Chrome Cranks

surviving members of Brainiac reformed for Bell House tribute w/ GvsB, Les Savy Fav & more (pics, video)

Members of The Wrens, The Dismemberment Plan, Hole, Chrome Cranks, and more came out for a very special evening.

Brainiac tribute happening in NYC with mems of GvsB, D-Plan, Wrens, much more

A tribute show to Brainiac is happening in NYC, and footage will be used in the upcoming documentary on the band. The show will feature surviving members of Brainiac, plus members of Girls Against Boys (who also headline), The Dismemberment Plan, The Wrens, Hole, Les Savy Fav, Hella, Chrome Cranks, and more…

What's going on Friday? (Medicine, Adam Ant, Crosss, Laura Jane Grace, Phil Anselmo, Krief, Porches & more)

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights… Medicine, Weekend, Leverage Models @ Music Hall of Williamsburg One of the few legit American shoegaze bands of the ’90s is back with a terrific new album and their first NYC show in eons…

Pop 1280 release new LP teaser, playing record release party at Death by Audio (updated dates, video)

Pop 1280 have their latest LP Imps of Perversion due via Sacred Bones on August 6. The band spill the dirt on the new album — and offer up some snippets from it as well — in an interview video created by Michele Biss…

Pop. 1280 announce new album, playing with The Soft Moon on Sunday, and with Chrome Cranks in August

Pop. 1280 at Public Assembly in 2012 (more by Erez Avissar) NYC post-punks Pop. 1280 have announced that they will release the followup to 2012’s The Horror with a new album, Imps of Perversion, on August 6 via Sacred Bo…

tix on sale: Ghost B.C., Silversun Pickups, Gary Numan, Mina Caputo, Pat Kiernan, James Blake, Volcano Choir & more

Tickets for the James Blake shows at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon. Tickets to see Volcano Choir (Bon Iver + Collections of Colonies of Bees) at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon…

Chrome Cranks, The Rezillos, The Vibrators, The Angry Samoans, and more punk shows soon

Chrome Cranks @ Cake Shop 2010 (more by Keith Marlowe) Lots-o lots-o punk in the coming months, everything ranging from sugar-y sweet pop-punk to classic european styles and everything in between…

an interview w/ the Chrome Cranks + pics, video & bloody setlists from the shows @ Cake Shop & Knitting Factory

photos and interview The recently reunited Chrome Cranks played two shows over Memorial Day weekend – Friday at the Cake Shop and Saturday at the Knitting Factory…

Chrome Cranks reunion continues -w/ 2 NYC shows (1 tonight)

“After last year’s already legendary reunion shows, New York City’s infamous garage/punk-blues/noise kings the Chrome Cranks are once again ready to roundly kick the world squarely in its soft, pathetic, and pain-deserving ass–this time with two more hotly anticipated performances: at the Cake Shop in New York on May 28 and the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on May 29…