The Drowners

tours announced: JPEGMAFIA, Oranssi Pazuzu, DOOMSQUAD, CRICKETS, more

Plus: Black Belt Eagle Scout, Frenchkiss anniversary show additions, Curl Up And Die, Brittany Howard, Great Grandpa, and more tour news.

Ryan Adams, Norah Jones, Body/Head, Brian Fallon & more covered Neil Young at NeilFest Night 1 (pics / video / setlist)

A gaggle of talented folks came together at Bowery Ballroom on Sunday night (9/13) to pay tribute to the music of Neil Young and raise money for the Sweet Relief charity…

Neil Fest happening in NYC w/ Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, Body/Head, Brian Fallon & more; Norah Jones touring

The folks that have brought us Dylan Fest and Petty Fest will be bringing Neil Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music of Neil Young to NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on September 13 & 14…

Drowners signed to Frenchkiss

NYC band Drowners (formerkly known as The Drowners), who we were recently talking about, have signed to Frenchkiss Records…”In April, they signed to NY label Frenchkiss…

The Drowners released EP, play NYC tonight (streams, video)

You may remember Brooklyn outfit The Drowners who we profiled last year. The band have since signed to Birthday Records, the label founded by onetime Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson…

Cascading Slopes is Jacob from The Drums' new band, NYC residency this month (streams)

Cascading Slopes is a new project from Jacob Graham of The Drums. Unlike his other band, this is 100% synthesiser-based music. His debut album, Towards a Quaker View of Synthesizers, is out soon and “took two years to complete from its inception and was made using strictly voltage-controlled instruments…

Parlovr released 'Kook Soul,' playing Glasslands tonight

Parlovr at Hotel Vegan, SXSW 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Montreal’s Parlovr are visiting NYC, playing Glasslands TONIGHT (5/30) with Mainland, We Run, and The Drowners…

check out The Drowners (playing free show at Pianos tonight, opening for The Vaccines) -- dates & MP3

DOWNLOAD: The Drowners – Long Hair (MP3) We mentioned in passing that local four-piece The Drowners are opening for The Vaccines and Porcelain Raft at Webster Hall on April 23…

Porcelain Raft schedules June shows, opening for the Vaccines even sooner (dates & new video)

Porcelain Raft at Webster Hall in January (more by Amanda Hatfield) Porcelain Raft, who made quite an impression at their MHOW show with Youth Lagoon, who they’re still currently on tour with, has added another NYC show to their schedule…