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The Jazz June, You Blew It!, label co-founder Kevin Duquette and more Topshelf Records artists' favorite albums of 2014
Topshelf Records has had a pretty great year, putting out records by several rising young bands across various rock subgenres (not just emo…
CMJ day 2 pics: Girlpool, Nai Harvest, Ultimate Painting, Be Forest, Literature, September Girls, Ocean Blue & more
and Bill Pearis
The CMJ week day party action picked up on Wednesday (10/22) and Ludlow St is still a safe bet, as is the now-annual Kanine party at Pianos, which this year was co-sponsored by fellow indie label Slumberland and SESAC…
Canadian band Monomyth released debut LP & video (stream), playing three free CMJ shows
Halifax, NS quartet Monomyth releaed their debut album, Saturnalia Regalia!, over the summer via Canadian label, Mint. I caught them while at Pop Montreal a couple weeks ago and was impressed:Hailing from Halifax, NS and having all four members write and sing, I couldn’t help but compare them a bit to Sloan…
Ultimate Painting share more songs from debut LP, touring before playing lots of CMJ shows (dates, stream)
As mentioned, Ultimate Painting (aka James Hoare of Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper of Mazes) will release their debut album next month via Trouble in Mind…
The Drums share more music from new LP, playing Rough Trade after sold-out MHOW & Bowery ++ new Beverly video
The Drums on Novotel roof in July (more by Wei Shi)
The Drums‘ new album, Encyclopedia, will be out September 23 and the band have shared a new single, “Kiss Me Again,” which is a little more like their classic sound than we heard on the punky ‘Magic Mountain…
Literature sign to Slumberland for new album, touring in September (dates, new song stream)
Philly-via-Austin indie pop band Literature will release their next album, Chorus, on August 19 which will be their first for Slumberland. It’s a good fit, and there’s no denying the UK influence in the hyper-jangly first single “The English Softhearts” which you can stream below…
Ten (somewhat smaller) Northside shows we're excited to see
and Andrew Sacher
Eagulls @ SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin)
As you may well be aware, the The Northside Festival starts this week in Brooklyn, the music portion of which runs from Thursday – Sunday (June 12 – 15)…
Wildhoney ready new 7", touring, playing Baltimore Popfest w/ TPOBPAH, Eternal Summers & more (dates, streams)
Baltimore’s Wildhoney are unabashedly flying the early ’90s shoegaze flag, recalling not only the obvious UK influences, but also their American compatriots like Lilys and Black Tambourine…
What's going on Thursday? (Ty Segall, Les Savy Fav, Zero Boys, Delorean, Classixx, Bent Shapes & more)
Les Savy Fav in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…
Radical Dads, Literature, Grand Resort and Bent Shapes playing the 2013 Sound Bites Series in August at Seaport
In addition to the Seaport Music Festival and 4Knots which both happen this summer on Pier 17, I’m happy to report that the Sound Bites Series (which I curate, shameless plug) will return for its fourth year at the Seaport’s Fulton Stall Market every Sunday afternoon in August…
