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Lydia Ainsworth released debut LP on Arbutus (streams), playing CMJ including M for Montreal & Arbutus showcases
Lydia Ainsworth is based in Toronto these days but has spent time in both Montreal and New York City as a music student. It was while at NYU that she began delving into pop music…
Dirty Beaches playing two NYC shows after European tour (dates & song streams)
Dirty Beaches (aka Alex Zhang Hungtai) is set to release his new double album, Drifters/Love Is The Devil, on May 21 via Zoo Music. The record evokes acid western imagery through lo-fi-as-an-art recording techniques, and the whole thing is really desolate sounding…
Mac DeMarco touring with Naomi Punk and Calvin Love, including NYC and SXSW (updated dates)
Mac Demarco, who will be here next week with Ty Segall, has announced a March tour surrounding his appearance at SXSW in Austin. Most of the tour is with Captured Tracks labelmate Naomi Punk and fellow Canadian Calvin Love…
Baltimore bands Roomrunner, Dope Body, & Ed Schrader's Music Beat playing Bklyn shows (separately) (dates/streams)
Roomrunner at Mercury Lounge in September (more by Tracy Allison)
Baltimore grunge bearers Roomrunner have two solid EPs under their belt — 2011’s self titled EP and 2012’s Super Vague EP — and they’re in the process of recording their debut full len…
Braids playing CMJ (1 show w/ Wild Nothing); Blue Hawaii too (who are on an Arbutus Records mix) (dates, streams)
Braids at ATP NYC 2012 (more by Luiz Ruiz)
Montreal’s Braids were just in NYC for ATP and while they were in the area, the closest club date they played was at Hoboken’s Maxwell’s a few days before ATP…
The You Are Here Festival (aka The Maze) is coming to Secret Project Robot
Some of you may remember art installation The Maze which took over Death by Audio back in Fall 2009 and at at Chashama’s Visual Arts Space in 2009…
