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Gemma (mem Ava Luna, Motel Motel) releasing 'As Ever' and celebrating at Shea Stadium (stream the LP)

One of Ava Luna‘s multiple vocalists, Felicia Douglass, also leads her own band called Gemma. It’s a duo with Erik Gundel, who used to be in Motel Motel, and it’s a little more in the indie-R&B pop realm than either of the members’ ot…

Win Win streaming 'Primaries' LP, playing NYC release show

Win Win‘s new album, Primaries, is out next week via Arts and Crafts. As mentioned, the band have left their dancepop beginnings for a more textured, organic sound that’s much harder to define…

The Blow, Zambri & Cookies played one of Glasslands' last shows (pics)

Brooklyn venue Glasslands has less than a month left before the corner of S. 2nd & Kent is no longer a hub for live music in Williamsburg (Death by Audio and 285 Kent have already said their farewells), and this past Friday (12/5) they hosted The Blow, Zambri and Cook…

tix on sale: tUnE-yArDs, Built to Spill, White Lung, Chloe Howl, Riff Raff, Local H, Felice Bros, Wild Ones, Sacco & more

Tickets for the tUnE-yArDs show at Rough Trade NYC go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the Jagwar Ma show at Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon…

KiT in NYC this week, playing Baby's All Right tonight before globalFest on Sunday (watch a video)

“The first half of us made it to NYC. Waiting for the rest!!! Loving the weather ;-)” – KiT There are plenty of bands that have tried to do the “traditional music remixed with electronica” thing and truthfully, many of them kind of suck…

check out Paradise (Nedelle Torrisi of Cryptacize), playing two NYC shows this week

Nedelle Torrisi, who is one half of the Asthmatic Kitty-signed Cryptacize and has sung with Sufjan Stevens, Saturday Looks Good to Me and others, has a new musical project called Paradise and her first single under that name is out this week on Thin Wrist Recordings…