Big Ups

Boston’s Grass Is Green have announced that they’ll release Vacation Vinny, the followup to 2012’s Ronson, on January 14 via Exploding In Sound…

Ex Hex at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Like last year, right before SXSW brings a ton of bands to Austin for about a week, many of the same bands will stop in Savannah, Georgia for Savannah Stopover, which goes down across various venues from March …

Philly lo-fi trio Manors are a pretty stripped down, straightforward group, but there’s a depth to the songwriting that goes beyond what a description like that may im…

Brooklyn’s jammy punks The Men and Philly’s grungy rockers Purling Hiss recently wrapped up a tour together that included a very loud Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (11/5) with likeminded support from local art punks Pampers, who had just put their self-titled debut LP…

Krill at WBAR-B-Q- 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Boston indie rockers Krill were recently in NYC for a few CMJ shows, including the Exploding In Sound Records showcase, and since that showcase, it’s been announced that Krill have signed to EIS, who will release their new EP, Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears, the followup to this year’s Lucky Leaves LP, in early 2…

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights… Ariel Pink, Tamaryn, The Fresh & Onlys, Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders, Mike Wexler, Home Blitz @ Pioneer Works This is the first night of the two-day Mexican Summer fifth anniversary, and it’s very stacked. To…

Speedy Ortiz at Death by Audio in July (more by Vladislav Grach) Trad-indie torch carriers Speedy Ortiz have been doing a ton of touring this year, many NYC shows included, and that show-count will increase even more this month when the Northampton, MA band returns for CMJ…

Hunters at Bowery Ballroom in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn rockers Hunters are set to release their self titled debut LP via Mom + Pop this week (10/1), and they’re currently streaming the album in full (via FADER)…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Outside Lands 2013 (more by Paige K. Parsons) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…

They not only sound but totally ’90s on stage (that singer’s half-bleached hair!), and they do the whole post-hardcore thing from that era really well, sounding like some lost Dischord/SST band…