Alpine
Empire of the Sun and Alpine played Pier 26 (which isn't coming back next year due to noise complaints) (pics)
The duo outfit themselves in pastel muumuus, sparkling headdresses and smeary face-paints, making them look like either intergalactic figure skaters or Aztec cousins to Siegfried and Roy…
What's going on Wednesday? (Austra, Still Corners, Low, Cold Cave, Shannon & the Clams, Hausu, Puce Mary & more)
Still Corners in Chicago 6/11/2013 (more by Chase Turner)
Cold Cave in Chicago, 10/25/2013 (more by Jimmy Farabi)
Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…
Celebrate Brooklyn! announces 2013 line-up (Big Boi, Calexico, Dan Deacon, Waterboys, Mavis Staples, TMBG + more)
Sigur Ros at @ Celebrate Brooklyn! 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
We’ve known about a few Celebrate Brooklyn! shows already (Belle & Sebastian / Yo La Tengo, The Roots with Jim James, Beck), but festival has announced their full 2013 schedule which includes Big Boi, Amadou & Miriam, Calexico, Mavis Staples, Cody Chesnutt, Os Mutantes, The Waterboys, Jamie Lidell / Dan Deacon, and They Might Be Giants…
Danish singer MØ is here, playing NYC before SXSW (dates)
Following an early live outing from Prince Innocence, she effortlessly commands the attention of the jostling room, her performance is completely natural, professional and expressive…
Dune Rats working on new EP, coming to the US for tour (download a song & watch them smoke weed in its video)
DOWNLOAD: Dune Rats – “Red Light, Green Light” (MP3)
Speaking of Australia, Brisbane fuzz rock duo Dune Rats (aka Danny Beus and BC Michaels), who were one of Andy from Cake Shop‘s “21 Amazing Experience of 2012”, surfaced with two EPs in 2011, Sexy Beach and Social Atoms, and they’re planning to follow that with another EP, titled Smile, and eventually a debut full length at some point this year…
Alpine's debut LP getting American release in 2013, playing SXSW, NYC (dates, streams)
Australian sextet Alpine released their debut album, A is for Alpine, back in August in their native country. With crisp staccato rhythms, slinky bass and the honeyed vocals of Phoebe Baker and Lou James, it’s bright, effervescent, danceable pop with at least three terrific singles — “Villages,” “Gasoline” and, especially, “Hands” — all of which you can check out below in video form…
SXSW reveals a lot more 2013 artists
Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…
The Thermals & The Big Sleep | 2007 Tour Dates
THERMAL WONDERLAND IN NEW ZEALAND (VIA)
This February the Thermals are finally getting around to a proper headlining tour to support their awesome 2006 album The Body, The Blood, The Machine…