Converse Rubber Tracks

Neon Indian expands tour, playing free NYC show w/ Future Punx (updated dates)

photo: Neon Indian @ Lollapalooza 2012(more by James Richards IV)

The Orwells going on free Converse Rubber Tracks tour; MHOW show on Halloween with Twin Peaks & Shark?

Chicago’s The Orwells are going on an eight-date tour sponsored by Converse Rubber Tracks that kicks off at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on Halloween…

Wild Nothing working on third LP, going on free Converse Rubber Tracks tour this month (dates)

Jack Tatum is currently finishing up work on the third Wild Nothing album (Nocturne came out in 2012). While no details on that have been announced, Wild Nothing will be playing their first live dates in two years, a string of five free shows this month, all sponsored by Converse Rubber Tracks…

Replacements on tour, played Rubber Tracks Boston show, Chicago w/ Smoking Popes (pics, setlist, video of new song)

Make no mistake, by most standards the show was a bit of a mess, full of missed cues, flubbed lines and plenty of fooling around. Westerberg conspicuously avoided nearly all of his most heartfelt ballads, and he and the band gleefully sabotaged some of their most popular tracks, kicking “I Will Dare” into double time or tacking on a taste of the bubblegum ditty “My Boy Lollipop” to the end of an otherwise blazing “Bastards of Young…

Blur playing FREE NYC SHOW at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on Friday

As mentioned, Blur are playing The Tonight Show on Thursday and we wondered if they might do a show while here…and yes they are. Blur will play Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday (5/1)…

Cloud Nothings playing free NYC show w/ Amanda X after Coachella (and other dates)

Cloud Nothings are playing both weekends of Coachella (starting this weekend), and they’ve got a few other shows happening around then …

Joyce Manor add free Brooklyn show to NYC-area run

Joyce Manor recently announced a 3-night NYC-area run happening this month which includes shows in Asbury Park, Kingston and Amityville, but none in NYC proper…

Real Estate playing free Brooklyn show w/ Shorts this month

Real Estate at ACL 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Real Estate, whose Atlas is making some year end list appearances, have announced that their last show of 2014 will be a free one in their hometown of Brooklyn, and a smaller gig than their recent Terminal 5 s…

Deafheaven going on free Converse Rubber Tracks tour in Nov

Deafheaven at MHOW in September 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Every metalhead’s favorite black metal (or shoegaze or post-rock or screamo) band Deafheaven are heading out on the next Converse Rubber Tracks tour…

High on Fire & Blackest played Converse Rubber Tracks Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg (pics, review)

, photos courtesy of Converse The first-ever Converse Rubber Tracks Live tour roared into NYC on Friday (8/15) at Music Hall of Williamsburg, bringing along with them a whopper of a free showcase featuring metal Gods High on Fire and Brooklyn chaos outfit Blackest…
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