Amanda X

Having released three great albums in three years (most recently The Agent Intellect), Detroit’s Protomartyr are not resting yet. They just announced a lengthy North American tour that will keep them busy for most of 2016’s first quarter…

Last year, Philly trio Amanda X released their debut album, Amnesia, and on September 22 they’ll follow it with a two-song EP, Hundreds and Thousands, on Self Aware Records (pre-ord…

Brooklyn’s annual Gigawatts Festival returns this year with a lineup that’s bigger and more impressive than ever. The fest happens July 24-26 at The Wick & The Well, and artists playing include Black Lips, Braid, A Place to Bury Strangers, Liturgy, Swearin’, Beach Slang, Cheap Girls, Chumped, Anamanaguchi, Pile, Ava Luna, Cerebral Ballzy, Amanda X, Potty Mouth, Mannequin Pussy, Heaven’s Gate, Honduras, Laura Stevenson, Dan Friel and still m…

Cloud Nothings are playing both weekends of Coachella (starting this weekend), and they’ve got a few other shows happening around then …

Flippant attitude from their online presence in full force, vocalist/guitarist Sam Ray and guitarist John Toohey were quick to pop out of the high-octane songs right into banter about parents’ flights getting sent back because of the snow, the virtues of weed (Sam hollered “Give it up for weed…

Quilt will be coming down from Boston to visit NYC this weekend to play Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday (2/21) with The Mystery Lights, King Cyst, and Monograms on the bill as well…

Huge surprise shows weren’t the only kinds of live music going on in NYC this past weekend. There was also Indie Pop Prom 3 at Baby’s All Right on Friday (2/13), the annual Brooklyn show highlighting lady-fronted punk bands, and doubling as a birthday celebration for show curator Maria Sherman…

Brooklyn’s third annual Indie Pop Prom happens this year on February 13 at Baby’s All Right. Like in past years, it’s only bands featuring ladies, doubles as curator Maria Sherman’s birthday party, and is really more of a punk show than an indie pop show…

Kelly was toned down in a striped shirt and jeans, while McKee sported a fringed leather jacket — a holdover from the last album cover — and a skirt slashed to the thigh…

Brooklyn songwriter Jack Greenleaf fills almost every song in his Sharpless project with staggering amounts of layers, all focused on creating a massive atmosphere for his vocals and guitar work to live within…