Ramona Falls
EL VY (The National, Menomena), Wye Oak and Julien Baker played two NYC shows (Bowery Ballroom pics)
EL VY released their debut album Return to the Moon at the tail-end of last month via 4AD, and their tour in support of it hit NYC this past weekend for sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom on Friday (11/13) and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (11/…
The National's Matt Berninger + Menemona / Ramona Falls' Brent Knopf = EL VY -- debut LP & tour coming (dates, video)
The National frontman Matt Berninger and former Menomena / current Ramona Falls frontman Brent Knopf have teamed up as EL VY (“pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes wi…
Jarvis Cocker, Four Tet, Max Tundra, YACHT, Rustie and more contribute to 'Everything is New' charity project (streams)
The goal of the Everything is New project is to empower the children of Light of Love Children’s Home, many of whom have been rescued from bonded labour, child prostitution, homelessness and abject poverty…
watch Mates of State play a new song (a BrooklynVegan Soundwave Session), part of Barsuk @ Bumbershoot (pics)
Husband-and-wife indie pop duo Mates of State stopped by the Toyota Soundwave tent at Bumbershoot in Seattle to play us a few songs. One of those songs was a new track called “Now We’re Gonna Get It” which we caught on video with the help of director Paul Greenhouse…
Bumbershoot this weekend, look for BrooklynVegan & Barsuk in the Soundwave tent (schedule)
Like we did at Firefly, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands, BrooklynVegan will be taking over 2-3 hours of the Soundwave tent each day at Bumbershoot in Seattle this Labor Day Weekend…
Bumbershoot 2013 lineup & tix (Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar, Breeders, Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter & more)
Bumbershoot is returning to Seattle this year from August 31 to September 2 at Seattle Center. This year’s lineup was just announced, and it includes Death Cab for Cutie performing Transatlanticism (in case The Postal Service reuniting wasn’t enough Ben Gibbard nostalgia for you), Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, The Breeders, The Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter, Baroness, Crystal Castles, Gary Numan, Joey Bada$$, Eric Burdon, Bob Mould, David Bazan, Charli XCX, Redd Kross, The Men and m…
Ramona Falls touring in 2013 (dates)
Ramona Falls, the project of ex-Menomena member Brent Knopf, will be going on a North American tour in 2013. All of the dates on that tour have not been announced yet but we know that it hits the NYC area on February 2 at Glasslands with Mitten and February 7 at Maxwell’s with The Explorers Club and Kurt…
The Helio Sequence releasing new album, touring w/ Ramona Falls; PVT opening for Menomena on tour (dates & streams)
DOWNLOAD: The Helio Sequence – October (MP3)
The Helio Sequence at Siren Fest 2008 (more by Leia Jospe)
The Helio Sequence are finally set to followup their 2008 breakthrough LP, Keep Your Eyes Ahead, with a new album, Negotiations, due out on September 11 via Sub Pop…
The Helio Sequence releasing LP, playing Lincoln Hall w/ Ramona Falls (dates)
As mentioned on BrooklynVegan, The Helio Sequence will release their new album, Negotiations, on September 11 via Sub Pop, and are kicking off a tour in support of it around the same time…
What's going on Saturday?
today in Chicago
* Like Pioneers @ Saki (Free; In-store)
* Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival (Day 2)
* Saint Motel, RACES, Swearwords @ Schubas
* Marina & The Diamonds, MS MR @ Park West
* The 9 Spot, Run and Punch, The Naps @ Ultra Lounge
* NOMO, The Eternals (trio), Low Tide Dance @ Empty Bottle
* Guantanamo Baywatch, Pink Torpedo, Slushy, Scoundrel @ Township
* Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
* White Magic, Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society, Magic Key @ The Burlington
The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival continues today with NOMO, Loyal Divide, Cains & Abels & more…
