King Holiday

mems of Yeasayer, Vampire Weekend, Woods, ASDIG, Holy Ghost, more playing Dave Harrington holiday show

Producer and polymath Dave Harrington is once again throwing his Holiday Spectacular in NYC this year, joined by many prominent indie musicians. The third annual show goes down at Brooklyn Bowl on December 18, and the guest list includes Alex Frankel (Holy Ghost), Anand Wilder (Yeasayer), Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend), Jen Goma (A Sunny Day […]

What's going on Thursday? (Primal Scream, TVOTR & Bo Ningen, Anaal Nathrakh, Jamie Lidell, B-52s, Kaki King, more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Primal Scream @ Warsaw Having dabbled in punk, dub, dance music, straight-up rock n’ roll and just about every other genre, Scottish band Primal Scream have managed to stay fresh longer than most other bands originating from the mid-’80s, and frontman Bobby Gilespie remains the epitome of lanky cool…

Blitz the Ambassador playing DC and Brooklyn Night Bazaar, where Denitia & Sene play an EP release party the next day

Brooklyn rapper Blitz the Ambassador has two East Coast shows happening this week, a DC show on Thursday (3/19) at Howard Theatre (tickets) and a FREE Brooklyn show on Friday (3/20) at Brooklyn Night Bazaar with Karikatura, King Holiday and DJ Mi…

Quilt, Ex Cops, World Inferno Friendship Society, Pity Sex & more upcoming Brooklyn Night Bazaar shows

Quilt will be coming down from Boston to visit NYC this weekend to play Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday (2/21) with The Mystery Lights, King Cyst, and Monograms on the bill as well…

The Stepkids releasing new LP, playing shows (dates, video)

Connecticut psychedelic soul trio The Stepkids are gearing up for the release of their second album, Troubador, due out later this year on Stones Throw…

Cascading Slopes is Jacob from The Drums' new band, NYC residency this month (streams)

Cascading Slopes is a new project from Jacob Graham of The Drums. Unlike his other band, this is 100% synthesiser-based music. His debut album, Towards a Quaker View of Synthesizers, is out soon and “took two years to complete from its inception and was made using strictly voltage-controlled instruments…