Wintersleep

Frightened Rabbit came to NYC over the weekend for two sold-out shows on the 10th anniversary tour for their most loved album, The Midnight Organ Fight. We already posted a review of the Bowery Ballroom show and now we’ve got pictures of the Music Hall of Williamsburg show…

Nothing stopped them from performing the beloved album with all the spirit that they had ten years ago. Scott and the rest of the band were putting their all into every song and clearly having a great time, and they really did a great job of re-creating the full Midnight Organ Fight experience on stage…

Frightened Rabbit will perform their breakthrough (and best) album in full for its 10th anniversary.

The 2016 edition of the Quebec City Summer Festival (or Festival d’été de Québec as it is known there) happened July 7 – 17, featuring 300 different artists across 10 different stages…

SXSW already announced two rounds of 2016 artists, and today a third round was announced, including L7, Bloc Party, The Cult, Loretta Lynn, Waxahatchee, Frankie Cosmos, D∆WN, Polica, Dilly Dally, Eleanor Friedberger, Protomartyr, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot, Fat White Family, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, All Dogs, Judy Collins & Ari Hest, The Dandy Warhols, Des Ark, Mick Jenkins, Lady Leshurr, Mitski, Supersuckers, Teen Suicide, together PANGEA, Turnover, Younghusband an…

For those keeping score, your man Klaus has played drums in many many unpopular and unsignable bands since 1991. I’ve dragged my 1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 4 piece kit (2nd rack tom not shown) with 1965 Gretsch snare (all of which were purchased in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts for $175) from one end of the earth (the Northeast) to the other (the Midwest mostly) hundreds of times…

Toronto folkies Elliott Brood are in the midst of a fall North American tour with the equally folk-geared Wintersleep. That tour will make its way to Chicago for a performance at the Empty Bottle on November 4…

We just posted about Austra who’s coming back to North America (including 9/19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg) after a tour of Europe. She’s also one of many artists playing the 2012 Osheaga Festival in Montreal which happens August 3 – 5…

Ava Luna at BV Holiday Party last month/year (more by Jessica Amaya) Wintersleep are going on a short North American tour this month which ends in 2 NYC dates happening on January 24 at Mercury Lounge with Pretty & Nice and January 25 at Glasslands with ARMS and Writer…

Young Galaxy @ NXNE (more by Andrew Frisicano) Young Galaxy head out on their previusly mentioned U.S. tour Thursday (3/17) with Winter Gloves, and hit NYC Friday (3/18) at Mercury Lounge and Saturday (3/19) at Knitting Factory…