A Classic Education

A Classic Education singer Jonathan Clancy has turned his solo project, His Clancyness, into an actual band and their new album (recorded in Detroit), Vicious, will be released October 8 via FatCat…

What started as solo home recordings from A Classic Education’s Jonathan Clancy, His Clancyness has become a full band over the late couple years and have become as active as ACE…

When I was in my teens, the term “power-pop” had a bad connotation. Looking back on it, the issue seems to be that I hadn’t heard any authentic or creative power-pop…

“Best band to worst crowd ratio of the year so far is def cloud nothings vs mercury lounge. Goddamn this band rules.” – Nick Stern Cloud Nothings @ Mercury Lounge – 3/27/2012Playing with almost rhythmically mechanical precision made the noise and distortion of their guitars seem that much more deliberate…

today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * last night ever @ Southpaw * Max Johnson Trio @ Barbes * Nate Wooley, Ben Hall @ The Stone * Viking Moses @ The Manhattan Inn * Raft, Silver Interior @ Zebulon * Pretty Good Friends @ Union Hall * Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna @ BAM * DJ Krush @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Drop the Lime, Star Eyes @ a rave in Brooklyn * Red Molly, Hoots & Hellmouth @ City Winery * Comedy Night @ The Knit w/ Hannibal Buress * Aeroplane, Wolfram @ Le Bain at The Standard * Bird Dog, Nightdogs, The Yes Way, Octant @ Glasslands * LUSHES, Lantern, Cellular Chaos, The Dreebs @ Death By Audio * Soar Trio, Daniel Carter, Federico Ughi, Julian Osti @ Vaudeville Park * Robin Bacior, Whale Belly, Olivia Mancini & The Mates @ Mercury Lounge * Hush Arbors, Sunburned Hand of The Man, Byron Coley, Mike Bones Brigagde @ Union Pool * Jonas Reinhardt, Pink Skull, Evi Antonio, Sam Bay, Midnight Magic DJ set @ Cameo Gallery It’s DJ Krush vs……

Cloud Nothings @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) After playing Austin’s own Fun Fun Fun Fest in November, Cloud Nothings announced a national tour in support of their excellent sophomore album Attack On Memory, which is out TODAY (1/24) via Carpark…

DOWNLOAD: Cloud Nothings – “No Future/No Past” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cloud Nothings – “Stay Useless” (MP3) Cloud Nothings at FFF Fest (more by Tim Griffin) As mentioned, Cloud Nothings are releasing their sophomore album, Attack On Memory, on January 24 via Carpark and playing a NYC show at The Studio at Webster Hall two days later (1/26) before heading out on a full tour in support of the album…

After a stop in Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest (new pictures in this post), Cloud Nothings toured to Brooklyn to play a show at Glasslands last weekend (11/12)…

A Classic Education at BV-CMJ 2009 (by Bill Pearis) Bologna’s A Classic Education will hop the pond to join the throngs at SXSW before hopping on tour with fellow Europeans British Sea Power who have expanded their previously announced trek to now include three NYC-area dates instead of just one…