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Peelander-Z announce new hair metal album, 'Metalander-Z' and tour (dates & MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Peelander-Z – “Ride on the Shooting Star” (MP3) Peelander-Z at Knitting Factory in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)”Action Comic Punk Band” Peelander-Z can now amend that description of its sound to “Action Comic Metal Band…

Islands announce new album and tour (dates & song stream)

Islands, the current project of former Unicorn Nick Thorburn, are set to return with their fifth album, Ski Mask, in September via Nick’s Manque la…

Islands prepping 'Ski Mask' (stream a track), playing the Bottle on fall North American tour

Islands @ Lincoln Hall, March 2012 (more by Matt Ziegler) Islands, the long-running project of former Unicorns frontman Nicholas Thorburn, are set to release their fifth album, called Ski Mask, in September via Thorburn’s own Manque label…

The Magic released 'Ragged Gold,' touring (dates, streams)

Hailing from Guelph, Ontario (about an hour West of Toronto), Geordie and Evan Gordon have been kicking around the general Toronto scene for about seven years, pulling time in bands like The Constantines and Islands while working away at their own project, The Magic…

Nick Diamonds says Unicorns will never reunite; Islands schedule Brooklyn show before European tour (dates)

Islands at Culture Shock 2012 (more by Kellyann Petry) Islands will be heading to Europe for a tour this fall, but before that they’ll stop in NYC for a show at Littlefield on September 14…

Islands @ Lincoln Hall (belated pics, video)

Sometimes things fall through the proverbial cracks around here. Scope an unpublished set of photos from Islands‘ Lincoln Hall show on March 1…

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2012 pics (Idle Warship, EMA, Big Freedia, Tycho, Cloud Nothings, Islands, Felice Brothers)

The 20th annual Culture Shock festival went down at SUNY Puchase from April 27-28. Day 1 (4/27) kicked off with the Stooges-meets-Jesus Lizard punk of Pissed Jeans, followed by California rapper Casey Veggies, who played SOBs a few days earlier…

What's going on Sunday? (Oscars)

YACHT @ Treasure Island 2011 (more by Autumn Andel) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Joe Budden @ Irving Plaza * Todd Rundgren @ City Winery * YACHT afterparty @ Public Assembly * The Oscar Show at the Pit * Fred Armisen, Azita @ Union Pool * Pauline Oliveros, Triple Point @ The Stone * Marc Ribot Really the Blues @ Iridium * JabberJosh, Bezoar, Xaddax @ Death By Audio * Royal Baths, Pigeons, Invisible Circle @ The Suffolk * Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Tribute @ The Grand Victory * Big Ups, Ritz Riot, Cut Your Teeth, Fuck 666 @ Cake Shop * Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Baker’s Dozen @ Brooklyn Bowl * Sharon Van Etten, Carter Tanton, Glass Ghost @ Bowery Ballroom * Chappo, Rioux, The Wellington Papers, Jackpot, Tiger @ Glasslands * YACHT, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Bobby Birdman @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * White Out, Anders Nilsson, Eleven Twenty-Nine, Loren Connors @ Zebulon * The Viscounts, Amy Sheehan & The LoveHowl, Brian Bonz, Robin Bacior @ Pianos * Nullsleep, Casper Electronics, Crudlabs Sound System, Selectronics @ Shea Stadium * The Netherlands, Fall of the Albatross, Exemption, Beyond The Throne @ The Acheron * The Pharmacy, Liquor Store, Osekre and The Lucky Bastards, The Spooks @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge * Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, Vijay Iyer, Prasanna, Nitin Mitta, Tania Leon, Zack Glass, Michael Reisman, The Collegiate Chorale, Brooklyn Youth Chorus @ Park Avenue Armory * Wyatt Cenac, Baratunde Thurston, Charlotte Macdonald, Alex Koll, Kyle Bostic, Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory YACHT headlines Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight, and then walks next door to DJ the afterparty at Public Assembly…

What's going on Friday?

today in Chicago * Van Halen @ United Center * The Steepwater Band @ Martyrs * Junius, O’Brother @ Beat Kitchen * Marty Party, Eliot Lipp @ The Mid * Steve Aoki, Datsik @ Aragon Ballroom * Elliott Brood, Jeffrey Foucault @ Schubas * David Wax Museum @ University of Chicago * That Saturday, Mind Fish, Everlee @ Stage Bar * Bettye LaVette @ Old Town School of Folk Music * The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Cloudbirds @ Hideout * Sharpless, Mars Argo, Dozens, Audiences @ Lincoln Hall * Life and Times, Sweet Cobra, Electric Hawk @ Empty Bottle * The Souljazz Orchestra, The Right Now, DJRC @ Double Door * Deep Sea Mammal, Woodrow Hart & Larry Slaton, Cold Country @ Township * Run and Punch, The Bomb Sawyers, List of Strangers, The Fabulous Naturals @ Ultra Lounge BV Chicago Presents: J2K of Flosstradamus & ShowYouSuck at Playstation’s Vita Hill Social Club (for FREE) tomorrow night (February 25), from 7-10PM…

Frankie Rose, Dr. Dog, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater, Islands, Tennis & other new album streams

Frankie Rose releases Interstellar this month (2/21) and as Bill points out, she’s left the garage pop of her debut behind in favor of synthy, jangly pop…
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