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Brooklyn Night Bazaar expands schedule (Swearin', Har Mar Superstar, Caspian, So So Glos, Pizza Underground & more)

Swearin’ at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by PSquared) The Brooklyn Night Bazaar is up and running in its new permanent Greenpoint location, offering shopping, food, fun, and free music every Friday and Saturday…

Don Giovanni bands list favorite LPs of 2013 (California X, Screaming Females, Priests, Tenement, Worriers & more)

Screaming Females at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) We’ve been asking around for artists to tell us their favorite albums of 2013, and the people at NJ punk/indie rock label Don Giovanni Records sent over some lists from a few of their artists…

Perfect Pussy sign to Captured Tracks, announce tour, including 2 NYC shows this week & NYE at Baby's (dates & streams)

Perfect Pussy at 285 Kent in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) One of this year’s great unsigned bands, Perfect Pussy, are unsigned no longer…

Don Giovanni showcases announced (Screaming Females, Priests & more); Bomb the Music Industry announce final show

Tenement at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Like they do every year, NJ punk label Don GIovanni Records will put on a showcase in Brooklyn in early 2014, happening on February 6 at 285 Kent and February 7 and 8 at Music Hall of Williamsburg…

Ceremony, White Lung, Perfect Pussy & Sleepies playing NYU; Yvette added to Perfect Pussy's Shea show (dates & streams)

White Lung at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) NYU is putting on yet another great show before this school semester ends, and this one’s an all-punk lineup with powerviolence-turned-garage-punks Ceremony, Vancouver shredders White Lung, Syracuse noisemakers Perfect Pussy, and Brooklyn punk ‘n’ rollers Sleepies…

Blessed State release first single from debut LP (stream it)

We just mentioned that Northampton, MA punks Blessed State were working on the followup to their 2012 demo, and…

Perfect Pussy played a new song at CMJ (video), playing Shea with California X, Blessed State & Flagland

Perfect Pussy at 285 Kent earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield) Syracuse noise punks Perfect Pussy just returned to NYC for a couple CMJ shows, including the Pitchfork showcase at 285 Kent on Friday (10/18) and a show at The Flat two days earlier (10/16) with SISU, Total Slacker, Hunters, Tweens, and Lodro…

285 Kent shows this week: Radical Dads, Dead Stars, Turnip King, California X, Potty Mouth, LODRO, Tweens & more

Radical Dads at South Street Seaport in August (more by Jeff Cate) As usual, Williamsburg all ages DIY spot 285 Kent has a ton of good shows coming up, including some especially great ones this week that we haven’t had a chance to mention …

Screaming Females playing free outdoor show in New Brunswick w/ California X & more before tour (updated dates)

Screaming Females in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) As discussed, Screaming Females are heading out on a tour with Waxahatchee and Tenement in September, but right before that, they’ll play a free outdoor day show in their hometown of New Brunswick in Boyd Park on Septembe……

Speedy Ortiz played a hot release show at Death by Audio w/ Roomrunner, California X & Sediment Club (pics)

Like the album, which at its best is clever and cutting, the show picked up in the second half, when Dupuis began to slash through the heaviness of the room, and also climb above the rest of the band — Matt Robidoux on guitar, Darl Ferm on bass, Mike Falcone on drums — with a voice that could be savage, on “MKVI,” or deceptively sweet, on “No Below,” or tart, as on “Gary,” which is the album’s emotional highlight…
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