Lower Dens

Eternal Summers at BVCMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Roanoke, VA’s Eternal Summers and Philly’s Bleeding Rainbow are old pals, having released a split 7″ back in both bands’ early days and have toured together more than once…

Polica @ Webster Hall, 10/6/2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Polica‘s debut album, Give You the Ghost, has shown up on a few Best Of lists this year (like NME and The Fly) but what records did they like in 2012…

Craig Finn w/ The Hold Steady in NYC in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Listen to the references he makes in his lyrics or read an interview with him and you know that Craig Finn (of The Hold Steady) has a wide range of taste, and that isn’t lost on his list of the top ten records of 2012, which bounces from underground rapper El-P to folk legend Bill Fay to non-stop rockers Japandroids…

Grizzly Bear are on the cover of the new issue of NY Magazine, which makes two weeks in a row that Brooklyn was prominently featured. Despite making it into Billboard’s Top 10 with their new album, Shields, the band still aren’t making a lot of money…

On the final day of September (Sunday, September 30), Grizzly Bear brought their tour in support of Shields through Chicago for a performance at the Riviera Theatre…

Yeasayer in Austin earlier this month (more by Tim Griffin) We already posted lots of posts today. Here’s some more, and some reminders too…

Lower Dens @ Central Park Summerstage in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) Grizzly Bear are set to begin a fall North American tour in September in support of their forthcoming LP, Shields, due out on September 18 via Warp…

Ryan Jarman of The Cribs (more by David Andrako) / Amadou & Mariam today in NYC * Coldplay @ IZOD Center * Love Taps @ Joe’s Pub * Sidi Toure @ Joe’s Pub * Reptar @ Brooklyn Bowl * Kenny Brawner @ Joe’s Pub * Maxwell @ Prudential Center * Yemen Blues @ City Winery * Judah Friedlander @ Carolines * Jackson Browne @ Beacon Theatre * Xombie, Gowanus @ Mercury Lounge * Millie Jackson @ BB King Blues Club * Michael Attias & Friends @ Barbes * Mondo! indiep…

* Lollapalooza (Day 1) * Frank Ocean @ Metro * M83 (DJ set) @ Spy Bar * Chuck Prophet @ SPACE * Wale, Rockie Fresh @ Enclave * Bear in Heaven, Yawn @ Empty Bottle * Crosby, Stills & Nash @ Ravinia Festival * tUnE-yArDs, Washed Out @ House of Blues * The War on Drugs, Milo Greene @ Schubas * The Black Angels, Night Beats @ Double Door * Blind Pilot, Kopecky Family Band @ Lincoln Hall * Dirthog, Heaving Mass, Lungs, Gnarhval @ Ultra Lounge * The Growlers, JEFF The Brotherhood, Fidlar @ Subterranean * Grimes, The Big Pink, THENEWNO2 @ Logan Square Auditorium Lollapalooza begins this afternoon…

If there’s any band to see while a storm begins to brew overhead, it may just be Beach House. Some of those lightning flashes last night at their Summerstage performance in Central Park seemed almost synchronized to what they were playing…