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Vice is throwing a huge party in Brooklyn tonight (Nick Zinner posted the insane lineup)

Earlier this week we started to hear rumblings of a super secret, giant Vice party taking place Friday night (tonight, 12/5) somewhere in Brooklyn…

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 in pics: Judas Priest, King Diamond, Nas, Gorilla Biscuits, Neutral Milk Hotel and MANY more

Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest wrapped up this past weekend with a variety of killer music across punk, metal, hip hop, indie, electronic and plenty of the in-between, plus comedy, wrestling, BMX competitions and more…

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 day 2 pics (King Diamond, Nas, Sick of It All, Modest Mouse, New Pornographers, Glassjaw, more)

Fun Fun Fun Fest continued at Austin’s Auditorium Shores on Saturday (11/8) after kicking off a day earlier. Day 2 brought another great and varied lineup with theatrical metal legend King Diamond, Nas playing the seminal Illmatic in full, consistently great indie rock from Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers and more, hardcore vets Sick of It All playing from the Blood Sweat/Scratch the Surface era, garage rock from Black Lips, King Tuff, and Twin Peaks, handsome punks Iceage, an industrial-tinged set from synth pop pioneer Gary Numan, Canadian rippers METZ, post-hardcore crushers Glassjaw, debaucherous psych band Fat White Family, and m…

100 Most Influential Artists, according to NME

“There was a certain amount of science to it. An entire week of work experience students left the office thinking that cutting-edge music journalism in 2014 mostly involves calculating which bands have been mentioned most in NME in the past two years, then hunting out references to the bands that influenced those acts online and finally adding up the number of times each influence came up…

Black Lips, Night Beats & Night Birds @ House of Vans (pics)

Then the Black Lips erupted into a frenetic, hour-long set spanning its decade-plus-long career of love letters to early garage rock, amplified and exquisitely distorted for the Coachella generation, highlighted by cuts off its latest LP, Underneath the Rainbow…

Night Beats are "special guests" at Black Lips' HoV show, also playing Baby's tonight w/ Beverly, Roya, LODRO & more

Seattle psych-garage trio Night Beats are visiting NYC this week and were just revealed as the “special guests” on the July 3 House of Vans show with Black Lips and Night Birds…

Night Birds sign to Fat Wreck Chords, touring, playing NJ with Title Fight before House of Vans w/ Black Lips (dates)

Night Birds at Death by Audio in 2013 (more by Sarja Hasan) NJ skate/surf punks Night Birds released the Maimed for the Masses 7″ on Fat Wreck Chords in 2013 (ahead of their full length on Grave Mistake) and played the label’s CMJ showcase that same year…

Black Lips playing Austin, Houston and Dallas on tour with King Khan & BBQ Show

Black Lips at Burgerama III ( Photo by Debi Del Grande) The Black Lips do not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. They recently hit Austin for Psych Fest while on tour in support of their new album Underneath the Rainbow via Vice Records…

House of Vans announces more free shows: Future Islands, Gorilla Biscuits, Bouncing Souls, Black Lips, more (RSVP)

House of Vans during last week’s Zumiez party (more by Ryan Muir) The June lineups for the free Vans House Parties at NYC’s House of Vans (25 Franklin St) were already announced, and now the July and August ones were too…

Black Lips and The King Khan & BBQ Show playing Logan Square Auditorium on fall tour

The Black Lips @ Logan Square Auditorium in April (more by James Richards IV) The Black Lips tagged Chicago last month for a show at the Logan Square Auditorium while on tour in support of Underneath the Rainbow…
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