Dead Gaze

Dead Gaze & Mystery Lights played the Seaport (pics)

There was a lot of smoke during Dead Gaze‘s set at the penultimate Seaport Music Festival show of 2014 (8/22). Some of it was from the fog machines, some of it was from the hand-rolled cigarette the band’s lead guitarist held tightly between his lips the whole show…

Seaport Music Festival 2014 lineup (Joanna Gruesome, Torres, Protomartyr, Boogarins, Black Bananas, Dead Gaze & more)

Joanna Gruesome @ BVCMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The Seaport Music Festival is back for its 13th season though, like 4Knots, somewhat reimagined…

Hopscotch Festival 2014 initial lineup (Spoon, Mastodon, Sun Kil Moon, St. Vincent, Death, High on Fire, White Lung & more)

We recently mentioned that the Hopscotch Music Festival will return to various downtown Raleigh, NC venues from September 4-6, and now the initial lineup has been announced…

Creative Adult streaming debut LP, playing Flowerbooking and FatCat SXSW showcase w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks

In terms of modern punk bands, fans of Ceremony, Pissed Jeans, and The Men will probably dig these guys. Like those bands, Creative Adult bring in decidedly non-punk influences; in their case it’s heavy atmospheres that fall somewhere between post-punk, shoegaze, and Sonic Youth…

Dent May and Dead Gaze playing two Texas shows on tour

Dent May in NYC 2012 (more by Tracy Allison) Mississippi’s funky soft-rocker Dent May has added more dates in support of his new album, Warm Blanket, due to be released on August 27 via Paw Tracks…

Dent May expands tour with Dead Gaze, released first single from new LP (updated dates & stream)

As mentioned, Dent May‘s new album, Warm Blanket, which will be out via Paw Tracks on August 27. If you liked the Orange Juice-y, soft rock funk of last year’s Do Things, you’ll dig the new album too…

Dent May prepping 'Warm Blanket,' playing Schubas this weekend

Mississippi’s Dent May is slated to release his third album, titled Warm Blanket, on August 27 via Paw Tracks. The LP was mostly self-recorded in a victorian house in Sarassota, FL, and features some pretty great cover art (viewable below)…

SXSW reveals a lot more 2013 artists

Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…

Dead Gaze, Swimsuit & Velvet Davenport (in review & video)

DOWNLOAD: Dead Gaze – This Big World (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Velvet Davenport – Get Out (Feat. Ariel Pink And Gar War) (MP3) During CMJ, I caught grimy Mississippi noise-pop band Dead Gaze at a Shea Stadium show set up by the label Group Tightener (who are putting out the band’s 10-inch)…

14 Iced Bears, 1900s, Tunng, Blank Dogs, Obits, Magic Kids, Popfest New England & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: 14 Iced Bears – Inside (MP3) DOWNLOAD: 14 Iced Bears – Like a Dolphin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: 14 Iced Bears – Hay Fever (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The 1900s – Babies (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Tuung – Don’t Look Down or Back (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Blank Dogs – Northern Islands (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dead Gaze – This Big World (MP3) I did a double take when I saw that UK indiepop cult heros 14 Iced Bears were playing The Rock Shop on Thursday (11/11)…