Hector’s Pets
Marvin Berry & the New Sound releasing LP on Don Giovanni, playing release show (stream a track)
Brooklyn garage rockers Marvin Berry and the New Sound have been playing around their local scene for a while now, and they’ve just signed to Don Giovanni Records (Screaming Females, Waxahatchee) who will release their debut full length, Bootleg, on February 25…
Habibi ready debut LP for Burger (stream a track), playing Brooklyn record release party and SXSW
Habibi @ Bowery Ballroom in November (more by Dylan Johnson)
Habibi‘s self-titled debut album is due out January 28 via Burger Records. (Fans of limited edition colored vinyl, it’s up for pre-order…
Yvette, Christines, Future Punx, Bent Shapes, Neon Indian and more indie NYC weekend show options
Well I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Apart from going to see The Wolf of Wall Street with my parents (something I strongly advise against unless your parents are Abel Ferrara or something) mine was great, thanks…
Guantanamo Baywatch releasing split 7" w/ Natural Child, on tour now, NYC this weekend (dates & stream)
Portland’s surfy Guantanamo Baywatch have a 7″ due soon via Suicide Squeeze, a split with likeminded southern-fried rockers Natural Child…
American Sharks on tour, playing Cake Shop CMJ showcase tonight & Union Pool later (dates & video)
Austin stoner rockers American Sharks are in two-steps-forward / one-step-back mode. The band was slated to open for Godflesh this coming Saturday, but as we’ve mentioned a couple of times over the past week, Godflesh have postponed their tour until April…
Colleen Green & White Fang added to Burgerama tour, also playing DbA (where there's a free Burger CMJ show)
As mentioned, The Growlers are headlining the “Burgerama Caravan of All-Stars Tour” which hits NYC on October 5 at Bowery Ballroom with Cosmonauts, Gap Dream, and Together Pangea…
What's going on Saturday? (CT5, Warm Up, Dwarves, Omar Souleyman, Shigeto, Martial Canterel, Grooms & More
DIIV @ Osheago 2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)
Omar Souleyman @ SXSW 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)
Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…
SummerScreen 2013 music lineup announced
The SummerScreen 2013 film lineup was announced back in April, and today the music portion of the summer series was announced. Like every year, each Wednesday a movie is screened in McCarren Park following a performance by a local art…
Hectors Pets, Skullshitter, Blackout & more playing free BBQ at Acheron on Saturday
Skullshitter at The Acheron, June 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
Bushwick punk/metal venue The Acheron will host a FREE day show on Saturday (6/29), featuring BBQ and appearances from Hectors Pets, Blackout, Skullshitter, Zoned Out and Cold Ones…
Mikal Cronin and Shannon & the Clams played NXNE (pics); NYC show is this week; Shannon playing DbA first
But the afternoon, and perhaps NXNE as a whole belonged to recent Merge Records signing Mikal Cronin. This was his third of four shows at the fest and while he appeared rushed due to time constraints, Cronin sounded exactly as you’d hope he would: poppy but scrappy, daring but focused and completely engaging…
