Holograms

The massive German metal festival Wacken Open Air went down over the weekend, and in addition to performances by the likes of Iron Maiden, Testament, Entombed A.D., Metal Church, Triptykon and many more, there was one particularly notable happening involving the late Ronnie James Dio…

Swedish band Holograms‘ released their second album, Forever, over the summer and it’s another gritty blast of angsty post-punk, definitely showing the non-shiny side of Stockholm…

Sweden’s Holograms‘s new LP Forever is out now (and streamable in this post). Despite their absence in the Captured Tracks CT5 fifth anniversary festivities, we are willing to forgive the band due to today’s announcement of dates with TV Ghost…

We just posted about a whole bunch of new albums that are up for streaming and here’s another. Sweden’s Holograms mine familiar territory in this day and age, Joy Division, The Cure and Wire, but do it with a harder-edged punk spin than most, as can be heard on their second album for Captured Tracks, Forever…

Descendents at Roseland Ballroom, Sept. 2011 (more by Keith Marlowe) today in NYC * EMEFE @ Joe’s Pub * R.L. Boyce @ Barbes * Nass Gnawa @ Zebulon * Madonna @ Yankee Stadium * Che Chen @ Issue Project Room * Smokey’s Secret Family @ Barbes * Scot Gresham-Lancaster @ The Stone * Raya Brass Band, Litvakus @ Joe’s Pub * Pink Reason, Foster Care, Noon @ Lulus * DANCENOW Joe’s Pub Festival @ Joe’s Pub * LadyHawke, Computer Magic @ Bowery Ballroom * False, Mortals, Bellow, Yellow Eyes @ Acheron * POP ETC, Goldroom, Gemini Club @ Brooklyn Bowl * Pauline Kim Harris & Conrad Harris @ The Stone * LadyHawke, The Misshapes @ Tribeca Grand Hotel * Mikael Jorgensen, Minerva Lions @ Mercury Lounge * Icon Gallery, Acid Problem, Shoxx @ Death By Audio * Hopewell, Weird Owl, Dead Leaf Echo @ Cameo Gallery * Dirty Fences, Nat Brower & The Power, Wet @ Cake Shop * Giuda, Bootblacks, Livids, 45 Adapters @ Saint Vitus Bar * Holograms, Herzog Rising, Heavenly Beat @ 285 Kent Avenue * Octant, Ping Pong, Weird Children, The Youngest @ 929 XPO * The Dig, Jangula, Mother Feather, Marvelous Toy @ Brooklyn Bowl * Jus-Ed, Tim Sweeney, Mike Servito, Free Magic, Faso @ Glasslands * The Ugly Club, Kung Fu Crime Wave, Edelweiss, New Beard @ Paper Box * Rifle Recoil, Caged Animals, Give to Light, Rosy Street @ Muchmores * Darlings, Grand Rapids, Your 33 Black Angels, The Waivers @ Union Pool * Slaughterhouse, Freeway, Willie the Kid, Da Circle, Pharoahe Monch @ The Well * Infinity Shred, Dunes (DJ set), Meth Dad, Dark Sister, 2 Ton Bug @ 255 McKibbin St * Atoms for Peace (DJ Set), Rustie, Holy Other, Maria Minerva, Justin Strauss @ P.S. 1 * …

Lee Fields at MHoW in March (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Today in NYC * SWEET July @ Ella * Robbie Fulks @ Barbes * Naked Dance! @ The Stone * Simon Amstell @ Theatre 80 * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Gold Sparkle Band @ The Stone * DOSVEC, Krunk Pony @ Knitting Factory * Cherub, Manicanparty @ Highline Ballroom * Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia @ Littlefield * Caramelo, Dientes de Caramelo @ Le Poisson Rouge * Neon Trees, Penguin Prison, Jjamz @ Webster Hall * Marco Benevento @ City Winery outside (free) * Chubb Rock, Kurtis Blow, DJ Bent Roc @ Crotona Park * MV & EE featuring Mick Flower, Spectre Folk, Images @ Death By Audio * Lee Fields & the Expressions, Janka Nabay @ Fort Greene Park * Emanuel & The Fear, Sprinkles, Shenandoah and the Night @ Cameo * Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak, Purity Ring @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Diamond Terrifier, Excepter, Hagfish & Poet Lounge, Hubble @ Zebulon * Cult War, Through Thorn and Brier, Wolfmouth, Desensitized @ Saint Vitus * Don Gator & The Kings of Spyrock, Makeup Monsters, Love Life, Blue Bird @ Pianos * Cosmetics, Plastic Flowers, Psychobuildings, Heavenly Beat (DJ set) @ Glasslands * Swimming, Spook Houses, The N’ere Dowells, The Chimneys @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival continues, with daily events ranging from shows to seminars to a film festival…

A couple out of town bands playing NYC in August have added dates while they’re here. L.A.’s Tashaki Miyaki, who play Glasslands on August 6 (tickets still available), will now also play Pianos the following night (8/7)…

DOWNLOAD: Holograms – “Chasing My Mind” (MP3) As seen on BrooklynVegan, Swedish punks Holograms are set to release their debut self-titled LP on July 10 via Captured Tracks…

DOWNLOAD: Holograms – Chasing My Mind (MP3) Stockholm, Sweden’s Holograms will release their self-titled debut via Captured Tracks on July 10…