Banquets

Placeholder touring w/ Banquets after SXSW (dates & streams)

Lancaster, PA punks Placeholder are heading to Austin for SXSW this year, where they’ll play the BrooklynVegan showcase with Against Me!, Touche Amore, The Front Bottoms, and more, and after that they’ll do a quick Northeast tour with their Black Numbers labelmates Banquets…

punk roundup: Marathon reunion, No Trigger, Fire When Ready, NRSV, Dictators, Reagan Youth, Richie Ramone & more

New York punks Marathon, whose lineup included two members that went on to form to Polar Bear Club (but both recently left that band), broke up back in 2006 after the release of their only full length (self-titled)…

UnWed released debut single (stream both tracks), playing Saint Vitus w/ Banquets & Nuclear Santa Claust

Brooklyn post-hardcore “supergroup” UnWed (mems. of Hot Water Music, Primitive Weapons, Small Brown Bike) formed not long ago, played their first show at Saint Vitus in December, and announced that they’d put out their debut single on No Idea in early 2014…

NYC Thanksgiving Weekend events (Lauryn Hill, Television, Dean Wareham, Phosphorescent, Ab-Soul, Joey Badass, more)

and Andrew Sacher Lauryn Hill at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) A day of being grateful for what they’ve got, overeating and subsequent afternoon naps, Thanksgiving is the start of a long weekend for many folks, but one that usually doesn’t have the most options for things to do — or bands to see…

The Menzingers opening for Lucero & Titus Andronicus (win tix!); Banquets & Modern Baseball opening for Menzingers

The Menzingers at Riot Fest Brooklyn 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) As discussed, Philly punks The Menzingers are heading out on a tour this year, and since we last spoke they’ve been added to the NYC stop of the Lucero and Titus Androni……

What's going on Thursday? (Neko Case, Okkervil River, Allah-Las, Matias Aguayo, Porches, Eugene Mirman fest & more)

Neko Case in Long Island in 2011 (more by Greg Cristman) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…

Gainesville's The Fest expands lineup (ALL, Circle Takes The Square, United Nations, Titus Andronicus & more)

As discussed, Gainesville’s The Fest is returning this year from October 31 to November 3, and they’ve just expanded their lineup to include more artists…

Laura Stevenson touring w/ Field Mouse; Allison Weiss touring w/ Candy Hearts (dates)

As mentioned, Laura Stevenson is releasing her new album, Wheel, on April 23 via Don Giovanni, and she’s announced that she’ll support the album on a full band tour with Field Mouse this spring…

Candy Hearts working on LP, playing Sandy benefit at Grand Victory

We’ve seen lots of bands lately that cross over between punk (or pop punk) and indie scenes, and Brooklyn’s Candy Hearts is one of those with a crossover audience…

Against Me! touring w/ Screaming Females & Lemuria ++ Laura Stevenson & The Cans tour w/ Fake Problems (dates)

DOWNLOAD Laura Stevenson & the Cans – Master of Art (MP3) Screaming Females at Barbarella (more by Tim Griffin) Screaming Females, who just completed a run of shows that brought them to Santos Party and Maxwell’s, and who will be playing Culture Shock up at SUNY Purchase in April, will head out on tour in June with Lemuria and headliner Against Me…
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