by Bill Pearis, Fred Pessaro and Andrew Sacher

Savages @ CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

SXSW gets underway today (3/13) in earnest, with 83,207 bands* playing SXSW this year. Trying to figure out who to see can be an overwhelming feeling. (Actually, just standing on 6th St. on Friday night is an overwhelming feeling.) Hopefully this post will give you some inspiration if you're among the throngs of people. Or maybe just some new stuff to listen to if you're not there.

Of course you could just hang out at all our day parties (our first starts at noon today!) and evening showcases, as we're really proud of our line-ups. But there are bands who we are pumped to see who aren't playing too. So here are 40 bands we're genuinely pumped to see in Austin this week. We made a Spotify playlist of all the bands (at least the ones on the service) you can stream below.

Check out our list below...

*not the actually number of showcasing bands. But it feels accurate.

Continue reading "40 artists we're excited to see at SXSW"

This is Day 4 of four BrooklynVegan SXSW Day Parties this year...

As you know, BrooklynVegan is returning to Austin for SXSW this year and throwing four days of day parties at The Main & The Jr aka 603 Red River Street at the corner of 6th aka the old Emo's location. Those happen Wed (3/13), Thurs, Fri and Saturday (3/16). All shows are 100% FREE with RSVP

We've announced Thursday and Friday. Wednesday is on the way. HERE IS SATURDAY..

Continue reading "BrooklynVegan free SXSW 2013 Saturday day party lineup (UMO, Austra, King Tuff, Autre Ne Veut, Foxygen, APTBS, White Lung, Palma Violets, Doldrums & more)"

To quote SXSW:

SXSW is proud to announce an interview with Syrian artist and cult international legend Omar Souleyman on March 15th from 5-6pm in ACC room 16AB. Omar will speak with Daily Dot Editor Austin Powell about the issues surrounding the devastating conflict in his home country, the evolution of the Syrian music landscape, and what the future may hold for himself and artists like him.

Later that evening Omar will be joined by the amazing Black Lips, Deer Tick and more in a special performance at a Red Cross benefit aptly named Our Heart Aches For Syria. The show takes place at Long Center For The Performing Arts beginning at 9pm on Friday 3/15 after the Flaming Lips Auditorium Shores show. Donations are $10 with all money going to the International Red Cross's Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Please join us for a spectacular evening for a great cause. THIS SHOW IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

More details on the Omar events, full lineup and the flyer below...

Continue reading "Omar Souleyman heading to SXSW, playing BV-sponsored benefit w/ Black Lips, Deer Tick & more"

DOWNLOAD: Iceage - "Coalition" (MP3)

Iceage at LPR in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

As mentioned, Danish punks Iceage are releasing their new album You're Nothing on February 19 via Matador and they've just revealed the first taste of that album with the new track, "Coalition," which you can download above or stream below.

The band already announced that they'll play a NYC show on January 25 at 285 Kent, which Raspberry Bulbs, Nomad, and Deformity open (tickets) and they've just revealed that the show is part of a whole tour which includes two other NYC dates. The day after the 285 Kent show, Iceage will play Home Sweet Home (1/26) (131 Chrystie St) with Pharmakon and Dream Affair. Admission for that show is $10 at the door (more info on the flyer below).

Then in April the band will do an east coast run with Vancouver punks White Lung which hits NYC on April 20 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for the Bowery Ballroom show are not on sale yet but you can check ticketmaster for updates. Other tour dates include support from Merchandise, Milk Music, Hoax, and more. All dates are listed below.

UPDATE: Parquet Courts (who play Death by Audio this weekend) are on the Bowery show too and tickets go on sale Friday (1/11) at noon.

White Lung released one of the greatest punk records of 2012 with Sorry and towards the end of the year they released a 7" for their European tour with two new songs, "Two of You" and "Hunting Holiday." You can stream both of those below.

Continue reading "Iceage reveal new track, announce tour w/ White Lung & others (dates, MP3)"

White Lung at Tommy's Tavern, June 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Vancouver's White Lung have released a video for the third single from their latest LP Sorry, which is out now via Deranged Records. Check out the video for "Glue" below alongside a stream of their debut LP It's The Evil.

Continue reading "White Lung releases new video"

My Morning Jacket at MSG in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB
* Sucker Punch @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Doug Benson @ Gramercy Theatre
* Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory
* Caged Animals @ Fulton Stall Market
* Young Mothers, Wake Island, Honey Wild @ Cake Shop
* UCB Presents the All Stars of Improv @ East River Park
* My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces @ Williamsburg Park
* Gunfight, The Rotaries, The Hague, Family Photos @ Lulu's
* Eric Copeland (of Black Dice), US Girls, Zaimph @ Death By Audio
* Dan Neustadt plays Paul Simon's "Graceland" @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Heaven's Jail, The Shivers, Trash Gut, Jo Schornikov @ Glasslands
* Pressed And, It Is Rain In My Face, Cuddle Formation @ Cameo Gallery
* Anasazi, Infinite Void, The Waitress, Survival @ Brooklyn Fireproof East
* Darlings, La Otracina, Beach Arabs, Yellow Dogs, Lost Boy? @ Liz's Basement
* Pillow Theory, Brother Reverend, White Collar Crime, Ann Klein @ Mercury Lounge
* Wild Yaks, Fletcher Johnson, Daytona, Grand Resort, Snake Dudes, Ice Balloons @ Rippers
* Inner Circle, Israel Vibration, The Mighty Diamonds, DJ Carter Van Pelt @ Central Park Mainstage

