Guardian Alien
Fucked Up, DIIV, White Lung, Guardian Alien & LODRO played 285 Kent's last-ever show
Brooklyn DIY venue 285 Kent officially closed its doors for good after last night’s show (1/19), the last of four epic final shows that the venue hos…
285 Kent's final shows announced (Fucked Up, DIIV, White Lung, Autre Ne Veut, Laurel Halo, Dan Deacon & more)
As you may have heard, Brooklyn DIY venue 285 Kent is closing, but they’re going out with a bang. It was just announced that Pitchfork, Ad Hoc, and Todd P will be presenting the venue’s final shows which include Fucked Up, DIIV, White Lung, Laurel Halo, Autre Ne Veut, Dan Deacon and others, plus a number of special guests playing shows there this month…
Japanese artist Tavito Nanao playing first-ever NYC shows w/ Diane Coffee (mem. Foxygen), Deradoorian & more (dates)
Tavito Nanao is a singer-songwriter that represents the new flow of music in Japan. He has led the Japanese music scene since his debut with many controversial works including the 3-disc “911FANTASIA,” in which he depicted the world since Apollo 11’s landing on the moon to 2051, many years after the Iraq War…
Guardian Alien, Yoshiko Ohara & others teaming w/ British visual artists for NYC show; Liturgy playing a Halloween show
Guardian Alien at Cameo, 2012 (more by Caroline Harrison)
So this is a novel show: the UK promoter Fat Out Til You Pass Out (awesome) has put together a NYC date featuring local, experimentally-minded musicians collaborating with British visual/video artists…
SISU covered Magnetic Fields (stream) ++ updated CMJ dates
SISU, the solo project of Dum Dum Girls drummer Sandra Vu (the live band also features DDG guitarist Jules), are one of the many bands here for CMJ…
Oozing Wound releasing an LP, touring (dates & streams)
We debuted a new song from Oozing Wound‘s killer debut album Retrash over at Invisible Oranges this morning. Since I just finished writing about it over there, I’ll let myself, um, speak for myself:”Like Noisem or Slutvomit (who also have a sweet record out this year), Oozing Wound juices up their thrash with ingredients from newer, scarier parts of the metal world…
Dum Dum Girls working on third album, playing NYC and LA in January; SISU will be here for CMJ (dates)
DDGs @ T5, CMJ 2012 (more by Gretchen Robinette)
It’s been a little over a year since Dum Dum Girls released the excellent End of Daze EP. Their third album has been in the works for a while now, with much of the recording happening this past spring in LA with usual suspects Richard Gottehrer and Sune Rose Wagner behind the boards…
a 4th of July NYC event guide (The Feelies, Statue of Liberty, Shea Stadium Anniversary, Endless Boogie, INPUT BBQ, more)
If you’re not getting out of the city for the long Independence Day Weekend, there are lots of options for those sticking around.
Like last year, the Macy’s Fireworks (“inspired and directed by Usher”) happen on the Hudson via four barges and you can see them (9:20 PM) fine on the West Side Highway, in NJ or on your TV…
Zs & Guardian Alien playing three Chicago shows in March
Zs @ NYC’s Ecstatic Music Fest earlier this month (more by David Andrako)
Brooklyn experimentalists Zs and Guardian Alien will be embarking on a spring U…
Javelin releasing 'Hi Beams' and 2013 tour (dates, stream)
Javelin will be back with their second album, Hi Beams, on March 5 via Luaka Bop. Unlike their first album which the band made themselves on the cheap with a computer, Hi Beams was recorded at Machine With Magnets studio in Pawtucket, RI using vintage equipment, real microphones and the like…
