Francis

Sweden's Francis ready new LP (listen to "Turning a Hand")

Swedish quintet Francis have been around for the better part of a decade, but didn’t break out internationally until 2012 when they released their EP This Must Be Blood and toured with friend The Tallest Man on Earth where they also served as his backing band…

Speedy Ortix & Ex Hex touring, playing NYC together in Nov, both playing free NYC shows this month (dates)

Ex Hex / Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Two great current indie rock bands, Speedy Ortiz (who owe a lot to the ’90s) and Ex Hex (whose members were in some classic ’90s bands), have shared bills before (like the BV SXSW day party this year and the Pitchfork Fest aftershow they play this month), and they’ll do so again in the fall…

tix on sale: Oh Land, Suffocation, White Lung, The Young, Mike Birbiglia, Cory Branan, Alabama Shakes, more

Oh Land is playing Knitting Factory on Monday, July 7. Tickets for that show are on sale now. Tickets for the Suffocation, Kataklysm, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia and Internal Bleeding show at Gramercy Theatre are on sale now…

The Tallest Man on Earth - 2009 Tour Dates (SXSW, Bowery B)

The Tallest Man on Earth @ MHOW (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)Thank you america, and thank you boys and girl of Francis… It’s a sunday of grey weather, bored dogs and mending of everything you neglect trying to tune a guitar for a career…