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As mentioned, Animal Collective will premiere their new album, Centipede Hz, in tonight's episode of Animal Collective Radio which airs at 9 PM HERE.

White Lung have a new video for "Bag." Check it out below.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Sunday?"

photos by Fred Pessaro // BBG

White Lung at Tommy's Tavern, 6/29/2012

Vancouver's White Lung, who were here back in April, passed through NYC again last night for a show at Tommy's Tavern (6/28), snagging support from local power-pop favorites Nude Beach, plus California X, Casanovas in Heat, The Narcs and Utah Jazz. Nude Beach play again tonight, supporting The Young and Census at 285 Kent with Zach Cale & The Rain Band for what will surely be an extremely sweaty show. More pictures from Tommy's Tavern are below.

I've had a few encounters White Lung and Nude Beach recently (great and great), so the big stand out to me was California X. The Massachusetts band worships at the altar of Dinosaur Jr and Husker Du (which I wish more bands did, truthfully), creating some sugar-y pop melodies buried beneath layers and layers of crunch. This is definitely a heavy band live too; one hell of a first showing in NYC. Stream their killer new 7" below.

Continue reading "White Lung played Tommys Tavern w/ Nude Beach, California X and more (pics)"

DOWNLOAD: Nu Sensae - "Swim" (MP3)

Vancouver three-piece Nü Sensae has cultivated a style of punk that gives a tip of the hat to L7, pre-makeover Hole, and hardcore all in one angst-ridden, furious pass. The band is preparing its new LP Sundowning for release on August 7th via Suicide Squeeze Records, and have shared the first track "Swim" in both video and MP3 form. Check out the MP3 above and the video below.

Nu Sensae will tour in the days leading up to and after the release of Sundowning, swinging through NYC for a stop at Death by Audio on August 20th. The show will also feature Psychic Blood, one of a string of shows the two bands will play together.

While we're on the Subject of Vancouver: Nu Sensae's former tour mates  White Lung play NYC again tonight (6/28) at Tommy's Tavern.

All tour dates are listed below, along with the "Swim" video and a few other Nu Sensae clips.

Continue reading "Nu Sensae ready 'Sundowning' (MP3), touring (dates)"

Milk Music at Death By Audio last year (more by BBG)

Milk Music's previously discussed NYC date at 285 Kent and appearance at Pitchfork has expanded considerably into a tour that will include the Northwest, Midwest and into the East Coast. Full tour itinerary is below.

Milk Music recently released "Violence Now," a track previously available on a small run of flexi discs that came with the NUTS! Fanzine. Check that out below. The band's EP, the late 2010 favorite Beyond Living, was recently released to iTunes for the first time (vinyl only before that) as well. Milk Music also recently made their Primavera performance available for download via WFMU.

Milk Music played this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton, West Sussex, UK in May 2012. The 2103 edition goes down May 16-18, 2013, and like this year will probably have 300+ artists at over 30 venues . Early bird tickets are on sale. No 2013 lineup yet though.

Nude Beach, who play with Milk Music at their 285 Kent show on 7/23, will meanwhile play both tonight (6/28) with White Lung at Tommy's Tavern and Friday (6/29) with The Young at 285 Kent. The show is the third of three shows for The Young in the NYC area (they play Maxwell's tonight, 6/28).

Milk Music tour dates and a stream of "Violence Now" is below.

Continue reading "Milk Music releases a rare track for download, expands tour; Great Escape Fest puts tix on sale"

Tenacious D at Sasquatch 2012 (more by Chris Graham)

