The Promise Ring

The Promise Ring teasing something about "2016"

The Promise Ring last reunited back in 2012, and this month they’re reissuing their classic Nothing Feels Good on longtime label Jade T…

The Promise Ring reissuing 'Nothing Feels Good,' share CMJ footage from 2000; Maritime streaming 2 songs off new LP

The Promise Ring reunited back in 2012, a couple years before basically every other ’90s emo band did. Our fingers are still crossed that they’ll schedule shows again, but meanwhile they did just announce a reissue of their 1997 sophomore LP Nothing Feels Good, one of the genre’s absolute best alb…

Pele reuniting for American Football's New Year's shows (Joan of Arc, Braid, Maritime & S. Carey playing too)

Yesterday, American Football expanded their reunion tour and today they’ve announced the openers for their four-night New Year’s run in Chicago which are all pretty amazing…

American Football expand reunion tour; City on Film release new song; Zookeeper playing SXSW; Jazz June made a video

American Football at Webster Hall in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) Fans of ’90s emo have had it pretty great this year, with very active reunions from American Football, Mineral, The Jazz June and Braid (other stuff too), and now we’ve got new updates on all of those bands…

Owen releasing a covers album, shares Smoking Popes cover; American Football "wouldn't rule out" new material

American Football’s secret Chicago show in August (more by Jeff Ryan) As you might have heard, American Football are reunited this year (and they just added four New Year’s shows in Chicago), but singer Mike Kinsella is keeping busy in other ways too…

Jade Tree's entire catalog is now on bandcamp (Promise Ring, Lifetime, Jets to Brazil, Cap'n Jazz, Pedro the Lion & more)

We were just saying Jade Tree Records is back (though they say don’t call it a comeback). The label has now uploaded their entire catalog to bandcamp with full streams of all the albums and downloads available for $5 or less…

What's going on Saturday?

Deerhoof @ ATP-NJ in 2011 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) * Sloan @ Subterranean * Deerhoof, Mirel Wagner @ Schubas (Early Show) * Deerhoof, Buke and Gase @ Schubas (Late Show) * Mount Eerie and Cains & Abels, Angel Olsen @ Co-Prosperity Sphere * Conor Oberst, Van Dyke Parks @ Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements * The Yolks, Apache Dropout, The High Tension Wires, The Biz @ The Burlington * Helado Negro, Maria Minerva, Natural Information Society, Father Finger @ Hideout * Patterson Hood and The Downtown Rumblers, Hope For Agoldensummer @ City Winery * Lydia Loveless, Jon Langford & Skull Orchard, Dex Romweber Duo, Deadstring Brothers, Shake’em On Down @ Mayne Stage Sloan are performing their 1994 LP, Twice Removed, in its entirety tonight at Sub-t…

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Negative Approach earlier this month in Chicago (more by Carmelo Espanola) Penn Badgley in ‘Greetings From Tim Buckley’ We already posted lots of posts today…

The Promise Ring playing Bottom Lounge during Riot Fest

The Promise Ring @ Metro in February (more by Grant MacAllister) As mentioned, The Promise Ring are one of the many acts performing at Riot Fest Chicago 2012 next weekend (September 14-16)…

The Promise Ring playing Unitarian Church in place of cancelled Philly Riot Fest, and other dates

The Promise Ring at Irving Plaza in May (more by Joe McCabe) As mentioned, Riot Fest East (aka the one that happens in Philly) was just postponed to a TBA date…
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