Big White

What's going on Thursday?

Operators, Peter Murphy, Blackalicious, Death Index, PEARS, Dan Friel, the return of Kiki & Herb, and more show options in NYC tonight.

Australian band Big White released 'Teenage Dreams' (listen), in the midst of 10-show NYC run

Big White are from Sydney, Australia and make the kind of heartfelt indie pop that is a direct descendent of bands like The Triffids, The Go-Betweens and NZ’s The Chills. (It’s also a little like Wild Nothing.) Their debut album Teenage Dreams is well worth checking out and you can listen via Spotify, and watch […]

Atlantic Thrills released 'Vices' and "Bed Bugs" video, touring

Providence, RI’s makers of good-time surf garage, Atlantic Thrills released their second album, Vices, at the end of 2015. You can stream it below along with the video for their earworm single “Bed Bugs.” Though bed bugs are every NYC apartment-dweller’s nightmare, this video, directed by Eric Aguiar, shows them to be misunderstood creatures just […]

Scully releasing 'No Sense' EP (listen to "Wave"), touring in April and playing Northside Fest

Brooklyn band Scully, which features most of The Splinters’ splinters, will release their debut EP, titled No Sense, via Fire Talk this summer. (The cassette is out via Burger.) Like on their previous two singles, this six-track 7″ EP shows off the band’s knack for memorable melodies, embellished with a poppy psych-garage sound and just […]

SXSW announces third round of 2016 artists

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…

Burger Records throwing tons of SXSW events (lineups)

Burger Records has a whole lot going on down in Austin for this year’s SXSW. In addition to their Wiener Records imprint’s party at Spiderhouse, Burger itself is once again hosting its massive Bugermania show, a pool party with performance from Burger bands, co-presenting a showcase with Lollipop records and opening up a pop up shop at Urban Outiftters where you can pick up the punnily-titled “Everything Is Burger In Texas” cassette featuring a bunch of Burger bands…

Weezer, Bone Thugs, Gang of Four, J Mascis, Ty Segall, Black Lips, Ariel Pink & more playing Burgerama Four (lineup)

Man, Burger Records is really feeling the Angus Soundtrack ’90s kids lately. First they signed The Muffs and now they’ve booked Weezer for their fourth Burgerama festival happening March 28-29 at The Observatory in Santa Ana,…