today in NYC
* Lynx @ Pianos
* Veveritse @ Barbes
* The Unlearning @ The Stone
* The Jacksons @ The Apollo
* Glen Hansard @ Barnes & Noble
* Glen Hansard @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Yacht Rock Revue @ Canal Room
* Tenacious D @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* Percy Jones & The NJ-12 @ Barbes
* Lez Zeppelin @ Abron Arts Center
* Breakestra, Heylady @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Zeena and the Adorables @ The Stone
* Your 33 Black Angels, David Mosey @ Zebulon
* The Young, Purling Hiss @ Maxwell's
* EXITMUSIC, Stagnant Pools @ Mercury Lounge
* Conveyor, Spanish Prisoners @ Mercury Lounge
* The Subscribers, DJ Heffay @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Schism (Tool tribute) @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
* Gangstagrass, The Defibulators @ Knitting Factory
* Japandroids, Cadence Weapon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Sam Prekop & Archer Prewitt (of The Sea & Cake) @ BAM Cafe
* Sophia Knapp, Matteah Baim, Platnumb Hits @ Knitting Factory
* Chris Malinchak, Amtrac, Bufi, Analog Fire @ Santos Party House
* Karen and The Sorrows, Clare Burson, The Library @ The Rock Shop
* Memorial birthday bash for Steve Mach w/ Sic Fucks @ Parkside Lounge
* Rap Raw, LUSHES, Chat Logs, Guerilla Toss @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
* Team Spirit, Bosco Delrey, EULA, Total Slacker (DJ Set) @ 929 XPO
* Shit Robot DJ set, Goldroom DJ set, Sean Glass @ Hudson Terrace Roof
* Lewis & Clarke, The Heaven's Jail Band, Judson Claiborne @ Union Pool
* Young Magic, Quilt, Woodsman, Crinkles @ Glasslands
* Single Mothers, She Rides, The Greek Favourites, Trenchfoot @ Death By Audio
* The Communion, Wake The Machines, Grudges, Radiation BlackBody @ Saint Vitus
* Youngman Grand, Elephant Wrecking Ball, A Locomotive, The Buffalo Jump @ Cameo
* Doubting Thomas Cruise Control, Dances, Stone Cold Fox, The Neighbors @ Cake Shop
* White Lung, Nude Beach, California X, Casanovas In Heat, The Narcs @ Tommys Tavern
* Joey Bada$$, Capital Steez, Chuck Strangers, CJ Fly, T'Nah Apex, Kirk Knight @ S.O.B.'s
* Life Size Maps, Mala Strana, Port St. Willow, Ben Seretan, Dinosaur Feathers @ Shea Stadium
* Running Late w/ Scott Rogowsky, Ted Alexandro, Myq Kaplan, Baratunde Thurston @ 92YTribeca
* Risk! w/ Kevin Allison, Simon Amstell, Tom Shillue, Mara Wilson, Jamie Lee, Lisa Kirchner @ The Pit
* Roadside Graves, Natureboy, She Keeps Bees, Cat Martino, Doug Keith, Sharon Van Etten DJ set @ Pianos

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The Death Set were supposed to play XPO 929 tonight but they dropped out "due to personal reasons." The rest of the bands are stil playing.

It's supposed to hit 90° today -- maybe cool off in the McCarren Pool which opened today and is free.

Check out the new video for The Darkness's "Everybody Have A Good Time" below, alongside a recent video for White Lung's "Take The Mirror".

Tonight, Chuck Schuldiner and the legacy of his highly influential band Death will be celebrated as "Death to All". Gorguts support at the sold-out Irving Plaza show.

Though tickets for tonight's show with Tenacious D at Hammerstein Ballroom have gone the way of the dinosaur, luckily tickets are still available for tommorrow's show in the same space.

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Thursday?"

The 2012 edition of MusicFestNW takes place in September 5 - 9 at 18 venues in Portland, OR and will feature performances from over 150 bands, including Passion Pit, Hot Snakes, Girl Talk, Danny Brown, Beirut Silversun Pickups, Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, many more.

In addition to those previously announced artists, MFNW has just added The Hives, Flying Lotus, Wild Nothing, DIIV, Quasi, Moon Duo, My Goodness, DZ Deathrays, and Strand Of Oaks to the already impressive line-up. Wristbands, available various levels and packages, and tickets to individual shows are on sale now. Check out the complete MFNW lineup below.

Continue reading "MusicFestNW 2012 lineup expands (The Hives, Flying Lotus, Quasi, DIIV, Passion Pit, Hot Snakes, Beirut, Swans & many more)"

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: Terrible Feelings - Another Night (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Terrible Feelings - Intruders (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: White Lung - Glue (MP3)

Terrible Feelings

Just a reminder that Sweden's Terrible Feelings are in town tonight playing Death by Audio with Death First, Plastic Cross and These Days. If you can't make tonight's show, the band will be back on the tail end of their US tour, playing Acheron on June 30. All tour dates are listed below.

Since we last wrote about them, Terrible Feelings released their new album, Shadows. While the songs are hook-laden and very catchy, you can feel the punk DNA in there. The band have made fans of JEFF the Brotherhood and Fucked Up on European tours and I am told they have a killer live show. You can download two tracks off the album and stream the whole record below via a Spotify widget.

Meanwhile, Terrible Feelings' Derranged Records labelmates White Lung are currently wrapping up a short stint out with Ceremony but will be in NYC on June 28 for a show at Tommy's Tavern with Nude Beach, Casanovas in Heat, California X. The Vancouver band make strident pedal-to-the-metal, punk-fueled rock with strong vocals from singer Mish Way. You can stream their album, Sorry, at the bottom of this post. All tour dates are listed below.

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