Hostage Calm

Citizen discuss 10 albums that influenced the dance-punk-infused 'Life In Your Glass World'

Citizen’s new album sounds like if the early 2000s post-punk revival and emo boom were one and the same, and, impressively, they always sound unmistakably like Citizen.

You Blew It! & others opening for Citizen on tour (dates)

You Blew It! at Best Buy Theater in June (more by Mimi Hong) Citizen are going on a tour that hits NYC for a previously discussed show on October 10 at The Studio at Webster Hall, and since we last spoke, openers for the tour have been announced…

Pouzza Fest 2014 lineup (Hold Steady, Dillinger Four, Menzingers, more) +++ more rare Lillingtons Northeast shows

Montreal punk festival Pouzza Fest is returning to multiple venues in downtown Montreal from May 16-18 to this year. The lineup includes The Hold Steady (who play NYC tonight ), Dillinger Four, Chixdiggit, The Lillingtons, The Menzingers, The Front Bottoms, Placeholder, Reagan Youth, The Holy Mess, The So So Glos, Gates, Night Birds, SNFU, Tim Barry, Amanda X, Russ Rankin (of Good Riddance), and many m…

Pity Sex, Cloakroom, GDP, Modern Baseball & more playing Run for Cover CMJ showcase

Emo/indie rock label Run for Cover Records has announced that it will do its CMJ showcase on October 19 at Santos Party House. The lineup includes the shoegazey Pity Sex, the slow/sludgy Cloakroom, indie rapper GDP, scrappy emo punks Modern Baseball, Tigers Jaw, Captain We’re Sinking, Hostage Calm and m…

Chicago is killin it: Pixes & more added to Riot Fest; Pitchfork now; Lollapalooza soon

Just as Pitchfork Fest is kicking off (Kim Deal & the Breeders included), fellow Chicago festival Riot Fest, whose lineup was already killer, announces:Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew W…

MusicFestNW 2013 lineup announced (Animal Collective, Godspeed, Deerhunter, Shuggie Otis, Ty Segall & more)

Portland festival MusicFestNW is returning this year to multiple Portland venues from September 3-8 with a ton of bands including Animal Collective, Godspeed You…

Code Orange Kids featured on 4-way split 7"; playing shows, including dates on Anti-Flag's 20th Anniversary tour

Code Orange Kids at Acheron, Nov. 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) You’d never guess it, but Code Orange Kids have almost gone goth with their new track “VI (Worms Fear God // God Fears Youth)”, part of a four-way split with Tigers Jaw, The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and Self Defense Family due tomorrow (4/23) via Run For Cover/Topshelf Records…

no Bamboozle in 2013, but Skate and Surf is back (line-up)

Andrew WK at Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Back before Bamboozle started hitting Asbury Park (or other nearby places in NJ) every spring, the similar Skate and Surf Festival used to go down there, but hasn’t been in active in eight ye…

Ian Love leaves Rival Schools (they'll tour as a three piece)

Ian Love of EX-Rival Schools fame (more by Chris La Putt) Rival Schools will be down one pivotal member when they embark on their tour this October with Hostage Calm…

Rival Schools --- 2011 tour dates & new video (premiere)

Just in time for an announcement of a new set of tour dates, Rival Schools have a new video in “Eyes Wide Open” from their latest LP Pedals…