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Governors Ball 2013 lineup (Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Grizzly Bear, xx, Cut Copy, Kendrick, Anco, Beach House & MUCH MORE)
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…
Village Voice still does Pazz & Jop; Frank Ocean and "Call Me Maybe" win 2012
The Village Voice‘s annual “Pazz n’ Jop” critics poll is up and, as with anything like this with averaged votes, the winners are probably not that surprising…
Seth Herzog lists his favorite things of 2012
Happy New Year, shit-head! As you know, at the close of 2012 I harangued comedians I like for Top 10 lists pertaining to the year 2012. Many were asked, few replied…
Adam Geringer-Dunn's (from Brooklyn Bowl) top 10 albums of 2012 +++ a chance to win a 2-day pass to Lucero
Brooklyn Bowl during a Deer Tick show (more by Tracy Allison)
As you probably know, we’ve been posting a bunch of year-end lists from artists this year, and we’ve also posted a few from venue guys like Josh Moore and Johnny Beach from Bowery Presents, Jack “Skippy” McFadden of Emo’s in Austin, and Andy Bodor from Cake S…
Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of 2012
Today, we finally get the much anticipated list of Pitchfork‘s Top 20 Albums of 2012. They revealed Nos. 30-50 yesterday and spent the rest of this week posting Honorable Mentions and tracks…
Free Energy releasing 'Love Sign', touring, told us their 'Top 10 LPs of 2012'
Free Energy @ BOMB Fest (more by Eric Townsend)
Previously on DFA Records, Free Energy‘s new album Love Sign will be out Jan. 15 via their own imprint, Free Energy Records…
Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012 (Grimes' "Oblivion" is #1)
Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…
Japandroids played Metro (pics, setlist)
On Thursday night (12/13) Japandroids toured through Chicago to play a sold-out show at Metro. Their recent tourmates Diiv were supposed to open but dropped off of the Chicago show in order to play Letterman…
Frank Ocean tops the AV Club's Top 25 LPs of 2012 list
Frank Ocean at Angel Orensanz Center, 9/24/2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)
One of the saddest losses of 2012 for me was the NYC print edition of The Onion which I always looked forward to picking up on Wednesdays and browsing while on the subway or getting some food on the neighborhood…
What's going on Thursday (Hanukkah night 6)?
Japandroids @ NYC’s Webster Hall earlier on tour (more by Dominick Mastragelo)
today in Chicago
* Japandroids, David Vandelvelde @ Metro
* Punch Brothers, The Milk Carton Kids @ the Vic
* Fake Limbs, Soft Jolts, Jack Buck @ The Burlington
* Scoundrel, Sneeze, Luau, Empty Isle, Like Bats @ Township
* Toupée, King Tuts Tomb, Onyx System, Balldrop @ Empty Bottle
* Roach Beach, Thee Arthur Layne, Bionic Cavemen, The People’s Temple of America @ Beat Kitchen
Japandroids and David Vandelvelde play a sold-out show at Metro tonight…
