NYC Popfest
NYC Popfest 2014 Friday preview / streams (The Flatmates, My Favorite, Haywains, Bart & Friends) ++ unofficial shows
Night 2 of NYC Popfest happens at Knitting Factory (tickets) and is headlined by C-86 era UK band The Flatmates whose tight, hook-filled songwriting and loose, loud style — and a career that only saw them release singles and EPs, breaking up before they managed an album — makes them one of the quintessential ’80s UK indiepop bands…
NYC Popfest 2014 Thursday preview / streams (Dressy Bessy, The Besties, Martha, and Franny & Zooey)
It’s time for NYC Popfest, the annual four-day celebration of all things jangly, often cute, usually well-dressed and, ocasionally, twee…
NYC Popfest update: Hidden Cameras drop off lineup but The Popguns added ++ daily schedule
Some good news / bad news from the NYC Popfest folks. The bad news is that Canada’s The Hidden Cameras have had to drop off the lineup. That’s the second time they’ve canceled a NYC show this year…
Gold-Bears ready second LP for Slumberland (stream a track), playing Shea Stadium after NYC Popfest ++ other dates
Atlanta band Gold-Bears will be back with their second album, Dalliance, on June 3 via Slumberland. With big catchy choruses, the band’s rowdy indiepop fits nicely alongside Superchunk or The Wedding Present (who have a song called “Dalliance,” that they are probably familiar with)…
NYC Popfest announces 2014 line-up: Hidden Cameras, My Favorite, The Flatmates, Spearmint, Rocketship & more
NYC Popfest returns for its eighth year from May 29 – June 1 across venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The line-up was just announced and, as usual, it’s a mix of new and classic bands…
The Ballet ready new LP, playing free NYC Popfest show
NYC synthpop band The Ballet have been hibernating the last few years, rarely playing live and no recorded material since 2009’s terrific Bear Life…
The Bats played Chaos in Tejas (pics), play NYC Popfest this weekend with Tigercats, Flowers & more
As mentioned, New Zealand indie legends The Bats are on their first North American tour since 2006 which stopped in Austin last night (5/30) to play Chaos in Tejas…
NYC Popfest Friday preview: 'The Shield Around the K," Monchrome Set, Math & Physics Club, afterparty and more
NYC Popfest 2013 is in full swing, with a host of Friday (5/31) goings-on. This afternoon at 5 PM at Williamsburg bar/videostore/screening room Videology, there is a free showing of K Records documentary The Shield Around the K with a post-screening Q&A with director Heather Rose Dominic.
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NYC Popfest starts tonight at Cake Shop with The School, Zipper, Thee Ahs, Literature and more (streams)
DOWLOAD: 2013 NYC Popfest Mix (Zip)
The 2013 edition of NYC Popfest kicks off tonight (5/30), as it always does, at Cake Shop with a six-band bill spanning two continents and four countries…
UK trio Flowers released their debut EP, making US debut at NYC Popfest this weekend (dates, streams)
London’s trio Flowers are on their way to the U.S. for NYC Popfest, where they’ll play this Saturday (6/1) at The Bell House as part of a bill that includes New Zealand headliners The Bats as well as fellow UK acts Tigercats, The Hobbes Fanclub, and The Proctors as well as Sweden’s Azure Blue…
