Chris Leo

Having played FYF Fest (and a few Cali club shows), House of Vans Chicago, Riot Fest, and a Riot Fest Aftershow, Cap’n Jazz played the last North American show of what might be their last reunion tour at Brooklyn Steel…

The Van Pelt at Coco66 in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) NYC emo/post-hardcore vets The Van Pelt had a brief career in the ’90s, releasing a few 7″s and only two full length albums, 1996’s Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves and 1997’s classic Sultans of Sentiment…

Bowerbirds @ Mercury Lounge 4/27 (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Todd Barry @ Caroline’s * Tanya Morgan @ Southpaw * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Forro in the Dark @ Music on the Oval * Toby from Youth Group @ Living Room * Bowerbirds, Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom * Mahavishnu Project @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Stepping Off “The Corner” @ Rockefeller Park * The Duhks, Red Molly @ Madison Square Park * The Sundelles, Little Girls, Browns @ Cake Shop * Juana Molina, Curumin, El G @ Central Park Summerstage * The Church, Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) @ Irving Plaza * Taigaa…

More than ten years later, The Van Pelt returned to NYC, playing Brooklyn for the first time ever on June 13th as part of a show at Coco66 that the band curated for the Northside Fest…

words & The Van Pelt played their first show in 10+ years at the Radio Room in Austin on March 21st as part of the Slip/Lovitt Day Party which also included sets (who are playing Brooklyn on April 1st), Pygmy Lush, Cursive (who played a BV party at the same venue two days earlier), and Frodus…