Gal Pals

Burger-A-Go-Go 2 fest initial lineup announced: Cat Power, Julie Ruin, Cults, Bleached, Kim Gordon, Kate Nash & more

Burger Records will be throwing its second-annual all-female-fronted Burger-A-Go-Go fest on September 5 at Santa Anna Observatory. This year’s lineup includes Cat Power, The Julie Ruin, GLITTERBUST (aka Kim Gordon + Alex Knost), Kate Nash, Bleached, Cults, Cherry Glazerr, Kimya Dawson, Peach Kelli Pop, Death Valley Girls, and lots more…

Burger Records throwing tons of SXSW events (lineups)

Burger Records has a whole lot going on down in Austin for this year’s SXSW. In addition to their Wiener Records imprint’s party at Spiderhouse, Burger itself is once again hosting its massive Bugermania show, a pool party with performance from Burger bands, co-presenting a showcase with Lollipop records and opening up a pop up shop at Urban Outiftters where you can pick up the punnily-titled “Everything Is Burger In Texas” cassette featuring a bunch of Burger bands…

SXSW announces third round of 2015 showcasing artists

SXSW, which happens March 17-22 in Austin, TX, has announced its third round of 2015 showcasing artists. (Here’s round 1 and round 2.) It’s a big update, with over 500 new additions, including Amason, Frog Eyes, Palma Violets, Girl Band, Pity Sex, Sheer Mag, Kate Tempest, THEESatisfaction, Viet Cong, Matthew E…

Montreal duo The Muscadettes playing CMJ (dates)

One of the better up-and-coming acts at the 2014 Pop Montreal festival were duo The Muscadettes. Comprised of twin sisters Chantal and Kathleen Ambridge (plus a drummer live), they make super-catchy, riffy rock with shouty choruses and hooks a’plenty…

Ultimate Painting share more songs from debut LP, touring before playing lots of CMJ shows (dates, stream)

As mentioned, Ultimate Painting (aka James Hoare of Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper of Mazes) will release their debut album next month via Trouble in Mind…

Shonen Knife are here, playing Red 7 tonight (dates)

Shonen Knife in NYC in 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair) Japanese punk band Shonen Knife are currently on tour in support of their new album, Pop Tune, which is out now…

Ringo Deathstarr selling amp, playing 29th St. Ballroom Wed.

JULY 18th, 2012 RINGO DEATHSTARR // DEAD MELLOTRON // GAL PALS 10PM @ SPIDER HOUSE 29TH STREET BALLROOMDetails on the amp at Facebook.