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Caveman -- 2013 CMJ shows & other dates
Caveman at Webster Hall in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
As you probably know by now, CMJ starts today, and local indie pop band Caveman are doing a number of shows for it this year, and all of them (at least what’s currently announced) are free…
Palma Violets played Webster, playing Glasslands tonight (updated dates & video)
Palma Violets are touring their way to Treasure Island Fest in San Francisco, and played their biggest NYC show yet last night (10/9) at Webster Hall, followed by a BV-presented after-party at HiFi…
tix on sale: The Babies, Spires, Danzig, Peelander-Z, Oh Land, Talib Kweli, Big K.R.I.T., Young Galaxy & more
The Babies and Spires are playing Mercury Lounge on September 7. Free Tickets to that show go on RSVP via Thrillcall App at 10 AM.
Tickets to see Danzig at Roseland Ballroom go on sale today at 10 AM…
MINKS released 'Tides End' & new video; Blouse ready new LP, playing NYC release show at Glasslands before CT5 fest
MINKS sophomore album, Tides End, was released this week via Captured Tracks. As mentioned, main man Sonny Kilfoyle makes an about-face from 2011’s tunefully dour By the Hedge, this time bright, shimmery, wistful and loaded with extremely hummable pop songs…
Pure Bathing Culture release new song, announce tour with Widowspeak; Leapling opening their Glasslands show (dates)
Pure Bathing Culture at Webster Hall in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Dream pop duo Pure Bathing Culture (aka Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman, who are/were both also in Vetiver) are set to release their debut album, Moon Tides (due out 8/20 via Partisan), and after already releasing the single, “Pendulum,” the band have now just put out another album cut, “Dream The Dare…
Dax Riggs and Spires played Mercury Lounge (pictures)
Louisiana bluesman and former member of bands like Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivian and Deadboy & The Elephantmen, Dax Riggs, made his seemingly annual trip to NYC last Friday (6/28) at Mercury Lounge as part of a larger tour. Th…
Brooklyn's Spires ready debut single, playing tons of local shows including July residency at Pianos
Probably the best discovery of this year’s Northside Fest for me was Brooklyn’s Spires, a band whose name I’d seen a lot but never managed to catch till then…
Pagan Rituals (featuring members of Friends and Tear it Up) releasing debut 7" and playing shows (dates, streams)
For an outsider, Tear it Up and Friends don’t exactly seem like the best match for bandmates. Yet here’s Pagan Rituals to prove them wrong…
White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)
As mentioned, White Fence‘s new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…
California X playing shows (one with DOM and Moss of Aura)
I just caught California X down in Austin for SXSW, and their set was one of the most memorable shows I saw — much more intense than the already-good rec…
