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Sweet John Bloom share new song "Moving Target"; MPHO (ft. Mark Perro from The Men) on their Brooklyn show

Cambridge, MA’s Sweet John Bloom already shared “Blood Moon” from their upcoming debut album on Tiny Engines, Weird Prayer, and now another song, “Moving Target,” premieres in this p…

Carpark Records celebrating 16th anniversary w/ basketball-themed comp + shows (stream TEEN's contribution)

Carpark Records, home of Toro Y Moi, Speedy Ortiz, TEEN, Young Magic, and many more, is celebrating its 16th anniversary this year which means it’s old enough to drive…

Orchestra of Spheres released 2nd LP, touring, playing NZ@CMJ showcase w/ Popstrangers & more (dates, streams)

As has become a tradition, one of CMJ‘s 2014 kickoff events is the New Zealand artists showcase on October 21 at The Studio at Webster Hall (it used to happen at Le Poisson Rouge) with PopStrangers, Orchestra of the Spheres, DOPRAH, and Chelsea Jade…

tix on sale: Thee Oh Sees, Angel Olsen, Damien Rice, Oh Land, Lucinda Williams, SBTRKT, Dr Dog & more

Damien Rice is playing The Box on October 16 & 18, and Warsaw in between on October 17. Tickets for The Box shows and the Warsaw show are on artist presale now (if you’re on his mailing list you should have the password), and general on-sale begins Friday (9/19) at noon…

CMJ initial 2014 line-up released

The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 – 25 at venues all over NYC. We’ve heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out…

Herzog released 'Boys,' playing two NYC shows this week and added to Northside Fest (updated dates, LP stream)

Cleveland band Herzog released their terrific new album, Boys, a couple weeks back. As I wrote previously, Boys is ’90s-style indie/alt rock, loaded with hooks and extremely quotable lyrics (via lyricist-in-residence Tony Vorell who doesn’t play with the band live)…