Cut Copy

As mentioned, Australia’s World’s End Press are over in North America with Cut Copy for a few dates and will headline a NYC show at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday (6/5) with Selebrities…

Kanye West in Sweden in 2011 (more) NYC festival Governors Ball is totally sold out of regular tickets, but if you weren’t able to get yours and still want to go, there are still a few opti…

Deerhunter at Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Governors Ball is less than a month away, and the fest has now released the daily schedule…

Melbourne, Australia’s World’s End Press have been around for three years or so, slowly building an audience in the homeland and have shared bills with Hot Chip, Primal Scream, Bloc Party, Cut Copy, …

Governors Ball 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Though Guns N Roses being announced as the third headliner and related “YOLO” Facebook messages were the most discussed and controversial topics when one of NYC festival Governors Ball’s promoters hopped in a Reddit chat yesterday (4/3), we also learned that: Miguel dropped off the festival; the promoters were trying to land Atoms for Peace (whose tour instead brings them to NYC for a Barclays Center show on 9/27); Cut Copy and Kendrick Lamar are playing at the same time on the Saturday of the fest, and there are unannounced afterparties…

and Bill Pearis Governors Ball 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, NYC music festival Governors Ball keeps growing and its returning this year for it’s largest and most exciting festival yet on Randall’s Island from June 7 – 9…

Governors Ball, which started as a small NYC festival on Governors Island and moved to the larger Randall’s Island last year, keeps getting bigger and bigger…

Toronto art pop musician Sandro Perri has a few dates scheduled to take place surrounding his appearance at this year’s FYF Fest. They’re a bit scattered at the moment so it looks like more might be revealed, but we know that one of them is a NYC show which happens on September 20 at Mercury Lounge…

Little Dragon in Austin last Tuesday (more by Tim Griffin) Frankie Rose at BV-Northside 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Cumbiagra @ Barbes * Daria Musk @ Joe’s Pub * Sean Noonan @ The Stone * Cake @ Williamsburg Park * Yacouba Diabte @ Zebulon * Alsarah & The Nubatones @ Barbes * Jerry Seinfeld @ MGM Grand (CT) * Journey, Pat Benatar @ Jones Beach * Howse, Octo Octa, The Range @ Cameo Gallery * The Pietasters, 100dBs @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise * Choban Elektrik, Niva, East Montage @ The Rock Shop * The So So Glos, Wyldlife, Awkward Girls @ Union Hall * Satisfaction (Rolling Stones tribute) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Kim Ann Foxman of Hercules and Love Affair @ Le Bain * MC Lars, Math The Band, Adam WarRock @ Knitting Factory * Lucinda Williams, Amy Cook @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Darlings, Sundelles, Automotive High School @ Glasslands * Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, Erik Friedlander @ The Stone * Cymbals Eat Guitars, Mitchell Grey, Justin and Alina @ Maxwell’s * Robbers On High Street, The Moto-Gators, XL-Kings @ The Gutter * Napoleon, Adam Lempel, Weird Rivers, Cool Serbia @ Shea Stadium * Daniel Higgs, Tim Harrington @ The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House * Mariner, Popular Culture, Night Panther, Tiger Waves @ Cake Shop * The Everymen, Everymen, Romans, Lost Romance, Kestrels @ Pianos * Whatever Brains, PC Worship, Acid Problem, Big Ups @ Death By Audio * Little Dragon, Frankie Rose, Voices of Black @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Little Dragon (DJ set), Physical Therapy (DJ set), DJ Rezound @ Glasslands * Kate McGarry Band with Keith Ganz, Gary Versace & Clarence Penn @ Joe’s Pub * Valerie Simpson & Friends: A Tribute To Nick Ashford @ Damrosch Park Bandshell * Buraka Som Sistema, Surkin, Alex English, rekLES (Girls & Boys) @ Webster Hall * Calvin Johnson, Katie and the Lichen, Laura Lief, Old Night, Priests @ Muchmore’s * Gehenna, Young and In The Way, Ilsa, Skin like Iron, Psychic Limb @ Acheron * Early Spring, Doubting Thomas Cruise Control, Secret Beach @ Ran Tea House (269 Kent) * The Flaming Lips, fun…

The Toadies @ Webster Hall in NYC earlier on tour (more by Chris La Putt) today in Chicago * The Toadies, Helmet, Ume @ House of Blues * Sonny & the Sunsets, Magic Trick @ Schubas * Roach Beach, Hospital Garden @ The Burlington * Stephen Paul Smoker, The Arts of Life Band @ Hideout * Bigcolour, This Is Cinema, Sister Crystals @ Lincoln Hall * Bomb the Music Industry, Treasure Fleet, Broadcasters @ Subterranean * The House That Gloria Vanderbilt, Creepy Band, Meat Wave @ Empty Bottle * Killer Moon, Windhand, Knife Of Simpson, Fornication Station @ Ultra Lounge Ume, who played the Aragon Ballroom last weekend, play the House of Blues tonight with The Toadies and Helmet…