The Defibulators

2015 Brooklyn Country Music Festival lineup & tickets

The 10th annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival happens at The Bell House from August 20-23 with sets from Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Gangstagrass, The Defibulators, Jack Grace Band, Amy Friedman & the OTher Failures, The Brain Cloud, Miss Tess & the Talkbacks, Susquehanna Tool & Industrial Die Co and more across its …

tix on sale: Johnny Marr, Afghan Whigs, Interpol, Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann / Ted Leo, Sloan, Deer Tick, more

RSVP is open for the BrooklynVegan-curated Red Bull Sound Select show at Palisades with White Lung, Power Trip and Sick Feeling TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT…

What's going on Wednesday? (Sky Ferreira, CSN, Yes, Snoop Dogg, Modern Vices, Nightmares on Wax & more)

Sky Ferreira at Rough Trade in 2013 (more by Chris La Putt) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

tix on sale: The Julie Ruin, blink-182, Deervana, Defibulators, Single Mothers, H2O, Mono, Minor Alps, Black Milk & more

(via @mrdavehill) Tickets to see Black Milk at Santos Party House go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets to see A Wilhelm Scream and Single Mothers at The Studio at Webster Hall go on sale today at 10 AM…

The Defibulators -- upcoming shows & new LP (streams)

Brooklyn’s The Defibulators released their debut album, Corn Money, back in 2009, and have played a ton of local shows since its release, and they’re now set to release that album’s followup, Debt’ll Get’em, on August…

Catherine Popper leads a Levon Helm benefit, Grace Potter plays Beacon Theater this weekend

Levon Helm at Summerstage, July 2011 (more by Chris La Putt) The great Levon Helm will be paid tribute on 11/19 at Hill Country (30 w26th St, Manhattan), when Catherine Popper (of Levon Helm/Jack White/Ryan Adams/Grace Potter’s bands) will assemble Puss ‘n Boots (which probably means Norah Jones) to lead a benefit at the venue…

New Languages & Country Music fests kick off in Brooklyn

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society live @ LE POISSON ROUGE – 15 JULY 2009 1) MP3: ZenoSolo: Ryan Keberle, trombone 2) MP3: Flux in a Box Solos: Ben Kono, alto sax; Mike Holober, piano 3) MP3: Hard Up on the Down Low Solo: Ingrid Jensen, trumpet & electronics 4) MP3: Jacobin Club Solos: Sam Sadigursky, tenor sax & Mike Fahie, trombone 5) MP3: Ferromagnetic Solo: Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet 6) MP3: Obsidian Flow Solo: Erica vonKleist, alto sax ENCORE 7) MP3: The Perils of Empire DOWNLOAD ALL (ZIP ARCHIVE)The New Languages Fest, which runs for six nights over two weekends at the former Shank (now “McCarren Hall”), begins with Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, House of Mirrors and The Respect Sextet. Grab a full, recent live set from Da…

Brooklyn Country Music Festival @ Southpaw (Sept. 17-19)

The Sixth Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival will be hosting local country acts for three days (September 17-19) at Brooklyn’s Southpaw…

free music @ the Big Apple BBQ in NYC this weekend

Although I can’t endorse the BBQ aspect of this thing, there’s no denying that this looks like a great lineup of free music at Madison Square Park in NYC this weekend…