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Mount Eerie playing 2 NYC shows in between Japan and Australia/New Zealand tours (dates)

Mount Eerie at Le Poisson Rouge in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Mount Eerie (aka Phil Elverum) is about to kick off a tour of Japan this week, and upon returning to the US, he’ll play “2 full band shows out of nowhere in NYC” on November 28 at Le Poisson Rouge and November 29 at NYU’s Kimmel’s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium on the 4th floor (60 Washington Square South) with Heaven’s Gate, These Days, and ADVAITA…

Hilly Eye playing CMJ and post-CMJ shows (one with Blanche Blanche Blanche, one with Waxahatchee)

Hilly Eye at Cake Shop in June (more by Andrew St. Clair) Brooklyn’s Hilly Eye have a few shows coming up, including a couple this week during and around CMJ…

Woodsman releasing new single, on tour, playing NYC tonight and during CMJ (dates)

Brooklyn-via-Denver post-rock instrumentalists Woodsman play Bowery Ballroom tonight (10/12), opening for Marco Benevento. Tickets are still available…

Hillstock returning to Brooklyn in June (Hilly Eye, The Suzan, Math the Band, Ava Luna & more)

Hilly Eye at Acheron earlier this month (more by Andrew St. Clair) Annual all ages, DIY music festival Hillstock is returning to Brooklyn this year from June 22-24 across four spaces in Clinton Hill…

NYC Popfest Night 1: Burning Hearts, Speedmarket Avenue, Dear Marje, Heaven's Gate, The Marshmallows (pics, video)

Like years past, NYC Popfest 2012 kicked off with a show at Cake Shop. Finland’s Burning Hearts, who played Popfest in 2009 as well, headlined the night with a set of shimmering guitars and warm synthesizers…

NYC Popfest 2012 preview (Pt. 2): Comet Gain, The Pooh Sticks, White Town, The Ladybug Transistor, The Wave Pictures, Allo Darlin', Pushy Parents, and more

Here’s the second part of the NYC Popfest 2012 preview. For info on tonight’s show at Knitting Factory can read part one here. SATURDAY, MAY 19 There’s a free show at Spike Hill with Sweden’s rough-and-tumble Lisa Bouvier, the gentle sounds of  Philippine band Outerhope (who also play The Rock Shop on Monday ) plus Pale Lights (featuring Comet Gain’s Phil Sutcliffe and Andy from Crystal Stilts) and Brooklyn up-and-comers Habibi…

Total Slacker covered Grimes, going on tour w/ Night Manager

DOWNLOAD: Total Slacker – Oblivion (Grimes cover) (M4A) Total Slacker are about to head out on the road with Night Manager. Before they do, they’ll play with Heaven’s Gate and Turnip King at Cheap Storage in Brooklyn on June 2…

NYC Popfest 2012 in preview (part 1): Burning Hearts, Orca Team, Speedmarket Avenue, Saturday Looks Good to Me & more

DOWNLOAD: Popfest Mix (ZIP) Burning Hearts @ NYC Popfest 2009 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) It’s NYC Popfest time again. Popfest happens Thursday – Sunday (May 17 – 20) at various venues around Manhattan and Brooklyn…

NYC Pop Fest 2012 line-up announced: Pooh Sticks, White Town, Comet Gain, Allo Darlin', Wave Pictures, Burning Hearts and many more playing

The Pooh Sticks in the early ’90s The sixth-annual NYC Pop Fest is happening May 17 – 20 and the organizers have just announced the 27 band line-up, which includes UK acts Allo Darlin’ and The Wave Pictures who will wrap up their US tour together with their Popfest show, plus Comet Gain, Seattle’s Seapony, Finland’s Burning Hearts, Sweden’s Speedmarket Avenue and The Electric Pop Group, and longrunning American indiepop group Saturday Looks Good to Me…

Woollen Kits, Slow Club, Eleven Pond, Palomar, Natural Child & more in This Week in Indie

There are so many good shows happening tomorrow (2/16) this column could be renamed This Thursday in Indie. But I won’t because that would be dumb…
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